Originally Posted by
wco81
Probably true but they probably make a good enough margin on the HW sale alone.
If you look at how they configured the iPod Touch, keeping out things like email and calendaring applications out of the iPod Touch, looks like they're upselling to the iPhone.
So they may not mind if they get incremental sales to people who otherwise wouldn't have bought the iPhone if not for the unlock.
They'll still make money off the HW sales if someone wants it to unlock, plus it is still an iPod so they'll also make money off sales of iTunes songs.
The only real loser here is AT&T. They have lost their exclusivity and only Apple can get it back for them.
Question is; will Apple really want to piss off thousands of customers by re-locking their phones?