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Apple will NEVER sell the iPhone on Verizon

murmermer

Jul 18, 2009, 8:33 PM
Apple has the #1 app store in the world- why would Apple take its own app store off of its phone and put a Verizon controlled app store on the iPhone?

if Verizon let Apple have the iTunes app store then why would they force Blackberry to take out its app store for the Verizon store?

so all I have to say is NANANANANAA 🤣 😛
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smittycal

Jul 18, 2009, 9:01 PM
Riddle me this? Why does the BB Tour come preloaded with the BB app store? Verizon hasnt blocked the access to 3rd party apps on the BB.

And your right Apple has the 1# app store but the BB app store was only launched a few months ago where Apples store has been around for years. There hasnt really been another app center like this for any other major cell provider until now.

If by chance the I phone ever did make it to VZW they wouldnt take that away. All they would do is add there branding to it and give you duel access to apps from Verizon and Apple. Its the same thing they do w/ the BB currently. You can buy from the Verizon app center via the phones browsers verizon home page. You can buy music from Rhapsody music...or you can j...
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murmermer

Jul 18, 2009, 10:43 PM
to clear up a few misconceptions, Apple handles everything relating the the hardware and the software for the device- Apps, Software updates, Warranty issues etc. AT&T handles the network operations, calls, text/MMS, internet connection. At&t has no branding on the iPhone except for it's name next to the signal bars (no at&t apps, no startup screen- nothing)

The iPhone can only Multitask Apples built in apps, you can surf the web and listen to music, you can surf the web while on a call, you can take a call while playing wolfenstein-3D most games save state every few seconds so when you reopen the app you can continue from pretty much the same place you left off (developers got smart about this REAL fast)

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HawkeyeOC

Jul 18, 2009, 9:51 PM
murmermer said:
Apple has the #1 app store in the world- why would Apple take its own app store off of its phone and put a Verizon controlled app store on the iPhone?

if Verizon let Apple have the iTunes app store then why would they force Blackberry to take out its app store for the Verizon store?

so all I have to say is NANANANANAA 🤣 😛


Some people make no sense at all, but I suspect that was your plan all along 🤣
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vzwspv

Jul 20, 2009, 11:43 AM
never heard the rumors out there? wow. Vzw and Apple are in talks about bringing 2 iphones to vzw. a "lite" version and a full version. probably not until 2011 or later to coincide with the roll-out of LTE. Saw this on yahoo tech and a few other sites as well. You could ask a verizon rep but they'll neither confirm or deny this as it hasn't been offically released but we all heard through the grapevine already
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murmermer

Jul 20, 2009, 7:34 PM
so you are telling me that Verizon will force RIM, Palm and Microsoft to exclude their app stores and add Verizon store BUT allow Apple to control the iPhone like it does on AT&T's network?

Not going to happen! I am calling shenanigans I want to know where you are hearing these rumors from!
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vzwspv

Jul 21, 2009, 2:08 PM
woah...rim has blackberry app pushed to their devices. I should know as I work at a verizon store.

good question should be, where do you get YOUR info???
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murmermer

Jul 21, 2009, 5:35 PM
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CellStudent

Jul 20, 2009, 5:26 PM
If we are ever to see iPhones running on Verizon, it will likely be under the Open Development protocol as an LTE + CDMA device working primarily in the restriction-free C-Block of the 700 MHz auction, and NOT as a subsidized carrier offering in stores.

VZW only cares about software controls on devices VZW has to market, sell, service and support from cradle to grave. Apple's iPhone business model is totally different in the respect that Apple wants to have complete ownership of the hardware customer service and just let the carrier be a dumb pipe (like they are in every other telecom-related industry in the world). They're (primarily) a computer company and they want their cell business to run like a laptop business. Good on 'em! I w...
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