Verizon to Get iPhone by Early Next Year

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AT&T Inc. is about to lose its lock on the iPhone.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...6191649347572.html?mod=WSJ_hps_LEFTTopStories

Apple Inc. is making a version of its iPhone that Verizon Wireless will sell early next year, according to people familiar with the matter, ending an exclusive deal with AT&T and sharpening the competition with Google Inc.-based phones.

The iPhone is finally coming to the Verizon wireless network as Apple gears up to produce a CDMA version of its popular smartphone that will be available in the first quarter of next year. Marcelo Prince and Julia Angwin discuss.

While Apple is on track to sell 40 million iPhones across the globe this year, the touchscreen handset is facing pressure in the U.S. from phones running Google's Android software, which have been heavily promoted by Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. carrier by subscribers.

 

[shayd]

Saw it coming, if I'm Verizon I'd kill it. No real use in offering it at this point.

 

[roronoa3000]

I'll stick with Droid

 

[power-san]

I would hope ATT would drop their prices to keep people.

 

[shootfighter8]

Sweet...looking forward to it.

SF8

 

[lurkingdirk]

Whoever comes up with the best price may just get my business. Fucking ATT and their plans...

 

[shayd]

Whoever comes up with the best price may just get my business. Fucking ATT and their plans...

Verizon sure as hell won't be lowering their prices for it.

 

[Straight Shooter]

Anybody going to switch contracts now that Verizon will carry the iPhone?

 

[jod0565]

Anybody going to switch contracts now that Verizon will carry the iPhone?

Not me. No reason to pay more for a phone.

 

[HE1FiNEARTiST]

Anybody going to switch contracts now that Verizon will carry the iPhone?

nope. I've had no problems with AT&T. I'll keep my month to month.

 

[izabelplayer]

i can't switch because im looked in a two year contract i signed with att this summer when i upgraded to the new iphone.

 

[Rey C.]

Anybody going to switch contracts now that Verizon will carry the iPhone?

Verizon bought my old carrier (Alltel) a couple of years ago. I've been very happy with Verizon thus far. Their customer service absolutely beats the hell out of Alltel's. But anyway, I'll probably get an iPhone, but only when my old (8 year old) phone finally dies. What I have now meets my current phone needs... and I have an iPod Touch that does everything else. So I'm good for now. :hatsoff:

But this is great news, IMO.