Do you think that Verizon will get IPhone?

Do you think that Verizon will get IPhone?

No.

And here is why:

Verizon was actually offered the iPhone first, before AT&T. They turned it down because Apple put too many restrictions on the deal.

-First, they would not allow Verizon to put their V-Cast music feature on the phone. In addition, they would not allow over the air music downloads (this has changed with the latest release).

-They also do not allow warranty exchanges at the store level, nor is the battery replaceable at the store level, both of which are very important to Verizon for obvious customer service reasons. Customers with warranty and battery issues have to send the phone to Apple for repairs, sometimes taking up to 2 weeks. Did I mention that you will be without your phone that entire time?

-In order to activate the iPhone, you have to take it home and connect it to your iTunes enables PC or laptop. It can not be activated in stores, also an important consideration for customer service.

-Finally, the iPhone is required to run on the slower EDGE (comparable to Verizon's NationalAccess speed of approx. 80kbps) network, not BroadBand.

The other reason you will not see Verizon picking up the iPhone is due to AT&T's 5 year exclusive with Apple. No company in the US will get the phone during that 5 year contract term.

Paul, I am using a Verizon Blackberry 8830 which is great. I would like to know is the Verizon system for data faster or slower than Cingulars G3 system. Is the Verizon system better, same or worse than the Cingular. I know I know I am dumb in these areas and have to rely on you young smart folks to help me.

I was just about to say that.

serious

I didn't know that they had it for 5 years. That is a long time in cell phone years.

That was Apple's deal. Frankly, AT&T can keep it, there are much better phones with better music functionality out there, across all providers.

i herd it was only a year they had soul rights to the iphone

You heard incorrectly. Apple and AT&T inked a 5 year exclusive deal. I can only imagine that it was the only way AT&T would allow Apple to dictate the kind of restrictive terms they did.

isn't it possible to hack the iphone, unlocking it to be used with any carrier?
i thought i heard this rumor somewhere (i think it was in my popular science mag). . .though i may be wrong on this, as i've never been hyped about the iphone, and haven't payed much attention to it (i don't get at&t in my area, so it's never been a possibilty).
thnx.

sorry for my ignorance, but is verizon a GSM carrier? (heh, i so don't know what all these cell phone acronyms stand for. . .let alone mean )
thnx.

There should be some interesting developments with the iPhone this year. Apple has something up their sleeves.

Closed, as the question has been asked, answered and answered several more times.