Quite an astounding number, but most importantly it's the proof that you can't keep customers locked down.

The official number of devices that aren't registered  with AT&T should be about 1.7 million, but we can't forget that some of them are in use in UK and some will start selling in neighboring countries. Some analysts predict the number to round 300 000 to 400 000 unlocked devices, but I pretty much believe it is well above the 1 million mark.

I was unsure how the unlocked phones would bring damage to the company, when I found out the obvious reasoning: Apple earns from the network it signs the contract with.

The number doesn't really make sense if you calculate that $300 million are lost for every 1 million iPhones unlocked. That would mean that the carrier pays $300 extra for the device, which sounds a bit unlikely.

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Source: Cellular News via Textually