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IPhone to Verizon in January

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-dva-
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Even though it's not official yet, I thought all the NS Apple fanboys would rejoice in knowing that the iPhone should be available to Verizon users by January.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/verizon-wireless-said-to-start-offering-iphone-ending-at-t-s-exclusivity.html

HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE
Jun 29 2010 5:21PM
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Balto
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you apparently dont read many tech blogs

yes, apple and at&t's contract is up next year(when next year we dont know, around summer is what is speculated), so the iphone can't be on verizon until then. Also, verizon is currently working on their new network interface(called LTE, think a 4g network, but faster), and so is at&t, the nice thing about this, is that manufacturers wont have to make cdma and gsm phones anymore, just an lte phone. If you look at apple's product cycle new iphones are released every june, so that would be the time they would release a new lte iphone, which would work on both networks.

people have been claiming that verizon will get the iphone ever since it came out, but most of you dont seem to look at the facts
Jun 29 2010 5:34PM
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eheath
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I will be one of those "3 million" to buy an iphone the first quater.
Jun 29 2010 5:39PM
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mason-
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PRAISE THE LORD FINALLY MY DAY HAS COME
Jun 29 2010 5:39PM
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eheath
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That was the total of iphone 4s sold in the first 3 days after the release.

"Verizon customers, who numbered 92.8 million at the end of the first quarter, may buy 3 million iPhones a quarter, he estimates." from article
Jun 29 2010 5:45PM
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PhilboydStudge
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Same.
Jun 29 2010 7:37PM
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OnePlank
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pretty sure this is false.
Jun 29 2010 7:41PM
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Goku
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this is false, i know someone who works for verizon and i was told that google will not allow it without pulling all droid products from the line
Jun 29 2010 7:52PM
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eheath
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Proof?
Jun 29 2010 7:57PM
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Goku
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ill see what i can do, right now i just have word of mouth
Jun 29 2010 7:58PM
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OnePlank
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i know you weren't talking to me, but my mom works at apple, and she told us that this wasn't happening
Jun 29 2010 7:59PM
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eheath
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You mom doesn't know shit dude, sorry. Unless shes fucking steve jobs on the side or is the CFO or something, she wont know and if she did know and was that powerful she definitely wouldnt tell her 15 year old whos on the internet all day about it.
Jun 29 2010 8:03PM
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Hansel.
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And my dad works for EA and says theres going to be a legit skate style ski game.
Jun 29 2010 8:05PM
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Balto
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then why are there android products on at&t. not to mention, there are no google branded phones on verizon. htc/motorola/ect licensee the use of android from google, similar to windows mobile. Then the manufactures approach the carriers to use their phones. google has no say in it at all. and even if that was in any way true, verizon im sure would still take the iphone, as it has the second largest market share(beat by blackberries) and its only on 1 carrier
Jun 29 2010 8:08PM
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OnePlank
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she runs the worldwide online store, and she does know shit. She's had to figure out how to sell the phone online while working with at & t and verizon's service. so fuck off
Jun 29 2010 8:10PM
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ISellMeth
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O rly hype hype hype
Jun 29 2010 8:11PM
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eheath
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Again, if she was actually powerful enough to know (and being the runner of an online store? please, i could run an online store) she wouldnt tell her kid whos on the internet all the time about it, that kinda shit is kept behind closed doors, doors your mom has never been through.
Jun 29 2010 8:13PM
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Balto
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and if she would some how get through those doors, there would be a HUGE confidentiality agreement waiting for her
Jun 29 2010 8:14PM
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OnePlank
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ooo look at this big boy claiming he can run an online store. considering she was CEO of Apple Japan for a while i'm pretty sure she's been through those doors.
Jun 29 2010 8:15PM
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OnePlank
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but why are you trying to argue with me over what my mom can and can't do?
Jun 29 2010 8:15PM
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eheath
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Well the truth is clear, she's lying to you and verizon is gonna have the iphone soon, because no one that powerful would tell their kid about that kind of confidential information.
Jun 29 2010 8:17PM
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applejuice.
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lolololol dear verizon customers do you realize how shitty your network will become...?
Jun 29 2010 8:17PM
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Bryan*
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i really enjoyed reading that it gives a little hope hope to us verizoners.
Jun 29 2010 8:24PM
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Balto
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please read my first post in this thread
Jun 29 2010 8:26PM
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Goku
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whatever the new motorola ones are are strictly verizon, those are the ones google is refering too
Jun 29 2010 8:31PM
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applejuice.
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...it's still going to become extremely congested.
Jun 29 2010 8:52PM
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Balto
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their not strictly verizon......
Jun 29 2010 9:02PM
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Goku
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what the hell are you talking about?
http://www.verizonwireless.com:80/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5069

the new one comes out in a few weeks
Jun 29 2010 9:08PM
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Beepboop123
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There is only speculation that verizon will get the iphone in 2010. NO ONE knows that for sure, just because AT&Ts contract with them ends does not mean anything at all actually, and i bet that his mom knows more about this shit then some fatass that sits on NS all day.
Jun 29 2010 9:11PM
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C_Perin
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According to my Aunt who is not CEO by any means but kinda high in the Verizon chain(She runs everything with Nike) i was told that the iphone was planned to come out this summer when AT&T's contract is up. But, China Mobile(the biggest carrier in China) which is much larger than Verizon, has higher priority over Verizon. They have more carriers and apparently Apple is possibly going with China Mobile before Verizon. I am not positive on all these facts but two weeks ago when she was here she told me about this that she had heard at her previous conference the week before.

So to me it looks like Verizon is a long way out from having the Iphone.
Jun 29 2010 9:38PM
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TechnoPotamus
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there is always constant hype about this bullshit. not a chance
Jun 29 2010 9:41PM
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Balto
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you can get them on other carriers in other countries, or buy a gsm unlocked model
Jun 29 2010 9:42PM
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pmw
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hahahahahaha
Jun 29 2010 9:48PM
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PDeg
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haha
Jun 29 2010 10:07PM
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soulskier
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i bet your mom cant get me me one FOR FREE
Jun 29 2010 10:15PM
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OnePlank
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nope we can't even get shit for free
Jun 29 2010 10:24PM
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spruitm
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Droid is better, iphone is old news
Jun 29 2010 10:42PM
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MadSteezin
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so 5g?
Jun 30 2010 12:01AM
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wolvmatt
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We need to petition the developers of SSX: On Tour to make a new game.  That game was awesome.
Jun 30 2010 1:10AM
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no_steeze
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lol


if this is true, i will be buying one INSTANTLY. i'll be one of those faggots who gets one right away

i've been waiting for a while now but i refuse to switch to gayt&t in order to get an iphone because it sucks
Jun 30 2010 1:14AM
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OnePlank
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its an apple policy. i swear to god i'm not lying.
Jun 30 2010 1:14AM
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no_steeze
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my friend's brother works for apple and the only thing he can get his family for free are tons of the shirts that all the faggots in apple stores wear
Jun 30 2010 1:15AM
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OnePlank
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exactly. can't get any cool shit. but we can get stupid shirts and shit
Jun 30 2010 1:17AM
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OnePlank
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hahahah thats exactly what happened
Jun 30 2010 7:34PM
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OnePlank
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well not that part. but its just an apple policy that nothing is free.
Jul 1 2010 12:30AM
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EthanH*
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Seattle times had a article in the paper today, saying that the iphone will go to verizon starting january.

But it could be total bs, so idk.

Either way though, i dont care. I already have at&t.

Jul 1 2010 12:49AM
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muellerc
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some say yes others say no. we will just have to wait
Jul 1 2010 12:57AM
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