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iPhone survey finds high level of unlocked devices and increased bills

Rubicon consulting, consulting firm which previously did survey on satisfaction with the iPhone, has now done another survey focusing on the amount of unlocked phones.

Out of 460 respondents they asked, nearly half had unlocked the devices. They also found that average iPhone usage bill has increased by $19.

“The numbers are big enough that clearly this thing is profitable for AT&T,” said Michael Mace, a principal at Rubicon. “The big financial leverage is on the people who switch carriers. It’s not like you have to add new cell towers for them; they’re almost all profit. And those people are hard to come by, because you have to switch them off somebody else’s network.”

Interestingly, 36% of iPhone users carried another phone with them. Most popular device carried with the iPhone was Blackberry.

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