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Why would Apple let Verizon take control of this announcement? Many believers feel that a CDMA iPhone isn't "enough" of a reason for Apple to host its own event
by brown9-2 16y ago
Why would Apple let Verizon take control of this announcement? Many believers feel that a CDMA iPhone isn't "enough" of a reason for Apple to host its own event and that the company will instead let Verizon have all the glory.
Does this sound completely unlike Apple to anyone else?
- ugh 16y agoI would imagine that dealing with Verizon sucks and that Apple would much rather make concessions that don’t matter all that much (like letting Verizon host the event) instead of letting Verizon put their logo on the iPhone or worse. There is also at least one precedent. When the iPhone was introduced in Germany, Deutsche Telekom (the then exclusive provider) hosted the event and Steve Jobs was merely a guest.
- dotBen 16y agoI would imagine that dealing with Verizon sucks Why would dealing with Verizon suck any more than dealing with AT&T? This comment just seems like wild speculation to me.
- ugh 16y agoI would imagine the dealing with telcos sucks. My comment certainly is wild speculation, but so is everything else about this topic out there. I think no one has proper sources to confirm or deny anything.
- sjs 16y agoJohn Gruber has some good thoughts on why it's so: http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/verizon_event http://daringfireball.net/2011/01/verizon_event