Verizon iPhone Most Likely in 2010, Says Analyst
12/10/2009 03:28:00 AM - 0 comments
Apple Inc. is known to build their success around ‘customer control’ and this business strategy is similar to Verizon. Verizon, until now has been considered a strong contender and an AT&T alternative as the next carrier option. However, as you move closer to 2010, analysts opine that it is too early for the partnership to materialize or become a reality so soon.It is interestingly too similar an equation for Apple Inc. and Verizon, as the later too aspires to tread through the same path as Apple who runs its own iTunes App Store. While Apple controls the media experience with iTunes, Verizon does that with its V CAST service. Although, there has been wide speculation that Verizon iPhone is due for launch in 2010 and is already being tested, however, experts monitoring the prospective deal say it’s unlikely.
Can Verizon influence Apple - AT&T relationship?
It has been known worldwide that Apple and AT&T in the last 2 years have shared a very successful business partnership, which at many times has been cited as them sharing ‘very favorable economics’. An estimated average selling price for the Apple iPhone sold through AT&T is approximately $700. However, by comparison, Research In Motion, Verizon’s largest handset supplier, has an average selling price of $340.
Going by all these statistics, a more realistic ETA for a Verizon iPhone seems to be a distant probability, not until 2012, when networks roll out the next-generation 4G network. Most iPhone enthusiasts are of the view that Apple Inc should and might consider more realistic deals (helping maintain margins and customer controls) with T-Mobile or Sprint before a deal between Verizon and Apple is struck.
Verizon’s 4G network, coming in 2010?
There has also been an optimistic speculation (from a technology perspective), that T-Mobile may have an advantage with a similar 3G UMTS/WCDMA network as AT&T. Going by records, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has shared with The Wall Street Journal earlier this year that the Apple–Verizon deal for iPhone is more likely to be implemented, once 4G networks for iPhone is viable.
News is rife that Verizon might begin deploying its 4G network in 2010. This cellular standard is also known as Long Term Evolution (LTE), which many domestic and international carriers plan to use for their next-generation networks as well. For Apple, that should mean more potential iPhone customers and lesser troubles in terms of hardware production.
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