05-20-2008, 04:46 PM
Interesting. The article only talks about the new sales model for Europe but I wonder if that Apple is going to dump the fixed price in the U.S. too and go to a subsidized model. That would certainly cure the sales to "unlockers." I've read similar rumors over the past few months. If Apple does go that way I wonder if they will retain the subscription accounting so that we can get free firmware updates, or if they will treat it like the iPod Touch and we'll have to buy firmware updates.