Apple iPhone to get Verizon launch in Q3 of 2010?
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According to the report, this new iPhone would have a 2.8 inch display as opposed to the current iPhone which sports a 3.5 inch screen. This dovetails perfectly with some pictures leaked last summer showing the front panel of the current iPhone and a smaller panel that looks to be for a smaller version of the phone. In exchange for accepting a smaller display, the new iPhone would be able to be used on CDMA and UMTS networks thanks to Qualcomm's "worldmode" components. Any official announcement by Verizon might be delayed while the carrier continues to push the Android powered Motorola DROID as a challenger to Apple's touchscreen phone. News of a Verizon branded iPhone might stop DROID sales dead in their tracks which would be a negative for the nation's number one carrier heading into the all important holiday shopping season. Besides, Verizon would have to rescue the iPhone from the Island of Misfit Toys which is tough to do during the holiday season.
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24. testman22 posted on 12 Nov 2009, 19:23 0 0
These rumors are ridiculous. I could see them finding an iphone that had "verizon" written on it with a sharpie and assuming it is a new prototype.
27. sully23 posted on 12 Nov 2009, 23:15 0 0
Okay really if this is what brings the allegiance of Iphone users to Verizon whatever, to be honest the droid that they launched has been only beginning of something that really will put the iphone on the back burner because of what that phone has to offer. Not saying the Iphone is finished but it is really going to have it's hands full if it wants to continue its dominance. I really don't see them launching something that will limit the current Iphone unless they start to streamline the current models going forward I really don't see this an issue. Though I would start to consider maybe just maybe by the time if a verizon branded Iphone lands to verizon the Droid based 2.0 OS and more makes that phone looks just silly.
30. sinfulta posted on 13 Nov 2009, 05:21 0 0
Am I the only person that noticed the picture above has a picture of neither IPhone screen size. It shows and 2.8" on right and a 3.2" on left. Not 3.49" which is what the current Iphone is. So will there be two models?
2. tshow84 posted on 12 Nov 2009, 10:18 0 0
how would a 2.8" iphone compete with a 3.7" droid (or 4.3" if the passion rumours are true...)? verizon would be laughed at for such an inferior iphone and with their push for bigger and better smartphones, it just doesnt make any sense...
3. idiotwind13 posted on 12 Nov 2009, 10:23 0 0
I was already bored with the iPhone, but now with a 2.8 inch display? Really? I would have to agree with the above comment and question who in the world would buy that phone, but then I remember all the mindless sheep who want an iPhone because its the "it" device, even though an iPhone with a display that small would be far inferior to at least a couple of Verizon's current phones.
4. realism121 posted on 12 Nov 2009, 10:29 0 0
this article is garbage. phonearena is getting so completely ridiculous.
22. vzw fanman posted on 12 Nov 2009, 17:12 0 0
my bad. you're right illyich, i love the iphone.
6. biggles posted on 12 Nov 2009, 11:20 0 0
Sales of a lesser device like this one will be comprised of a) people who don't know any better, and b) AT&T iphone customers suffering with poor service who are just THAT desparate to jump ship. I'm hung up over the Eris' 3.2" screen being not big enough. I wouldn't touch a 2.8" iphone or any other phone with a 10ft pole unless they were giving it away and waving the data plan fee for the duration of the contract. Fat chance that will happen. Nice FAIL there, Apple.
7. DOGIEFRESH posted on 12 Nov 2009, 11:37 0 0
VZW needs that phone URGENT........!!!! So the Fanboys can have a life....!!!!
13. InstinctDemon posted on 12 Nov 2009, 12:30 0 0
What are talking about? If the iPhone does make it to big red, then the VZW Fanboys would have nothing to complain about, but then again it could be a good thing. "oooo look at me I have an iPhone, now I can go to Starbucks and look cool!"
15. YouLostTheGame posted on 12 Nov 2009, 13:09 0 0
Yeah sure cuz any kind of "cool" factor justification for purchasing a phone falls entirely in the lap of those that didn't want one on ATTs network. In fact, I think the opposite could be said...those people that wanted to "look cool" first jumped on a phone to be the first ones to have the newest/coolest toy and in the process helped bankroll a shitty, two-faced, empty promising company in the process. You ATT/iPhone fanboys/girls are the biggest hypocrites on this site!
19. Kiltlifter posted on 12 Nov 2009, 15:22 0 0
instinctDemon, your post is right on. I feel that the more people I know that have an iPhone use it becuase it makes them look cool, rather than because they actually like apple. Apple's marketing is GENIUS! They make a decent product, make sheep want to buy it, then 4 months later release a slightly better product that is identical in almost every way, then market that the new one is soooooo much better that the sheep that bought the first generation would look so stupid for carrying the old one that they "NEED" to upgrade to the new one and spend another rediculous amount of money. There was a MadTV sketch that made fun of this very topic. the "iScrewed" sketch. It is funny.
23. InstinctDemon posted on 12 Nov 2009, 18:59 0 0
KiltLifter, It's always gonna be that way with every phone I remember when the RAZR came out my buddy shelled out $700.00! and then Poof everyone had to get one, I laughed cause after 3 months, the people that had the original V3, the V3i with iTunes came out. People are like sheep when it comes to the "latest and greatest". Yeah I laughed when the iPhone 3G came out then the Palm Pre came out then Apple added "Now with Video" with the 3GS only 3 months after rolling the 3G. LOL
10. Illyich posted on 12 Nov 2009, 11:48 0 0
There you go, guys! You get the same iPhone... except it's just a little, you know, smaller!
