AT&T Claims 40% of iPhone Sales Made to Business Customers
Four out of 10 sales of the iPhone are made to enterprise users. When the iPhone came out, what most people heard in the first year from '07 to '08 was oh my God, it's not BlackBerry secure. This is not going to work on the enterprise space.
At the end of the day, it's just software. That's all it is.
According to Spears, many businesses are seeing the iPhone as a computing devices, allowing them to forgo some laptop purchases and move to the more portable iPhone as an all-in-one device. The iPad is likely to see similar traction as it begins to make inroads into the enterprise community.
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Question is how are they counting it. People who have an iPhone and connect it to a work account. I only count it is company are the one paying for the phones
I'm pretty sure that's the only way AT&T could be counting, too.
How else would they do it?
Question is how are they counting it. People who have an iPhone and connect it to a work account. I only count it is company are the one paying for the phones
I doubt AT&T has access to data on who's connecting iPhones to work PCs anyway.That said, assuming it's being counted by companies paying for the phones, and that this trend will continue, if not grow, this can only help Apple do better in the business world.
I doubt AT&T has access to data on who's connecting iPhones to work PCs anyway.
That said, assuming it's being counted by companies paying for the phones, and that this trend will continue, if not grow, this can only help Apple do better in the business world.
It is not hard. They really only have to look at who is using exchanged on their network that is not Gmails and that is it.
So yes 40% of all iPhones are purchased by companies for their employees.
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Interesting quote since yesterday a sunbather was run over by a lifeguard in an SUV who was rushing to rescue someone else from drowning. It crushed his spine.
They are probably only counting people who order the iPhones through their AT&T business account. My company has 50+ iPhones.
This is probably how they're counting it.An enterprise user wouldn't sign up for a regular consumer account when his/her company gets a preferential business rate.
It is not hard. They really only have to look at who is using exchanged on their network that is not Gmails and that is it.
Bad logic. The iPhone's Mail client connects to POP3 and IMAP accounts of all types. No company is forced to use Microsoft Exchange for their mail services.Look, they are counting by the number of users on the business plan, not by the type of mail server any given phone is using.
They have to be counting by the number of users who buy the Enterprise data account. I connect my iPhone to my companies exchange server. I pay the personal account rate. AT&T doesn't know that. The Enterprise plan allows a company to perform remote maintenance/wipe etc too.
So yes 40% of all iPhones are purchased by companies for their employees.
There is no Enterprise Data account for the iPhone.
AT&T has no clue how the phones are being used.
They are simply counting the number of phones purchased under FAN agreements.
My personal phone and my work phone are purchased under the same FAN agreement and contract terms.
AT&T has no way of knowing which is my personal phone and which is my business phone.
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