{"id":8374,"date":"2020-10-13T21:15:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T01:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=8374"},"modified":"2020-10-13T21:15:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T01:15:05","slug":"linked-apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2020\/10\/13\/linked-apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: Apple fibs about iPhone 12 pricing to promote wireless carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1297,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sixcolors.com\\\/post\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241110170952\\\/https:\\\/\\\/sixcolors.com\\\/post\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 19:47:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-09 17:16:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 10:59:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-28 04:46:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 13:08:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 20:02:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 20:02:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2020\/10\/apple-fibs-about-iphone-12-pricing-to-promote-wireless-carriers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Via Six Colors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s what\u2019s actually happening, at least in the U.S.: Apple has cut deals with AT&amp;T and Verizon that give existing customers of those carriers $30 off their purchases. The actual prices of the two models are $729 and $829, and that\u2019s what you\u2019ll pay if you\u2019re a U.S. subscriber to Sprint, T-Mobile, any smaller pay-as-you-go carriers, or if you want to buy a SIM-free model with no carrier connection at all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lots of tiny cuts.<\/p>\n<p>I should update this post from November 2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/11\/12\/the-cost-of-apple-fanboyism-in-2018\/\">https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/11\/12\/the-cost-of-apple-fanboyism-in-2018\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Via Six Colors: Here\u2019s what\u2019s actually happening, at least in the U.S.: Apple has cut deals with AT&amp;T&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2020-10-14T01:16:49Z","apple_news_api_id":"28dcf0d0-4ea9-4d96-b07b-e50d14e9b674","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2020-10-14T01:16:50Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AKNzw0E6pTZawe-UNFOm2dA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8374","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-2b4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3541,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/the-iphone-is-a-nightmare-for-carriers\/","url_meta":{"origin":8374,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;The iPhone is a nightmare for carriers&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"CNN Money\u00a0describes how US based mobile operators are suffering from slimmer margins following the iPhone: AT&T (T,\u00a0Fortune 500) and Sprint suffered an even worse fate. 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