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Feb. 18th, 2008 01:51 pmSmugglers and friends help Chinese connect with Apple's iPhone | International Herald Tribune
These unofficial distribution networks help explain a mystery that analysts who follow Apple have been pondering: Why is there a large gap between the number of iPhones that Apple says it sold last year, about 3.7 million, and the 2.3 million that are actually registered on the networks of its wireless partners in the United States and Europe?
I think the article was supposed to make me feel sorry for Apple and its business plan that has been proven useless for years with mass media. Mostly though, if the official source isn't providing what you want, well, that source kind of brought the consequences on itself, no?
These unofficial distribution networks help explain a mystery that analysts who follow Apple have been pondering: Why is there a large gap between the number of iPhones that Apple says it sold last year, about 3.7 million, and the 2.3 million that are actually registered on the networks of its wireless partners in the United States and Europe?
I think the article was supposed to make me feel sorry for Apple and its business plan that has been proven useless for years with mass media. Mostly though, if the official source isn't providing what you want, well, that source kind of brought the consequences on itself, no?
