Yesterday Verizon and Apple announced that the iPhone will soon be available to Verizon subscribers. Business Insider's Dan Frommer says this is clearly good news for the two companies involved, and he names them the biggest winners in the deal. Other groups or companies that will see a boost from the deal include Qualcomm. iPhone app developers, and media outlets. The biggest loser, according to Frommer, is Google. That's largely because Verizon was so important to sales of Google Android phones. Here's exhibit A for why Frommer thinks Google should be unhappy about the deal:
Read Verizon iPhone: The Biggest Winners And Losers here.
Also see, Verizon iPhone: 5 reasons to buy, 5 not to, from the Christian Science Monitor.
Posted
01-12-2011 9:27 AM
by
Graham Griffith
Filed under: global business, iphone, google, Apple, Verizon, telecoms, smartphones, dan frommer, android, phone carriers, business insider