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Apple and O2 for UK iPhone deal - Posted at 17/09/2007 11:46pm by chiller2 Link to article Bookmark and Share
Apple pie, mmm it's good! Especially for Apple Computer, who have managed to strong-arm the UK mobile network O2 into giving up a whopping 40% slice of all revenue made from customers.

This is the largest share by a long shot that any phone hardware vendor has managed to secure although voices in the industry claim it isn't likely to become commonplace.

What is surprising is how this has happened despite possibility of a flop; there's no 3G support for one thing, ring tone support is via the iTunes store and at a much higher price than UK users are used to paying, and it's certainly not the smallest device ever.

Read more over at The Guardian.

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