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Will the iPhone ever be a part of a Verizon Wireless service plan?
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Besides the exclusive contract to worry about, there's also the Verizon factor to worry about. Verizon turned them down in the beginning. This was mainly due to control issues, etc. There's no way to predict if Verizon and Apple will find a compromise that allows them to partner together.
The iPhone has sold more after it got subsidized by AT&T. Even though it's not very smart, economically speaking, this country wants subsidized phones. How many people do you know buy full price, unlocked phones?
All my co-workers have subsidized phones that they got for less than $10. Even with the 3G, they still thought it was expensive to buy the phone.
I'd personally would like an unlocked GSM iPhone. It'd be extremely convenient to slip in a foreign sim when I go traveling overseas. I have no interest in Verizon or Sprint, because neither can be used outside the US. Too isolationist for my tastes.
Verizon sucks... they have fisherprice cellphones and no Sim Cards. Not good by my standards.
What do you get when u have one control hungry company meeting another?? WW3 thats what, have u ever noticed Verizon is loaded with that crap FW.. how do you know your getting an accurate signal reading??
What do you get when u have one control hungry company meeting another?? WW3 thats what, have u ever noticed Verizon is loaded with that crap FW.. how do you know your getting an accurate signal reading??
eastercat, that's not entirely true that you can not use a Verizon phone out of the USA. I just got back from Aruba. I used my Verizon Motorola V9m there. I had to call Verizon and have them activate international calling. The roaming is killer at 2 bucks a minute, but we wanted the kids to be able to call us if needed.
Why can't you put a sim card from say the Verizon Blackberry in an iPhone? Isn't a sim is a sim is a sim???
Why can't you put a sim card from say the Verizon Blackberry in an iPhone? Isn't a sim is a sim is a sim???
There's a worldwide CDMA coverage map here.
Everywhere that's dark blue has CDMA available, most of it 3G.
As for GSM, it's too bad that Apple locked down the iPhone for most buyers. It negates one of the greatest benefits: that of swapping SIMs, especially for cheaper local ones in other countries.
Everywhere that's dark blue has CDMA available, most of it 3G.
As for GSM, it's too bad that Apple locked down the iPhone for most buyers. It negates one of the greatest benefits: that of swapping SIMs, especially for cheaper local ones in other countries.
Sorry, I meant to write that you can't put a foreign sim into the Verizon so you can use it overseas at a reasonable price.
That sounds like a BGR myth. There are Verizon smartphones with WiFi.
AFAIK, Verizon has never removed WiFi that was designed into a CDMA phone. If Sprint has it, and other CDMA countries have it, then Verizon did as well. I would think it was left out of the Storm simply because there wasn't room with both CDMA and GSM radios already in it.
Personally, I prefer having WiFI available, but I've had EVDO smartphones without it, and didn't miss it as much as I thought I would.
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I don't like VZ because they don't use SIM cards. You'd have to go through them to get new phones and have them activate it.
You can't do that with an iPhone either.
You can activate phones online at vzw.com. I buy phones off eBay. Sometimes I've switched numbers between phones several times a day.
But yep, a SIM's much quicker.
No you don't, you call *228 (I think it's that number) and do it that way. I have done it many times when I had Verizon.
I hope to God they bring it to VZW. I had to switch from ATT to VZW and am now stuck with a POS BB Storm 
I know VZW turned down Apple initially, but at this point Apple has proven they have the device everyone is chasing so I think VZW would bend over backwards to get Apple to bring the iPhone over.
I dont think the wifi thing or logos would be an issue. Like I said, I think VZW would acquiesce to whatever Apple wanted.
I dare say they would sell a million iPhones overnight on VZW.
I know VZW turned down Apple initially, but at this point Apple has proven they have the device everyone is chasing so I think VZW would bend over backwards to get Apple to bring the iPhone over.
I dont think the wifi thing or logos would be an issue. Like I said, I think VZW would acquiesce to whatever Apple wanted.
I dare say they would sell a million iPhones overnight on VZW.
No one flippin knows if, or when, it will be on Verizon. No one knows exactly how long the AT&T exclusivity agreement is or what Apple will do when it expires. Even Apple probably doesn't know yet. Why? Because they will negotiate the best possible exclusivity deal they can each time it comes up for renewal, and undoubtedly those negotiations are still ongoing. If AT&T keeps sliding them enough cash, it will stay a GSM-only phone. If Verizon coughs up big, then we will see a CDMA iPhone. I'd bet big bucks a CDMA prototype has existed for quite a while now. But whether it will come to fruition depends entirely on dollars and cents.
So let's put the speculation to rest and just wait and see, because that's all anyone can honestly do.
So let's put the speculation to rest and just wait and see, because that's all anyone can honestly do.
The people who created yellowsn0w would say otherwise.
However, even if you ignore that, there are legal, unlocked iPhones (in other countries) that can accept a foreign sim.
I have a hard time picturing this, but I'm willing to give Verizon the benefit of a doubt.
Aren't those "unlocked" phones (from France, for example) only unlocked for the country they're sold in?
Or had something changed with that ?
The 2012 thing is just everyone's guess. However, it will be after 2012 that Verizon drops CDMA and moves on to another platform.
I fought my daddy over Vietnam, hippies, music, drugs, sex, staying out all night, etc. If I could have added an iPhone to the list I would have but I just didn't have the opportunity...
I fought my daddy over Vietnam, hippies, music, drugs, sex, staying out all night, etc. If I could have added an iPhone to the list I would have but I just didn't have the opportunity...
Proof? No one knows if they'll move all of their transmissions to LTE or if they'll just move data.
If it's just data, we still won't have a Verizon iPhone.
I doubt it would ever hit other networks, other than being unlocked. Apple is making the right decision to stay with ATT. Their service has never been far from phenomenal since I had Cingular, and its a basic marketing advantage. If everyone wants one, you need to move to ATT and buy it. Both Apple and ATT win.
Kind of like the Madden series in the video game industry; no one else is allowed to make NFL games (hence why ESPN 2K series isn't being made anymore). Want to play football but hate Madden, go play Blitz or find ESPN Football 2K5 in the original Xbox bins.
Kind of like the Madden series in the video game industry; no one else is allowed to make NFL games (hence why ESPN 2K series isn't being made anymore). Want to play football but hate Madden, go play Blitz or find ESPN Football 2K5 in the original Xbox bins.
Just a reminder... we're talking about the official Apple unlocked iPhones, not hacked ones.
Are you sure they can be used in any country? At first that was not true, and Apple said they'd goofed up, but I never heard anything after that.
We do know Apple priced them ridiculously high, to prevent them from being sold all over.
Thanks for any pointers to updated info!
Is the IPHONE moving away from exclusive AT&T contract any time soon?
I currently have a cell phone contract with Verizon, but I am looking to get an iPhone in the next few months. I'm waiting for the June announcements, and my current Verizon contract will be up over the summer as well - so I'm trying to time it all to be able to get an iPhone w/o paying a fee to cut my contract to Verizon.
My wife said she overheard some 'tech guys' at her company talking about how there is talk that the iPhone exclusive contract with AT&T is about to expire and/or change, and that it might be open to Verizon or other wireless carriers.
Is this true, or just a rumor at this point?
Thanks.
I currently have a cell phone contract with Verizon, but I am looking to get an iPhone in the next few months. I'm waiting for the June announcements, and my current Verizon contract will be up over the summer as well - so I'm trying to time it all to be able to get an iPhone w/o paying a fee to cut my contract to Verizon.
My wife said she overheard some 'tech guys' at her company talking about how there is talk that the iPhone exclusive contract with AT&T is about to expire and/or change, and that it might be open to Verizon or other wireless carriers.
Is this true, or just a rumor at this point?
Thanks.