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		_pius on April 5, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple to preview iPhone OS 4 this Thursday at Appl... Unfortunately you can use the same logic to argue the opposite point: You just sold someone a minimum $500 device and you're going to charge a nominal upgrade fee on top of it? Why do companies do that?

rimantas on April 5, 2010 [–]

  Why do companies do that?

It has something to do with some weird accounting requirements/rules.

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