{"id":136,"date":"2009-10-13T20:11:15","date_gmt":"2009-10-13T19:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpscomputing.com\/wordpress\/?p=136"},"modified":"2013-05-19T17:19:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T16:19:52","slug":"phones-4-u-end-iphone-monopoly-for-carphone-warehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/13\/phones-4-u-end-iphone-monopoly-for-carphone-warehouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Phones 4 U End iPhone Monopoly For Carphone Warehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[adrotate banner=&#8221;45&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"137\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/13\/phones-4-u-end-iphone-monopoly-for-carphone-warehouse\/carphonewarehouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/carphonewarehouse.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carphonewarehouse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/carphonewarehouse.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/carphonewarehouse.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-137\" title=\"carphonewarehouse\" alt=\"carphonewarehouse\" src=\"http:\/\/dpscomputing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/carphonewarehouse.jpg\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"138\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/13\/phones-4-u-end-iphone-monopoly-for-carphone-warehouse\/phones4u\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/phones4u.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"210,210\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Phones 4 U\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/phones4u.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.dpscomputing.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/phones4u.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-138\" title=\"Phones 4 U\" alt=\"Phones 4 U\" src=\"http:\/\/dpscomputing.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/phones4u.jpg\" width=\"162\" height=\"162\" \/>Carphone Warehouse today recieved a huge blow as rival Phones 4 U secured a deal which will see the company stocking Apples popular iPhone before Christmas.\u00a0 Carphone Warehouse, up until now, have enjoyed a two year monopoly on providing the device to customers.<\/p>\n<p>This deal comes a matter of days after Apple also ended their exclusive deal with telecom giant O2, who are now going to allow rivals Vodaphone and Orange sell the popular phone.<\/p>\n<p>These deals will undoubtebly be better for consumers as the rivalry will no doubt involve a pricing competition war right in time for the festive season.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement could be viewed as cynically timed as the iPhone has recently recieved less attention as the release of the Palm Pre device draws 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