Re:Daring Fireball: iPhone 4 Impressions and Observations
by mattmaroon on Tuesday June 08, 2010 @10:36AM
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I don't know what Android devices you're talking about. Most of the ones I see when I walk into the Sprint store cost the same as an iPhone.
The bulk of the manufacturer's revenue comes from the contract premium anyway which the buyer does not see. Even a "free" Android handset might net the manufacturer $400.
The keynote mentioned that Apple has paid out $1 billion to developers through the App Store and advertisers have committed to $60 million dollars so far to iAds. Developers get 60% of this.
I see or hear no numbers from Google. Google hasn't even rolled out Google Checkout worldwide, yet. The Android devices that Google is selling are being given away by the carriers. A customer that received a free device and has not input their credit card into a payment processor is probably not the type of customer that I want.