File this under ‘Highly speculative’, but it’s so juicy I couldn’t resist posting it. Wireless Watch Japan has a theory that Apple may choose to sell its iPhone in Japan via the soon-to-launch Disney MVNO.
Why? The site suggests that Apple’s favoured revenue share agreement (it takes a percentage of voice and data revenues from iPhone subscribers on its partner operators) won’t go down too well with the established Japanese operators, but may be appealing for Disney as a way of launching its MVNO with a bang.
Meanwhile, beyond Mickey, Donald and the rest, Disney has plenty of movies and music which could be sold through Apple’s iTunes Store for iPhone users. WWJ says it has other evidence that such a deal is likely, but has buried it behind its subscription wall, so I can’t tell you what it is.
Realistic? Apple and Disney working together would be a formiddable partnership, but one with several titanic egos involved. Furthermore, I wonder if Disney would be happy to subsume its branding to Apple’s – the prospect of an iPhone with a Disney logo on it is near-unthinkable. Still, this is one rumour to watch in the coming months.
(via Wireless Watch Japan)
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