Hold on to your hats iPhone fans & AT&T Wireless haters … cuz The Wall Street Journal has got some news that might be of interest to you. According to a new report from the WSJ, Apple has allegedly worked out a deal with Verizon to begin producing CDMA iPhones for their company which are [...]
Hold on to your hats iPhone fans & AT&T Wireless haters … cuz The Wall Street Journal has got some news that might be of interest to you. According to a new report from the WSJ, Apple has allegedly worked out a deal with Verizon to begin producing CDMA iPhones for their company which are said to be scheduled for sale sometime next year … read on:
Apple Inc. plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smartphone early next year, said people briefed by Apple. The new iPhone would be similar in design to the iPhone 4 currently sold by AT&T Inc. but would be based on an alternative wireless technology called CDMA used by Verizon, these people said. The phone, for which Qualcomm Inc. is providing a key chip, is expected to be released in the first quarter of next year, according to the same people. An Apple CDMA iPhone would spell the end of the exclusive U.S. arrangement with Apple that AT&T has had since 2007, when the original iPhone debuted. Separately, Apple is also developing a new iPhone model, said people briefed on the matter. One person familiar with the new iPhone plan said the fifth-generation iPhone will be a different form factor from those that are currently available. It was unclear how soon that version will be available to Verizon.
Naturally, neither company will go on the record for comment … and even tho these Verizon/iPhone rumors tend to pop up every other day, I think the fact that the Wall Street Journal decided to go to press with this story gives this latest rumor much more credence then other rumors. If this turns out to be true, I would bet very good money that a huge surge of disgruntled AT&T customers would make a great exodus to Verizon. To be honest, I might be among the great exodii. You will note, however, that the article makes mention of an iPhone 5 … which, I am presuming, may go to AT&T first … which would keep everyone happy. Despite AT&T‘s loss of iPhone exclusivity, I can see how Apple might appease them by offering them first dibs on new generation technology. Brilliant all around and Apple reaps all the bounty. I guess we won’t be able to count on any of this being true until we hear something official from either Apple or Verizon but … this sounds very hopeful. Stay tuned … we should be hearing something concrete very soon now that this report is out in the wild.
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