Talkback on Verizon iPhone Release date
It seems that the Verizon iPhone release date article received some heavy comments by the readers. We welcome this and we had also written an article regarding the petition for iPhone on Verizon as we think that it is one way for us to contribute to the community.
As mentioned before, the iPhone isn’t available on Verizon due to the difference in the network. AT&T utilizes a GSM band while Verizon uses CDMA. It is impossible to use a CDMA card on GSM phones and that is why the iPhone (even unlocked) isn’t available to Verizon.
In addition to that, due to the fact that both Apple and AT&T signed an exclusivity contract, Apple wasn’t able to create a CDMA version of the iPhone as it would definitely breach the contract. However, the contract will soon end and that will definitely pave way for the iPhone for Verizon.
We have mentioned before that there are words saying that there will be a version of the iPhone on Verizon (meaning that this particular version of iPhone will support CDMA networks). This version of iPhone on the other hand cannot be used on AT&T networks even if the user wishes to unless the new version supports both CDMA and GSM network (which we highly doubt it will).
Some mentioned that Verizon wishes to have total control on the network and as mentioned by Rude Jude, the Motorola Droid was a success even though it was under Verizon. 80 million customers is a lot of people and should the iPhone be released on Verizon networks, there will surely be at least a few million iPhone sold by the network.
A good example at this is the Motorola Droid once again. It made roughly 1.05 million sales in 74 days mostly from its CDMA version as it wasn’t until a few months till a GSM version of the Droid was released.
One commenter said that the iPhone is all about jailbreaking but this isn’t true. A vast majority of the iPhone users did not jailbreak their device. The market for iPhone is still standing strong and the millions of applications are sold every year with the market making millions if not billions out of it.
All in all, the release of the iPhone for Verizon would not be disastrous but profitable for Apple. The sole reason why it wasn’t able to do so in the first place was because of the exclusivity contract between Apple and AT&T. Hopefully we have covered most of the uncertainties faced by the reader.
M Faris Ashraf on Friday, March 26th, 2010 at 10:13 am
Ankur
iPhone’s still a scarcity here in India, people order them from outside.
jiljiljiga
when does the contract between apple and AT&T ends?? and did apple make any media talks about their future plans on iphone for cdma version??
kiran
nice review. i like it.
56kuser
Thanks for the information. Great job.
nIKE
I like iphones. But its a great news that apple will launge CDMA iphones
Chetan
Awesome review thansk
Mitesh Mynee
Yeah! It will be really helpful to the people who are using Verizon.
fhassan
Nice article. But I’m confused what is the Verizon iPhone Release date
Candyland
Perhaps Apple should need to build another company to manufature another iPhone like Phone that runs on CDMA networks and signed another exclusive contract with Verizon. That should do solve the matter i guess.
colwarrior
I’m a great fan of I-phone and i’m waiting for the release date. Like Ankur says getting I-phone in INDIA is a risky task.
Kunal Aggarwal
Its better in India to buy an iPhone from other countries because its price here is so much high, but can they be used with mobile operators present here, I am confused about this.
hemant
iphone is one of the top selling product of Apple and Verizone is one of the top internet provider in US , so it would be beneficial for both to shake hands.
imdoggz
cool, i really love apple products.. they are very awesome
Travel Information
I heard that verizon will release the iphone by this summer. they ear currently updating the network for the necessary bandwidth use. Thanks for sharing with us…
suvosaha
Yes i also heard that they will release verizon within this summer and hope they will do a huge business as Motorola Droid did.
M Faris Ashraf
yeap. Droid was a huge success. Hopefully the new version of the iPhone for Verizon will be one too
Lisbrit
I love verizon and a can’t wait for get my iphone soon!!
Lisbrit
I love Verizon….I can’t wait to get my iphone 4G!!
Kieran
Why can’t apple just make one version and stick with it for a year or so…
It can’t be good for people who just brought the 3g and now finding out apple are again making a new version.
I can put money on it the same thing will apply with this ipad they are bringing out!
sackboy
I can say that iPhone is ridiculously overpriced here, in Eastern-Europe as well, hope when the Verizon comes out, the 3gs will get cheaper, and who knows, I might be getting one!
king_terror
really after seeing this contents i addicted to the apple products