JP Morgan Predicts More Expensive iPhone on Verizon

[babyblue_pimp]

Won't happen. Quote me on it and come back tomorrow. If I'm wrong, I'll gladly admit it and then rant about how retarded VZW is. Makes zero sense. They may do $250 with a $50 mail-in rebate/debit card but no way the total price of the phone is $250. No way.

VZW is way overpriced. I'm completely happy with AT&T and have been for the 3+ years I've been with them so I have no desire to switch anyway. But $350 ETFs and outrageous security deposits for new customers?? I have an 810 credit score and they wanted a $100 deposit back in '07 when I was thinking of signing up. Give me a break.

I agree to an extent, 250 no way, 220? very very possible.

But I see where your coming from, apple is all about new features, same price point. I'm sure they can figure out a way to keep the existing price points, and just jack up the monthly payments a bit.

On the other hand, CDMA a feature people have been waiting for since the iPhone was released, and a whole new 4g network (if it ends up supporting LTE this revision), Apple could EASILY get away with charging an addition 20$'s per phone, especially if it supports GSM+CDMA like the BBs.

We shall see tomorrow

[sub zero]

If this finally does come true. (verizon iphone) What else will Essany write about?!?!?!?! Im one of those people who simply don't give a........and didn't need to read a rumor on the subject every month for the past 4 years

[Mes]

finally i will be free from at&t ! free at last! free at last!

Free to be a slave to another locked-down carrier. True phone freedom is carrier freedom, anywhere, anytime. You chose, not them

[babyblue_pimp]

If this finally does come true. (verizon iphone) What else will Essany write about?!?!?!?! Im one of those people who simply don't give a........and didn't need to read a rumor on the subject every month for the past 4 years

Theres still plenty of room for t-mobile rumors

[LordGeek]

Cannot wait until these so called die hard customers from AT&T move over to Verizon to grab there iPhones .. that will free up MUCH more network power for us dedicated customers of AT&T .. for me, now going on 13 years with AT&T .. 1998 (AT&T), moved over to Cingular, and back to AT&T .. I wouldn't change, NEVER had any problems with them.

[saunupe1911]

I believe AT&T has the upper hand on Verizon right now. They've obviously been preparing for this. The are the sole carrier of Windows 7 phones (for now), they still have the iPhone 4 and iPad with a very large marketshare, they have all the latest Blackberries (yes people still love them), and they have a few of the latest Android devices. Finally they are rolling out a new 4G upgrades that's obviously boosting the 3G network as well. I would say AT&T is in very good shape right now. Verizon is the one that should be worried. They have been losing new customers to AT&T and the iPhone 4 and who knows how their network will perform once the iPhone 4 lands. I sure hope their prices stay competitive or they may be in more trouble than we think.

[ajl917]

Are we gonna have 2 kinds of iphone4?

It depends if they put the 2 different networks (GSM and CDMA) into 1 phone or just have 2 different kinds, but I'd assume the only changes to the phones would be the network they use, everything else the same...

[steve-z17]

Tried the same thing with me when I signed up in 2006. I walked out, and then came back a week later, to the same store. No deposit necessary this time. Amazing what you can get shoved down your throat if you allow them to.

So true. If you let them walk all over you you'll end up paying more, they always try to sneak stuff in.

I can see Verizon charging more for something like that, maybe not a straight up price change but something else. Who knows though, anything is possible!

[ovey1]

WTF MMi?! Get rid of the ads in the actual words of posts. It's pissing me off and keeping me from reading. I move my cursor around to keep my place while I'm reading and I keep getting stupid pop-ups about Android phones that cover the story. Yeah, good job.

Until you fix that, you lost a reader. How tacky.

Oh, and good job fixing the "Not mobile?" button on the iPhone version of the site. It's been, what, at least a year? It doesn't work. If you're not going to fix it, just remove it.

you just need to mouse over the add then click on were it says vibrant and it will tell you how to use and there is a disable check and then check that and your good to go your welcome

[jdm.accord]

I agree to an extent, 250 no way, 220? very very possible.

Companies tend to keep the numbers very round so $220 would be unusual. And that would just give the impression of nickel and diming. Verizon really needs the extra $20? No one would buy that notion they they can't afford to let it go for $200 but will for $220.

And its seems extremely unlikely this iPhone will support LTE. Apple went with Edge in '07 even though AT&T's 3G was far more reaching (customer base) than LTE currently is. The summer revision is when we'll likely see LTE for both AT&T and Verizon iPhones.

[pentatonic145]

ZOMG who cares? What does this story have to do with the iPhone? iPhone is for Apple only - not Sprint!

epic lulz ^_^ j/k zomg

[saunupe1911]

ZOMG who cares? What does this story have to do with the iPhone? iPhone is for Apple only - not Sprint!

epic lulz ^_^ j/k zomg

What the hell are you talking about?

[vantheman169]

What the hell are you talking about?

hahaha i was just going to ask the same EFFFING thing. Sprint? Nobody has mentioned sprint except for 2 posts above ^^

[LastSonOfKrypton]

I like many of you was in the Verizon iPhone camp but as of a week and a half ago I now have 3G data in my area. So my biggest reason for jumping to Verizon is gone. No need to switch. I'll gladly finish out my contact with AT&T.

[decke]

Yes!! Finally iPhone on verizon. Better for me in two ways: 1. Better network 2. More customers for my themes

I personally hate verizon so I'll never switch.

Also my guess would be that verizon expects the massive bandwidth usage so if they do have problems then they're just stupid.

[ecd5000]

finally i will be free from at&t ! free at last! free at last!

And being a slave to a network Thats gonna crash is being free?

[big_frog]

WTF MMi?! Get rid of the ads in the actual words of posts. It's pissing me off and keeping me from reading. I move my cursor around to keep my place while I'm reading and I keep getting stupid pop-ups about Android phones that cover the story. Yeah, good job.

Until you fix that, you lost a reader. How tacky.

Oh, and good job fixing the "Not mobile?" button on the iPhone version of the site. It's been, what, at least a year? It doesn't work. If you're not going to fix it, just remove it.

yea i think you have some kind of spyware or something in you pc or mac you better check thatt out.....no pop up or add on mines...

[ParadoX]

The first thing people are going to ***** about with verizon, is their network speed. which is FAR below what att or even tmobile offers. In my area the speeds are well above average and 5-6x that of the verizon network. I know verizon covers ALOT of area, but I am not willing to sacrifice speed for a little bit more coverage.

[Nielsenius]

The first thing people are going to ***** about with verizon, is their network speed. which is FAR below what att or even tmobile offers. In my area the speeds are well above average and 5-6x that of the verizon network. I know verizon covers ALOT of area, but I am not willing to sacrifice speed for a little bit more coverage.

I completely agree. It's going to be hilarious when the AT&T vs. Verizon iPhone network speed tests come out. I once tried to load the Apple website on a Droid. It took about a minute. That's a good 4x longer than my iPhone.

[feidhlim1986]

Woohoo America! Welcome to multiple iPhone Carriers, enjoy the competition.