iPhone could become the first LTE-phone from Verizon
The first smartphone that will support LTE-network Verizon, can become iPhone. MacDailyNews wrote that Verizon managers were instructed to begin preparations iPhone release immediately after the Christmas holidays. According to the source, the smartphone will also support CDMA-network of the operator.
However, not all experts share the expectations of such an early appearance LTE-model iPhone . "It seems that Apple just started working on LTE-version – says analyst Rob Enderle (Rob Enderle). – This means that testing will need another six months. " He notes that Apple would be highly unusual to represent half of the updated model in the middle between cycles. Usually, Apple introduced a new model of the iPhone strictly once a year and always during the summer.
"For Apple version 4.5 is as unusual as the possibility of an agreement with Verizon, – adds Enderle. – Verizon categorically insists that its aim – to supervise the consumer, not the phone manufacturer. In view of such cooperation is not really justified. "
Analysts also point out that this would be a breach of an agreement with AT & T an exclusive right to sell the iPhone in the next three years.
However, MacDailyNews fairly confidently asserts, referring to an anonymous but reliable source that the iPhone will not only be a first, but for a long time the only LTE-smartphone from Verizon. It will only be available through Verizon and will not be available in retail stores. Since LTE-network while Verizon only works in 38 U.S. cities will get the phone CDMA-chip for use in traditional 3G-networks.
The Apple and Verizon have not confirmed these rumors, but information on the imminent appearance at the Verizon LTE-models completely official: the vice-president Tony Malone (Tony Melone) said that the first LTE-phones will be presented in February. Network LTE from Verizon delivers data download speeds from 5 to 12 Mbps.
