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iSuppli: iPhone 4 parts cost $187.51

by Mike Schramm (Jun 28th, 2010)

Update: As pointed out below, our original analysis here did not highlight the difference between the subsidized pricing (what consumers pay with a 2-year contract) and the much higher unsubsidized price (what carriers pay Apple for each phone). The unsubsidized price of the 16 GB iPhone 4 is not ...

iAds could make a billion dollars, help Google make their deal

by Mike Schramm (Apr 12th, 2010)

There's not a lot of details out about Apple's upcoming mobile advertising program, iAds, quite yet, but Broadpoint Amtech is already convinced it's a moneymaker. Analysts there say that the program could generate a whopping US$4.67 billion in revenue in just one year's time. Of course, that's a ...

Content sales expected to bring in 30% of iPad hardware revenue

by Mike Schramm (Mar 9th, 2010)

Sure, Apple will sell about a gajillion iPads when the device finally releases on April 3rd, but analysts are saying that's not all -- apparently 30% of the revenue from the device itself is expected to be from the sale of content read, listened to, watched, or otherwise consumed on the iPad. ...

Tapulous making a million a month off the App Store

by Mike Schramm (Dec 21st, 2009)

Well, even with rampant piracy, review craziness, and that funky approval process, it's good to hear that someone can still make a truckload of cash on the App Store. According to Reuters, that someone is Tapulous, who is apparently making almost a million dollars a month thanks to twenty million ...

AT&T loving the iPhone

by Mel Martin (Jan 28th, 2009)

AT&T has released fourth quarter and 2008 results and it's not all roses for the telecommunications giant. Wireline telephone subscribers were down significantly, and AT&T has spent a bundle (US $453 million) upgrading the 3G network to serve the iPhone and their other Smartphone offerings. ...

Unsubsidized iPhone prices

by Erica Sadun (Jul 14th, 2008)

Stories about cell phone unlocking and resales have hit the news recently. TracFone sued numerous resellers who (legally) bought inexpensive subsidized units, unlocked them and sold them overseas. In the iPhone world, the story differs. Rather than leveraging subsidized prices, the way the TracFone ...

How much is an iTunes download worth?

by Erica Sadun (May 19th, 2008)

How much is an iTunes download worth? About 70 cents, if conventional wisdom is correct. That's the commonly quoted number for the iTunes money that gets passed back to the record labels. And according to the New York Times today, the record labels are angling for more. They argue that broadband ...

British iPhone users love their data

by Mike Schramm (Dec 28th, 2007)

Insanely Great Mac has the breakdown on a meeting between O2 (purveyors of the iPhone in Britain) and Mr. Jobs from the UK's Financial Times, and it seems iPhone users across the pond can't get enough data. Over 60% of iPhone users use over 25mb/month of data, while only 1.8% of non-iPhone users on ...

Apple receives "outperform" rating on back of MacBooks

by Dave Caolo (Sep 11th, 2006)

The MacBooks are selling well. Really well. According to an article at Apple Insider, shipments of the spiffy little laptops are currently 200,000 units ahead of the initial estimate (580,000) made by Robert Semple of Credit Suisse equity research. Semple identifies the education market and ...