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Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project by mikehall314 on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @02:56AM (#12163796)
Wasn't it the case that the original iPhone was not, in fact, carrier subsidised?

That was where the big price cut in the iPhone 3G (at $199, down from $399) came from?

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Re:Apple Taps Bob Mansfield to Oversee Car Project by makomk on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @06:09AM (#12164517)
The original iPhone was, in fact, carrier subsidised. Apple got a cut of the special monthly contract required to use it. If I remember correctly, they had to offer an unlocked version in a few countries and it was several hundred dollars more.
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