Rumor: Apple has a CDMA iPhone, just needs Verizon to ink a deal

By on Jul 1, 2010 at 3:01 PM
General July 1, 2010

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Today, The Loop’s Jim Dalrymple wrote an interesting article that should give a lot of confused people some perspective on this whole Verizon iPhone business. Not surprisingly, Dalrymple reports that Apple already has a fully functional CDMA iPhones, lurking in the shadows of 1 Infinite Loop, that is ready to go into production at a moment’s notice. The problem, according  Dalrymple, is that Apple and Verizon have yet to finalize a deal. Having the iPhone hardware lying on a shelf waiting to be mass produced is beneficial for both companies; as it won’t have to scramble to make up for lost time once the deal is struck. Apple also has a long history of developing products well in advance — a good example of this was its Intel-compatible version of OS X. So why then did Bloomberg so confidently report that Verizon will have the iPhone in January? That could simply be a negotiating tactic, something which would not at all be out of the ordinary.

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  • DanE

    wouldn’t this device need FCC certification (if it were to be released in the US)?

    I am sure SOMEONE would have seen the filing – if it exists :)

    • Patrick Kabir

      Not necessarily keep in mind that Apple had the FCC hold the filing for the iPhone 4 until the WWDC unveiling, I am not saying it is going to happen but he could keep it hush hush. But their are other ways to see since it would require different chips for CDMA (Qualcomm not the Infineon chips that are currently being used) and from the rumors it would also be a different partner than Foxconn, I believe ASUS’s OEM arm Pegatron. I suspect watching Apple’s purchases would give a clearer picture.

  • http://www.barstoolsandchairs.com Matt Kennedy

    As an Apple stock holder, I am excited about the perspective of millions of new customers. As an Iphone owner, I think I will be staying with ATT. I can’t imagine Verizon will give unlimited data for only $30.00. I live in Chicago and my reception is pretty good. I get downloads comparable to Sprint’s Evo.

  • mulda71

    Reason it could happen sooner rather than later: Apple is losing ground big time and this would be a significant blow to android on Verizon. Android and google are snowballing and the verizon iphone takeover gets less and less likely with each month that passes. And if google gets a decent itunes-comparable off the ground, apple may never do what it could have done on verizon. This may be the biggest counter-move that apple could make…

  • Natto Beans

    why should Apple make a CDMA iPhone? it would only be sold in the US. Canada’s CDMA carriers built GSM towers to carry the iPhone. That is what Verison needs to do and I will drop AT

  • Natto Beans

    Why should Apple make a CDMA iPhone? it would only be sold in the US. Canada’s CDMA carriers built GSM towers to carry the iPhone. That is what Verizon needs to do and I will drop AT

  • Kevin

    My dad called up verizon and mentioned that i wanted the iphone and they told him that they will have it by the end of the year and in the meantime to check out the droid which is most similar to the iphone! CAll verizon for yourselves and mention that u want the iphone

  • http://alghienkad06.student.ipb.ac.id/ thea

    cool

  • Laura

    Just so we’re clear VZW, I don’t need the iphone4 right now. Test it, finish with LTE, do whatever you have to do. But hear this loud and clear! I want my iphone now! Even if it is the iphone 3. I want it and I want it now! And no, I won’t feel shortchanged,used, played, exploited if you release the iphone 3 now and the iphone4 in January. I don’t care. Exploit me!

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