“Yesterday Techcrunch added more fuel to the reports that the iPhone 5 will indeed be a dual CDMA / GSM world phone,” Ben Bajarin writes for Tech.pinions
“Making one single device that runs on all the worlds networks makes a great deal of sense,” Bajarin writes. “Not only does it streamline Apple’s manufacturing process allowing all their resources to go into building one device, but it also sets them up for what could be their biggest launch yet.”
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Bajarin writes, “It would be a huge deal to launch the iPhone 5 simultaneously world wide on every major carrier. The strategy itself is simple. Make it possible for every person on the planet to buy an iPhone 5 on the carrier of their choice.”
“One could make a strong argument, and many have, that the reason other platforms like Android have been gaining is because the iPhone isn’t avaialable on every carrier. This could all change very soon,” Bajarin writes. “And there are two markets of significant interest in this scenario- the US and China.”
Much more in the full article here.