Comments on: A few thoughts on the iPhone/Verizon rumor…

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 01:16:10 +0000

I’m sorry but this article does not make any sense. I sold cell phones and have dealt with all of the problems from sprint, verizon, and especially at&t (which was at&t then cingular to fix their rep, then back to at&t to fix their rep). GSM is not nearly as good of a technology as CDMA. CDMA call quality is the same with 2 bars as with 5, whereas there is a direct correlation between bars and call quality with GSM. GSM is also affected by lower frequencies, so you run more interference in your home. GSM also has terrible overall coverage compared to a Verizon, and lets face it, people don’t care about global use to get the iPhone (even though companies like RIM have created worldphones to do both, which Apple could easily do with Verizon, since over seas you aren’t using your AT&T contract anyway. Iphone statistically would also make Verizon the country’s biggest carrier, allowing them to claim more market share and thus improving network function. Lets not forget that AT&T’s 3G network has shown to be pretty faulty at times, and that AT&T’s customer support is ranked terribly. So,basically, 1. Verizon would provide a superior network (If AT&T gets coverage there, Verizon’s is probably better, no vice a verse options there). Things will blow up considerably larger moving it to Verizon, which is why Apple went to Verizon 1st. Remember, AT&T got it because they were the only one willing to sacrifice so much on the network support side to accomplish the contract.

By: Kurt S.

Kurt S. — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 04:17:32 +0000

I would absolutely love this!! Then they could hack it and I could use it on my Sprint plan!

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:29:45 +0000

I think a version for verizon could be used in other countries too. We here in Canada only have an iPhone from Rogers because they are the only GSM phone company. I believe our other carriers (Bell and Telus) use CDMA. I don’t know anyone who has an iPhone here, because Rogers charges too much. We could certainly use some competition to get the iPhone in use here.

By: Terry Henderson

Terry Henderson — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:52:31 +0000

Total Rubbish; Steve Jobs gives No One a second chance; lol,lol.

By: Ted T.

Ted T. — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:04:17 +0000

@Ben Pike: Yes I agree it is a question of when: and that when will be when the switch to 4G occurs — where Verizon will join the rest of the world on the same standard — in 2010 ~ 2011.