Consumers are crazy about their iPhones. But they hate the Apple/AT and T union. For years, this love/hate connection has spawned Verizon iPhone rumors. The latest rumor has “unnamed sources” saying that the Verizon iPhone will be available to customers in January 2011. Stories about Verizon iPhone rumors are depending on one dead giveaway – an order taken by Qualcomm from Apple for chipsets compatible with the Verizon network. A Verizon iPhone has been called inevitable ever since Apple announced AT and T as its exclusive carrier in 2007. Article resource – Verizon iPhone rumors churn again with alleged Apple CDMA order by Personal Money Store.
Blog gossip spawns Verizon iPhone rumors
Verizon iPhone rumors are so common that most people pay them no mind. But Steve Cheney at Tech Crunch, who launched the latest Verizon iPhone rumor, says this time it’s different. Cheney said he was confident that the rumors will finally become fact because of the DNA of Smartphone components that are traced through the supply chain. This is a geeky way to say that a huge order by Apple for CDMA chipsets from Qualcomm for a December Verizon iPhone run means the Verizon iPhone is due next January. Despite the fact that Cheney said data about the Apple/Qualcomm order comes from “sources with knowledge of the entire situation,” most are taking him at his word.
Apple Qualcomm iPhone expected to make waves
Verizon’s network runs with chipsets tuned to the wireless standard called CDMA, which is incompatible with the Apple/AT and T GSM network. Even though Apple’s CDMA order from Qualcomm is still a rumor, Business Week joined Tech Crunch in saying that Apple’s suppliers are ramping up production of components for a phone on Verizon’s CDMA network. Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones since the phone’s introduction in 2007. Business Week quoted UBS AG analyst John Hodulik as saying that ending AT and T’s exclusive iPhone contract will grant Verizon a leg up on its competitors on the Smartphone playing field. About 92.8 million Verizon customers could purchase 3 million iPhones a quarter, he said.
Bloggers cry wolf on cue
Among iPhone users who believe AT and T is the only chink within the armor of their favored device, the latest Verizon iPhone rumor joins a growing list of false starts. PC World published a list of Verizon iPhone rumors that began in Sept. 2008 when bloggers spread an unknown tip of an early 2009 release. Beginning then, Verizon iPhone release dates surfaced in April 2009 (Early 2010), Oct. 2009 (70 percent chance in 2010), Oct. 2009 (late 2010), Jan 2010, (Jan. 2010!), March 2010, (late 2010) and May 2010 (early 2011).
Further reading
techcrunch.com
businessweek.com
pcworld.com
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