4G iPhone on Verizon: AT&T would have to go first
Filed under: Apple News, News | By: Alan Ng
Posted on: April 24, 2009 | 27 Comments
With the release of the next iPhone seemingly on the way, or iPhone 4G as it will be more commonly known, it has been suggested that Apple could be willing to bring their iPhone to the Verizon network for a number of reasons.
As reported from PCWorld, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg said a few things about Apple in a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal. He stated that distribution was a key issue for Apple in the end and one of their main reasons for not choosing to use Verizon’s CDMA network for the iPhone 3G.
He did say though, that Apple would be more likely to work with Verizon with the iPhone 4G as their Verizon Wireless Network follows the same technology standard as AT&T Inc.’s 4G plans.
Check out the full article for more details. Would you welcome the iPhone 4G on Verizon’s Wireless Network?
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I think this could benefit both Apple and Verizon greatly. As a Verizon customer, I hope to see this come true.
I absolutely LoVE the iPhone but agree that it should be exclusive to AT&T it’s become like a signature phone…that’s the business world & if u want to have the best phone join us!!!!! I also cracked my screen today so I hope the new one comes out ASAP!!!
Have 2 or 3 networks! iPhone 4g with a choice!
Would love it. Give it to others too. The problem with ATT is the network. Had a friend with his iphone in my NYC apartment. No reception. Death Valley also reported from 23rd to 30thiest. If it doesn’t work flawlessly (or nearly flawlessly) in NYC your network isn’t up to par. Give it to Verizon. While you are at it, give it to others too, increase competition.
i think it would be dreadful if the iphone switches to verizon. however, it is inexcusable why iphone can not be with both cell phone companies. a friend of mine owns the LG dare from verizon, while browsing in an AT&T store, i found the same exact phone as the dare but with a different name for at&t customers. i was most definitely sure that it was the dare. a few days later, another friend of mine renewed her contract with at&t. She, also, said that she saw the same phone as the dare and almost bought but did not because our friend owned it.
On the other hand, many iphone 3g owners (including myself) are outrage with the decision that has been made with iphone 3gs trade ups. anyone who bought the iphone 3g during 2009 are granted a discount or an upgrade to the iphone 3gs. how about the buyers from 2008 that are still within warranty and have not even had iphone 3g for a year? why aren\’t eligible for the same discount or upgrade as the buyers within 2009?!
I own two first generation iPhones. I’m fighting constantly with AT&T about the poor quality - and I live in Chicago, a major market. The moment Apple allows for the use of another phone network, will be the moment I upgrade my iPhone equipment.
Anyone who thinks at&t has great coverage has never looked at their coverage map or does not travel. I go to europe and asia all the time and back when i had at&t with my i phone it worked great when i was on the network but i was always losing service so i switched back to verizon. and now i have a useless iphone but at least i can finish a phone call. if apple was smart they would just let every carrier have the iphone. then the carriers would all have to compete by actually being better. because honestly Sprint is the fastest with up to 10mbps, verizon is the best covered, at&t hs the iphone, and t-mobile is cheapest. thats it and if anyone actually researched anything about at&t they would know that they nearly bankrupted themselves in order to be the first ones with a full 3g network because if apple had gone with sprint then they would have had to file for chapter 11. ps iphone on verizon sadly isnt that likely anytime soon. they are already planning on putting it on the sprint 4g network next when the at&t exclusivity contract is over.
I think bringing the iPhone to Verizon Wireless would be a great idea. Apple would make twice the amount of money, plus I realllly want an iPhone but I refuse to switch to att. PLEASE, APPLE SWITCH TO VERIZON WIRELESS!!!!! att sux
I’ll say this…I work for ATT and although you may believe that my opininon is bias, it truly isnt. I have been with EACH and EVERY MAJOR Network. ATT, Sprint/NEXTEL, Verizon, and I’ll say this….All of them have their bugs. You cant tell me that you havent experienced issues with them all. Apple went with ATT for a reason. Yeah, there is a money issue associated with this as well, but believe it…ATT has one of the most robust networks in the industry. Apple knows that or they wouldnt have sync’d with ATT to roll out the IPHONE. Alot of research went into the carrier that Apple was going to align itself with as they didnt want this invention to fail. There are all kinds of SLA’s (Service Level Agreements) that are tied to this so trust me…ATT is on top of its game!!!! Apple knew if the network failed, then the IPhone would fail. Apple is no fool…they knew who was on top.
I actually purchased an iphone off of the ATT website and realized that I put the wrong shipping address on the order. I immediately tried to call ATT to change the address and it took me 20min just to talk to someone live from ATT who was totally rude. Just this alone raised the flags for me to not want to deal with ATT customer service anymore so I canceled the order and will wait for the 4G to arrive with hopefully another carrier other than ATT!… and I thought Sprint sucked!!!