Verizon CEO: Global Expansion and Possibly the iPhone in Its Future
Really???
I thought Apple made the iPhone for VZW first and VZW turned it down, then went to AT&T with it.
Probably the same reason why Verizon is lagging on firmware updates for the Storm, while other carriers arn't.
irockash said:
Or more Verizon wanting more control over the phone. With the current one, there's little to none AT&T involvement, other then the network.
Probably the same reason why Verizon is lagging on firmware updates for the Storm, while other carriers arn't.
Oh, so all the other carriers of the Storm have newer software. I see. 🙄
That's a pretty big lag.
I know they are planning to release .113 but that isn't official yet.
When Cingular announced the iPhone a few years ago the then CEO Stan Sigman made a video statement that was sent to the company that Apple did indeed first go to Verizon, and Apple essentially wanted to start an MVNO and Verizon turned them down. Apple then approached Stan and he was more open to the arrangement and advised them against the MVNO due to the obvious reasons of having to come up with rate plans, billing systems, sales, support, tech service, etc. Stan offered them to allow Cingular to sell their phone instead, do all the hard work and offered Apple a heck of a deal on the cut of the feature sales, which we all know is requi...
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What was the date of the video? I assume this was on Jack TV because that was where Stan used to post videos.
But this still means Verizon would have to relinquish control of the hardware if they wanted the iPhone. It'll be interesting to see how that works out.
Jim Gerace, Vice President - Corporate Communications of Verizon said:
"We said no. We have nothing bad to say about the Apple iPhone. We just couldn't reach a deal that was mutually beneficial."
USA Today, 01/29/07
The article is here: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2007-01-28- verizon-iphone_x.htm?POE=TECISVA
This is the only evidence of the "Verizon turned down the iphone" craze I have ever seen. People have now turned it into "Apple came to Verizon first."
I doubt Apple went to them first, per s...
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1)They can't support the device. If there is anything wrong with the device they cannot support it and have to have apple do it. Verizon Wireless cannot ensure customer satisfaction with a customer that owns an Iphone
2)Verizon Wireless would not make any money off of this deal. With the aggrement that AT&T Wireless has with apple they still have to see a singe cent from this deal. Buisness is Buisness and Verizon Wireless is still the largest most reliable and best customer service in the united states. Without the IPhone. Once VZW ge...
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Unless we're talking about blanket statements and over-generialization... you might have a point.
VZW has been last to the ball for EVERYTHING!!! Upper-exec management has no vision whatsoever of what the next 'Big Thing' is going to be so they leave it up to the manufacturers. The only thing they can come up w/ is unified UI so phone reps/tech support won't have to look in a book or intranet to assist customers, oh well, I don't see Jobs' team re-writing ANYTHING on the iPhone just to make VZW happy...
cellanator said:
Steve Jobs stated that his only regret with the I phone is that its not on Verizon's network.
When did he say that? Dare I ask for a citation? There's no possible reason a CEO would make such a statement about a competitor to a business partner. That's like Michael Dell saying "If only we could have all our computers run Linux" while standing next to Steve Ballmer. It would be not only rude, but incredibly dumb from a business standpoint.
cellanator said:...
1)They can't support the device. If there is anything wrong with the device they cannot support it and have to have apple do i
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