Live Coverage of Verizon's Media Event

[Phil A.]

It was up before t his dog and pony show started.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/index.html

That's pretty poor planning from Verizon
Their pages still say Facetime over WiFi only, unfortunately for VZW customers.
But, how about this from those pages...

 

[alectheking]

On the verizon site look at the picture of the iphone 4! it has the leaked new piece with the black bars moved and tweaked antenna!

 

[Diode]

Not much mystery here. It's already hit VZ web site. Coming 2/10/11.

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/iphone.jsp

LOL under network:

# UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz)
# GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

 

[kdarling]

Wow. They said they've been testing "thousands" of these phones.

Must've stayed out of the bars, though.

 

[Bonsai1214]

yeah, i didn't look closely at the top. no talk about which band it'd be using though.

 

[PsyD4Me]

RESERVATIONS for current V customers. what what.

i just noticed that as well. BS
if that's the case regular folks we'll prolly get theirs in may right around Iphone 5

 

[logics8]

anybody else realize

That the iphone in the picture is the one that had its casing previously leaked?

 

[sclawis300]

wirelessly posted (mozilla/5.0 (iphone; u; cpu iphone os 4_2_1 like mac os x; en-us) applewebkit/533.17.9 (khtml, like gecko) version/5.0.2 mobile/8c148 safari/6533.18.5)

16gb only?

32 gb

 

[locust76]

It's Verizon, they can't do voice and video at the same time.

Verizon can't do voice and DATA at the same time. If you're doing voice and video, then you're treating voice and video as DATA, which can be done.

You can't call someone and check your emails without being able to do voice and data simultaneously.

 

[rwilliams]

Reservations? Not that **** again.

 

[sclawis300]

i just noticed that as well. BS
if that's the case regular folks we'll prolly get theirs in may right around Iphone 5

7 days later.

 

[MarlboroLite]

it's a world phone ppl.

from VZ webpage:

Can I use my iPhone 4 while traveling abroad?

Yes, customers can use iPhone for voice and text in over 40 countries with data service in over 20 countries. For service availability and rate information, visit International Roaming Rates and Coverage. When travelling outside of these 40 destinations, the Global Travel program is the perfect short-term solution for the occasional or infrequent global traveler who needs to stay in touch when travelling internationally.

 

[PsyD4Me]

7 days later.

i think that they'll be out of their initial shipment within hours

 

[lilj4425]

It's a good thing i'm currently a Verizon customer with the reservations they are implementing. 12+ hour lines expected again in front of Apple Stores on 2-10-11.

 

[jp102235]

Mobile HOTSPOT? and unlimited - wow!
that's big.
let's see AT&T's response.

 

[whatever]

I was wrong!

Okay, I'll admit that I wrong about the iPhone not becoming available on the Verizon network.

Finally my friends and family members who have been tied to the Verizon network can finally get an iPhone!

They've been waiting for four years for this day!

And the best news of all, we won't have to hear about this rumor anymore!

Now let's pray that this forces AT&T to become competitive (free tethering) and not the opposite (Verizon adopting all of AT&T's iPhone policies).

 

[HitchHykr]

From the Verizon website:

iPhone will have the 3G Mobile Hotspot app pre-installed

How much will tethering cost???

$0 apparently.

 

[Full of Win]

Att can answer or go blank themselves.

 

[bossxii]

Mobile hotspot included!?! Kick ass, that should force ATT into allowing it, finally, hopefully!

 

[STC1709]

pretty sick current customers pre order feb 3 non customers pre order feb 10

 

[Surely]

$0 apparently.

Yes, at the event they said "Mobile Hotspot included, up to five devices."

 

[profets]

Mobile HOTSPOT? and unlimited - wow!
that's big.
let's see AT&T's response.

whats up with that? is this going to be built in? part of iOS?

 

[Phil A.]

They might have made sure their network is ready for the demand, but they haven't done the same with their website - looks like it's struggling to cope with the page hits at the moment (took about a minute to load up the iPhone 4 details overlay!)

 

[oTaRu]

wow... mobile hotspot... is that available for the older version of iPhone 4??

 

[Habakuk]

Screenshot of Verizon's website:

Writing from a country where we have four iPhone providers. Hope you have more luck with better quality now.