During the Verizon iPhone announcement today Apple COO Tim Cook revealed that their deal was multi-year but NOT exclusive. So that means there's no contractual reason we couldn't see a Sprint iPhone (or even T-Mobile?) but is there the will to get it done? Do you want an iPhone on Sprint?
As part of the Verizon iPhone 4 announcement today, Dan Dee stressed that Verizon had been building out their network and scaling their infrastructure from retail to supply to... hopefully reception in order to handle the iPhone. That should be good news for anyone in the US used to dropping iPhone calls. Then again, talk is cheap and the iPhone hits the network like rhino, so we'll...
The just announced Verizon iPhone will be available for pre-order for existing customers on February 3 and for everyone at Verizon and Apple Stores on February 10. Pricing is the same as always, $99 for 16GB, $199 for 32GB. We'll add plan rates when we get them. So who's ordering?
The Verizon iPhone has been announced so the first thing power users are going to want to know is whether or not it can be Jailbroken and maybe even unlocked to run on Sprint. There won't be any solid information until the Verizon iPhone actually ships and the software and baseband become known quantities but the Dev Team seldom disappoints. An Unlock for Sprint will probably be harder...
Apple is now selling the 8GB iPhone 3GS for $49, half the price is was just a week ago, matching AT&T's recent price drop. While the hardware is 18 months old, the iPhone 3GS is fully updated to iOS 4.2.1 and runs it well. You'll miss out on FaceTime, the Retina Display, and the higher quality cameras for stills and video, but not much else. As a budget smartphone goes, it's killer...
Our podcast feed Download Directly Subscribe via iTunes Rene, Chad, and Georgia sneak in some Verizon iPhone talk, then get down with a CES 2011 table wars wrap-up, and cap it all off with Mac App Store talk. This is iPad Live! Credits Thanks to the the iPhone Blog Store for sponsoring the podcast, and to everyone who showed up for the live chat!
Apple Retail Stores are set to put an end to restocking fees starting Tuesday January 11, and will also be adding new setup areas for Macs, iPhones, and iPads. Previously when returning a product to your Apple Retail Store you get hit with a 10 percent restocking fee but this will no longer be the case starting tomorrow. Of course the standard 14 day window will still apply for returns...
The Verizon iPhone has not been officially announced yet but that has not stopped AT&T firing the first shot at a CDMA iPhone. According to a report by Business Insider, AT&T PR boss Larry Solomon has risen to the challenge and come out with the following statement: The iPhone is built for speed, but that's not what you get with a CDMA phone. I'm not sure iPhone users are...
Now that we all just pretty take it for granted that the Verizon iPhone will be announced tomorrow and ship around the end of the month we can start sweating the details like -- will Verizon's network be able to handle the AT&T-crushing load and will they still offer unlimited data plans. According to "a person familiar with the matter" (probably not Steve Jobs, right?), the Wall...
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