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Verizon Media Event Scheduled for January 11th: iPhone Announcement?
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It's safe to say on Tuesday verizon won't announce an iPhone. Then on Tuesday everyone will say "Apple will announce a verizon iPhone in February" and the madness will continue... Just like last year, the year before that, and the year before that....... 
It's safe to say on Tuesday verizon won't announce an iPhone. Then on Tuesday everyone will say "Apple will announce a verizon iPhone in February" and the madness will continue... Just like last year, the year before that, and the year before that.......
I don't think some of you will believe it even after its in the stores.
effff gizmodo.
The Loop reports that Verizon has just issued invitations for a media event set to be held in New York City next Tuesday, January 11th. The topic of the event is unknown, but speculation of course centers around a possible introduction of the iPhone on the carrier, although most observers have been expecting that such an introduction would be made at an Apple media event given the company's penchant for secrecy.The January 11th date for the Verizon media event matches a report from yesterday about a Verizon iPhone introduction, although that report indicated that it would be an Apple event.
A separate report today claims that evidence is pointing to a February 3rd launch date for a major new Apple product, presumed to be the Verizon iPhone. Given Apple's history of product releases, an official introduction would be expected in the very near future in order to meet that launch date.
Article Link: Verizon Media Event Scheduled for January 11th: iPhone Announcement?
And even if it was originally a 5 year contract. I am sure you can breach it and pay a penalty. If the penalty is worth the gain of slowing android then hey why not. Maybe verizon was willing to pay more per device that it would pay for a breach of contact for apple.
AT&T may have negotiated away the unlimited dataplans in exchange for losing a year of exclusivity.
Your sarcasm-o-meter is broken.
Warbrain said:
Any evidence that this isn't a vzw iPhone announcement? There's no evidence that this is for a vzw iphone (ie just speculation) but you seem to be extremely sure of yourself.
I don't think it ever existed. And even if it did, they signed their first contract back in 2006, not in 2007.
...And I signed the lease contract for my appartment 1 month before moving but the 2 years became effective only when I moved in and they started to charge me my rent!!! Your point? If there was a 5 year contract, surely the 5 years period started when the product hit the shelves...
Comparing an apartment contract to contracts between multi billion dollar companies? Really?
Did you notice they removed all mention of Apple from those drop down boxes? Sounds like they were testing it out real quick when you caught it. I checked it out yesterday and it was there and now it isnt. interesting
Sigh. This has been covered over and over and over in this thread. This is there because of the iPad; it's been there for months because of the iPad, and when you "checked it out yesterday and it was there and now it isnt" you must have forgotten how you found it, because it's still there:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...viewPhoneOverviewByDevice&deviceCategoryId=12
If that link doesn't work, just go to the home page, hover over "Phones and Devices", click "Tablets", and then hover over "Brand/OS".
Can we put this one to sleep now??
in the UK when o2 lost exclusivity, orange and vodafone had the 3gs in january, and still then got the 4 when that came out, so the precedent is there. you americans are either not paying attention and missing out the fact there is already precedent for other carriers to do this and also that the CARRIER has announced getting the iPhone on their network breaking exclusivity in the country they're in, so like others have said, how can you still deny it's a heavily strong possibility that Verizon will get the iPhone and have it out shortly. Apple don't need to announce it as it's not a new product.
I don't think you are paying attention. This is not just a carrier announcement. A phone with different hardware is required to run on Verizon.
Insignificantly different from a consumer perspective. Why would we need an Apple keynote only to have Steve walk on stage and say "Here's the iPhone for verizon, looks the same, different radio inside. Goodnight folks!"
Possibly a redesign (update) due to the problems with the antenna location?
Then let me make an adjustment to my post "Here's the iPhone for verizon, looks the same, different radio inside and we changed the antenna a little. Goodnight folks!"
Seriously, why don't people get this isn't a different product? Whether or not Apple chooses to 'fix' the antenna and say that they had to move it or change it anyways based on the new Verizon specifications, it doesn't make it a new product. It's the same product with the required changes to be capable on a different network. This concept can also go along with LTE. Even if the phone is LTE capable, one could argue Apple simply made the iPhone 4 capable with Verizon's network of which is partially LTE.
Yeah, I've got to disagree here. If it were to have LTE (and it won't), how would that not make it a different product? It would be a vastly more powerful device than the 4 where LTE coverage exists.
You're the one not paying attention, it's the same phone, same features, just a cdma radio, rather than GSM. joe public would not know there was a difference so really, explain why apple would have to hold an event just to say it's got a different radio??? it is just a carrier announcement, there's no need for it to be an apple announcement.
Edit: plus explain why alot of people invited are people that cover apple related stuff and have never been invited by verizon to their events and also why gizmodo have not been invited? or you choosing to ignore all that to suit your own theory?
Vastly different is quite a hyperbole. It probably won't even be an LTE device anyway.
I walked into my local Verizon Wireless store this afternoon to take a look at the Android phones and thought you poor things, you're about to be ignored big time.
You're the one not paying attention, it's the same phone, same features, just a cdma radio, rather than GSM. joe public would not know there was a difference so really, explain why apple would have to hold an event just to say it's got a different radio??? it is just a carrier announcement, there's no need for it to be an apple announcement.
Edit: plus explain why alot of people invited are people that cover apple related stuff and have never been invited by verizon to their events and also why gizmodo have not been invited? or you choosing to ignore all that to suit your own theory?
What Joe Schmo thinks doesn't matter. What matters is manufacturing. It is a different product reportedly coming from a different manufacturer (Pegatron). This is completely different than what was experienced in the UK.
its still an iPhone 4 with the same processor, etc, so consumer-wise its the same phone. therefore same situation. the difference is the cdma related stuff, therefore apple have nothing to announce, as it's no difference in what the phone can do in general. so therefore carrier announcement. you did not give any real counter argument, just stated it's a different manufacturer, that doesn't mean squat. but we'll see shortly won't we.
edit, and again, like a couple of others have said, how are people just ignoring totally obvious evidence that it is going to be the iphone? do people really hate the idea of iphone on verizon that much?? seriously people need to check their priorites!! lol
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Why should the "ex-Wife" get the "NEW Car"?
Apple
is a US based Company that introduced the iPhone with AT&T in June in 2007. Later other telcos had a staged rollout all over the world. With no other US partner present.
If the primary US partner has changed, and the relationship has gone bad (see AT&T) then maybe the timeline of the product can change, especially since the iPhone 4 had a blemished year.
So why can't the newest iPhone, be the iPhone 5 World Phone on Verizon and then At&t a few months later, then the rest of the international telcos?
AT&T doesn't have to have the iPhone 5 first.
Apple
is a US based Company that introduced the iPhone with AT&T in June in 2007. Later other telcos had a staged rollout all over the world. With no other US partner present.If the primary US partner has changed, and the relationship has gone bad (see AT&T) then maybe the timeline of the product can change, especially since the iPhone 4 had a blemished year.
So why can't the newest iPhone, be the iPhone 5 World Phone on Verizon and then At&t a few months later, then the rest of the international telcos?
AT&T doesn't have to have the iPhone 5 first.