If you look at the Russian market, over 80 percent of smartphones are sold in retail outside of carrier stores. We sell through a number of national chains there. … Our activations in Russia for iPhone set a record last quarter — our highest quarter ever. We’re really happy.
— Tim Cook on how Apple bypassed carriers and sold a record number of iPhones in Russia
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