Verizon hiring hundreds ahead of iPhone launch - rumor - Page 2

As usual, you're wrong. Here are this years numbers.

http://link.businessinsider.com/view/km4.6t5/9267be93

http://www.electronista.com/articles...iphone.effect/

New subscribers that are data hungry are in it for Verzon.

I can't believe you actually asked if the VZW logo will be on it. Everyone said the Intel logo would be on Mac's, it wasn't, then the AT&T logo, it wasn't, I can guarantee you that Apple won't let any logo on their phone but theirs.

That's not quite true.

LTE will take years to reach the number of customers that 3G has now. I believe Verizon set sometime in 2013 for that to happen. And fallback for LTE will be 3G. So an LTE phone will need 3G for years.

Yes. There are a lot fo things to consider.

For instance, Apple may not have had any plans to make a CDMA iPhone for the first several years because they wanted to make their supply chain and inventory simpler, or knew they wouldnt have the facilities to produce the numbers needed so they gave AT&T this even though they wouldnt have done it anyway. Negotiations are give and take, because the other party does have something you want. Sometimes what isnt important to you may be important to your competitor, but you want them to think its important to you. Its all part of the game.

Note: We ARE in the 4th year of the iPhone and still only on AT&T in the US so something I stated above is likely in effect.

Also, Its rumoured that Apple went to AT&T to rip up the contract and start anew without the profit-sharing. This was a huge benefit to AT&T as it meant they didnt have to pay out for millions of iPhones per month for the full price, but only their cut from each month the iPhone was used for x-duration. It was stated that AT&T then got a little more power int eh negotiations because of this. Whos to say what they were or werent able to squeak out of the deal. For all we know they were able to extend it for 5 years from the new contract date or at least get a several month lead time on new iPhones for an additional 5 years after the US exclusivity is over.

The point is we dont know any details so we should be cautious about making statements of fact about complex negotiations of Fortune 500 companies.

No. It could be announced during the first quarter, AFTER the holiday season's sales. Unless the phone is on sale the first of January, Apple would have little reason to announce it. Why? Because it would slow holiday phone sales down for them. Why would they want to do that? It could be more likely they would wait until after the holiday season is over, and then announce the phone, preferably not too long before it's available.

Apple could also have a deal with AT&T that they won't do that.

As far as I can tell, Verizon and Sprint will still be using CDMA for voice after LTE is live. This makes sense. Even now the only battery test that can beat an iPhone is total voice call time on 3G, since they use the more efficient 2G for voice even though 3G for data is still technically on. And its good voice quality, so it would be foolish to jump to LTE for voice out of the gate even if they did a convert to VoIP for their networks.

PS: ITU deemed WiMAX and LTE are not 4G. I wonder if that will change the advertising in the US.

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/...-Qualify-As-4G

Well one things certain, Verizon losing momentum in sales puts Apple in a better position to get the deal aPPLE wants with Verizon if Verizon truly wants the IPHONE.

In any case, everything is pure rumor there is no substantiation. Howevr if they are going to offer the Iphone with another carrier most likely time would be Jan or feb as after that would be to close to the IPHONE5 release.

Apple can't do that, because they're not an independent company. I don't see it as being a good idea anyway.

Sales and revenue are the same thing.

In addition, just like 3G when it first came out WiMax and LTE both use a lot more power than do earlier tech. We can see how bad the battery life is for the Sprint WiMax phone, I forget the name of it right now. But because of that poor battery life, it's actually recommended that people keep WiMax turned off. Of course, the phone has poor battery life otherwise as well, but WiMax is one of the biggest drains.

I'm in no rush to get LTE. Unlike 3G over 2 and 2.5G, it won't provide much of a performance boost at first.

Well, I don't care what they say about these services. I guess they'll just talk about LTE, most people have no idea of what any of this means anyway. People just want to know if it's faster, and most people won't even notice the difference.

I don't think you are morons. I think you are just confused. Thats why I try to help. What are friends for? As far as total failure, I never talk in extremes, you guys know that. I never use the AI forum favorite slogan "epic fail."

Look, lets cut the crap here. For the past three and a half years there has been feverous discussion of Verizon getting the iPhone. And most of the community here is exceedingly against it. I've always been mystified how people on a stock insider site could feel that way. And I think I've finally figured it out.

It's a fanboy thing. Because Verizon "dissed" Apple back in 07 now they are not worthy to have the iPhone. That's it, isn't it? Why else would normal rational stockholders be against something that should increase Apple's profits, oh say, just a little bit? ? Would that be a fair statement fans?

So now we have a Verizon vs AT&T thing going on here. Kinda like a Ford Chevy thing. Okay, I get it.

You know, there used to be a saying that what was good for General Motors was good for the country. I guess the 2010 version of that saying is "what's good for Apple is good for the country?"

You cant get any more extreme than an absolute.

Never Say Never Again. Great Bond movie. Think I'll rent it on Apple TV tonight. Kim Basinger.

Some of the numbers from last quarter and other insights:

-14.1 iPhones sold last quarter
-5.2 million new AT&T iPhone activations, implying 8.9 million international activations
-Apple claims they can sell all the iPhones they can build

Based on this, I would assume Apple will retain the terms they desire with Verizon or anyone else. I also believe it implies there is still a significant ramp up occurring in iPhone manufacturing to maintain existing channels and new country expansions while adding new channels in the USA.

You see...you make it so difficult for me to like you. I was onboard with what you were saying until your last sentence. It's a shame you have such a problem with communicating well, otherwise people might listen to half of what you say because it can actually make good logical sense, but not when you spew your garbage hate mongering in the same sentence.

Worst Job Ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvHFqhi3aoU

First of all, you often do talk in terms of extremes.

Second of all, most of the community here is NOT against Verizon getting the iPhone, though a small proportion are. What we do often see, is people happy that Verizon is getting its comeuppance, which it is. As analysts in the industry are pointing out, Verizon isn't getting a lift from the many Android phones it has, while AT&T is, from the iPhone.

Obviously, when Apple first went to Verizon, likely in early 2006, or late 2005, Apple had had no experience in building a phone, and so Verizon was skeptical. In addition, Verizon was always a high priced service, and was known as being customer unfriendly. When they spurned Apple, and Apple went to AT&T, it was thought of as a risky experiment for AT&T. But, they were willing to try it.

Now, as they say, the shoe is on the other foot. Apple has the upper hand, especially after this blowout 14.1 million iPhone quarter, in which Cook admitted during the call, that Apple could have sold more if they hadn't had been running at 100% manufacturing cap. It's being said that they could have sold at least 15 million, and as much as 16.

Verizon sees the numbers as well as anyone. The chart I linked to, which I hope you did look at, shows why they are having problems. less new customers than expected, vs more than expected for AT&T, all due to the iPhone. This has got to hurt, and investors are likely wondering why verizon isn't going to Apple and begging for the phone.

Very good. Unfortunately, there are people I can't send that to because of the language.

VZW will be able to sell iPhones to a group of customers, who want an iPhone, but AT&T has neglected to provide 3G coverage. To this day. And I'm one of them.

Sorry, my mistake. I meant profit.

It isn't even so much the coverage issue, though that's part of it. It's also the company phone problem. Companies go with one phone company or another. For those on Verizon, an employee may be allowed to use their own phone, but only on that network. Both companies have millions of people on company plans.

Apple defended AT&T even when AT&T changed their mind about the unlimited iPad plan less than two months after Apple, and SJ, announced the iPad and the data plans.

We do know that they "had" a 5 year agreement. We know that from the court case back in 2007. Now, has it been modified? That is the question.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/c...xclusivity-de/

Of course. What's interesting here, is the question of why AT&T did that, though I still have my plan in effect.

Could it be that once Verizon offered the iPad, the deal with Apple for unlimited service was off the table? AT&T had to know this was coming before it was announced.

Apple's the second highest valued corporation on the planet. What do you think?

no offense melgross, but why do you respond to blackintosh, iliver, and the rest of the obvious trolls? they already know most of the things they say make no sense; their goal is to try and make you 'convince' them otherwise.

They're gonna call it 4G even though its really 3G+. I dont think VZW will be offering VoIP until the network is upgraded to LTE Advanced. So yes the CDMA network will be in use for years to come. Now they could upgrade from EV-DO Rev 0 to Rev A and offer talk and surf pretty easily.

If you guys didnt hear Ivan Seidenberg is stepping down and VZ will have a new CEO starting next year. He might be more willing to play nice with SJ (or at least thats what I'm hoping).

Yawn...

There must be 500 threads on here now with the same recycled posts about this stuff.

Looks more like SJs YES man. lol

He's not as bad as some. But it's not just responding to him that I'm doing. I assume that if people read my response, they will have better ammunition for themselves, wherever they are.

if this was the only hint about a Verizon iPhone, you might be right. But as you note in your later "Yawn" post, there is literally a tsunami of evidence (and related stories) about the imminent release of the iPhone on Verizon. This is just one more piece of the puzzle.

This is highly possible.

Lol. You don't see Verizon hiring for the launch of the Motorola HemorrDroid

A Verizon iPhone means bad news for the competition. RIM is already feeling the winds of change, anyway. We're about to see iPhone sales ansolutely explode. Apple's next quarterly report should be quite exciting.

Could be that AT&T provided data to Apple that 98% of their user base don't use over 2GB and therefore not needing the unlimited data no more. I still have my unlimited data plan, but I'm mostly on wifi and I barely make 1.5 Gb when I'm not around wifi.


People are still waiting for the white iphone 4 for AT&T.

some are. some aren't.

I have the ABC app, and I enjoy two of their shows, which I've been watching on my iPad. That uses a lot of bytes. If you're using Netflix, or other video downloading stuff, you'll easily go above 2GB. In fact, that's got to be why they did this.

I mean, if people were constantly below the 2GB limit, with the unlimited plan, why bother to discontinue it for a cheaper, lower limit version? Why not just pocket the extra $5 a month in silence, and make people happy knowing that their plan is unlimited? Or why not just add the 2GB plan to it?

No, I think that people are going above 2GB. After all, they could have had a 3GB limit instead, or 4, or 5. but they stopped at 2.

Good point. But I wish they put the limit on 3GB and not 2GB. The one thing that I want to know is that if I'm going to lose my unlimited data plan when I renew my contract with AT&T.

I think they studied the usage, and determined that they didn't want to serve the numbers that were over 2GB with free bandwidth.

As far as I know, as long as we keep our $30 plans, we'll never lose them (well, never is not likely the right word). I don't know what happens if we don't re-up for one month though. I'm not sure who there might be to ask, and I didn't read the entire contract to see what they say about that.