that would be what as known as smart spending of advertising dollars. when you have a product locked in with another party and that party is spending a ton of money advertising it, you spend your money advertising your other products.
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Verizon iPhone in the Works?
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that would be what as known as smart spending of advertising dollars. when you have a product locked in with another party and that party is spending a ton of money advertising it, you spend your money advertising your other products.
This might be a weird time to make a CDMA phone, unless the China market is a MAJOR motivating factor. Verizon is launching LTE this year. They have it up and running (for testing) in Boston and Seattle right now. I think they said 30 markets by the end of 2010, and "full coverage" of the US by 2014.
Ok, but then again how long till CDMA is shut down? Quite a while....
Any phone you buy in the next year will *probably* be replaced before Verizon's CDMA is shut down.
And give those planning to rush out and get a Nexus One on Verizon a reason to hold back until summer to see what Apple will bring...
AT&T: "iPhone a Problem"
AT&T takes another hit...
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2010/03/29/tt_att_ceo_iphone.fortune/
Bring on the Verizon iPhone...
AT&T takes another hit...
http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2010/03/29/tt_att_ceo_iphone.fortune/
Bring on the Verizon iPhone...
Yes. Apple revises the iPhone hardware annually anyway. To bring out a CDMA iPhone for two, maybe three years and have the opportunity to capture part of their 90 million customers would certainly be cost effective. For Verizon's part, using the iPhone to improve their 23% share of the smart phone market is likewise a no-brainer.
I'll believe it when I see it. I'm still in the camp that believes AT&T did not give apple that no contract data plan for $30 without some concessions. Thy would be a fool.
You are way too stuck on Verizon turning down Apple before the iPhone even existed.
Open your eyes to the present, where Jobs is instead out to stop Google and Android.
Read this article for some ideas of what could happen if Verizon got the iPhone.
Steve would love it all.
Guess we won't see any more of those "Can your network and your phone do that?" commercials.
Will be interesting seeing a gimped iPhone. Where I live I have no problems with AT&T and would never switch to Verizon, or go from what I have now to a gimped phone.
Will be interesting seeing a gimped iPhone. Where I live I have no problems with AT&T and would never switch to Verizon, or go from what I have now to a gimped phone.
Why is it gimped if it uses the new qualcomm chips? I think apple engineers are capable enough to use new technology.
there is no multi-tasking in the ipad which reduces network traffic along with the fact that most apps are crippled compared to what you can do with a netbook. along with AT&T not having to sell it, market it, support it, etc.
On AT&T I can be on a phone call and use the internet at the same time, can't do that with Verizon.
Absolutely. And in the current climate of even minimal traction from Droid/Nexus1, "leaking" news of a Verizon iPhone puts a big fly in Google's orange juice.
I have a Verizon smart phone now, have never missed that particular feature. I suspect that would be seen as a small price to pay for many who have to, or want to, use Verizon instead of AT&T.
Qualcomm said last Nov that they could and that mass supplies of the chips would be available the middle of this year. They reiterated that a couple months ago. Once the svdo spec was approved, they started working on it.
If Verizon gets the iphone, I have no doubt this will invoke some pricing wars between the two carriers - or at the very least, AT&T will deploy some retention department and some amazing incentives to prevent customers from switching over to Verizon.
It's going to be amazing to see how many AT&T customers make the switch. I will definitely be one of them, I have no signal in my apartment... Which just isn't going to work for me, so please Verizon, hurry up and get the iPhone! I can't stand the DROID or any of their other phones.
It's going to be amazing to see how many AT&T customers make the switch. I will definitely be one of them, I have no signal in my apartment... Which just isn't going to work for me, so please Verizon, hurry up and get the iPhone! I can't stand the DROID or any of their other phones.
I really do hope a ton of people flock to VZW for their iPhone. It will free up the AT&T network for me and my iPhone.
I've used the feature often so for me it'd make a big deal, add to the fact that I get better coverage from AT&T for where I need to be so switching would be unthinkable for me.
It's not the chip, but the network that needs to be upgraded. Verizon hasn't done this, seems that they're more focused on LTE.
I'm sure Apple will be fine with that. Their goal isn't going to be to try to get people to switch away from AT&T, but to try to get some of Verizon's 91 million customers to buy an iPhone. And it works out great for Verizon too, since they reportedly only have about 26% of the smartphone market.
iPhone on Verizon? or not...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Veriz...3.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode=
I'll believe iPhone on Verizon when it is actually announced by Apple.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Veriz...3.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=1&asset=&ccode=
I'll believe iPhone on Verizon when it is actually announced by Apple.
Makes sense. Always take care of your needs.
For a CDMA handset to use SVDO (simultaneous voice and 3G) chips, no network modification is required.
You might be thinking of 1X Advanced, which greatly increases users and speed, and does require network changes.
Why? I don't understand comments like this; your AT&T devices won't suddenly stop working just because Apple releases a Verizon device. If anything, it may perform a little better if heavy users leave the AT&T network.
Also, a few people have mentioned LTE. I thought I read somewhere that early speed tests weren't too good; does anyone have any speed test documentation somewhere?
Does ATnT Still Suck in New York City?
I see claims that they (ATTnT) have fixed the log jam in NYC?
True?
I see claims that they (ATTnT) have fixed the log jam in NYC?
True?
A world phone as defined by the US market. There are serious technical issues with supporting that CDMA/GSM combo. Can it be done? Yes. But what are the costs and benefits?
The argument is that Apple could 'own' the market. Not going to happen, because they already own the market. Specifically they own the segment of the market they wanted to own. Apple isn't obsessed with world domination (difficult to measure) to the same extent some of the people on Macrumors are.
Expect the eventual Verizon support to be in the form of an LTE phone which is a world standard. Not a CDMA or WiMax phone. Of course the downside is that with the current LTE 4G deployments require two devices since there hasn't been a combined GSM/UMTS/LTE chipset. So you carry a 3G and 4G device to get coverage.