“Pegatron Technology has received orders for an iPhone based on CDMA from Apple with annual shipments expected to reach 10 million units,” Monica Chen and Willie Teng report for DigiTmes.
“The orders should start contributing to the Taiwan-based company’s revenues in August or September, according to sources from component makers,” Chen and Teng report.
Chen and Teng report, “Pegatron has declined to comment on the report.”
“Spun off from Asustek Computer’s manufacturing arm in 2008, Pegatron has continued to be hampered by the uncertainties regarding the group’s separation of own-brand and contract manufacturing businesses,” Chen and Teng report.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]
Verizon on the Horizon
OK…I plead ignorance on this… Anyone know the facts on the following question?
Does AT&T;HAVE any CDMA capability or are they ONLY GSM?
second question
If this report is true does this suggest that Verizon is about to get the iPhone?
US Cellular would be nice, PLEASE!!!
Verizon or Sprint or both?
So much for the numerous people claiming this would never happen. Of course, having said that, nothing is proven yet.
So, how are they going to get voice+data at the same time?
CDMA is Verizon. (ATT and Tmobile are GSM.) I’m not sure what Sprint is but I’m pretty sure it’s not CDMA.
CDMA runs on a lower frequency than GSM so each tower covers more area and can penetrate deeper into buildings. It’s part of the reason that Verizon’s coverage is better than ATT overall.
The drawback is that maximum speeds are lower, although I don’t think most consumers will care about that.
If the rumor is true, it could only mean that the iPhone is coming to Verizon. I don’t think Sprint even has 10 million customers left. =P
@PR – no ATT does not have any CDMA capabilty. CDMA is a Qualcomm technology and competes with GSM which ATT uses.
(man that’s some serious abbreviation work)
All this does is get people’s hopes up. Everyone know it’s Verizon spreading these rumors to stop the hemoraging of defectors for the iPhone. It’s for the people who are ready to jump ship to get the iPhone that are not willing to deal with “just ok” phones, its for them to hold on a little longer. Apple will never comment on this why even ask them about future products, you know the answer. All these companies want to be associated with Apple somehow, even in a rumor, because it raises their stock and brings publicity. this just last year again leading to WWDC and the year before.
All i’m saying is don’t get your hopes up. Don’t get mad at Apple for not providing Verizon an iPhone they tried that, didn’t work. Apple isn’t your normal company that just thinks about pure profits, the have a different outlook on how to make money. It’s not always about hitting every freaking market. I don’t think Apple would send a whole to team to work with AT&T;to better the network and the iPhone experience.
I just noticed the accompanying picture. Is that the mom from Married With Children? What the heck is that supposed to mean
Hell to the Yes!
Remember the big Pentagon RFP for CDMA phones which was reportedly won by Apple. That plus Verizon might be a big win for Apple.
The “mom” from married with children is named Peg. The company making the iphones is “peg” atron, hence the Peg’s head on a transformers body. Quite clever actually.
My booboo it was ‘Pegatron’ in the news not ‘Pentagon’. Wishful thinking I guess.
@Edster
Her name was Peg on the show. The body is that of Megatron.
Pegatron, get it?
China Unicom is CDMA.
I guess that Apple feels the need to react to the inroads made by Android in the US, overblown as they may be at the moment the press take and customer perception is often as important as the reality. I suspect they would have preferred to wait till 4G was the standard but probably feel that would not be wise and have therefore decided to produce a stopgap phone for the CDMA crowd so that those buying Android rather than move to AT&T;can have a choice. Very sensible move if true to keep the momentum going.
So, stay with AT&T;and be able to do voice and data at ten same time or switch to verizon and not be able to do that…hmmm
If it is true, then the only possible client would be China Unicom – AT&T;is exclusive through at least 2012, and perhaps beyond.
Rumors come and rumors go. So far I have been right about “no iPhone on Verizon CDMA.” If that changes, then I will be wrong. If ignore my previous inaccuracy, then I would be blogger or pundit. If I deny my previous inaccuracy, attempt to explain it away, or simply change my stance by 180 degrees, then I would be a politician.
“So much for the numerous people claiming this would never happen.”
Yep, never is an awfully long time.
@Kevin J. Weise:
“So, how are they going to get voice+data at the same time?”
Verizon’s revolutionary ‘BOGO Plan’ should take care of that!
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I honestly can’t wait until Verizon gets the iPhone, and then has network issues so I can read all those sucking off Verizon then bitch about them and demand it be on Sprint.
@mc & @baracuda
Thanks, yes very clever indeed.
Since the 4G iPhone cover is blown, Steve’s new announcement is to set iPhone free…
ATT
Verizon
T-Mobile
Sprint
Ntelos
Celluar One
Apple’s tagline: “Droid, Baby Droid! iPhone Here, iPhone Now, Enjoy More!” (a take on Palin’s ‘Drill, Baby Drill! Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less!”