“Receiving further updates from purported sources, he understood that Verizon is ‘excited’ to launch the iPhone,” Electronista reports. “The carrier allegedly still believes that Apple is vital to offsetting slowing Android sales.”
Electronista reports, “Wu gave a wide launch first-half 2011 timeframe for a CDMA iPhone launch, though most expect it to happen early next year.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Stick a fork in it, this thing is done. Fully baked*. All we need are the details (dates, models, price points).
*Jobs would not let analysts bake this into the stock price without refuting it. The silence is not only deafening, it speaks volumes.
My crappy voice only Moto phone’s battery just died again.
HURRY UP APPLE!
Happy New Year all holdouts- Now make plans to dump your bogus wannabe iPhones…
If Verizon tries to cripple the iPhone in anyway it will be a non-starter…Not that I believe Apple would allow that.
All we need are the details (dates, models, price points).
Date: Never
Models: None
Price points: $0.00
As some keep saying. Verizon getting the iPhone since 2007.
I think it’s so funny that all these analyst are pinning Verizon’s hopes and dreams on the iPhone. For so many years Verizon and Handset manufacturers bashed the iPhone together. Then now with 3&1/2 years of info on how great the iPhone is they say verizon is on the downside and is pinning it’s hopes and dreams on single device which they laughed at from beginning to point they finally learned they got kicked in the balls, really really really hard.
They have to wait until make-believe-iPhones given for Christmas pass the 30 day return deadline. Otherwise they would be buried under a used Android/Blackberry/Nokia avalanche. So February at the earliest.
@blah blah blah…
Normally, I’d think you’re right, but there have been so many rumors from so many different sources. They must have renegotiated the 5yr agreement with AT&T. Why else would AT&T have given early iPhone 4 upgrades this past summer? I think that’s the key difference this year.
No, MDN. It’s not done. It’s not even THAWED. Wu said LAST YEAR that Verizon was getting the iPhone. And the year before that. AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT YEAR!
Verizon. Hoping & praying to get the iPhone since they fucked it up the 1st time any day now since 2006.
That’s confusing. First, Verizon insulted the prophet Steve Jobs with a No when he first offered Verizon the iPhone. It seems the iPhone is consequential to Verizon, if they’re that rude. Now Verizon says the iPhone is essential to Verizon’s future. That seems to be kissing Job’s ass in a way. So, does Verizon need the iPhone? I don’t think Verizon deserves it. Unless, of course, Verizon becomes obstentatiously obsequious to Steve Jobs in every possible way from now on.
I still say I’ll believe it when I see it. There have been 3 years of rumors now that still haven’t actually come true yet.
At least Electronista had the good sense to say that Wu had received further updates from “purported sources.”
If the Verizon iPhone were likely, I’d hardly think that Apple’s share price would have stalled. I mean, the revenue from a Verizon iPhone would be huge and I don’t think investors would be that callous to ignore not buying shares like they are now. I believe the Verizon iPhone is nothing but a rumor as it has been for the past couple of years. Apple can’t even keep up with current iPhone demand and even China can’t get iPhones and then all of a sudden Apple will be able to add around 6 million more iPhones per quarter. It doesn’t seem likely. I hope Verizon figures aren’t part of the analyst price targets or Apple shares will drop hard when the Verizon iPhone doesn’t show up.
@_Bill_ Was there a 5 year deal with AT&T? I thought the deal was not public knowledge. If it was renegotiated I would think it was because of the iPad deal. Apple is loosing sales by being only on AT&T, they need this just as much as Verizon.
I spent 4 years with Verizon, and I’ll NEVER go back to their crippled phones nor nickel and dime you to death services.
@Bill
The way I read it is it’s the same regurtiated rumor going on from the same source. If you read a lot of the articles they each pin point back to the same first source it really started with the Wall Street Journal. My friends who used to work for NY Times say they all pretty much use the same sources on a lot of work. That’s why journalism has gone to shit, no body really does any dirty work for a story anymore, it’s all fancy meals, hookers and blow. Who gives the better deal, gets the info first.
@ WetFxhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/10/confirmed-apple-and-atandt-signed-five-year-iphone-exclusivity-de/
It was revealed two years ago in a lawsuit that Apple and AT&T signed a five contract
“*Jobs would not let analysts bake this into the stock price without refuting it. The silence is not only deafening, it speaks volumes.”
Since when did Jobs EVER talked with rumor monging analysts? There’s ALWAYS been silence.
MDN makes a very good point here. There are just too many big names in media and finance that are running with this one. If it wasn’t true, Steve would be firing out the emails saying so, because when market analysts like Wu start flapping, people with big money listen, for better or worse. It would be irresponsible for the company to ignore that.
MW: area
I can’t log in, no matter how many times I fill in the password area.
@ iphonerulez
“If the Verizon iPhone were likely, I’d hardly think that Apple’s share price would have stalled.”
Stalled?! AAPL is up 84 points since late August. That’s 35% in less than four months! (Still cheap considering everything.)
Anyway, there are too many converging clues for this not to be a done deal.
@iphonerulez
We just had a new high close for AAPL. How is that stalled? Analysts from just about every institution joining the 400 club. Where did you get this stalled idea?
OK, I’ve been holding out for the iPhone to upgrade my Verizon talky-phone. Now I think I’ll just wait a bit longer until the iPhone 5 is out. I got my wife an iPad and MiFi from Verizon for her birthday. I’ve been able to usurp the MiFi in lieu of the iPhone for now. I will ultimately get a Verizon iPhone.
All you naysayers are over-the-top in denial. Especially this dipshit djp. Links please to Wu’s proclamations, as you say he’s made, since 2007.
You’re full of shit. I read Wu regularly and I know he wouldn’t put up with your horseshit.
You know who’s a bigger moron than you? Blah blah blah!
He says NEVER, as though he were better informed than anyone else. Yeah well, it’s been duly noted and it will be interesting to watch him backtrack.
I simply cannot understand why you, or anyone for that matter, would begrudge Apple an opportunity to sell another 20-million phones.
@ blah blah blah. Thanks for the info.
Wow sarcasm does not fit well with G4Duallie.
LOL…
If iPhone means this much for them so man years after, don’t you think one or a dew should have gotten fired for saying no to the iPhone in the first place? I would be pissed if I was a share holder…