What actually happens to the original person when their bio-molecular details are "faxed" somewhere else, and whether your average person on the street would be happy to be reassembled as a similar but at the same time slightly different average person on the street, are, thinks Bennett, moot points.

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Many of these points may be moot for analysts and investors who most want to see impact from the iPhone in other areas, namely lower churn (the number of customers who leave Sprint for other carriers) and greater customer loyalty.

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