The official nod ends an exclusive relationship that Jobs' Mob had with AT&T in the US, which has been around since the Iphone sprang fully formed from the mind of Steve Jobs. Verizon COO Lowell McAdam unveiled a new Iphone yesterday during a presentation in New York.
What was surprising was that Apple is launching its Iphone on Verizon's outdated CDMA network. It was believed that it would be lauched on its LTE 4G network. However according to Apple's Tim Cook the first generation LTE chipsets required design changes Jobs wouldn't make.
The use of CDMA means that the phone will only be sold to Americans who never want to take their phones out of the country. CDMA is only ever used in the US and China, so if you see a loud fat American in a Hawaiian shirt shouting into an Iphone in Leicester Square or St Peters he will be an AT&T customer.
Still at least Verizon will have good coverage within the US and it has had to pony up a large amount of cash to get the phone subsidised at a price that will match AT&T.
The Inquirer - Computer hardware news and downloads. Visit the download store today.
0 comments:
Post a Comment