 NOCManMacChatterPremium
join:2004-09-30
Colorado Springs, CO | reply to en102
Re: Can't disagree This is patently untrue, there are FCC approved versions of the iPhone for CDMA/LTE/GSM. While Apple may not be producing more than a few test samples they do exist in the US and are being tested on various carriers. Just like the Razr and other popular phones that came out as GSM first, they each had a CDMA variant that was quickly produced and sold once the exclusivity embargo was lifted.
Trust me nobody wants to see a GSM iPhone on T-Mobile. Perhaps once they deploy their 3G non edge network to any significance, but until then it's not going to be a step forward. Verizon Wireless is the only carrier that could make a significant impact in sales that Apple wants to see.
Plus a second GSM carrier only causes people to switch carriers, anyone wishing to go the CDMA route has to buy a new phone which would bring more sales to Apple. They're not stupid. They'll go with VZW, and come up with some excuse why the GSM phones are not being sold for other carriers to drive up sales for a bit, then once they sag, they'll lift that embargo.
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| being tested on various carriers? proof as they always say on here? They may have approved a GSM and CDMA phone but LTE? Nothing has been said of that one even being approved by the FCC because it would have been on the front page here along with who was testing what.
Also 3G works great where its available. Not in your city? Too bad. |
