3 ms·Verizon was not a GSM carrier.by jedbrown 16y agoVerizon was not a GSM carrier.greattypo 16y agoI'm aware. The point is that they were still only negotiating with a single GSM carrier.jedbrown 16y agoUsing CDMA in the US and GSM in the rest of the world would mean different hardware. Were they ever seriously considering that?greattypo 16y agoYes, in fact, they approached Verizon about the iPhone before AT&T.uxp 16y agoAnd 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.