If you were Apple, what would you do upon realizing that many of the 5.4 million iPhones you've sold haven't been activated on the networks of any of your worldwide cellular partners? The correct answer? Shrug.
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True, Apple doesn't get the cut from the unlocked phones that it probably receives from its cellular partners. But presumably, Apple has priced the iPhone hardware to produce a tidy profit on its own. And that's money it doesn't have to share with the likes of AT&T [O.sub.2] or T-Mobile.
This strange story, the "disappearance" of iPhones from the markets in which they're being sold, has been the highlight of the last two Apple ...