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Verizon iPhone Rumored For Early Next Year

Posted by kdawson on from the this-time-fer-sure dept.

Many readers are submitting coverage from around the Net, all based on a Bloomberg piece quoting two anonymous sources who insist that Verizon Wireless will offer a CDMA iPhone in January 2011. No one at Verizon or Apple would confirm, of course, and no one at AT&T would comment. "The iPhone, which has been the sole domain of rival AT&T in the US since June 2007, will give Verizon a boost in its competition for smartphone customers, UBS AG analyst John Hodulik said in an interview. Verizon customers, who numbered 92.8 million at the end of the first quarter, may buy 3 million iPhones a quarter, he estimates. ... 'Apple is going to dramatically increase the number of devices it sells in the US when exclusivity at AT&T ends,' said Hodulik. ... 'It's hard to ignore the quality issues that AT&T has faced.'"

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  1. Re:different systems by dafing · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ah, but see, what SHOULD have happened is that US carriers should have STUCK with GSM...

    Up until now, all iPhone complaints seemed to be "ITS ONLY ON AT&T!!!!111!!!!!", including reviews for international readers. Here in New Zealand, I can easily use our iPhones, sold unlocked by Vodafone, on THREE carriers. Overseas, the iPhone is sold EXPLICITLY to be used on any network you choose,

    "Buy your iPhone from Apple SIM-free."

    "It works with the carrier of your choice.

    Buy your iPhone from the Apple Online Store and choose your own GSM carrier. You can change carriers at any time."

    "It works internationally.

    Because this iPhone is SIM-free, you can purchase a micro-SIM or SIM card and service from a local carrier at your destination. Or check with your home carrier regarding international roaming charges."

    From the UK iPhone page http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone

    Its practically ORDERING me to beg my UK friends to send me an iPhone 4...

    Yes, the entire world knows the tragedy of the AT&T network, and it seems OBVIOUS that the iPhone deserves to be sold on more than one carrier in the USA, just like pretty much every other country in the world.

    But please, can we actually WAIT until this happens, instead of whispering overheard rumours?

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