Today, 1-11-11 at 11am ET, Verizon is holding a special media event in New York City’s Lincoln Center.
All signs point to the long-awaited debut of an Apple iPhone on Verizon’s network. Yes, Verizon customers, very soon you may no longer have to settle for a pretend iPhone!
We’ll have live coverage of the event here: http://www.macdailynews.com/110111_verizon_special_event.html
Additional live coverage links include:
– CNET
– Engadget
– Forbes
– MobileCrunch
– PC Magazine
– Technologizer
– The Loop
– ZDNet
Email with any other links of live coverage and we’ll add them to the list.
All you Verizon fanboys, lube up your hands now….
MDN I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!
watching my 303 shares like a hawk!
Regarding the 3 questions that need to be answered….
“1. 4G or 3G, World phone or CDMA-only?” CDMA only.
“2. What features [if any] distinguish the Verizon iPhone from the iPhone 4?” None; you will call it an iPhone 4 as well.
“3. Details, details, details (costs, preloaded apps, etc.)?” Most likely same as the AT&T iPhone; same pricing for the phone and no preloaded apps except for the built-in ones. Probably an introductory phone price discount from Verizon.
Elaborating a little bit on question one….. It would be a lot of thecnical hassle having both kinds of radios in one device, it would increase the phone price, and greater battery draining would also be a major factor to not having both kinds of technologies.
live.twit.tv will have live video coverage, but who knows what of.
where we can see it like apple do???? video ??
My guess is Apple will be making ONE phone, it will work on verizon AND AT&T… it could be slightly cost prohibitive… we’ll see… Apple likes ONE product line.
Wondering if VZ will offer us current ATT iPhone 4 users a little candy to come sign with them???
the stuff on twit is prerecorded right now, but Leo said he would be covering the verizon announcement live. its early in petaluma
no 4g
version doesn’t support apple products on it’s 4g network
funny how they were so supportive of macs right up until the Verizon iphone came around…
Seriously??? Live Coverage page??? For an event that may have NOTHING to do with Mac, or Apple??? Not to mention that likely half of your audience is not really all that interested in whatever Verizon has to say, in order to warrant LIVE coverage…
I mean, I totally understand the excitement of MDN folks over the prospect of some American carrier becoming oh, what, 87th carrier in the world that now has the iPhone, but do we really, really need to replace the entire home page with the ‘Live Coverage’ page? This is definitely NOT a MacWorld (or special Apple Event) keynote.
Perhaps I’m the last remaining skeptic when it comes to iPhone on Verizon… Still, there are people from outside of America that frequent MDN, to whom this is completely immaterial.
twit has a man there that will attempt video stream
Their 4g network would be run over like a Mack Truck if the i4 came to that network. It’s the reported reason why VZ has been offloading their 3g network (to make room).
peddrag… your a drag… and if its not an apple event why did all apple press get invites? eh? why all the leaked cases, and replacement parts leading up? Verizon just had two keynotes, why would they need another one?…. signs point to iphone… and possibly ipad on Verizon. Today.
@Predrag.
What he said
leo is getting hooked up, Andy Anotko is the man onsight, he has video skype, and facetime capabilities, we’ll see if they get sneaky
live.twit.tv
They should have launched it at 2:11PM ET, which is 11:11 in Cupertino.
I was mad as hell at the kin 2 annoucement lol
that last comment was flat out hilarious…the kin2 hahahaha.
You STILL can not use data while on a call with the Verizon iPhone! Ha, ha, ha, ha,!!!
ATT phone is better due to the network. Verizon you can’t talk and look up info on the web… stupid verizon.
Oh, and the Verizon FAQ site has crashed already today
Haha where are the it won’t come to veriOn till 2012 people? Of course i knew it was coming anyway before today but it was fun to watch everyone say no its not
And on the occasion of the announcement of that iPhone 4 on Verizon, I hereby officially admit I was wrong to be skeptical. Whoever feels the need to rub it in should feel free to do so. In my defense, we sure HAVE been hearing this Verizon iPhone noise for four years now. I’m glad it is finally over.
Let’s now focus on the fallout from this on the American mobile market space.
Well, the first significant one will be no concurrent data and voice. So, as we’ve heard here from many posters, it’s a deal breaker (you can’t talk on the phone and look at maps, web, Google Earth, Yelp, FourSquare, Zagat, etc).
How much of an actual deal breaker will this be for the masses remains to be seen, but likely not all that much.
(this is re-posted from another thread, as it may be more relevant here)
@Predrag
“nothing to do with Apple”
“your audience is not really interested”
“do you really need to replace the entire home page with the ‘live coverage page?”
Are you high?
Or are you someone cranky from eating the abundant sour grapes in Redmond?
I’m sure the geeky folk that would otherwise miss the simultaneous voice and data feature would be very happy with the tethering feature (WiFi hotspot).
Nothing prohibits AT&T from turning this feature on, though, and with Verizon now making it available on their device(s) will seriously put pressure.
As long as subsidies for the iPhone remain stratospheric (and much higher than other smartphones), this should be great for everyone. However, I’m not sure how long will Apple be able to hold onto those exorbitant subsidies for the phone, when all other device makers ask for significantly less. What is AT&T’s (and Verizon’s) motivation for paying Apple $450+ per iPhone while they pay Moto, LG, Samsung and others $350 or less? The devices bring in roughly the same amount of money (mandatory voice+data plans), so why is an iPhone customer more valuable? After all, on all those Androids, Verizon can install their own crapware and nicle-and-dime customer to death; for iPhone, they’ll just be a dumb pipe, getting only that monthly voice+data plan money.
The personal wi-fi hotspot feature seems huge. You can use your iPhone as a wi-fi hotspot to have internet access to you iPad or MacBook. Does anyone know if there is an additional charge for this feature? If not, this is a huge advantage over ATT.