Tech: Things that may end in 2012: The world, AT&T’s contract with Apple
- 2007 Apple sets a contract with AT&T to be the exclusive distributor of the iPhone, but nobody knows how long.
- 2008 In the midst of a class-action lawsuit, the end date comes out, and
it’s in 2012. The market begins to evolve. - 2010 Engadget finds this
detail and posts about
it, but suggests that
the contract may have
changed. source