Verizon this... Verizon that... How about Sprint?

[kdarling]

Because that 14% of the worlds population is 96 million potential Iphone sales?

As of 1Q2010, there are 540+ million CDMA2000 subscribers around the world.

However, I would think Apple's primary target (if they did a CDMA iPhone) would be the 200 million current subscribers located in the Americas, especially the 164 million in North America alone.

Not to mention the couple of hundred million who aren't current subscribers, but could be potential leapers.

 

[alphaod]

I hope they just make an iPhone with 5 GSM 3G bands, 4 regular bands, CDMA bands, and iDen support… all packing in the same iPhone 4 case carrier unlocked.

 

[Goldinboy17]

Doesn't Sprint use WiMax for their 4G? I could imagine Apple planning on releasing a Verizon iPhone when they have decent 4G coverage, but that would be with LTE. They could then just one phone with the same hardware for both AT&T and Verizon. *sigh* I don't know...

 

[ToroidalZeus]

If I am wrong I have no prob saying I didn't know or I made a mistake. I think it's the other way around with your hopeful assumptions but it's not as simple as you think.
This has been discussed hundreds of times and what you suggest is not possible. Read up or research on it or if you want I can point you to a few threads about it.

Please go ahead, find me an article that shows a radio can't tune into a frequency within in its frequency range.

 

[smithrh]

Please go ahead, find me an article that shows a radio can't tune into a frequency within in its frequency range.

You might not like it, but the other poster is correct.

 

[Applejuiced]

You might not like it, but the other poster is correct.

He doesn't wanna hear that.
He thinks a firmware update can make the iPhone 4 or any iPhone compatible with Tmobile USA 3G bands
I'm done trying to correct him, he's just ignorant.

 

[crazytiger86]

Please go ahead, find me an article that shows a radio can't tune into a frequency within in its frequency range.

You are way way way way over simplifying things if you think your cellphone baseband works the same way as an AM/FM tuner.

Cellphone basebands are not inclusive as you think they are. They just arent. Its a physical limitation. For example, the iPhone runs on 850/900/1800/1900MHz. The Blackberry Curve 8530 (a CDMA phone) also runs on. 800/1900 MHz. Using your logic and argument, that frequencies are inclusive of each other, the Blackberry Curve should essentially be able to run on the same network as the iPhone. But it cant.

There is a reason why they are typed out as 800/1900 MHz and not 800-1900 MHz.

Its kind of explained here: http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/3g-iphone-may-not-work-on-t-mobile-3g-network/ where a reader used a cracked iPhone to try to hack his way onto T-Mobiles 3g network.

It is almost like trying to say that you can use an an 18-wheeler as a bike. If an 18-wheeler has 18 wheels and a bike only has 2, surely it can be used as a bike right? (P.S. It can't. Do you know why?)