AT&T Activates 1.6 Million iPhone 3Gs in First Quarter of 2009

AT&T needs Apple so it's likely that they will offer serious concessions to Apple in order to extend the iPhone contract.

like 1/20th of australias population :p

This is why AT&T will be holding on to their US iPhone exclusivity with both hands and their teeth.

AT&T needs Apple so it's likely that they will offer serious concessions to Apple in order to extend the iPhone contract.

Exactly. The other providers in the U.S. must still be kicking themselves for being so short-sighted as to the iPhone's demand.

I would think Apple holds all the cards in any upcoming negotiations.

not bad, at least its not a huge decline

This is why AT&T will be holding on to their US iPhone exclusivity with both hands and their teeth.

Agreed. I'd be really surprised if they let it go, but this could mean better features to AT&T users if Apple negotiates to force their network to be faster, or offer additional features.

"We'll stick with you if you do x, y, and z." Not that simple, obviously, but Apple could be in a leveraged position to help the consumers.

Exactly. The other providers in the U.S. must still be kicking themselves for being so short-sighted as to the iPhone's demand.

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Perhaps, but Verizon (and Sprint) had the added hurdle of getting apple to make a CDMA version.

http://poweredbysteam.com/2009/01/iphone-sales-by-quarter/

First quarter Iphone sales where 4.6 million so how can only 1.6 million have been activated?

Is the site I checked incorrect?

I hope not. According to powestream 11.5 million Iphones in 2008, with Q1 sales being almost double that of 2008. If that is the case than I could definetely see them selling at least 15 million Iphones in 09, bad economy be damned.

This is surprising to me. My friend gave me his iPhone 3G (he likes his blackberry better). So, I checked into the rates at ATT. What an f-ing rip.

Right now I'm on an 8 year old contract with T-Mobile. It is an 850 minute Family plan. My wife and I are the only ones on it. It costs us $69.99 plus taxes, surcharges, etc. and usually comes out to about $90/mo.

ATT only offers a 700 and 1400 minute plan. The 700 plan is $69.99 plus $30.00 for data, $99.99 total. Same price as my current T-Mobile plan for 150 less minutes a month..., and a 42% extra charge for data? Um, huh? Okay... but we really need more than 700 minutes. The 1400 minute plan is $89.99 plus $30.00 for data, $119.99 total. A little less than DOUBLE what we're paying now... just for data on an iPhone? And thats BEFORE the taxes, surcharges, etc. I'm not doing that.

Since we've been with T-Mobile for 8 years, I decided to go check them out. They still offer our current plan for $69.99/mo... but now with 1000 minutes instead of 850.

Sorry ATT. Wake the F up. I can jailbreak this thing and save a bunch of money. Oh no, I'll miss visual voicemail. Up the 700 minute plan to 1000 minutes and mabye we can talk (although 42% extra for data is a RIP).

Way to go. Sounds pretty good to me. Everywhere I look I see an iPhone anyway.