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Re: I Can Only Hope said by Matt:They wouldn't at first. My local ILEC resells AT&T service and they weren't allowed to sell the iPhone for well over a year after the 3G release. Apple and AT&T actually changed the purchasing process when iPhone 3G came out. With the original one, customers paid full retail price for it, activated online, and AT&T paid Apple a certain amount of money per month for every account with iPhone on it. Since 3G one came out, AT&T buys it at full price from Apple, sells it to customers at subsidized price (provided that they are eligible) and charges ETF to those who jump ship early.
I guess since now Apple gets paid for every iPhone upfront, they have allowed other stores such as Best Buy, Walmart and soon Radio Shack to sell them as well. With the previous arrangement, keeping track of all these other channels would have been hell for Apple.
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