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The importance of Verizon to Motorola
While iPhone 4 sales on Verizon have been steady and not quite astronomical, Motorola can’t be all that pleased that Verizon now has a brand new darling child in its smartphone lineup. In a regulatory filing made last week, Motorola stated that sales to Verizon last year accounted for 28% of the company’s revenue. And [...]
Continue reading...Verizon iPhone 4 sales fall below expectations
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The well connected Boy Genius Report relayed some sensitive sales information last week relating to the iPhone 4 on Verizon.
Continue reading...Apple made notable design changes on the Verizon iPhone
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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By all accounts, the Verizon iPhone is the exact same as the iPhone 4 millions of users have grown to know and love. But under the surface, Apple has made some notable changes to the fundamental design of the device. First and foremost, Apple addressed the “death grip” problem associated with the original iPhone 4 [...]
Continue reading...Track the percentage of iPhones running on AT&T vs. Verizon
Monday, February 14, 2011
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Well this is pretty cool. The advertising firm Chitika has come up with a live tracker that gives the average joe (yes, that’s you!) the ability to track what percentage of iPhones in use are running on AT&T’s network compared to Verizon’s. How does it manage to do that? Why, through its advertising network of [...]
Continue reading...Verizon iPhone generates few crowds
Saturday, February 12, 2011
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The long-awaited CDMA iPhone went on sale this past Thursday. But analysts and Apple watchers expecting to see long lines were treated to a different story. While some Apple Stores did encounter folks waiting patiently outside in the hours before the store opened, you probably wouldn’t have noticed anything out of the ordinary had you [...]
Continue reading...New Verizon iPhone may eat into 1 million Android sales
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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AppleInsider reports: Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray said on Thursday that Verizon typically would have sold between 4 million and 5 million Android handsets this quarter if Apple’s iPhone were not available. But he sees the arrival of the iPhone taking a chunk out of Android sales on Verizon, disrupting them by about a [...]
Continue reading...Does the iPhone 4 “death grip” persist on the Verizon iPhone?
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
With the Verizon iPhone officially going on sale this week, iLounge is reporting that the death grip issue observed on the original iPhone 4 remains on the Verizon iPhone. This in spite of reports that reception on the new CDMA iPhone is quite stellar and that Apple employed dual-antennas to alleviate signal attenuation issues. As [...]
Continue reading...Verizon iPhone comes with dual-antenna design, improved reception
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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AppleInsider reports: A closer look inside the new CDMA iPhone 4 for the Verizon network in the U.S. has revealed a new antenna design said to allow improved reception, as well as a different, integrated GPS chip. iSuppli this week posted “early results” of its teardown of Apple’s new CDMA iPhone 4. The market research [...]
Continue reading...Verizon to throttle data speeds of heaviest users
Friday, February 4, 2011
BGR directs us to a PDF memo available on Verizon Wireless’ website where the company writes in a new policy that it reserves the right to throttle the data speeds of users who use an inordinate amount of data. Verizon Wireless strives to provide customers the best experience when using our network, a shared resource [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 is the fastest selling launch in Verizon history
Friday, February 4, 2011
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In less than a day, Verizon completely sold out their initial supply of pre-order iPhone 4s. Building upon that incredible achievement, Verizon today announced that the iPhone 4 marks the most successful product launch in Verizon history – an accomplishment reached in just 2 hours. “This was an exciting day,” Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead said in a [...]
Continue reading...Latest Verizon iPhone ad highlights network reliability
Friday, February 4, 2011
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The Verizon iPhone 4 is just a week away, and consumers can expect an all out onslaught of competing iPhone 4 advertising from AT&T and Verizon. In Verizon’s latest ad, the company highlights the reliability of their network, slyly taking a jab at AT&T by asking, “But does your network work?” Why yes, yes it [...]
Continue reading...Verizon already sold out of iPhone 4 pre-orders
Friday, February 4, 2011
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Demand for the Verizon iPhone is off to a strong start. So strong, in fact, that Verizon ran out of their initial pre-order supply in less than 24 hours. Visitors to Verizon’s iPhone page are now greeted with a message indicating that pre-orders for the device are no longer being processed. Though the Verizon iPhone will [...]
Continue reading...How many AT&T iPhone owners will take the Verizon plunge?
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
In just a few days, the iPhone will arrive, for the first time, on Verizon and will mark an end to a three and a half year exclusivity agreement between Apple and AT&T. During that time, AT&T experienced a number of well-publicized growing pains as the company struggled to keep up with the voracious appetite [...]
Continue reading...Hotspot feature for the iPhone 4 via Verizon to cost $20/month
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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MacWorld reportsthat the previously announced hotspot feature that enables iPhone 4 owners on Verizon to create a wi-fi network with support for up to 5 devices will be available for a $20 charge on top of a users monhtly bill. The $20 add-on will let users consume up to 2GB of extra data a month. [...]
Continue reading...iPhone 4 on Verizon will require unlimited data plan
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
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A leaked memo from Verizon and obtained by Engadget reveals that the nations largest carrier will no longer offer entry-level capped data plans for smartphone users and will instead require new iPhone 4 owners to pay $30 for unlimited data. Previously, Verizon offered smartphone owners a $15 data plan for $150MB of data. AT&T, [...]
Continue reading...Verizon launches first ad for the iPhone 4
Friday, January 21, 2011
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Verizon pre-orders for the iPhone 4 begin on Feb. 3 and will be available in stores starting on Feb. 10. With d-day just weeks away, Verizon yesterday unveiled an iPhone 4 ad, all the while, nary an Apple device is seen in the advert.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
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