Carriers to benefit from the new iPhone along with Apple this year, subscribers on the losing side

2. Droid_X_Doug posted on 11 Sep 2012, 06:11 0 0

"...only 125 of its 89 million..."? Maybe the numbers are reversed? There are more than 125 VZW LTE subscribers on PA alone....

3. andro. posted on 11 Sep 2012, 06:19 6 1

Why should anyone be surprised at a headlines saying new iphone to cost ifans even more money?

5. Beholder88 posted on 11 Sep 2012, 07:51 1 2

The new data plans are only more expensive if you use more than 2GB of data a month. If you are on a family plan with 2 or more smartphones, you can actually save money on the share everything plans. I've seen this first hand when changing customers over at work. iPhone users are typically in the low to mid range of data usage, and android users are usually the highest. I've also seen little to no correlation with those who have 3G vs 4G phones. It's all in how the person uses the phone.

6. JunitoNH posted on 11 Sep 2012, 13:13 0 0

As much as I want one, went with the Galaxy Nx, and a T-Mobile $50 prepaid. They are making huge amount of money, so don't expect any changes anytime soon.

7. Sprintfan posted on 11 Sep 2012, 18:02 0 0

No mention of Sprint? Sprint is up more % than VZW and ATT, and the ARPU has had the largest rise in history out of all the major carriers. I would say the iphone had a lot to do with this despite the expensive contract. At the end of the day everyone profits for having an iphone. I have a strange feeling Sprint will benefit the most in the next 2 years from the iphone due to larger subscriber growth and improving ARPU.