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17% of iPhones are unlocked

Interesting, interesting… other operators should take note. It’s not all doom and gloom…

Link: Apple: 17% of iPhones have been unlocked – FierceWireless – Wireless Industry, Wireless Technology News, Wireless Security News

By comparing the number of iPhones sold to the number of iPhones activated on AT&T’s network, Apple was able to figure out how many unlocked devices exist in the wild: somewhere in the neighborhood of 250,000. That’s a huge number–representing almost 17 percent of all iPhones sold–and demonstrates that there’s a very real demand for an unlocked iPhone.

AT&T, the US exclusive iPhone network added a whopping 448,000 *NEW* customers on iPhones (reports FierceWireless) and upgraded 672,000 existing customers to iPhones.