Comments on: Gee, I May Not Buy The New iPhone After All http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2009/04/27/gee-i-may-not-buy-the-new-iphone-after-all/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2009/04/27/gee-i-may-not-buy-the-new-iphone-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-30259 webomatica Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:33:46 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/?p=5036#comment-30259 Ah yeah... you're probably right. I'm letting my annoyance with AT&T get the<br>better of me. I'll hesitate on this iteration of the iPhone only if there is<br>something definitive from Apple / Verizion - but I'd switch in a heartbeat<br>if the opportunity arises. Ah yeah… you’re probably right. I’m letting my annoyance with AT&T get the
better of me. I’ll hesitate on this iteration of the iPhone only if there is
something definitive from Apple / Verizion — but I’d switch in a heartbeat
if the opportunity arises.

]]> By: jcieplinski http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2009/04/27/gee-i-may-not-buy-the-new-iphone-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-30248 jcieplinski Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:09:21 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/?p=5036#comment-30248 Apple won't make an iPhone for Verizon until Verizon switches over to its 4G network, which will (finally) be compatible with all the other networks in Europe and elsewhere. Apple doesn't want to develop multiple iPhones with multiple radios. Too much hassle. Too many quality control issues. <br><br>Verizon doesn't plan to switch to 4G until more than a year out. Probably more like 2 or 3. <br><br>My bet is this rumor is going around because Apple and AT&T are in negotiations to extend their exclusivity deal. AT&T knows that Apple doesn't want to make a CDMA iPhone, so Apple has to let word leak out that it's in talks with Verizon to scare AT&T into offering better terms. Otherwise, AT&T has the upper hand. <br><br>Anything is possible, but I'd be really shocked if we saw iPhone on anything other than AT&T in the next 2 years or more. Apple won’t make an iPhone for Verizon until Verizon switches over to its 4G network, which will (finally) be compatible with all the other networks in Europe and elsewhere. Apple doesn’t want to develop multiple iPhones with multiple radios. Too much hassle. Too many quality control issues.

Verizon doesn’t plan to switch to 4G until more than a year out. Probably more like 2 or 3.

My bet is this rumor is going around because Apple and AT&T are in negotiations to extend their exclusivity deal. AT&T knows that Apple doesn’t want to make a CDMA iPhone, so Apple has to let word leak out that it’s in talks with Verizon to scare AT&T into offering better terms. Otherwise, AT&T has the upper hand.

Anything is possible, but I’d be really shocked if we saw iPhone on anything other than AT&T in the next 2 years or more.

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