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Engadget's reporting a rumor that Verizion's rushing to plump up 4G networks in major markets (read: NYC, LA, Chicago, and other big cities) in order to satisfy apple into releasing two apple products, the first an iPhone designed for the Verizion network, and the second being a tablet netbook (which gizmodo is speculating would take the macbook name, which has largely been abandoned by apple for the macbook pro)
AT&T depends heavily on the iPhone so everyone knows that they're fighting hard to keep iPhone exclusivity, however it appears that Apple is none to pleased with AT&T's network, including visible black eyes the company received with delays of features like push notification on the 3GS. Still of ATT's 1.3 million new subscribers, 800,000 of them signed with a new iPhone, so AT&T depends on Apple, not the other way around.
There are no phones produced by anyone that support 4G yet. There won't be for the next year, at least.
Verizon isn't pushing 4G now, they've had it operational for a while. Until you see the phones coming out with 4G as a normal thing, there won't be a major roll out.
seems like Apple would be shooting themselves in the foot if they didn't expand - they'd make a lot more money by letting other carriers have the iphone also.
The existing iPhones won't work on Verizon's network because they can't use CDMA. They will work on T-Mobile and AT&T, period.
I don't think that anyone is suggesting that existing iPhones will work on Verizon's network. This discussion is centered around the probability of new iPhone that would be developed for Verizon's network.
I don't think that anyone is suggesting that existing iPhones will work on Verizon's network. This discussion is centered around the probability of new iPhone that would be developed for Verizon's network.
But I think they are suggesting that:
"I hope apple releases it on Verizon if only to free up some of the burden on AT&T's network."
I took this to mean the poster thought iphone users currently on AT&T would migrate to Verizon, thereby freeing up some of the network capacity.
And this:
"they'd make a lot more money by letting other carriers have the iphone also"
won't work unless Apple makes a new version of the iPhone for the CDMA networks (which it could certainly do, I suppose) - but again, I took that to mean the poster thought Apple could sell the phones it is currently making on other networks if it wanted to.
"I hope apple releases it on Verizon if only to free up some of the burden on AT&T's network."
I took this to mean the poster thought iphone users currently on AT&T would migrate to Verizon, thereby freeing up some of the network capacity.
That's exactly what it meant. However, I didn't see anything in the post implying that current iPhones would operate on Verizon's network.
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Originally Posted by Naptowner
And this:
"they'd make a lot more money by letting other carriers have the iphone also"
won't work unless Apple makes a new version of the iPhone for the CDMA networks (which it could certainly do, I suppose) - but again, I took that to mean the poster thought Apple could sell the phones it is currently making on other networks if it wanted to.
Same deal here. I don't see any inference abut the current iPhone working on a CDMA network. People are simply discussing the potential merits of Apple offering an iPhone for other networks.
For what it's worth, I've been part of this discussion since the beginning, and there have been some posters who didn't understand that the iphones currently in production won't work on Verizon's network.
As for exactly what these last posters meant, we can disagree, but it doesn't make much sense to me to think that a significant number of existing iphone users would pay for a new iphone just to switch networks.
Obviously there are Verizon customers who would be happy to buy an iphone if they could, but that doesn't have anything to do with freeing up AT&T's network capacity.
it doesn't make much sense to me to think that a significant number of existing iphone users would pay for a new iphone just to switch networks.
I understand your point and I am merely speculating. However, a lot of people claim that they would happily jump ship and switch from AT&T to Verizon if the iPhone was available on Verizon's network. Whether they would actually put their money where their mouths are is tough to say.
I understand your point and I am merely speculating. However, a lot of people claim that they would happily jump ship and switch from AT&T to Verizon if the iPhone was available on Verizon's network. Whether they would actually put their money where their mouths are is tough to say.
Right - I realize some would buy a second phone, but I wonder how many of the "I'll jump ship in a heartbeat if this comes to Verizon" crowd (and I've heard and read plenty of people say that too) realize that means they not only pay an early termination fee to AT&T, they buy a new phone and (inevitably) have to sign on for a new two-year contract with Verizon.
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