Just after announcing that iPhone sales reached nearly 1,4 million units in 3 months, Apple stated, on the Q4 earnings conference call, that they estimate the number of iPhone bought potentially to be unlocked, to a quarter of a million units. Unlocked iPhone users can then use their mobile phone on a different provider than AT&T and they don’t have to sign a two year contract with the provider.
That’s roughly 18% of all iPhones out there. That’s a lot! If we could have an idea, on how many of these phones have been unlocked for a domestic use (to avoid signing the AT&T contract) and how many have been exported around the globe, it would give us a better picture on how well the "exclusive partner" strategy developed by Apple is working or not.
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