Since Verizon is doing an LTE overlay on top of their CDMA network it seems likely CDMA will be around for another 5-10 years. At some point it will exist simpl

Since Verizon is doing an LTE overlay on top of their CDMA network it seems likely CDMA will be around for another 5-10 years. At some point it will exist simply for redundancy in the same way GSM carriers simulcast 2G and 3G today. I don't think we'll see any pure LTE-only phones for a few years. They'll all be LTE/CDMA, LTE/GSM, or LTE/GSM-CDMA capable. So it probably isn't a total waste for Apple to devote the resources to CDMA now with plans of moving to LTE/CDMA or LTE/GSM-CDMA in the next couple of years. I think either way Apple will have to support CDMA in some form if not to reach parity with other LTE/CDMA handsets that will be more reliable and may have better coverage in rural areas (ie, some coverage versus none)