Thursday, June 24, 2010

Verizon CDMA iPhone Coming


As the whole world is watching if the telecommunication giant Verizon finally manages to crack the partnership with Apple iPhone, a new breeze of rumors have been sweeping the smartphone world lately. The latest rumor is that the next Apple iPhone that is to be made available on Verizon will be a CDMA iPhone, and the orders for the same have already been made.

As per industry sources, the orders for the 10 million CDMA iPhone has already been placed with Taiwan’s Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of ASUSTeK Computer Inc. News is also rife that Pegatron has been contracted to produce at least 10 million CDMA iPhone units each year And alongside this rumors, one news that is making the rounds is that this CDMA iPhone wouldn’t necessarily be tied solely to Verizon and may even look for other providers (like the Sprint in U.S) for future iPhone versions.

Reading through the rumors, analysts are of the opinion that if the Pegatron rumors are held correct, and if the said CDMA phone is in fact an entry-level world-mode phone which Apple chooses to make available to both its current Chinese GSM/UMTS partner; then it can be assumed that Verizon may not enter the iPhone arena until 4G models based on LTE technology begin to surface, probably in early 2011.

However, coming to the Verizon CDMA iPhones both Apple and Pegatron have declined to comment on the speculation surrounding the CDMA-enabled devices. Apple is expected to unveil the next-generation iPhone for universal accessibility at the annual WWDC 2010 conference on June 7, 2010. It is also expected that iPhone OS 4 will be released at the same event.Watch this space as we’ll keep you updated on the slightest move!