Wouldnt Apple "have" to announce an iPhone for Verizon soon?

[ThatsMeRight]

No one ever confirmed when the contract between AT&T and Apple expires. Just rumors about a 3- or 5-year deal. Maybe it's even a 10-year deal, lol.

 

[bozzykid]

True lol... people would probably just buy it anyway 🙂 It would be good for both carriers for Verizon to get it really. Less traffic for AT&T, and more options for Verizon.

How would it be less traffic for AT&T. Most people are still locked into contracts. The smartphone market is still small, so most people going to Verizon will be current or new customers. I highly doubt AT&T's iPhone numbers will go down. They will certainly not grow as fast however.

 

[ucfgrad93]

How would it be less traffic for AT&T. Most people are still locked into contracts. The smartphone market is still small, so most people going to Verizon will be current or new customers. I highly doubt AT&T's iPhone numbers will go down. They will certainly not grow as fast however.

I disagree. There have been plenty of people on this website alone that complain enough about at&t's network that they would pay the ETF and leave.

 

[eastercat]

Even without the discount from AT&T, I still wouldn't want a Verizon iPhone. There are times when I go out of the country. Since most of the world uses GSM, I wouldn't want to be stuck with a phone that forces me to roam on world rates. At least with the iPhone on AT&T, I can do some software voodoo and unlock the phone.
BTW to the OP: Apple pretty much does what Steve Jobs tells them to do. If Steve Jobs is still pissed at Verizon for their advertisements attacking the iPhone, then you can forget a Verizon iPhone.

 

[smithrh]

Reading press releases and blogs doesn't make you an insider

I think I figured it out - you read press releases and actually think that they're telling you the whole truth.

Got news for ya - those handoffs that were demonstrated? They were just a tiny tiny fraction of the use cases needed to actually satisfy any real-world deployment. The real heavy lifting is going on now, and will continue to last a few years. Things that were assumed to be the case today will turn out to be something else, and things that looked simple to do will wind up being incredibly complicated.

Press releases serve, amongst other things, to show or at least appear to show progress so that momentum can be maintained. They aren't always entirely truthful. Blogs are worse.

Voice on LTE? Still not figured out. It could go one or many different ways even now. I've personally seen major decisions made in this very space be changed within one day - and then back again, and then entirely cancelled.

There is a LONG LONG LONG way before any of the voice or handoff issues are in the bag. And then, you still need to have the mobile manufacturers play nice, which doesn't come easily.

Already figured out and demonstrated a couple of years ago, although the first one on the actual Verizon LTE network was done last August.



Most LTE users, including Verizon, agreed on a voice standard a few months ago.

 

[kdarling]

I think I figured it out - you read press releases and actually think that they're telling you the whole truth.

Please don't be confused by the links that I post for others.

Those links are not meant for other engineers, since this is not a technical forum.

Intead, I usually spend a lot of time trying to find a short but related page that is easier for non-engineers to read and understand. I believe that informed readers make better discussion partners.

I agree with you that there's always unexpected obstacles and changes.

Regards.

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[greygray]

Who cares? The world's going to end in 2012. No more Verizon iPhone RUMORS. :shutseyes: