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AT&T Extended iPhone Exclusivity Through iPad Data Plan?

AT&T Extended iPhone Exclusivity Through iPad Data Plan?

Posted May 6, 2010 at 1:36pm by
AT&T may have extended its iPhone exclusivity via an iPad data deal that Apple couldn't refuse and competitors wouldn't match.

"AT&T had to do something dramatic to get the iPad," says Brian Marshall, a Wall Street analyst at BroadPoint AmTech.


"For that pricing [on the iPad], AT&T was able to negotiate a six-month extension on the iPhone exclusive," Marshall said.

AT&T is offering an unlimited data plan for $30 per month. This is far cheaper then any prior plan and does not require a contract.

Marshall now believes that Verizon won't get the iPhone until the first quarter of 2011.

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iceblu121
iceblu121 - May 6, 2010 at 4:14pm
how is apple gonna let iphone go to them after all the commercials they made battling att and apple! does this mean at&t will no longer sell the iphone? or dos it just mean it will be open to verizon as well?
CWCS
CWCS - May 7, 2010 at 7:53am
I believe it will be open to Verizon in addition to ATT, I am in Canada, not until 3G(s), Rogers was the only one you could get the iphone, things changed late last year, now you can get iphone from all major phone compaies.
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