Well, the article has been killed, however it would make very little sense, given that Apple is not about to start putting Qualcomm CDMA chipsets in their phone

Well, the article has been killed, however it would make very little sense, given that Apple is not about to start putting Qualcomm CDMA chipsets in their phones. They are far more likely to use their recently-acquired chipmaking expertise to consolidate their chipsets into one or more custom processors, which would offer great savings in power consumption and allow for even smaller, thinner iPhones. The future of the iPhone is more specialized, not less. Going the CDMA route is expensive, time-consuming, and requires living in Qualcomm-land. Not likely. I haven't even gone into the politics that separates Apple executives from those at Verizon, but that's an entirely separate matter...