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iPhone Coming to Verizon... Next Year?
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Color me skeptical-this doesn't seem like something that Verizon would have been able to keep under the radar without so much as a leak for as long as it would have taken them to build out a GSM network.
Guess I will believe it when I see it.
And incidentally, Verizon is just AT&T on CDMA-they both suck for customer service.
Verizon announced the switchover from CDMA to gsm about a year ago and that implementation would begin in 2010. this is not new news. it's probably part of the reason they're offering dual band radios in some of their phones.
Veriozon isn't going GSM they are going LTE, which is 4g, the same technology that ATT will be switching to. So when LTE is implemented you will be able to use any phone on most networks. Sprint decided to go the route of Wimax which is easier to implement but doesnt seem as widespread as LTE will be
That's great for me!!!
If the iPhone moves to verizon, i would be the HAPPIEST and sign a 5 year contract.
I have been a verizon customer here in NJ for 7 years and only ONCE have I had a problem with the BILL. Which of course they credited back to me. I had signal EVERYWHERE i went. FULL bars was USUAL. When i had to switch to the iphone for At&T i was very dissapointed.
So i made the switch and i LOVE the iPhone.... I love the "iPhone". While driving home from work, call dropps the same place. Down the hill to reach my house, CALL DROP. In my bed room where i used to get 3-4 bars of signal, now i get 1-2 bars where i have to be in a corner of my bed.
Talking to ATT customer service is like talking to a retail shmuck. They talk like they really don't give. Proffesionalism is NOT their highest priority. Once i called while in the car because i was traveling to brazil or mexico and they forgot to say, thank you for calling ATT. They just hanged up.
Verizon was ALWAYS proffesional, always called back to make sure all was good when ever if ever i needed help.
If they go to verizon, i will have both, GREAT PHONE, and GREAT SIGNAL. now only if verizon had rollover minutes lol.
that's my 2 cents
If the iPhone moves to verizon, i would be the HAPPIEST and sign a 5 year contract.
I have been a verizon customer here in NJ for 7 years and only ONCE have I had a problem with the BILL. Which of course they credited back to me. I had signal EVERYWHERE i went. FULL bars was USUAL. When i had to switch to the iphone for At&T i was very dissapointed.
So i made the switch and i LOVE the iPhone.... I love the "iPhone". While driving home from work, call dropps the same place. Down the hill to reach my house, CALL DROP. In my bed room where i used to get 3-4 bars of signal, now i get 1-2 bars where i have to be in a corner of my bed.
Talking to ATT customer service is like talking to a retail shmuck. They talk like they really don't give. Proffesionalism is NOT their highest priority. Once i called while in the car because i was traveling to brazil or mexico and they forgot to say, thank you for calling ATT. They just hanged up.
Verizon was ALWAYS proffesional, always called back to make sure all was good when ever if ever i needed help.
If they go to verizon, i will have both, GREAT PHONE, and GREAT SIGNAL. now only if verizon had rollover minutes lol.
that's my 2 cents
still waiting, iphone for verizon, further speculation, lol
So, after much anticipation the iphone "successor" as one verizon csr had the audacity to call the it, the blackberry storm, I went another route. None of the phones at the store were really doing it for me, the voyager my current phone, not for long, is stocky and bothersome. Here's what I did, picked up a second hand ipod touch 2nd gen 16gb 200$ (Pretty stoked
) and now i'm downgrading to a sleeker model chocolate 3, background music playback (big deal for me)
and laying in waiting for macworld, lol
Oh on the notion of sprint, If what I believe happens happens this could also be a possibility.
1. Announcement at macworld of unsubsidized (500-600) cdma HD iphone midyear, as well as GSM HD iphone
2. Finalizing of any device plan by verizon, setting up a specific plan geared to iphone, no branding though! comes with month to month contract
3. Sprint follows lead
4. Proposal to t-mobile by apple (jobs) for creation of just such a plan (any device) , most likely other countries carriers are consulted for business partnerships for cdma technologies and other gsm competitors
5. Release of HD iphones GSM and CDMA
6. Domination!!! lol
this touch is sick!!! The battery life is harsh though, especially with wifi on!
thanks
So, after much anticipation the iphone "successor" as one verizon csr had the audacity to call the it, the blackberry storm, I went another route. None of the phones at the store were really doing it for me, the voyager my current phone, not for long, is stocky and bothersome. Here's what I did, picked up a second hand ipod touch 2nd gen 16gb 200$ (Pretty stoked
) and now i'm downgrading to a sleeker model chocolate 3, background music playback (big deal for me)and laying in waiting for macworld, lol
Oh on the notion of sprint, If what I believe happens happens this could also be a possibility.
1. Announcement at macworld of unsubsidized (500-600) cdma HD iphone midyear, as well as GSM HD iphone
2. Finalizing of any device plan by verizon, setting up a specific plan geared to iphone, no branding though! comes with month to month contract
3. Sprint follows lead
4. Proposal to t-mobile by apple (jobs) for creation of just such a plan (any device) , most likely other countries carriers are consulted for business partnerships for cdma technologies and other gsm competitors
5. Release of HD iphones GSM and CDMA
6. Domination!!! lol
this touch is sick!!! The battery life is harsh though, especially with wifi on!
thanks
CDMA is dying. Sure, it's the better tech, but Verizon is supposedly going with the GSM standard for 4G networking.
What's this HD iPhone nonsense? With an HD screen? What's the purpose of a 1920x1200 3.5" screen?
Nope. LTE has nothing technically in common with GSM. (It's actually closer related to WiMAX.)
What provoked this myth was that the GSM group decided to use LTE for 4G first. Verizon and Vodafone and other CDMA users later did, too. Kudos to them, because it will lower chip and backend costs for everyone.
LTE is neither GSM nor CDMA. Phones that are built for LTE will at first have to also have either a GSM or a CDMA radio to fall back on.
the Storm wasn't as hot as it was supposed to be said one sales rep at a VZW store. Already a few are being returned. The sales rep said a lot of people are wanting the Bold but its ATT. But yes this rep said CDMA is a dying technology and VZW will be on a GSM network within a year.
ONE MORE TIME:
Verizon is NOT going GSM. They are keeping CDMA and adding LTE for its 4G system. Just as ATT is keeping GSM and adding LTE for its 4G system.
LTE is not compatible with either CDMA or GSM.
As other posters have mentioned, I know that they are going LTE, not gsm.
But do you happen to have pics of these new mystery phones?
Verizon LTE coming in 2009
Of note:
Verizon has just said that they expect LTE to be in actual use (in very limited areas) by this time next year.
That's about a year ahead of what was originally expected.
LG has also just shown off an LTE modem chip running under Windows Mobile, with download speed of 60 Mbps.
Of note:
Verizon has just said that they expect LTE to be in actual use (in very limited areas) by this time next year.
That's about a year ahead of what was originally expected.
LG has also just shown off an LTE modem chip running under Windows Mobile, with download speed of 60 Mbps.
If the iphone comes to VZ I would be all over it. Where I live, VZ kicks AT&T all over the place. Reception is so much better on VZ that my iPHone is almost unusable at my office. I had to go to VZ and get the Storm to make phone calls. I also live in a very good reception area for the iPhone.
I think the iPhone coming over to VZW is an eventuality. The question really is when and not if. Why do I think that? Well, because Apple wants to constantly increase it's marketshare, there's only so much one company can do with one carrier. Eventually, Apple has to "spread it's wings."
Imho, Apple going to VZW is a certainty, it's just a matter of when.
w00master
Imho, Apple going to VZW is a certainty, it's just a matter of when.
w00master
Except... 6.7 billion people are afforded GSM and 300 million are afforded CDMA.
They won't ever allow people to use the iPhone on Verizon's network, but once an LTE iPhone exists, and once AT&T and Verizon upgrades their entire networks to LTE, you will be able to unlock an iPhone and use it on Verizon.
And how many of those 6.7 billion people live in third world countries on PAYG plans or can't afford data or long term contracts? You can't calculate smartphone opportunities with dumbphone territory.
In the first quarter that the 3G iPhone was available, it sold about 2.5 million each in the USA and overseas. That is, about half the sales were via ATT. Just think if they had Verizon available to double the USA sales.
It'll have to be multi-band (major carriers will have their own LTE frequencies). And at first, need to also have a GSM or CDMA radio to fall back on outside of LTE coverage.
I would probably stay with AT&T even if the iPhone came to Verizon, but I would like to see this happen just so there's competition and prices drop. On the other hand, would they really have different prices? Think about it, it would be suicide for whatever company was charging more money a month or at purchase, so they would just end up offering it for the same price all around.... anyone care to disagree?