Buried inside a Guardian article about how Google is hunting for a manufacturer for its Google Phone is an interesting snippet of information about the iPhone.
Apparently Vodafone is currently the front runner in the race to distribute the iPhone across Europe. With Apple obviously keen to choose just one carrier Vodafone are as good a choice as any. The fact that the speculation is in The Guardian does give a certain credibility to the story.
Apple wants to secure a deal with a single pan-European network for the launch of its iPhone by the end of the year, with industry insiders suggesting Vodafone has emerged as an early front runner.
If such a deal does go ahead with Vodafone we could see Carphone Warehouse shares take a slight downturn. Carphone famously fell out with Vodafone last year and are now unable to sell any Vodafone contracts online or in store.
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That is the most ridiculous financial analysis I’ve ever heard. Do you have any idea how little impact not being able to sell the iPhone would have on Carphone Warehouse shares? At a guess, it would represent less than 0.01% of total UK contract sales.