Weekend iPhone Rumors: Apple ordering "hoards" of CDMA chips, AT&T SEC filing hints at loss of exclusivity?

By on Aug 9, 2010 at 2:14 PM
Rumor August 9, 2010

The iPhone 4 has been out for well over a month now, so it is only natural that iPhone rumors begin again, no? Over the weekend, two iPhone rumors of interest were spotted on the interwebs. The first comes via blog TechCrunch, TC is reporting that:

Sources with knowledge of this entire situation have assured me that Apple has submitted orders for millions of units of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets for a Verizon iPhone run due in December. This production run would likely be for a January launch, and I’d bet the phone is nearly 100% consistent with the current iPhone 4 (with a fixed internal insulator on the antenna).

We’ll let you decide how feasible a Verizon iPhone in December is, it isn’t like we’ve ever heard that before.

The next rumor come courtesy of an SEC filing from AT&T. In the filing, dated June 30th, the company writes:

In addition, offering a number of attractive handsets on an exclusive basis distinguishes us from our competitors. As these exclusivity arrangements end, we expect to continue to offer such handsets (based on historical industry practice), and we believe our service plan offerings will help to retain our customers by providing incentives not to move to a new carrier.

The rub here is that the only device that AT&T has exclusivity on, that would be worth mentioning in an SEC filing, is the iPhone (sorry BlackBerry Torch).

As with all rumors, these should be taken with a heavy dose of NaCl (that’s salt), they are rumors after all.

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  • HillBill

    No exclusivity means less discounts from AT&T, means AT&T will start promoting Android and other platforms. Since a lot of potential Verizon customers are already iPhone customers on AT&T, the net effect on Apple will be less than anticipated. Personally, I am glad if iPhone detaches itself from the AT&T network. That should improve the network quality for others. Also, let Verizon share the pain of carrying the most childish ignorant bunch of fanbois around.

    • alexz

      Yea, I think Verizon already has already cornered the most childish ignorant bunch of fanbois around.

  • Sliznut

    Since I work in tech for VZW, I hope we do not get the iPhone. I really do not want to deal with the calls from people needing help with their “wifis” and “gb’s”. lol

  • RickInHouston

    I’m so very tired of Apple ignoring the horrendous iOS update given the 3G and 3GS. When-o-when are they ever going to address the disservice they’ve caused over this update?

  • Reggie S

    who would buy a CDMA iPhone on Verizon when LTE is only a few months away? No way they’d do dual antennae because battery life is horrid as it stands now!

    • Ron

      I would, the Blackberry IMAP support is terrible. I would upgrade just to have better IMAP support.

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