Analyst Suggests AT&T May Have Gained iPhone Exclusivity Through 2010 With iPad Data Deal

[SteveSparks]

I am happy with my ATT data plans. The iPad and the iPhone work on here in Austin, Tx. I did have problems in NYC last summer with calles but never with data, at lease not where I noticed.

I know other carrers customers would like to the use the iPhone but right now I'm happy to keep getting the ATT discounts as they keep making deals with Apple to be the carrier.

 

[RonHC]

AT&T an overall bad network?

Sure it doesnt cover all the areas you may live but it happens to any other carrier.
I live in Richmond and my brother-in-law can't get a signal from Sprint, he switched to Verizon and its ok but does that make Sprint an overall bad network? No
and its common sense that if you can't get a signal and you are sick and tired of dropped calls then just switch and stop complaining

When the time comes where the iPhone comes to Verizon, then go ahead and get the iPhone for their network but for now just stop complaining and switch to whatever carrier that is better in your area

 

[aiqw9182]

Oh by the way...
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100329/apple-working-on-verizon-iphone/

 

[SteveSparks]

I also don't think Apple wants to make a non GSM phone. It's world wide market is GSM. Really the next logicial carrier here in the USA should be T-Mobile.

 

[JediZenMaster]

I'm not trying to make some threat as if Apple would even care, but if the iPhone comes out on Verizon this year

Well i don't have a crystal ball but i doubt there will be one on Verizon this year. June is month for iPhone announcements and they wouldn't annouce one on ATT and then wait till later in the year and announce one for VZW then.

Apple is pretty prediticable when it comes to when and where they announce new products. If anything it would be next june if they did carrier. So this way VZW would have enough markets rolled out with LTE and this would promise enough sales for apple.

Because if you have a phone that can only be used in 5 markets that would leave too much stock on shelves.

 

[RonHC]

I also don't think Apple wants to make a non GSM phone. It's world wide market is GSM. Really the next logicial carrier here in the USA should be T-Mobile.

agreed, if Apple were to go with any other carrier in the US, Then it would most likely go with T-Mobile

 

[Chupa Chupa]

Why apple is blinded to this is beyond me.
Guess it is time to check out the Android. Which of course leaves the iPhone out for 2 years, for all the smart stuff Apple does this is just plain wacked out stupid.

Uh... it was your precious Verizon that rejected Apple, not the other way around. Sorry.

 

[AtHomeBoy_2000]

Apple and Verizon are still slamming each other in commercials. Why do that if you are about to become partners?

I think Apple is going to now hold-out until Verizon rolls out their 4G (LTE) network.

 

[Cheffy Dave]

if true, this would positively SUCK!

 

[cvaldes]

Oh by the way...
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20100329/apple-working-on-verizon-iphone/

You believed that? Ahahahahahaha!!!!

Let's face it: no iPhone on Verizon this year.

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg practically begged for the iPhone which means they're not gonna get it. Apple partners clam up real tight when there's a deal in the works. All Verizon can do is show empty pockets. They got nothing.

 

[drnen]

agreed, if Apple were to go with any other carrier in the US, Then it would most likely go with T-Mobile

if Apple ever plans on getting into the LTE market in the US, its going to need to support legacy CDMA radio frequencies as well. So whether apple does it now or later, its going to have to support it at some point- all LTE verizon phones are still going to need support for cdma just like current att phones support edge

 

[bergmef]

Enjoy your new iPod touch.

The iPhone isn't coming to Verizon this year.

If Apple really were planning on releasing an iPhone on Verizon, there would have been a noticeable hiring surge of CDMA phone engineers by Apple. There has been zero evidence indicating such (it would have been duly reported by the tech media).

From 2 years ago ...

http://www.9to5mac.com/cdma-iphone-verizon-sprint

 

[JediZenMaster]

Uh... it was your precious Verizon that rejected Apple, not the other way around. Sorry.

I Wonder how verizon is going to handle not being able to place their DNA all over the iphone if they carrier it (i.e verizon logo,etc).

And i also heard that there was some type of issue with Verizon wanting to perform instore repairs for phones which clashed with apple's view of supporting it's own hardware. Awhile back which was one of the reasons why verizon passed on it.

If they get a chance i would hope they wouldn't be so arrogant to apple.

 

[aiqw9182]

You believed that? Ahahahahahaha!!!!

Let's face it: no iPhone on Verizon this year.

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg practically begged for the iPhone which means they're not gonna get it. Apple partners clam up real tight when there's a deal in the works. Verizon has empty pockets.

What's there not to believe? From the sounds of things you are a 15 year old who thinks he knows what he's talking about. Even if it doesn't come to Verizon, I'll gladly use my phone for what it's intended for with zero dropped calls.

 

[JediZenMaster]

I'll gladly use my phone for what it's intended for with zero dropped calls.

That's a myth. Everyone has experienced at least ONE dropped call. There is no person on earth who hasn't. Someone needs to take their blinders off.

 

[rdowns]

I wondered what that loud groaning we heard earlier was We thought a moose got hit by a truck on the Interstate. Turns out it was the collective crying of Verizon fanboys.

 

[bergmef]

I Wonder how verizon is going to handle not being able to place their DNA all over the iphone if they carrier it (i.e verizon logo,etc).

And i also heard that there was some type of issue with Verizon wanting to perform instore repairs for phones which clashed with apple's view of supporting it's own hardware. Awhile back which was one of the reasons why verizon passed on it.

If they get a chance i would hope they wouldn't be so arrogant to apple.

I don't see it on a lot of the current phones ... other than the cheapies

 

[original-aptech]

Sprint's Has 4G Now - Googled a site "selling" (unreleased) the iPhone 4G

I receive (mobile USB) 4G through Clear.com it is great! Sprint is a backer ($) of Clear and has a 4G phone now. Yet Apple is with ATT, whose LTE (4G) is not "live". I even googled a website "selling" Apple's iPhone 4G - http://www.new-iphone4g.com - if Apple "announces" their iPhone 4G at the June conference - how does ATT and the end user fit in?!?

AT&T an overall bad network?

Sure it doesnt cover all the areas you may live but it happens to any other carrier.
I live in Richmond and my brother-in-law can't get a signal from Sprint, he switched to Verizon and its ok but does that make Sprint an overall bad network? No
and its common sense that if you can't get a signal and you are sick and tired of dropped calls then just switch and stop complaining

When the time comes where the iPhone comes to Verizon, then go ahead and get the iPhone for their network but for now just stop complaining and switch to whatever carrier that is better in your area

 

[bergmef]

That's a myth. Everyone has experienced at least ONE dropped call. There is no person on earth who hasn't. Someone needs to take their blinders off.

Maybe he lives under a cell tower and never leaves home?!?

 

[Digitalclips]

This is why I'm glad I live in Canada...except for outrageous monthly prices on cell phones

and the winters

 

[JediZenMaster]

I receive (mobile USB) 4G through Clear.com it is great! Sprint is a backer ($) of Clear and has a 4G phone now. Yet Apple is with ATT, whose LTE (4G) is not "live". I even googled a website "selling" Apple's iPhone 4G - http://www.new-iphone4g.com - if Apple "announces" their iPhone 4G at the June conference - how does ATT and the end user fit in?!?

Too bad that Sprint Wimax phone would be useless if Clear switches to LTE which it's rumored to be looking into. Because it would be too costly for Clear to operate a Wimax and Lte network.

 

[aiqw9182]

That's a myth. Everyone has experienced at least ONE dropped call. There is no person on earth who hasn't. Someone needs to take their blinders off.

Myth? I always have a Verizon signal no matter where I go and if there's ever a dropped call it's ironically when I'm talking to my friend using his iPhone, who coincidentally has the worst sound quality out of everyone else I talk to who has Verizon. The Verizon drop rate is 1.5%. Have you seen AT&T's?

 

[merlinw]

Same here, the coverage map show coverage, but for me calls are dropped daily. ATT has horrible coverage.

I drive 4 hours almost every other weekend, and out of those 4 hours, I have 1.5hrs of straight "No Service." And yet AT&T's map shows they have coverage in those spots. BS.

I hope Sprint's upcoming "Beyond Talk" plan will force AT&T and Verizon to offer cheaper plans. (300 minutes, unlimited text/data for $25/mo.)

I hardly ever use my phone, so I've got around 5,000 rollover minutes that I will never, ever use, and never will use. So staying with AT&T for rollover minutes is not appealing to me.

Maybe if a Verizon iPhone comes out next year, I can convince them to pay to cancel my contract with AT&T so I can switch.

 

[bergmef]

If the cell companies were bidding, then why would apple give up anything? They can get more from att by not having an exclusive agreement.

 

[RogueWarrior65]

It's a struggle of 2 companies who want full control of their devices and content. 2 greedy corporations that want to charge for all content. Their greed will never let them reach an agreement.... at least not one where the customer wins.

I disagree. Verizon makes neither the device nor the content. They're selling access to their infrastructure. I'm sure Verizon wanted to gimp the iPhone just like they did with every other manufacturer's device and Apple told them that they were living in the past just like the record companies were when iTunes came out. The iPhone is proving that the old cellphone company business policies are dead and good riddance. The iPad is hammering the last nails in that coffin. AT&T was smart to embrace it at least as far as they did (e.g. lack of official tethering). Verizon is going to get left behind eventually.