Verizon Acknowledges the Impact of the iPhone

As reported by Electronista, Verizon acknowledges the impact of the iPhone 3G on its financial result. In its conference call devoted to its latest quarterly results, the company announced that the new Apple iPhone 3G had only a small short-term impact. However, they forgot to mention that AT&T quickly run out of stock for the iPhone 3G, and the impact might be delay till the next quarter. They also report that the iPhone 3G had a beneficial impact too on their sales: more than 30% of phones sold are now smartphones.
For sure, if the shortage of iPhone is not quickly resolved those carriers having an exclusive partnership with Apple might not fully benefit immediately from the iPhone 3G positive effect.