Apple’s (s AAPL) iPhone stayed in high demand at AT&T (s T) during the first quarter of 2012 (ended March 31,) the company reported early today. The operator sold 5.5 million smartphones of which 4.3 million were iPhone activations. Of the iPhone activations, AT&T says a whopping 21 percent were net-new additions. In comparison, Verizon (s VZ) activated about 3.2 million iPhones during the first quarter of 2012. The demand for the iPhones is up year over year. During the first quarter of 2011, AT&T had 3.6 million activations while Verizon had 2.2 million activations.
Interesting. My kids and I have iPhones with Verizon and get better connectivity than my wife’s AT&T, but the chart shows that the latter just keeps selling. My neighbor just got an iPhone but with AT&T. This oligopoly definitely keeps prices high.
will at&t help pay he cost to get me out from my contract with another carrier…..if i sign on for another two years?