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Analyst Favors iPhone Carrier Polyamory

John Paczkowski in News on October 20, 2009 at 4:30 am PT

Though Verizon’s new Droid ad campaign might seem to preclude one, Apple would be wise to ink an iPhone distribution deal with the carrier–if not to hasten iPhone adoption, then to slow rivals that would supplant it. That’s the argument put forth by Piper Jaffray analyst Chris Larsen in a research note to investors Monday.