Originally, the Wall Street Journal vaguely reported this story early in the morning, but they have just updated the article explicitly stating that the Verizon iPhone is happening. However, they haven't changed a couple of points that raise a red flag.
First, the introduction date is weird. Apple always introduces their new iPhones in the middle of the year. It seems unlikely that Apple will break that yearly cycle trend, although you never know. Perhaps this new phone will be an exception.
Then, the WSJ claims that it will be a CDMA iPhone, even while Verizon's CEO Ivan Seidenberg specifically categorically told the WSJ that there will not be a CDMA iPhone in 2009. In fact, Seidenberg told the WSJ that, if the Verizon iPhone happens, it will be for theirnew 4G LTE network. Last month, Seidenberg said that the iPhone will not come in the near future.
But maybe Apple changed his mind and he just doesn't want to spoil the surprise. Perhaps the fabled Verizon iPhone will appear once and for all (hopefully, with a fixed antenna design). Perhaps the Wall Street Journal is right this time, but they really meant that the new iPhone will run on Verizon's newly deployed LTE network. Whatever it is, we will know in a few months.
58 comments:
Interesting!!!;)
Cool, but Ill be sticking with the Android platform for a while.
Lokking forward to the end of this nonsense. :D
It'd be nice if the iPhone was finally available on something other than ATT
Seems pretty out of date. 2011 will have a new iphone probably. >_>
This again? as you say it doesn't seem like they would want to break their early tradition
i heard it'll be a new iphone for verizon, dunno if it'll be only availble for verizon and not att, or what will be different, but, it's what i heard :)
the fact that people still care about iphone saddens me.
I hope it comes soon.. It will be great for me.
Wonder if will have loads of bugs like the iphone 4?
Fingers Crossed
cant wait til it happens
When I get a smartphone I plan on getting a droid based one. Never been a fan of the iphone interface.
Ehhh... Doesn't affect me at all. I'd never use or buy an iPhone, regardless of the provider.
I really hope so. I hate AT&T.
interesting
I still don't have a cell phone. Maybe this will be the one ;)
Well that would be cool!
I'd definitely do a Verizon iphone! Thanks for the heads up, I might actually hold off on a purchase until this fleshes out.
I love Verizon. My droid-x is soo cash.
I've already got an iphone 4 so I wouldn't need this :-)
Sweeet.
Should be interesting to see the new phone, no matter how it ends up. I just wish I had the money to pay for one.
awesome! thanks for sharing!
SEWN WE SHALL SEE... I still want a smart phone, but damn they are expensive with the internet plans and what not...
USE ANDROID
Ehh who knows. Really don't care about iPhones or Androids anyway.
I'd wait to see how this performs compared to the iPhone.
I'm with ATT right now but I don't have an iphone. And IMO, ATT and Verizon are the same quality (of bad). Their rates are quite similar (high) but the quality is there at least. If I did switch it'd be to Sprint probably
Still can't afford one, and I have AT&T
All speculation we'll see what happens when or if it does come out. Hasn't been the first time that WSJ didn't get facts straight and had egg on their face.
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Would love to have one :D
apparently there are just many better alternstives!!
I've been waiting on this to finally happen for what feels like forever. If Apple wants to beat Google and Verizon wants to beat AT&T once and for all a partnership with Verizon is their best possible shot.
so glad for this! =)
Really interesting and well written. Good job!
i guess my phone is a 'dumb' phone, i am ok with that
Sprint 4G is better than Verizon's.
looks awesome
should be good :)
It would be nice for a provider other than AT&T to have the iPhone. Right now it's funding more and more stupid AT&T projects instead of them focusing on fixing their awful networks. Maybe once another company gets the iPhone they'll see that people weren't going to them because they wanted to, but because they had to.
supportin!
CDMA is dead technology though. Verizon needs to get their shite together and get on the HSPA bandwagon.
might be a good news, might be bad.
that would be cool.
quite exciting
It'd be nice if the iPhone as well as Apple just vanished forever :D
Will be interesting to see if it really happens.
i dont think iphone look like tahat in 2011
i dont think iphone look like tahat in 2011
keeps getting better!
I have the iPhone on AT&T for 25 bucks a month. Pretty ez.
Very informative post, thanks for sharing. See you again.
I am going to stick with the droid, just for the open source apps. Though, I am sure this will be jail broken soon.
I want one, looks legit.
damn if thats true, thatd be nice
@jdf: yeah man, i've got the same deal. pretty sweet.
The way tech gets pushed out these days it would not surprise me whenever it decided to show up.
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