The special treatment the iPhone gets from carriers might land Apple in trouble

%name The special treatment the iPhone gets from carriers might land Apple in trouble by Authcom, Nova Scotia\s Internet and Computing Solutions Provider in Kentville, Annapolis Valley

Apple is the only smartphone maker in the world that deals with carriers on its own terms. The company is in firm control of the operating system running on its iPhones, which is always bloatware-free and which gets updated directly from Apple. In fact, carriers don’t even get to stick their logos on the handset. In spite of that, mobile operators simply can’t afford not to have the iPhone in stores, as T-Mobile’s John Legere has recently revealed, which means they’re ready to agree to Apple’s draconian terms.

But Reuters reports that the Canadian Competition Bureau is now looking into Apple’s deals with local carriers.

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