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Isn't a further possibility that the number of total iOS devices activated (new owner or existing owner changing service provider) has remained flat.

Wouldn't this be the case if a person wanting to buy an iOS device didn't care about provider? If BestBuy is the only retailer distributing product X, and then after a few years, Radio Shack begins stocking the same product, would you automatically expect product X to have 2x sales? If so, distribution would be the only thing that mattered in gaining market share.

Am I missing something?



Yes, supposedly AT&T really sucks. It's been the running joke for years that the iPhone (aka jesus phone) does everything except make calls. Example: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-11-2011/verizo...




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