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Imagine if Apple had tried to get their iPhone AppStore arrangement in a single-GSM carrier world? Apple still had to choose between Verizon or AT&T. From

Imagine if Apple had tried to get their iPhone AppStore arrangement in a single-GSM carrier world? Apple still had to choose between Verizon or AT&T. From what I've heard, Sprint, T-Mobile, etc. were never in the running.

jedbrown 16y ago
Verizon was not a GSM carrier.
- greattypo 16y ago
  I'm aware. The point is that they were still only negotiating with a single GSM carrier.
  - jedbrown 16y ago
    Using CDMA in the US and GSM in the rest of the world would mean different hardware. Were they ever seriously considering that?
    - greattypo 16y ago
      Yes, in fact, they approached Verizon about the iPhone before AT&T.
      - uxp 16y ago
        And one of the results of that talk was that it would not be beneficial to manufacture two handset models, so they walked away to look at the bigger picture.