[sshumaker]

"Verizon’s interests are best served in a market where there are many phone makers"...

A simple application of commoditizing your complements. http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/StrategyLetterV.html

By that logic, though, Apple should aggressively be putting iPhones on all the major carriers - failure to do so is the probably the main reason there are more installed Android phones out there right now.

But I'm guessing AT&T is giving them an amazing deal, like a revenue share of the user's monthly subscription.

[phil]

That's an interesting point, but don't two year wireless contracts and locked phones pretty much kill the commoditizing effect of being on every carrier?