Apple signed a five-year deal with AT & T for iPhone exclusivity back in 2007 , court documents show . The suit , ongoing since 2007 , claims that Apple and AT & T were exerting a monopoly over iPhone service by surreptitiously locking iPhone buyers into renewing contracts with AT & T once their initial two years was up . The contract was worth $900 million at the time and included an option to extend it another five years if AT&amp;T's sales of iPhones grew faster than expected. But the iPhone could possibly still appear on another carrier before 2012 .
Apple signed a five-year deal with AT & T for iPhone exclusivity back in 2007 , court documents show . The contract was worth $900 million at the time and included an option to extend it another five years if AT&amp;T's sales of iPhones grew faster than expected. But the iPhone could possibly still appear on another carrier before 2012 .