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More iPhone on Verizon Rumors

October 6, 2010 15:28:07.191

The WSJ is reporting this one:

Apple Inc. plans to begin mass producing a new iPhone by the end of 2010 that would allow Verizon Wireless to sell the smartphone early next year, said people briefed by Apple. The new iPhone would be similar in design to the iPhone 4 currently sold by AT&T Inc. but would be based on an alternative wireless technology called CDMA used by Verizon, these people said.

Supposedly coming in 2011 - I still have doubts. CDMA doesn't allow for simultaneous voice and data (which would make a Verizon iPhone a downgrade from the current model). Then there's Verizon's VCast store, and their desire to brand everything on their network.

I could be wrong - maybe they've done a deal. If so, I'll bet that it doesn't involve CDMA (at least not exclusively). This story tells us that Verizon is rolling out LTE by the end of 2010 - which would line up nicely with a 2011 rollout.

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posted by James Robertson

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Re: More iPhone on Verizon Rumors

[W^L+] October 6, 2010 17:04:47.533

Like with GSM, there are some CDMA technologies that can allow simultaneous voice and data:

* dual radios (which is how GSM does it)

* a newer technology which does it with the same radio

Unfortunately, neither one has been widely adopted in the CDMA world.

Re: More iPhone on Verizon Rumors

[Randal L. Schwartz] October 6, 2010 18:04:15.460

Yes, I'll believe it'll be here by 20111, just as you said. But by then, we'll have moved on to an agrarian society, or direct mental transference. :)

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