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Apple Reportedly Orders CDMA Chips for December Production Run of Verizon iPhone

bludodge said:
It'll happen. Smart move by ATT to let anyone with a contract that expired in 2010 to renew now with no fees. Locking them in to a new contract before they other could jump ship in 2011, unless they wanna break away and pay the higher early termination fees.
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Agreed and/or tie them up in a family plan or business plan. Forget about delivering a better product or cheaper service or both to be competitive but rather tie people up. The iPhone was their better product I hope to see this go non exclusive so innovation will have to happen with the actual carrier and not the phone makers.
 
I wonder if it will only be for USA? or the rest of the world?

ie: Canada's MNVO (Virgin, Koodo, Solo, TelusCDMA, BellCDMA)
 
2+2

Putting two and two together, there was just a rumor about "iPhone 5" as soon as January. There's a rumor of CDMA purchases. They're holding back white. Put it together, and I see a white phone launch for holiday, and the "new" phone is 4.1 - Verizon. And they're going to announce it pre-turkeyday.

Look for an early November announcement. This is the first time there was an "out of cycle" rumor that had some legs, followed by a purchase that they normally wouldn't need for AT&T.

Finally, the world can let go.
 
I love reading the comments in threads like this from AT&T users that are now saying things like, "Good, I'm glad! Just let it come, so everyone can stop whining about it!" You know that it's going to happen sooner rather than later, and now you're just pissed that you won't feel as special, with more people carrying around iPhones than before. :rolleyes:
 
AT&T is arrogant, delusional, or both

"AT&T also reiterated its position that AT&T customers will not defect to rival carriers in large numbers once the iPhone goes non-exclusive, claiming that 80% of customers are on family or business plans that make it difficult for them to switch."

Uh, OK. We'll see about that. As for my family's three iPhones, we'll leave so fast you'll need instant replay to see that it actually happened. I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH IT COSTS. I need a damn phone that WORKS.
 
NC MacGuy said:
Like China?

It's coming in Jan., Apple has finally got the upper hand in negotiations and it's a win win for both companies now. A lot has changed in four years and it would be ridiculous to think iPhone wouldn't eventually go to the highest rated provider in the U.S.

This is one reason both Verizon w. Droid X and AT&T are locking people into contracts with early upgrades.
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I wouldn't buy that iphone on verizon for at least a year , there are going to be so many bugs , doesn't matter, and besides , they are changing to LTE , that verizon cdma verzion of iphone is going to be useless it a year or so.. Duh.....
 
Don't apologize.

This rumor is the best thing going. It was haggard and worn out long ago. Now it's the funniest thing around. Hopefully we will still get weekly Verizon iPhone rumors in 2029.
 
stevensocal said:
I wouldn't buy that iphone on verizon for at least a year , there are going to be so many bugs , doesn't matter, and besides , they are changing to LTE , that verizon cdma verzion of iphone is going to be useless it a year or so.. Duh.....
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So all the other CDMA phones will cease to be usable? The only current change should be CDMA vs. GSM. I don't think a whole phone rework is needed, duhhhhhh.:rolleyes:
 
stevensocal said:
I wouldn't buy that iphone on verizon for at least a year , there are going to be so many bugs , doesn't matter, and besides , they are changing to LTE , that verizon cdma verzion of iphone is going to be useless it a year or so.. Duh.....
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When LTE comes online for Verizon, they aren't going to shut down the CDMA network immediately. That would disconnect practically everyone from their network: consumers and commercial customers. Verizon will probably maintain a CDMA network for 8-10 years before winding down operations.

As you say, duh.....
kocoman said:
I wonder if it will only be for USA? or the rest of the world?

ie: Canada's MNVO (Virgin, Koodo, Solo, TelusCDMA, BellCDMA)
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I doubt that Apple would redesign the phone for one mobile operator. Most likely, they will need multiple CDMA partners around the globe to make this cost effective. The most notable foreign markets using CDMA type of service are China, South Korea, and Japan.

From a financial and logistical standpoint, a Verizon-only handset makes little sense.
 
theOtherGeoff said:
...LTE, I'm unlikely to believe it. Apple will require all phones to be be able to simultaneiously deliver data and voice services, Something CDMA2000 1X (without Advanced Specifications) cannot do.
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The network can, it's the handsets that can't. Let's hope that the chips are for an iphone, not ipad, and that they can handle the new spec.
 
it was extremely easy for my company to make a switch from sprint to at&t when the iphones come out. i don't see it being very difficult to make the switch from at&t to verizon.
 
jdawgnoonan said:
I know immediately of four long time iPhone users who have left behind their iPhones because of the poor AT&T service in our area. I bought out my AT&T contract because my primary uses for the phone requires network connectivity. I was a huge iPhone fan and bought a new one every year until I skipped the 4, but I have to say that my transition to my current Droid X has shown me some of the software freedom that the iPhone was missing and I am not 100% sure that I will switch back to an iPhone even if it comes to Verizon because my Droid is awesome too. It is better in some ways and not as good in other ways. But, Apple needs to hurry up and end the exclusive relationship with AT&T because otherwise the growth of the iPhone will stop and they will start seeing negative growth. The exclusive AT&T deal is actually the root cause for the Android platform to mature, because what started as a platform to answer iPhone envy has rapidly become a great competitor.
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While I respect your honesty...I must say that without a doubt all things android are clunky, UN-user friendly beasts...however they DO offer more features, I'll bet in a less than stellar real world implementation that offers no real world use at all. I think where apple shines is that they can offer features that actually work...99.9 % of the time... Also their super mega pixel rich cameras suck compared to the iphones...go figure...:cool:
 
Is there even horse dust to beat? There's been so many rumors....

But I doubt that a Verizon iPhone would be introduced, by Verizon's CEO at CES. With the exception of MacWorld, Apple products are always introduced at Apple events, by Steve and company.

Verizon's CES keynote will be about LTE, and FiOS. No iPhone.
 
Will leave AT&T in a second

I have a business plan with several iphones. We did not upgrade to iphone 4 with the intent to move away from AT&T the instant Verizon gets the iphone.
 
Not this aaaaagain!

Verizon fans I hope you get your wish and the networks start really putting in the effort the iPhone deserves.
 
dvince2 said:
At this point, I hope you guys finally get the iPhone on Verizon. I couldn't care less about the carrier or AT&T; I just want , for the sake of the rest of the world, to stop hearing about it.
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Amen. I'm of the opinion that *no* carrier would have been prepared for what the iPhone would have done to it these last 3 years. If it had originally been Verizon, everyone would be griping about them instead and begging for an AT&T iPhone now.
 
I don't believe vz phone in January. They'll do Verizon in june or July at the same time they do iPhone 5. They won't do iPhone 5 early for Verizon and not AT&T. And they won't do iPhone 4 for Verizon in January, then introduce a new iPhone 5 or 6 months later for AT&T.

In other words, apple will keep the models in synch.
 
drumcat said:
Putting two and two together, there was just a rumor about "iPhone 5" as soon as January. There's a rumor of CDMA purchases. They're holding back white. Put it together, and I see a white phone launch for holiday, and the "new" phone is 4.1 - Verizon. And they're going to announce it pre-turkeyday.

Look for an early November announcement. This is the first time there was an "out of cycle" rumor that had some legs, followed by a purchase that they normally wouldn't need for AT&T.

Finally, the world can let go.
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I think you need to recheck your math.

1) Apple isn't "holding back" the white iPhone for anything other than production reasons. Do you really think SJ would really announce availability of the White phone on two separate occasions if he knew all along that color would be "held back"? Remember the white iBooks turned yellowish? Yeah, that problem.

2) Countries other than the US use CDMA. It could easily be for a non-US provider. I don't see anything on Verizon's end to suggest they are getting the iP4 otherwise why would they bash it? You don't bash a phone you will have in a few months, you bash the competitors service on which the phone operates.

At the very best, the equation is 2+X=Y.
 
Yes! I'm on AT&T but i'd love verizon's network! anyone know if they do contract buyouts for defunct AT&T users?
 
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