Will there be a Verizon iPhone release date?
A Verizon iPhone release date has been long rumored and hoped for by cell users not on the AT and T network. Though rumors have been running rampant for at least two years, an article in the Wall Street Journal sent stock markets and customers' hearts thumping with a supposedly confirmed Verizon iPhone release date. According to the Wall Street Journal article, a Verizon iPhone release date could be as early as September or October. Detractors are saying that this rumor of an iPhone on the Verizon network being released soon simply isn't true. Are these rumors true? Should you go get payday loans to pay for this Verizon iPhone?
CDMA network compatibility will determine the Verizon iPhone release date
“Sources close to Verizon” are quoted as saying that the Verizon iPhone release date will be as early as fall this year. Apple is also suspected to be working on a thinner, faster iPhone. Both of these developments depend on a CDMA wireless chip being developed for the iPhone.
Qualcomm has said it is designing a CDMA chip for Apple products that would work on the Verizon network, but the company tells CNN it would be “hard pressed” to launch that chip in 2010. No amount of easy cash loans can speed up the manufacturing process for a chip that has been in development for years. Even if Qualcomm has a functioning CDMA or multi-network chip, Apple would need to re manufacture the iPhone to handle the new chip manufacturer.
Verizon iPhone may release in 2011
Verizon iPhones face technological challenges. A Verizon-compatible iPhone only has the reality that Apple “appears to be” working on it. It is no secret that Apple has been working on a CDMA chip for the iPhone, and is in fact working with Qualcomm on WCDMA multi-channel chip that would allow the phone to work across most cellular networks.
Apple “appears to be working on” a Verizon iPhone, but that does not mean it will be released this year. Most people who watch the wireless industry seem to agree that the Verizon iPhone will release – but not until 2011.
Sources:
PC World
CNN Money
Wall Street Journal