The percentage of electronics at the end of their lives which were recycled.
The EPA found that the percentage remained consistent from 1999-2005. Even as recycling rates went up, the amount of electronics reaching end of life outpaced the increase, leaving the figure static. (source: EPA, July 2008)
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This is rot.
AT&T will be coming out about the same. An extra $10 a month over 24 months is a $240 addition, which is probably the same as the subsidy being paid to Apple.
Apple benefits tremendously. They are able to sell the iphone 3G to AT&T at $450 or $500 before the subsidy kicks in. In reality the iphone should be going down in price -- no real change in hardware except a $10 3G radio and a $5 GPS chip. With the volume,. flash prices, and what not, Apple is going to make a bundle on the SALE of iphones.
And all this is being done to prevent unlocked phone sales. You can't go into an apple store and pick up 10 to ship overseas anymore.