The rest of the world knows differently and the carrier model sits alongside the contract-free option quite nicely.
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Certainly expensive phones will remain a big part of the industry, but low-cost alternatives from major brands will be necessary if the carrier model shifts.
If his service succeeds it could disrupt the so-called OTT messaging services like Pinger and WhatsApp that are, in themselves, already disrupting the traditional carrier model.
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It operates the low-cost aircraft carrier model and holds about a 45% market share in Indonesia, a country spread across around 6, 000 inhabited islands with a population of 240 million people.
The carrier's model scores slightly lower in most tests, but both phones feel snappy enough.
Heins said the physical keyboard version, the BlackBerry Q10, will likely come out eight to 10 weeks after a carrier releases a model with only a touch screen, the BlackBerry Z10.
Voicemail depends on the carrier and the model.
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The shots appear to be taken in a phone unlocking shop somewhere in China, with this GT-i9502 model apparently bound for carrier China Unicom.
The carrier has a well-known business model that, according to Prudential Equity analyst Bob McAdoo, doesn't always work.
For a tiny carrier like Samoa Air, the fare model seems reasonable, according to airline analyst Vaughn Cordle, a partner at Ionosphere Capital.
Robin joined RIM in the beginning of 2007 with the mandate to take RIM's BlackBerry data services infrastructure from a single presence in Canada to a distributed model connecting to over 650 carrier partners worldwide.
It feels like a new phone, and now I'm actually using it again instead of scanning carrier sites for a good deal on a newer model.
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It's not unusual for a device to be sold under a couple of different names for the purposes of carrier branding, or to distinguish a global GSM model from its US bound LTE sibling.
In 2007 America's military provided Mr Bueno de Mesquita with classified information to enable him to model the political impact of moving an aircraft carrier close to North Korea (he will not reveal the findings).
Apple's success has been driven by its popular ecosystem of iPhones and App Store, generous carrier subsidies, and extensive marketing around the new iPhone 5 model.
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The carrier has gained tremendous respect and popularity for its low-cost business model and thrives on maintaining low operating expenses, in part due to its fuel hedging programs.
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Model selection and promotions continue to play a role in the race for carrier dominance.
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And in a move that augurs well for those of you averse to branding, there's no superfluous carrier logo blemishing its smooth white back -- at least, not on the model we handled.
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The model that Sun wants Wall Street to use in thinking about Sun is that of a wireless carrier like Nextel, which sells its technology any way customers want.
Or the carrier might see a video of six-foot waves crashing into the Carolina coast and use that to develop a model for likely damages.
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