NEWS: Apple limits iPhone purchases

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In a bid to stop (or at least slow) people from purchasing and then
unlocking and reselling iPhones, Apple announced this weekend it will
limits sales of the phone to two per person. In addition, the company
also said it would refuse to let people pay in cash for the phones,
insisting on credit or debit card payments so sales can be tracked.

Last week, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook said a fifth or
more of all iPhone users are buying these units with the intention of
unlocking access to other carriers, totaling about 250,000. While
Apple is reportedly making some healthy profits on each phone sold,
some analysts believe it also receives a whopping $18 per month from
AT&T for each iPhone customer, meaning unlocked iPhones are costing
Apple millions of dollars.

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