Will the iPhone end up at T-Mobile instead of Verizon?
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Shaw Wu, an analyst for Kaufman Brothers, also points out that with Apple pushing customers to its iTunes site. that would compete with Big Red's proprietary VCast music and videos. Wu also notes that Apple gets about $700 for each iPhone from AT&T. Verizon's cost basis on the DROID is $450 paid to Motorola, so that is a $250 gap that Apple and Verizon would have to discuss before striking a deal. The current popularity of the Motorola DROID and its acceptance as the first real iPhone challenger on Verizon may also lessen the carrier's determination to land the iPhone. The analyst says that both T-Mobile and Sprint would be more compatible with Apple's goals. Wu notes that "from a technology perspective, we believe T-Mobile may have an advantage with a similar 3G UMTS/WCDMA network as AT&T." Both AT&T and T-Mobile are GSM carriers as opposed to Verizon and Sprint with their CDMA technology. That could be another point in favor of T-Mobile. In Verizon's favor is the larger number of potential iPhone users currently using the largest carrier in the U.S. and of course, there is the network. Widely considered to be the best in the country, Big Red was just named Consumer Reports' top carrier as we informed you yesterday. AT&T was last. It might just come down to the current battle between AT&T and Verizon and the bridges burned by the latter during this scorched Earth campaign.
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1. artz1986 posted on 20 Oct 2010, 01:44 0 0
I'm sry Vzw fans, I'm not bashing or anything, but if this becomes truth, I can't help but admit I'd shit myself from laughing so hard. I would really feel bad, no joke...
2. anarkie posted on 02 Dec 2009, 11:46 0 0
I'll laugh too. Then again, I am on Verizon and am happy in using my Droid Eris. I don't think I'd get an iPhone if it WAS available on VZW.
16. Kiltlifter posted on 02 Dec 2009, 15:33 0 0
Artz +1 your comment made me laugh. I hope the iPhone never comes to VZW and that Microsoft and HTC can step up the game and match the hype the iPhone has and make a truly superior device... or just someone...I hate everything apple and have to admin that the iPhone is a good product. I would never buy it... EVER! But it is a solid device nevertheless. I just want my HD2 if it ever comes to VZW... I am sick of hacking my vogue to compensate for the lack of better WM phones to buy.
28. Literati posted on 02 Dec 2009, 20:11 0 0
I'm changing carriers the minute the iPhone comes to fruition on VZW. iPhone needs its own network to support its data hungry crowd, and I'm not going to suffer for it. Also, The Street is the absolute worst place to get any credible info. They are the same guys who have been talking about the iPhone being released on Verizon for years! Now they're publishing an article stating otherwise? Hah! Anyone with any brains knows the current iPhone is not going to be coming out for Verizon as soon as At&t looses its exclusivity. It's a GSM device. Apple would have to produce another variant of the iPhone to support CDMA bands, which they just aren't going to do. The iPhone 4G is going to probably be a slight upgrade from the current iPhone. It'll probably still be a GSM device. The iPhone after that will undoubtedly be running on an LTE network on Verizon.
29. deago78 posted on 02 Dec 2009, 20:29 0 0
I haven't seen a post that I've agreed with so completely in quite a long time. Spectacular and logical on all counts.
39. Jake15 posted on 03 Dec 2009, 11:39 0 0
I agree that I would laugh but not at the fact that Iphone didnt come to Verizon. Im going to shit myself laughing because Apple chose to go to T-Mobile with their Iphone as well as ATT, when that happens no one is going to want to switch carriers to T-Mobilem unless they want better service than ATT but still dont have the 3g to compete with Big Red
3. Illyich posted on 02 Dec 2009, 11:56 0 0
It's really kind of silly. The iPhone is cool and all, but it certainly isn't the greatest thing in the world. I does certain things better than other phones, and other phones do certain things better than it. There's more than just two phones out there, kids. A lot of people on Verizon would love to get their hands on the iPhone. There are some outspoken members of this site who proudly proclaim that they'd never use an iphone, even if it was given to them for free, someone paid their monthly service bills, and their mother would be put to death if they refused. It's just a phone.
5. vzw fanman posted on 02 Dec 2009, 11:59 0 0
thaks for quoting me illyich, you know i do have a name...http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=722895114&ref=search&sid=722895114.491039751..1
8. JackFace posted on 02 Dec 2009, 13:15 0 0
...Hahaha!!! You just gave out your Facebook address!!! Why in the Hell would you proclaim your facebook address on a Phone Site, much less Phonearena?? Wow!!
12. neoncp posted on 02 Dec 2009, 14:06 0 0
wow calm down dude, not everybody on the internet is out to get you
15. vzw fanman posted on 02 Dec 2009, 15:07 0 0
it's all good man. what's the big deal? and i don't know why you are reacting like that jack.
18. JackFace posted on 02 Dec 2009, 15:34 0 0
I guess I find it hilarious because we are a bunch of arguing fact/opinion-fanboyish/but not reallyish tech-nerd-phone-enthusiasts here... Facebook anyone? Wanna all be friends? Facebook each other? I guess it's just a little too intimate, as far as I am concerned, for a phone website. I just find it funny, that's all. (I am not concerned about security or people out to get each other, I am looking at this as kind of silly)
19. vzw fanman posted on 02 Dec 2009, 15:53 0 0
i want to see what you look like. do you have fb
21. Illyich posted on 02 Dec 2009, 16:18 0 0
I'm at work right now. I'll totally friend you when I get home, though. We can be bestest internet buds and yell at each other here.
22. Illyich posted on 02 Dec 2009, 16:19 0 0
And in a few days, you can help me set up my iPhone! :D
33. vzw fanman posted on 03 Dec 2009, 00:04 0 0
everyone on facebook become a fan of phone arena!!!
