Apple’s iPhone is the hottest mobile device around — so hot in fact that the major mobile service providers are willing to sacrifice their own profit margins just to carry it. The big three providers, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and now Sprint, all pay hefty up-front prices to Apple for the privilege of stocking the iPhone, which they then turn around and sell at deep discounts to customers willing to sign two-year contracts. And the carriers have little choice: the name of the game in the mobile business is subscriber growth and none of the big providers wants to be cut out of the iPhone action.
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