According to a report from the Denmark consulting firm, Strand Consult, the iPhone has been nothing but a waste of money for carriers world wide, We will assume they mean every where other than the United states. Strand begins their report by stating that from they beginning they have been very critical on how they believe the iPhone would play out. Now if these reports from carriers holds any real truth to it, or if it's just a way of covering their bases for predictions on a full out failure of the devices isn't very clear.
Strand has provided a list of 10 myth about the iPhone, which seems a weird way of listing the iPhone top 10 faults, but doesn't really provide a factual contrast to them.
1. The iPhone drives data traffic into mobile operators networks.
2. The iPhone helps operators attract new customers.
3. The iPhone is good business for mobile operators.
4. The iPhone is dominating the mobile services market.
5. App store is a huge success that has revolutionized the services market.
6. There is money to be made by developing applications for the iPhone.
7. It is iPhone customers that are generating the majority of online mobile surfing traffic.
8. The iPhone has a large market share.
9.The iPhone was the first mobile phone with a touchscreen.
10. The iPhone is a technologically advanced mobile phone.
Simply put, many of the conclusions that the media have published about the significance of the iPhone for mobile operators are not documented in the operators’ - or other key market players - financial statements. We can also conclude that the closer a relationship is between an operator and Apple, the larger negative influence it has on the operator’s overall business case from a shareholder's viewpoint.
Maybe it's just us, but this list would probably be a lot more helpful if they removed the "myth" from it and added "does not" into every point they were trying to make. Until we see some pie charts and line graphs that show the eminent failure of the iPhone world wide, we will safely assume that the Danes are a crazy people who don't like to be proven wrong.
Via VentureBeat
