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join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA | reply to anonuser101
Re: "heh yeah right" Shockingly, many smartphones are made on GSM and then brought to CDMA- typically the design is such that the main work the manufacturer has to do is to swap out a different radio and change the firmware. However, while most phone manufacturers can do this easily enough, apparently it becomes impossible in relation to Apple?
Really the main reason this happens or not is money- presumably Verizon would have to pay Apple enough to make up for whatever enforcement clauses there are in the at&t-Apple exclusivity contract, as well as to make it worth Apple's while in creating a slightly different model. Now, they just spent quite a bit of money buying Alltel? But Verizon Wireless is very profitable. (It was the most profitable wireless network even before it became the largest) |
