4G LTE Verizon iPhone 4 rumored to debut immediately after ChristmasOkay everyone, take this for what it is right now: a big rumor. That being said MacDailyNews says this information is from "a sole source that we believe to be credible." The rumor? The iPhone 4 is going to drop on the Verizon network right "after Christmas." Oh, and it will be a 4G LTE iPhone 4.
Here's what MacDailyNews' source says they know:
The "after Christmas" unveiling of the Verizon iPhone was AT&T's final demand so they could squeeze as many Christmas iPhone sales in as possible.
Verizon managers had training on the 4G iPhones last week and had functioning 4G iPhones in their hands
The Verizon 4G iPhone 4 will be available the day it's announced
The Verizon iPhone is already shipping to Verizon warehouses
The Verizon iPhone is NOT being shipped to 3rd party resellers in order to control product leaks (good job)
Verizon agreed to take complete responsibility for the security of the 4G iPhone before it's released to the public
The Verizon iPhone will be marketed as the only "LTE iPhone"
Since LTE is not widespread, Verizon will have multi-band chip backward compatibility with regular CDMA chips
Other notes include that the next major (5th generation) version of the iPhone was originally planned to be LTE-only but "nobody thinks either Verizon or AT&T can get to critical mass to offer an LTE-only version" by its debut in the summer, which Steve Jobs is upset about and Apple is therefore "helping" U.S. carriers to build out LTE networks faster than they could alone. It should be noted that this rumored LTE iPhone 4 will presumably not be the fifth generation iPhone, but that a fifth generation iPhone will still likely debut in summer 2011.
Without further confirmation, it's anyone's guess if this rumor is true. But everyone knows it's only a matter of time before the iPhone lands on Verizon's network. And there has been that rush of iPhone sales to get people to sign up for two year contracts with AT&T before Christmas...
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