“Don’t believe it, Verizon fans,” Goldman writes. “It’s unlikely that Steve Jobs will announce a Verizon tie-up when he gets on stage at the WWDC event on June 7.”
“The rumors have been swirling around for years because an Apple-Verizon partnership seems to make sense for both parties,” Goldman writes. “The top reason consumers who are in the market for an iPhone decide to pass is AT&T’s 3G network problems, which are notorious in New York and San Francisco, according to a CFI Group study. Meanwhile, Verizon has built up its reputation as the ‘most reliable network.’ Also, Verizon’s 93 million wireless customers would present a huge opportunity for Apple to grow its customer base.”
Goldman writes, “Yet there are some fundamental reasons why a deal isn’t imminent.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We’d defend AT&T as having to deal with massive data demands that, frankly, Verizon with their inferior devices simply doesn’t face, but until AT&T turns on the iPhone tethering they starting saying was “coming soon” back in November 2008, screw ’em.
