hello all, I too agree with "The Storm is such a clunky device, I'm amazed it got released in this state." it is really so heavy & ugly sems like you are holding a stone in your hand, no wonder it is brought up with vodaphne but there is no comparassion between it & iphone what say people?
i want the iphone i got the ipod touch and love that ithas everything but the phone in it....
my only concern is that i heard att has crappy service true?
my only concern is that i heard att has crappy service true?
I got ATT with my iphone and the signal where i live (NJ) is way better than t-mobile and sprint, i havent try verizon yet. So far im happy with the iphone so it makes me happy to stay as a AT&T customer. Now the customer service sometimes knows less than you so be ready to have good laughs.
i want the iphone i got the ipod touch and love that ithas everything but the phone in it....
my only concern is that i heard att has crappy service true?
Depends where you live check to see if you are covered they all and if you
travel a lot I mean all have areas of weak or no coverage there is no perfect
solution so get the provider that works best for your area or sign with AT&T
if you get an I-Phone.
I think he is info wrong. They are testing in CA for the next generation iphone, the signals have been picked up as Wifi and AT&T not Verizon.
I don't know what to tell ya, other than that he was very clear testing is in SD - why is brother is in town - very clear it is verizon - very clear it was an iphone.... so we will see
I don't know what to tell ya, other than that he was very clear testing is in SD - why is brother is in town - very clear it is verizon - very clear it was an iphone.... so we will see
We yes they are definitely testing the new phone that what I posted as well. Its just they have yet to pick up anything other then GSM and WiFi signals. Since they are able to pick these up I am pretty sure that all the websites like this one would be jumping all over it if they were picking up CDMA signals as well.
I mean I could be wrong but I am pretty sure there will be no CDMA version this time around unless Apple decides to make a dual network phone, which would make it larger then the old one which is no their style.
Secondly unless they have reworked the exclusivity contract the original one was for 5 years which wouldnt be done till June 2012 (maybe slightly earlier on 2012 depending on when they signed it)
"AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights for five years ...... And Apple is barred for that time from developing a version of the iPhone for CDMA wireless networks." USA Today
"There are carrier exclusivity agreements, and there are carrier exclusivity agreements -- and Apple's iPhone deal must have been pretty sweet for Cupertino to guarantee their new hotness to AT&T and AT&T alone for five friggin years. USA Today reports the supposed half-decade deal precludes Apple from developing a CDMA handset in that time (duh), meaning that if you live in the US and don't want to move to AT&T, it's going to be 2012 before you even have a chance at an iPhone. ..." Engadget
Now there were a few articles saying that when the 3g was created the exclusivity was only till 2010 which still means it will not be this year. I have a feeling once Verizon and AT&T both move forward with a 4G network we will see a Verizon version.
I would like to see a Verizon version because it would give some price competition in plans to AT&T.
We yes they are definitely testing the new phone that what I posted as well. Its just they have yet to pick up anything other then GSM and WiFi signals. Since they are able to pick these up I am pretty sure that all the websites like this one would be jumping all over it if they were picking up CDMA signals as well.
I mean I could be wrong but I am pretty sure there will be no CDMA version this time around unless Apple decides to make a dual network phone, which would make it larger then the old one which is no their style.
Secondly unless they have reworked the exclusivity contract the original one was for 5 years which wouldnt be done till June 2012 (maybe slightly earlier on 2012 depending on when they signed it)
"AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights for five years ...... And Apple is barred for that time from developing a version of the iPhone for CDMA wireless networks." USA Today
"There are carrier exclusivity agreements, and there are carrier exclusivity agreements -- and Apple's iPhone deal must have been pretty sweet for Cupertino to guarantee their new hotness to AT&T and AT&T alone for five friggin years. USA Today reports the supposed half-decade deal precludes Apple from developing a CDMA handset in that time (duh), meaning that if you live in the US and don't want to move to AT&T, it's going to be 2012 before you even have a chance at an iPhone. ..." Engadget
Now there were a few articles saying that when the 3g was created the exclusivity was only till 2010 which still means it will not be this year. I have a feeling once Verizon and AT&T both move forward with a 4G network we will see a Verizon version.
I would like to see a Verizon version because it would give some price competition in plans to AT&T.
It could make AT&T's price look good after all. but this is all speculation or
wishful thinking for people with other providers.
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Secondly unless they have reworked the exclusivity contract the original one was for 5 years which wouldnt be done till June 2012 (maybe slightly earlier on 2012 depending on when they signed it)
"AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights for five years ...... And Apple is barred for that time from developing a version of the iPhone for CDMA wireless networks." USA Today
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I really wish you would read my entire thread where I also stated that others have said it would end in 2010.
Actually you said:
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Secondly unless they have reworked the exclusivity contract the original one was for 5 years which wouldnt be done till June 2012 (maybe slightly earlier on 2012 depending on when they signed it)
You presented that 5-year term as a factual term of the contract, not one that was speculated on. The statement you seem to be referring to:
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Now there were a few articles saying that when the 3g was created the exclusivity was only till 2010 which still means it will not be this year. I have a feeling once Verizon and AT&T both move forward with a 4G network we will see a Verizon version.
... that neither contradicts your prior statement nor infers that the whole 5-year thing was speculation to begin with. It seems to imply that just the 3G iPhone has a 2-year contract. Perhaps I misinterpreted your statement or perhaps you wrote it out poorly. *shrug* I know I've been guilty of both.
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... that neither contradicts your prior statement nor infers that the whole 5-year thing was speculation to begin with. It seems to imply that just the 3G iPhone has a 2-year contract. Perhaps I misinterpreted your statement or perhaps you wrote it out poorly. *shrug* I know I've been guilty of both.
Probably a little of both since I wrote part of it from the iphone then I added to it from my computer.
What I was trying to get to is there is an exclusivity agreement till at least 2010, which means that there will be no GSM iphone in 2009.
I am still not sure it makes sense for there ever to be one since the world market for CDMA is so much smaller then GSM. Also CDMA seems to be a dying technology anyway in the next iterations verizon has talked about switching over to GSM. One last issue is battery life, CDMA tends to be a power hungry network, if you compare most GSM phones with CDMA phones (equal phones) the battery life is always better on the GSM version.
Anyway I would like a Verizon version, I am not switching networks because I am one of the people who actually likes AT&T, especially when I travel.
