Significant Number of iPhones Sold for Unlocking

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what the iPhone unlock situation was. During their quarterly financial results conference. Apple shared what their estimate of unlocked iPhones is, …

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24 October 2007 By: Victor Mihailescu, Apple News Editor
Significant Number of iPhones Sold for Unlocking
Almost one in five…
It is no secret that Apple has been taking steps against iPhone unlockers, fighting them on
several fronts, but up until now nobody outside the company had any clear idea of exactly
what the iPhone unlock situation was. During their quarterly financial results conference
Apple shared what their estimate of unlocked iPhones is, and it is staggering.
Apple had sold quite a number of iPhones during the past quarter, 1,119,000 to be precise,
bringing the cumulative number of iPhones sold since the products debut 1,389,000. Of
those, the company estimates that 250,000 were sold to people who plan to, or already
have unlocked the device.
Although the company has no dedicated method of finding out the exact number of
unlocked iPhones, a simple comparison of units sold versus AT&T contracts active should
give a clear impression. Of course, there is still the matter of iPhones that were bought to be
torn down for component analysis and those bought as gift that have not been activated yet,
but it seems highly unlikely that they would account for a significant portion…