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el 14-May-2008 |
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 We already know a lot of iPhones are being bought to get unlocked and used overseas. But few outside of Apple's (AAPL) headquarters know the actual damage.
New stats from mobile ad firm AdMob don't offer a complete picture, but certainly support Apple's claims that a "significant" percentage of iPhones are being bought for use outside the U.S.
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 AdMob, a mobile ad network, says about 80% of the ads it loaded for iPhones last month were sent to users in countries where the iPhone was officially on sale -- the U.S., France, the U.K., and Germany. The other 20%: Scattered across Canada, Mexico, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Italy, Brazil, and "Other" countries.
So does that mean that 20% of iPhone users have unlocked their phones? No. We think it's a much bigger percentage.
Analysts have guessed that the real number may be anywhere from 25% to 60%. And given the AdMob stats, we think that make sense. Why? Because
AdMob is a U.S.-based company and half its ad requests are from the U.S. We assume many of its clients are U.S.-based, and fewer are based in European/Asian/South American countries, where many unlocked iPhones are in use. If you're using an iPhone in Russia, you're much less likely to end up on, say, CBS Sports Mobile, where AdMob serves ads, and thus less likely to get counted in their stats.
Still, it's an useful data point to show how popular Apple's phone is in places it's not supposed to exist.
See Also:
Apple Gets More iPhone Partners In Asia, AmTech Ups Estimates
What's The iPhone's Europe Problem?
Unlocked iPhone Shopping Guide: World Tour Edition
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| Unlocked developer version of the HTC G1 available for $399 |  Are you an Android developer looking to test your apps on multiple GSM networks? Are you anyone else, simply looking for an unlocked HTC G1? In either case, Google and T-Mobile will apparently be happy to hook you up. A special “developer version” of the G1 is now available from T-Mobile 100% SIM and hardware-unlocked. [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 06-Dec-2008 by Zach Epstein in AndroidHTCHandsetsRetailT-MobileG1googleHardwareSIMtouchscreenunlocked
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| O2 Done with the iPhone, For Now |  The iPhone has recently seen price drops in a variety of countries including the UK. Apparently, said price adjustments caused a bit more of a rush amongst O2 customers than had been expected. As a matter of fact, O2 has run out of iPhones a good month and a half or so before the 3G [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-May-2008 by Zach Epstein in O2AppleHandsetsNews
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| Unlocked Palm Centro available, wait, what?s a Centro? |  If you’re a die hard Palm fan, you might be be overjoyed with the news that you can now get your grubby mitts on a factory-unlocked Palm Centro. This isn’t for the CDMA-lovers, it’s for the GSM nuts. The unlocked model drops the puke green keyboard on the AT&T device for a white keyboard. Thank [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 23-Jun-2008 by The Boy Genius in HandsetsPalmAT&TCDMAcentrogoogle mapsGSMPalm OSunlocked
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| Palm Treo Pro unlocked hits the streetz | | If you were itching for one of these but couldn’t wait for it to make its debut on a North American carrier, you can now snag one unlocked for the healthy price of $549 on Palm’s website. Otherwise, it’s likely that AT&T will pick it up and sell it to you for a nice subsidized [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-Sep-2008 by Marc Flores in AT&TGSMHSDPAHTCHandsetsNewsPalmUMTSWindows Mobile3Gtreotreo prounlocked
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