In the office pool I'll take Jan 11th as my announcement date: http://images.macrumors.com/article/2011/01/07/151904-verizon_event_announcement.jpg
Anyone else?
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iPhone on Verizon.....
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The WSJ think Verizon could add 9-12m Apple phones in the first year- compared with the 14m ATT sold in 2010 - given that all of this won't be cannibalism of ATTs business (in fact I'd guess most will be Verizon customers who have been waiting for an iPhone) that could help Apple keep/expand it's market share in the US.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704030704576070090093187986.html
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704030704576070090093187986.html
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I can't wait to see the US numbers for mobile marketshare in 6 months.
It's going to be a landslide 6 months at the expense of RIM and the free Android phones. After that I think the trends will go back to those of the last 6 months, Android capturing RIM share, Apple maintaining and M$ nowhere.
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It's official..... Feb 10th
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-11/verizon-to-sell-iphone-feb-10-ending-at-t-exclusive.html
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http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-01-11/verizon-to-sell-iphone-feb-10-ending-at-t-exclusive.html
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it's interesting on the day of such a "big" announcement that Apple stocks dropped a little bit. while google and rim went up 
just sayin'
aapl: -.24% 341.64
goog: +.29% 616.01
rimm: +1.29% 62.89
seems the market place kinda yawned
all those folks that abandon at&t for verizon, you have to wonder how they will feel when they find out verizon can't handle simultaneous voice and data traffic
just sayin'aapl: -.24% 341.64
goog: +.29% 616.01
rimm: +1.29% 62.89
seems the market place kinda yawned
all those folks that abandon at&t for verizon, you have to wonder how they will feel when they find out verizon can't handle simultaneous voice and data traffic
it's interesting on the day of such a "big" announcement that Apple stocks dropped a little bit. while google and rim went up
aapl: -.24% 341.64
goog: +.29% 616.01
rimm: +1.29% 62.89
seems the market place kinda yawned
all those folks that abandon at&t for verizon, you have to wonder how they will feel when they find out verizon can't handle simultaneous voice and data traffic
This has been baked in the price for some time, I'd never put too much emphasis on a single day's move.
This is a better deal for Apple than Verizon, they will spend billions subsidizing the iPhone for current customers, Apple get's a new market and no exclusivity give.
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Yeah, Apple was climbing steady for the last 5 days or so. Obviously, today the news came out and traders took their profits.
Also since we're comparing numbers, AM. How about market cap? =)
Apple: 313.39B
Google: 196.98B
RIM: 32.82B
Oh hell yes. I suspect for most people in the States, their choice isn't iPhone vs Android. It's "Do I get an iPhone or do I stay on Verizon?"
Now they can get an iPhone and stay on Verizon.
Verizon iPhone Could Top 15 Million Units in 2011
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Verizon-iPhone-Could-Top-15M-Units-in-2011-119310/
Very funny, and true enough, especially in NYC and San Fran : http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-11-2011/verizon-iphone-announcement
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LMAO!!!.....
Perhaps soon your years of struggle with the world's most popular 'almost phone' will be over.....
LMAO!!!.....
Perhaps soon your years of struggle with the world's most popular 'almost phone' will be over.....
It was a funny spot but I think the bandwidth issues will remain in NYC and San Fran - my experience is that all cell phone networks suck (I've had Verizon, T-mobile and Sprint) and as the smartphone becomes a mass market product (every high school girl.....) the load on the network will become unrelenting.
The fact that we still have CDMA networks in the US is backwards to the extreme.
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No doubt Verizon networks will come under severe stress if everyone jumps over to Verizon. Hopefully they are upgrading their system for this coming onslaught....
No doubt Verizon networks will come under severe stress if everyone jumps over to Verizon. Hopefully they are upgrading their system for this coming onslaught....
I doubt it will be so much people changing networks as hardware (which is why I think Apple is the winner and that Verizon will get the bill), I'd guess that iPhone users use the network more (there are 300k apps for that), one can see that in the OS web traffic statistics.
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It seems to be the biggest limitation of the Verizon network, I don't know if their 4G will fill this gap.
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Verizon iPhone’s Impact on Google’s Android: How Bad?
"Thus, while millions of Verizon customers who might have bought an Android phone will no doubt now choose an iPhone, the Android ecosystem as a whole is so huge, and growing so quickly, that Verizon’s iPhone will most likely be a speed bump for Google’s mobile operating system"
"Thus, while millions of Verizon customers who might have bought an Android phone will no doubt now choose an iPhone, the Android ecosystem as a whole is so huge, and growing so quickly, that Verizon’s iPhone will most likely be a speed bump for Google’s mobile operating system"
