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Verizon Media Event Today, iPhone Expected

Kar98 said:
Hmmm, Apple Store still has this to say:

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone?mco=OTY2ODA2OQ#faqs

Which U.S. mobile phone carrier provides iPhone service?

AT&T is the exclusive carrier for iPhone in the U.S. This means that iPhone is configured to work only with wireless service provided by AT&T.
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Well it's official now....

"Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad... today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available early next month."
 
Live from Verizon's iPhone event
By Joshua Topolsky posted Jan 11th 2011 10:20AM
Live Blog


11:08AM There you go people. Verizon iPhone 4. It exists.

11:07AM "Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad... today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available early next month."

11:07AM "Our relationship with Apple has developed over the last two years. In 2008 we started talking about bringing the iPhone to a CDMA network. We spent a year testing."

11:06AM "Today we're partnering with a giant of the industry, and that's Apple." Boom.

11:06AM "As we showed at CES last week, we're building on these partnerships with LTE -- it will make broadband even richer for customers. That's including a whole new range of smartphones and tablets. One analyst said 'we displayed an armada of new devices.'"
 
here it is

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Diode said:
Maybe that's why the leaked shell had a sim card? Who knows.... I guess we'll find out in a few.
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"We're incredibly pleased to give Verizon's customers the choice we've been waiting for. We've designed an iPhone 4 which connects to the CDMA network -- and it has all the features that you'd expect. Like FaceTime. Features like Apple's stunning Retina Display."
 
::snore::

I'll be impressed, however, if Verizon offers the iPad 2 with an unlimited data plan....for a competitive price...
 
11:22AM Q: Why didn't you go the LTE route?

Tim: Two reasons -- the first gen LTW chipsets force design changes we wouldn't make. And Verizon customers told us they want the iPhone now. I can't tell you the number of times we've been asked 'when will it work on Verizon.'
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Definitely implies LTE will not come to iPhone in June 2011 either.
 
born4sky said:
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)

It will be announced today, but will be available only in jun with a new iPhone release. Remember my words...
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I remembered them :)
 
bad03xtreme said:
So has the antenna issue been resolved with this new version? No need for a case with the Verizon version?
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They only specified that the antenna was redesigned for CDMA, and that the antenna was working fine on Verizon's network. This really isn't an issue worth hanging up on anyway. A person could be like the other millions of iPhone 4 peeps out there using the device as they prance about in luscious green fields of unicorns and leprechauns in happiness, every bit as naked as their iPhone 4s. I think people just believe too much of what the television commands them to believe, and get overly hung up on details not particularly relevant to the real world.

Edit: Direct answer. I'd suggest people buy it as if they were buying an AT&T iPhone 4.
 
Diode said:
Well it's official now....

"Late in 2010 we started offering the iPad... today, we are extremely gratified to announce that the iPhone 4 will be available early next month."
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Just logged back on. Thank you for the update. It's what I expected and now there won't be anymore speculation of Verizon and Apple making it happen.
 
Xian Zhu Xuande said:
You're pretty emotional about these things. It is business. If you consider it from that angle, it might make more sense. Verizon was approached, but they probably wanted to plaster their logo on the iPhone and control all manner of elements behind the device (e.g. music sales). They probably also wanted to limit certain features which competed with or potentially interfered with their ideals. This was status quo for them before the iPhone, and they still do much of this today.

AT&T was a good option for them in the United States. As a GSM provider, it helped architecturally for expansion outside the United States (it isn't Apple's style to make so many different versions of their device as other mobile phone makers do). As a large provider, they provided Apple with a good pool of users to address. By offering AT&T something in exchange (an exclusive agreement), Apple received increased leverage in the negotiation, allowing them to do things like request special advancements and considerations for their product (such as visual voicemail).

AT&T gave Apple the chance to chance the mobile phone industry, and the opportunity to define the iPhone as the game changer it is today. And now, shortly, we'll see a Verizon iPhone, free of all the BS they might have wanted to permanently affix into it back when smartphones looked like Blackberries.
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Your point about Verizon is correct, but you are wrong when saying that "AT&T was a good option for them in the United States." The first iPhone was totally compatible with T-Mobile, so Apple should have either gone with them exclusively or offered the iPhone to them in addition to AT&T. Prior to the first iPhone launch, T-Mobile had won J.D. Power and Associates awards, whereas AT&T was infamous for their horrendous service and customer service.

And the argument that 3G compatible iPhones would not have worked on T-Mobile is utter garbage. Yes, T-Mobile uses the GSM 1700MHz AWS band for 3G. It would have been far easier and cheaper for Apple to add that band on their iPhones than to make a CDMA version.
 
Built said:
How is your OWN personal data usage relevant to anybody else's?
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Well I do know that only some 1% or so of customers actually use more than 2GB. Just sayin'. Unlimited data is irrelevant to most users. Don't get you panties in a wad.
 
Slim02 said:
Why and who really uses both Voice and data at the same time?.. I have never use it and I see it as being rude if you are checking your email or looking at some thing that has nothing to do with the person you are talking to..
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D'oh!!!! What about when you are checking your e-mail and someone tries to call you. You won't get the call...how rude are you!!!!
 
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