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Verizon working with Apple: Does this just validate all those rumors of an iPhone next month on Verizon?
by kloncks 16y ago
Verizon working with Apple: Does this just validate all those rumors of an iPhone next month on Verizon?
- Lewisham 16y agoI think it's safe to assume that. It shows that Apple and Verizon don't have as terrible a blood feud as some had thought. In fact, the offer looks somewhat... desperate. It's blatantly anti-consumer (lug around a MiFi and pay for the privilege!) in comparison to the AT&T offering. I wonder if it's not part of some contractual agreement from Apple: "Alright, we'll give you the iPhone, but we want iPads in Verizon stores this holiday season, and [we don't have the CDMA chips ready yet/don't want to announce we have CDMA chips yet]. What are you going to do?"
- kloncks 16y agoIt's especially interesting as we're now hearing rumors of AT&T's relationship with Apple souring a bit.
- pchristensen 16y agoIt's hardly anti-consumer. For the price of a 3G iPad, you get an equivalent Wi-Fi only iPad and a MiFi that all your other devices can use. I would have bought this in a heartbeat over my 3G if it had been available in April.
- fredleblanc 16y agoWas this option not available? It seems like the only convenience is the bundling here, or were Mifis never without contract before?
- pchristensen 16y agoIIRC you could buy a no-contract MiFi but it was much more expensive.
- ydant 16y agoI'm pretty sure Verizon's MiFi is contract only (and $60 for 5GB data). Virgin's just recently became unlimited, but I /think/ it's always been contract-free, it just used to be 5GB. Virgin's got a public awareness problem (at least among the people I know), however, so for most people I bet the only known options were from Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, etc.
- Lewisham 16y agoIt's hard to sell a portability argument when you are tied to a dongle, even if it is small. That's a workaround for the network, not the consumer.