Apple gets money from AT&T

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2008-06-09 12:57

Apple gets money from AT&T (a portion of the monthly cell phone bill). This money is for iPhone R & D, new App development, and for profit.

The iPod Touch, on the other hand, Apple only receives the initial purchase money...true, iTunes is developed for free, but it is part of iLife. The iPod touch benefits from the iPhone teams hard work....a $10 upgrade is reasonable considering the last upgrade cost $20 or so...

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iPhone Watch

Submitted by Dylstra (not verified) on Mon, 2008-06-09 16:02

As far as I understand it, it is something to do with American accounting laws. The iPod touch is receiving new functionality, so Apple have to charge for it; the iPhone is on a subscription so new functionality is covered under that.

This is a 'frank' discussion here after the article. (This is not where I read it originally, but I cannot seem to find the article...)

http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/17/ipod-touch-users-if-you-bought-after-jan-1-the-new-apps-are-fre/

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Here's another kicker

Submitted by bkai (not verified) on Tue, 2008-07-08 08:08

Here's another kicker though... newer iPods come with the iPhone apps free! I just got my wife an iPod touch a few weeks ago and hooked it up to download 1.1.4 preparing to spend the money for the apps but didn't have to!

So does this mean her iPod will receive the 2.0 update for free as well??? The price for this iPod was the same as mine... purchased from the same store... just purchased at different times. If newly released iPods come with apps for free... why should I have to pay for the apps on the same iPod model that I purchased months ago?!

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