Launching the iPhone for Verizon
With the contract of AT&T’s exclusive tie-up with Apple about to end this year, the rumor mills have been grinding news about Apple manufacturing an iPhone for Verizon. Verizon uses CDMA wireless network while AT&T uses GSM.If the iPhone and Verizon merges, this will be the first time that Apple will make a CDMA-compatible phone.
There have been reports that Apple has been on the lookout for a producer of a UMTS/CMDA “global” model iPhone so that it can accommodate all carriers, with priority to Verizon Wireless in the USA, but still can accommodate AT&T. They say that the new iPhone will be in “world mode” and will be compatible with CDMA2000 networks.Verizon’s USA Network right now is not well-matched with the present iPhone~Verizon’s USA Network right now is not well-matched with the present iPhone}. Users are apprehensive about unlocking the iPhone for it to access other networks since it voids the warranty of the product.But come the middle of the year up to the third quarter, reports stated that Apple will have an iPhone for Verizon. With this move, Verizon would give Apple a potential 89 million subscribers. Apple already has 82 million with AT&T. The move seems reasonable.Business-wise, it is an intelligent move.
A most distinguishing feature of the next iPhone is that it will have a smaller body. Today’s iPhones have a 3.5” screen.The next iPhone will only contain a 2.8” display.Don’t be tricked though. The smaller body can accommodate most if not all mobile network frequencies, and more apps will be created for it by then.
AT&T’s monopoly of the iPhone’s customers will soon come to an end, what with bitter customer complaints of poor service and its inability to maximize the iPhone 3GS power. What more if there comes out a 4G phone? They better start improving their service or we will see an exodus of iPhone users switching to Verizon.
Buyers are sure to hold off their purchases and would like to see whether this new “world phone” iPhone is as good as it says it is. If AT&T doesn’t see eye-to-eye with its customers’ demands, then the competition, such as Verizon, may leap in and grab the exclusivity of the iPhone out of their hands. If Verizon successfully makes Apple sign the partnership, it will spell trouble for AT&T.
Verizon launched the Blackberry Storm 2 and the Motorola Droid, two smart phones that intend to directly compete with the iPhone. With the news that the iPhone will be offered by Verizon, the sales of the Storm 2, the upcoming Palm Pre and the Droid will ultimately be affected.Customers would rather wait for the iPhone for Verizon mobile network.It is amusing though how Verizon has attacked the iPhone with its ads. It seems unimaginable that they will be striking a deal with Apple.The iPhone and Verizon contract might just be on the horizon after all. The specifics of these deals are unknown, but the possibility of the iPhone opening up to other networks strike the exciting chord in most of us.
Problems that may arise with this setup is that Verizon has stated that they will not use the App Store and that Apple’s share for each sale of the iPhone is only $300, compared to AT&T’s which is $450. Another reason for the non-consummation of the iPhone and Verizon partnership is that the LTE, a faster and more dependable network technology, is not yet fully in place by next year.Complete operation of this will most probably be in 2012.
In the end, choice is fine for consumers and this is one such example where the consumers will be the ones who will benefit. Hopefully in the future, the next generation iPhone will not just be an iPhone for AT&T or an iPhone for Verizon, but an iPhone for the cellular provider of our choice.
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