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1 edit | Re: CDMA Or it could be going to a huge mobile carrier in China, for all anyone knows. I see no compelling reason to think this rumor is any more true than the previous ones have been.
And yeah, that TechCrunch piece is an outstanding argument for the Verizon iPhone:
"...I am going to go on record to say Verizon will be selling an iPhone this coming January."
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I carry two phones, my personal is VZW and my work phone is sprint. From coast to coast, sprint sucks! | |
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1 edit | Re: CDMA said by robo74:said by hottboiinnc:Just because they're ordering CDMA chips doesn't mean its going to VZ. It could go to Sprint for all anyone knows. Sprint's network is just is good if not better than VZ and Sprint is also much cheaper than VZ on all aspects of the service. Thanks for this good laugh on a Monday morning. I really needed that! I carry two phones, my personal is VZW and my work phone is sprint. From coast to coast, sprint sucks! You're right it is pretty funny...too bad hottboiinnc  is right
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Harvard, IL | Re: CDMA said by hello123454:said by robo74:said by hottboiinnc:Just because they're ordering CDMA chips doesn't mean its going to VZ. It could go to Sprint for all anyone knows. Sprint's network is just is good if not better than VZ and Sprint is also much cheaper than VZ on all aspects of the service. Thanks for this good laugh on a Monday morning. I really needed that! I carry two phones, my personal is VZW and my work phone is sprint. From coast to coast, sprint sucks! You're right it is pretty funny...too bad hottboiinnc is right I cant comment on the price because VZW gives my company discounts, so I dont pay what others pay. But I can comment on the service and coverage, and VZW is far better then Sprint...again, I carry both phones and travel often. | |
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| said by robo74:said by hottboiinnc:Just because they're ordering CDMA chips doesn't mean its going to VZ. It could go to Sprint for all anyone knows. Sprint's network is just is good if not better than VZ and Sprint is also much cheaper than VZ on all aspects of the service. Thanks for this good laugh on a Monday morning. I really needed that! I carry two phones, my personal is VZW and my work phone is sprint. From coast to coast, sprint sucks! In my current career as a telecom tech servicing long haul fiber rings, I do a lot of travel to remote sites clearly off the beaten path. In the very few areas where I don't have Sprint service, I roam on Verizon anyway, and techs I've escorted who have Verizon phones have told me that they're phone has gone into roaming mode (I wonder on who's network  ). So the whole "Sprint sucks coast to coast " phrase just doesn't hold water with me. | |
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Also why would VZ take this device if they plan on having a massive LTE network built this year and next. It wouldn't make sense. So the only other CDMA carrier that they'd talk to would be Sprint.
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And LTE won't be available everwhere and LTE is only data won't be Voice for some time. But yah you should know that as well.
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2 edits | said by Romney2012:said by OldschoolDSL:I am deeply sadden by Apple if they pick a CDMA provider, even more so with Verizon. Why? Against competition? Or just hate CDMA on spec? I"m all for open competition, provided that competition NOT ONLY benefits the company, but ALSO the consumer.
CDMA is very limited and can not be generally used outside The USA.
Verizon has a bad habit of taking a really good phone and limiting it. That's not to say other companies don't do it, but Verizon just happens to do it to the ones everyone would want the most and benefit the most, when unrestricted.
CDMA also does not use Chips / Sim cards ... I and many others will buy a 2nd phone for emergencies ...ie ... If I'm out in the middle of no where and suddenly my phone was to brake, I could simply switch out the sim card (chip) into the 2nd phone... Verizon (and any CDMA provider) this is not possible, because there is no sim card (chip) to switch out.
Verizon has had the bad habit of using BREW & not Java. This would prevent people from using many of their 3rd party apps, games, or ring tones. | |
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kudos:4 | Re: Epic FAIL said by OldschoolDSL:said by Romney2012:said by OldschoolDSL:I am deeply sadden by Apple if they pick a CDMA provider, even more so with Verizon. Why? Against competition? Or just hate CDMA on spec? CDMA is very limited and can not be generally used outside The USA. There approx 528 million CDMA subscribers worldwide. »www.cdg.org/worldwide/index.asp
40 million in EU;Russia; Africa; Mideast
286 million in Asia
160 million in North America
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GSM blows! That is a fact. Funny how with AT&T and T-Mobile if I have one bar I get a bunch of garbled audio, drop outs, etc. With Sprint I can maintain conversations as long as I please with 1 bar. SIM cards are a nice convenience but I can do without . I could careless what the rest of the world uses. This country is too good GSM.
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kudos:12 | Re: Epic FAIL said by OldschoolDSL:Provided they have Sim cards... I'm for it. SIM cards are extremely handy. I miss being able to swap to a little cheapie phone before going on a run. Now, it's either pay for an extra line I'll never use, or run with my EVO. | |
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It makes absolutely 0 sense for Apple to make a CDMA iPhone this late in the game. I see them making a AWS iPhone rather than a CDMA one just because the modification is to much simpler and less costly.
Seriously, the CDMA iPhone will never happen. Verizon is in love with Google. They will not kick that relationship to the curb.
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Louisiana | said by adisor19:How many times have we heard this before ? How many times have "people in the know" claimed this only to be corrected time and time again by his Steveness at a keynote. It makes absolutely 0 sense for Apple to make a CDMA iPhone this late in the game. I see them making a AWS iPhone rather than a CDMA one just because the modification is to much simpler and less costly. Seriously, the CDMA iPhone will never happen. Verizon is in love with Google. They will not kick that relationship to the curb. Adi AWS? You do know that has nothing to do with GSM or CDMA?
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1 edit | I predict the CDMA iPhone will SUCK batteries like iVampires Contrary to tech papers, my experience with CDMA smartphones is that the battery life drained quickly, in comparison to GSM smartphones.
A CDMA iPhone without a hot swap battery option will be a BIGGER ISSUE than AntennaGate.
I also predict that Apple Inc. will distance from anymore exclusivity deals, and pimp out the iPhone for ALL carriers. In a move to squelch the investigations into the AT&T / iPhone exclusivity details.
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| Re: I predict the CDMA iPhone will SUCK batteries like iVampires said by r0bErT4u:Contrary to tech papers, my experience with CDMA smartphones is that the battery life drained quickly, in comparison to GSM smartphones. A CDMA iPhone without a hot swap battery option will be a BIGGER ISSUE than AntennaGate. I also predict that Apple Inc. will distance from anymore exclusivity deals, and pimp out the iPhone for ALL carriers. In a move to squelch the investigations into the AT&T / iPhone exclusivity details. yeah man one thing I noticed with my Evo 4G is when you have no cell service like indoors it will suck the battery dry in no time where GSM is not so bad..
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kudos:12 | Re: I predict the CDMA iPhone will SUCK batteries like iVampires said by Subaru:yeah man one thing I noticed with my Evo 4G is when you have no cell service like indoors it will suck the battery dry in no time where GSM is not so bad.. but I'm getting a extended battery soon so it wont matter anymore. That's because the EVO has 6 radios in it ...
My experience has been that it's more a function of the phone than the network. I have a work provided AT&T Blackberry that will last for a good 2 days of usage without a recharge, about the same as the previous Blackberry I had on Verizon. | |
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| Re: I predict the CDMA iPhone will SUCK batteries like iVampires said by Matt:said by Subaru:yeah man one thing I noticed with my Evo 4G is when you have no cell service like indoors it will suck the battery dry in no time where GSM is not so bad.. but I'm getting a extended battery soon so it wont matter anymore. That's because the EVO has 6 radios in it ... My experience has been that it's more a function of the phone than the network. I have a work provided AT&T Blackberry that will last for a good 2 days of usage without a recharge, about the same as the previous Blackberry I had on Verizon. i don't run all 6 radios... I have wifi off 4G off and the hotspot off
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kudos:1 | I noticed this with my Incredible as well. As long as it's in range, it takes it easy. As soon as you're isolated from a signal, it starts to eat battery. My old Motorola non smart CDMA phones did this as well.
I had my phone on the subway in NYC last week, and every radio but the cell phone was turned off, and it would eat battery at rest...
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1 edit | Re: why would i want an inferior iphone? said by aaronwt:Verizon already offers some phones that are much better than the iPhone. Getting an iPhone would be a step backwards. That is a simple matter of opinion. I'll explain and give you answers..
If you had said "Verizon offers phones with a better camera" OR "I know of a Verizon phone that has a faster processor", I might agree. Its incorrect to simply state they have better phones. There are many matrices out there that compare tech specs, and in every case, each type of phone (EVO, DROID, iPhone) has it positives and negatives.
When it comes down to it, its a consumers choice. You're assuming that all consumers want what YOU want.. that isn't the case.
Example:
- Quite frankly, I could care less about 720p recording.
- My father could care less about processor speed or tech specifications, he wants a phone that is simple to dial.
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kudos:1 | Re: why would i want an inferior iphone? said by bdon78:said by aaronwt:Verizon already offers some phones that are much better than the iPhone. Getting an iPhone would be a step backwards. That is a simple matter of opinion. I'll explain and give you answers.. If you had said "Verizon offers phones with a better camera" OR "I know of a Verizon phone that has a faster processor", I might agree. Its incorrect to simply state they have better phones. There are many matrices out there that compare tech specs, and in every case, each type of phone (EVO, DROID, iPhone) has it positives and negatives. When it comes down to it, its a consumers choice. You're assuming that all consumers want what YOU want.. that isn't the case. Example: - Quite frankly, I could care less about 720p recording. - My father could care less about processor speed or tech specifications, he wants a phone that is simple to dial. Either way.. an iPhone may be a step back for you... but it doesn't make sense to assume everyone wants what you want... I agree on the personal opinion stuff...that's assumed..but how about from a business perspective? Hasn't Verizon advertised the Droid as a phone that "does"...that marketing is an obvious critque of the iPhone not being as great as it's android phones..Wouldn't it seem kind of hypocritical to now carry a phone that you clearly marketed against as a company?
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1 edit | said by bdon78:said by aaronwt:Verizon already offers some phones that are much better than the iPhone. Getting an iPhone would be a step backwards. That is a simple matter of opinion. I'll explain and give you answers.. If you had said "Verizon offers phones with a better camera" OR "I know of a Verizon phone that has a faster processor", I might agree. Its incorrect to simply state they have better phones. There are many matrices out there that compare tech specs, and in every case, each type of phone (EVO, DROID, iPhone) has it positives and negatives. When it comes down to it, its a consumers choice. You're assuming that all consumers want what YOU want.. that isn't the case. Example: - Quite frankly, I could care less about 720p recording. - My father could care less about processor speed or tech specifications, he wants a phone that is simple to dial. Either way.. an iPhone may be a step back for you... but it doesn't make sense to assume everyone wants what you want... Yes, I could not care less about some of the specs too.. | |
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| Quote of a quote or a "unnamed reliable source said..." Apple just loves this type of speculation. This is the hype that fuels its sales.
But at the end of the day, if you read the article, it points to another article where the person says that he heard it from an unnamed reliable source who had heard that Apple was buying CDMA chips from Qualcomm.
Perhaps he heard that Apple would be buying cdma chips from Qualcomm ?
Perhaps he just heard that Apple is buying chips from Qualcomm (which it already does).
CDMA is the proprietary network protocol owned by Qualcomm and used by Verizon and Sprint.
cdma is an air interface philosophy used by GSM 3G (UMTS/HSPA) and by LTE. (GSM 2G used a tdma philosophy).
The title of this new should not have "Apple orders massive...". It should be "Rumour that Apple might order massice..."
If at all, it is more likely that the iphone will be available on LTE by january. I am not sure Apple will ever bother with a CDMA version. For one thing, one needs to consider physical room on the iphone board for an extra chip and all the software changes to support dual radios (LTE and CDMA).
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As soon as Verizon launches LTE, you will find the CDMA market starting to dry up rather quickly. And I doubt there will be a wide selection of dual LTE-CDMA handsets. I suspect Samsung and LG will produce a few low end handsets with limited data functionality.
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Otherwise I'll just do with my jailbroken/unlocked 3G-on T-Mobile.
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| | | | Verizon LTE deployment Is well under way. It's in the BETA test phase of testing in the metro LA area right now. I know because a friend of mine is testing the modem version of it. Early report is that it doesn't work very often, but when it does work, it's real fast.
Point being it's out of the labs and being deployed right now. VZW is way ahead of ATT with LTE, who basically gave up on 3G to rush their LTE infrastructure and keep playing catch up. But they still lag.
And from personal experience, I have a lot of friends and business contacts running iPhones and Blackberry's of various flavors on ATT. In my area - and there's only like 12 million people here - VZW has rock solid coverage and reliable service on most devices. BBerry's on ATT aren't too bad, but iPhones (esp. the 4) are junque.
And it irritates me because I had to update my plan to 900 minutes just to designate key contacts who bailed to ATT. And with my iPhone buddies, it's a constant case of dropped calls. If they're on the road and switch to a saturated tower, I just get dead air - VZW is kind enough to keep me connected to their network while my iPhone buddies just dropped off the edge of the earth mid conversation. ATT Blackberry's, less of a problem.
VZW's Droid phones are pretty cool - I got an "Incredible" in May. It was a very cool device except for a couple of things: it dropped calls and garbled audio constantly, and the display was pretty much useless in bright daylight. I returned it and re-activated my 8330 Curve (which reminds me, I'm due for a battery pull). Boring but reliable. And yes, I have handed that beat to shit thing to some of my iPhone friends so they could create or continue a simple phone call many, many times. LA is an extremely competitive market that virtually does most of it's business via smartphones, because nobody seems to have offices or landlines anymore.
I really don't think Apple is dumb enough to come out with an EVDO CDMA phone for VZW any time soon. LTE maybe, but not until the infrastructure is reliable and widespread enough. Just IMO though, Apple does some really dumb stuff and I own a lot of their products.
And FWIW, doing CDMA and LTE at the same time is possible, but it's going to be a clunky transition. ATT should have an easier time with it, at least once they get it out of their labs and onto their towers, which VZW has been doing for months in test markets. ATT has the advantage of more spectrum, which should help them in the long run, but VZW has the advantage of getting started with it much sooner. Like I said, they are already beta testing LTE devices. ATT? Crickets. | |
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| Re: Verizon LTE deployment Remember that Verizon isn't the only LTE network in the world. Apple may not need to wait for Verizon's LTE network to be large enough before unveiling its LTA iphone.
There is an "wow" advantage to be an early LTE phone, as it will show the iphone being a world leader. Remember that it got ridiculed for being late at the 3G table. | |
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| | Future Droid defector I have a Moto Droid and like it very much
I will buy an iPhone/Verizon the day they become available and ditch the Droid... | |
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Verizon hates competition!
Verizon hates competition. They just closed and removed their Kiosk in the Lake Square Mall in Leesburg, Florida. Why would they do that? The Lake Square Mall has become the wireless service bazaar in Lake County, Florida.