“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.
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Not saying these aren’t for verizon (a smart move for apple to slow down android) but perhaps they aren’t even for a U.S. carrier.
@Wayne
You could be right.
However, I don’t think Apple is threatened by Android no more than Mike Tyson is threatened by Cameron Diaz.
If Digitimes is right though, Apple stands to gain tens-of-billions of dollars in the next few years from not only phone sales, but collateral sales as well, from its halo effect.
Millions of new customers spending money in Apple’s stores during the 2010 holiday season will probably rocket Apple’s market value right past Microsoft.
Peggy Bundy’s head on a transformer? I like to think I’m as hip as the next guy, but I don’t get the reference…
This explains why ATT is moving up renewal dates for iPhone users, especially since the next iPhone seems to be a significant upgrade. Gotta keep those who would jump to Verizon.
Yawn…….seriously, this has been a rumor since 2007. I’ll believe it the day they make the announcement.
@Now, Now…
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!”
That was painful to read/understand. Next time, do try so hard.
Android is already stumbling over itself. Apple is very patient and smart not to worry about what the others are doing, but executing what they have planned to the best.
Android is killing itself with the whole microsoft thinking. One software not easily updated to each handset, Multiple handset makers with multiple maker UI designs, one big headache and upset customers.
App devs will determine the fate of both apple and google mobile handsets. The place where developers make more money will determine which OS will win out, cuz I know I would be pissed if the facebook app on iPhone is a millions times better and more frequently updated than one on android.
Verizon lost out for quite some time. They didn’t learn from the last time Steve offered a product. All they had to do was make him an offer he couldn’t refuse. Verizon was never going to get the iPad. it’s cheaper to order one set of antennas than different ones.
and Apple hasn’t been in bed with AT&T;learning about the networks in and outs to jump the GSM(world wide STANDARD[apple has a thing for that]) ship.
@ G4Dualie
You’re probably right, and in a perfect world it MIGHT cause Verizon to upgrade their network… But the fact remains that Apple confirmed the 5 year exclusivity deal just the other day. I’d love to see Verizon get the iPhone just so ATT complainers could STFU and get one.
I live in the UK where o2 had exclusivity for a while but now you can get the iPhone on almost every network. I’m sorry, but ever since Apple ran the ‘on hold’ ad for the iPhone, it’s obvious there will never be a CDMA iPhone. Apple, rightly or wrongly, chose only GSM, if not you would have got your CDMA iPhone by now. I’m sure Verizon customers will get the 4G iPhone.
now now-
No No!
Was not Cheng and Teng the names of the original Siamese Twins? I ask this because these two seem to want to give readers a double dose of Reality Check!
@PR
In the US, Sprint and Verizon use CDMA2000. ATT
@PR
In the US, Verizon and Sprint use CDMA2000, ATT and T-Mobile use GSM (TDMA) for 2G, and UMTS (W-CDMA) for 3G. W-CDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) is a more advanced technology than the older CDMA2000. In fact, it’s the foundation of LTE, the “4G” technology that Verizon and ATT are moving two over the next few years.
As for frequency use, both Verizon and ATT use both 850 MHz (aka “cellular”) and 1900 MHz (aka “PCS”) bands. There is no frequency advantage for either carrier in the 2G and 3G worlds. For LTE, they’ve both purchased 700 MHz spectrum licenses.
In general, lower frequencies penetrate structures better, and provde longer range, but tend to draw more power from handset batteries. It’s s trade off.
Being able to talk and surf the internet at the same time is NOT a product of Apple’s iPhone. It is that of the technology AT&T;employs (GSM.) Verizon and Sprint will not be able to do this until their 4G networks are launched (LTE for Verizon and WiMax for Sprint.) Sprint just recently demoed their HTC EVO 4G phone in New York,coming out June 4, and showed it being able to talk and surf at the same time. Pretty cool but I know that would never stop me from buying iPhone (only price and availability would do that.)
I do not know Steve Jobs but I can speculate that he really doesn’t care about the talk and surfing issue for two reasons:
1) He asked Verizon first
2) He didn’t specifically build the feature into the phone and use it as a selling point. AT&T;did that.
My money is on the Chinese. They are MOST likely the ones getting the benefit of these CDMA phones that are being produced. If the exclusivity contract is in effect until 2012 for AT&T;then the only way you will see a CDMA iPhone come to Verizon and/or Sprint is if they haven’t fully deployed their 4G service (more likely on Verizon at this time then Sprint as Sprint has a slight head start in deploying it’s 4G network.)
My problem with Sprint is that they are going with WiMax and everyone else seems to be going with LTE. This could hinder the possibility of the iPhone ever coming to Sprint. It would be up to Apple to develop a second iPhone to work on a standard that may not be as widely adopted as LTE.
Of course as with all companies, Apple included, they are going to do whatever makes sense to their bottom line.
(This was so much easier to type on my Vista Laptop than my iPad even though both cost the same. Oh and no crashes either!)
Couple of CORRECTIONS from the posts on here….
China Unicom is NOT CDMA2000. China Telecom is! China Mobile is the largest w/ GSM & homegrown TD-SCDMA.
Talk & surf is NOT that big a deal folks! You CANNOT talk & surf simultaneously on the old, creaky GSM/EDGE network, only on AT&T;’s W-CDMA (aka UMTS) network. Considering how miniscule the ATT WCDMA network is, as cleverly depicted in ads by Verizon, it means that you can’t perform this function on the MAJORITY of the ATT network either! So, WHO CARES? I’d rather have wide area 3G COVERAGE than a questionable feature…
CDMA is NOT an old technology! CDMA is the basis for ALL 3G technologies (CDMA2000/UMTS/LTE)
If there is a creaky, old technology that is completely out of gas, it is GSM/EDGE! It’s so old that it’s based on TDMA!
There are CDMA2000 carriers in USA, Japan, China, India, Russia, Indonesia, etc.
Oh, and I forgot one more thing… Many of these carriers are planning on upgrading to CDMA2000 EV/DO Rev B!
Are Verizon and Sprint rolling out CDMA EV/DO Rev B?