Wall Street Journal Reports Verizon iPhone in the Works
According to the article, the two iPhone models will be produced by different manufacturers:
The people briefed on the matter said one of the new iPhones is being manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which produced Apple's previous iPhones. The model that has CDMA capability, used by Verizon Wireless, is being manufactured by Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan's ASUSTeK Computer Inc., said these people.
The new GSM version would be released this summer while the CDMA model for Verizon would not go into production until September.
There has been much speculation about how much longer the iPhone will remain exclusively with AT&T in the U.S. A report earlier this year indicated that the exclusivity deal would end in 2010 and that AT&T was seeking to extend it.
Verizon is the largest cellular service provider in the U.S. with over 91 million subscribers. Reports earlier this year indicated that Verizon was in talks with Apple to gain access to the iPhone and the iPad, though no official news resulted. Verizon also purportedly claimed that its network is already ready for the iPhone and the associated network traffic it would bring.
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Apple is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on another model for Verizon Wireless.
Also being reported at Engadget... http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/wsj-apple-developing-new-iphone-plus-another-for-verizon/
Apple Inc. is developing a new iPhone to debut this summer and also appears to be working on a model for U.S. mobile phone operator Verizon Wireless, say people briefed on the matter.
While Apple has unveiled a new iPhone every June or July since launching the product in 2007, the new model with CDMA capability, the cellular technology used by Verizon, is notable because Apple and AT&T Inc. have long had an exclusive relationship with the iPhone. That has given AT&T a competitive edge over other carriers including Verizon for the last three years.
The people briefed on the matter said one of the new iPhones is being manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which produced Apple's previous iPhones. The model that has CDMA capability, used by Verizon Wireless, is being manufactured by Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan's ASUSTeK Computer Inc., said these people.
WOuld be nice if cdma and gsm were in the same phone so you can have true freedom of carriers in the us
That's not quite the way the article reads at WSJ. They've posted more than the "breaking news" banner now.
WOuld be nice if cdma and gsm were in the same phone so you can have true freedom of carriers in the us
true. but frankly, i'll take what i can get and a verizon iphone fits the bill.
And just like the endless reports before this one about a Verizon iPhone, it will never come to be and rumors will end up bein the same thing, rumors.
well whatever it is, at this point, I'm actually more excitied for the HTC incredible that will probably be out on Verizon in a few weeks and the Evo coming out on Sprint. Frankly, I'm not that interested in the iPhone as i used to be so I don't really care if it comes out on Verizon or not. The iPhone has lost it's charm for me. That being said, if it does come out, I would definitely consider purchasing it.
Two models for the US doesn't make a lot of sense. As much as anyone I've been skeptical of a CDMA iPhone. Time will tell, I guess. That exclusivity with AT&T will run out someday.
Not anytime soon. With the iPad's launch, Apple made 2 truly revolutionary delas. One, no lock of the device and two the cheap data plans with AT&T. For that deal to pass along with AT&T, Apple had to give up something, say more exclusivity for the iPhone.
Also Verizon's new 'Big Red' ads show an iPhone on par with some other phone. Not a good sign to bash a product you want to sell.
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