Two iPhones expected this year
By Jenny • Apr 6th, 2010 • Category: Industry News, iPhone
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The iPhone is currently Apple’s talisman in its aspirations of remaining the world’s largest mobile devices company, with recent rumours indicating two new iPhones may be coming, one of which will be a CDMA Verizon iPhone.
AT&T monopoly to end?
Many countries have the iPhone on one carrier only, making whichever carrier has it something of a monopoly. In the US, where AT&T has been the exclusive carrier since 2007, this has brought much criticism Apple’s way since its user base believes AT&T delivers substandard service.
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To this effect, the on-again off-again rumour that there will be a Verizon iPhone is back in the air again. Verizon, which uses the CDMA communications format – as opposed to GSM – cannot carry the iPhone in its current state and would need an adapted version to do so. But what would make it very worthwhile for Apple to launch this other iPhone on Verizon – making it available to a host of other CDMA carriers – is that the company has 91 million users in its subscriber base.
Rollout
The usual Apple trend of releasing a new GSM iPhone at the beginning of summer – June – is expected to continue, with the reportedly thinner and faster iPhone 4G handset to launch. AT&T’s relationship with Apple has been crucial for the carrier, with iPhone sales explosions contributing almost exclusively to its quarterly growth.
Feeling the heat
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With Apple recently suing HTC – which on all accounts is actually an attack on Google – and Google Android handsets enjoying a lot of press and positive publicity, it seems as if Apple is fortifying its lead, as well as living in fear. Add that to the fact that HTC’s recent handsets have been phenomenal, and Microsoft’s Windows 7 looks great, too, the unchallenged dominance of the iPhone is certainly coming to an end, so it may make sense for the oft-rumoured Verizon iPhone to finally surface.
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