In recent events Apple has been at the top of every RSS feed for many users across many sites. First with antenna gate which I feel is way over blow to have Gates have a press conference. It’s a design flaw which many phones do in fact have. Where Apple went wrong is, knowing about the problem as they say before hand and not thinking it was a big deal. Now since Apple knew about it they could have easily put a disclaimer in the box saying antenna here do not hold device in this position or something along the sorts but they did nothing. Whether they knew it or not before hand we may never know. What we do know that there are two antenna engineers out of work since the glitch was released that also have Apple, Inc. on their resume. During Jobs conference last week he really stressed using a case (if you remember from the Engadget drama, the iPhone 4 beta which was found had a 3G style case to hide the design of the device).
This may have been the real reason why the glitch in the device was over looked as using a case doesn’t allow the glitch to come into effect. Along with that the long awaited white 4G may have the fix for this issue (hardware-wise) which could be the reason for the delay (I think it’s very likely). Also, to the person who discovered this problem: were you trying to crush your iPhone 4? Not sure of any normal human wanting to grip a device that hard; it is pretty odd if you ask me.
The facts about Apple’s choice of carriers
The long carrier discussion has also put rumors spinning around the news; T-Mobile and Verizon are the top contenders once AT&T loses its exclusive rights. Now let’s look at the big picture international all the iPhones that are produce around the world meet the same specifications that are needed to run on At&t the 3G frequency frequencies 850Mhz and 1900Mhz. Every time an iPhone is released At&t in USA has it first; months before other carriers, Apple is Apple they love exclusiveness.
Why would Apple give people the option of other carriers when they have everything they want from the current carrier right now? They would create competition for themselves and a headache how would data prices look across carriers. Doesn’t make sense some of these analysts say Apple wants to expand their markets to people whom they lost because of At&t, the iPhone 4 sold 6 million in a month (which is only an estimate the real number could be higher). This is the most successful smart phone in history. If Apple does in fact want to broaden their horizon and expand their market outside of the GSM At&t market. Their best option would Verizon appose to T-Mobile, T-Mobile is a very small market compared to GSM counterpart At&t. Verizon is the largest cell phone provider in the nation with the best coverage. Again this is going off speculation with the current facts; Verizon runs on older technology CDMA which would require a whole new radio design for the iPhone to run on the Verizon network. This would cost millions of dollars to create, would there be a profit in it for Apple creating a whole new device which would only work in the USA? Apple and At&t are in a exclusive contract till a reported 2012 but that is not confirmed with also reports of 2010 so only time will tell.
My personal view on the direction Apple should take to explore the options of other carriers is use the same path Research in Motion has taken. The Storm has the option to run on a CDMA network along with support for a SIM card to run a GSM network, this would be the most plausible and probably most cost effective way to introduce a iPhone being able to support multiple technologies for different carriers. This would mean no exclusiveness to one carrier and them being able to act as monopoly for the iPhone and jack up your rates or restrict your data usage.
The facts about Apple’s choice of carriers
The long carrier discussion has also put rumors spinning around the news; T-Mobile and Verizon are the top contenders once AT&T loses its exclusive rights. Now let’s look at the big picture international all the iPhones that are produce around the world meet the same specifications that are needed to run on At&t the 3G frequency frequencies 850Mhz and 1900Mhz. Every time an iPhone is released At&t in USA has it first; months before other carriers, Apple is Apple they love exclusiveness.
Why would Apple give people the option of other carriers when they have everything they want from the current carrier right now? They would create competition for themselves and a headache how would data prices look across carriers. Doesn’t make sense some of these analysts say Apple wants to expand their markets to people whom they lost because of At&t, the iPhone 4 sold 6 million in a month (which is only an estimate the real number could be higher). This is the most successful smart phone in history. If Apple does in fact want to broaden their horizon and expand their market outside of the GSM At&t market. Their best option would Verizon appose to T-Mobile, T-Mobile is a very small market compared to GSM counterpart At&t. Verizon is the largest cell phone provider in the nation with the best coverage. Again this is going off speculation with the current facts; Verizon runs on older technology CDMA which would require a whole new radio design for the iPhone to run on the Verizon network. This would cost millions of dollars to create, would there be a profit in it for Apple creating a whole new device which would only work in the USA? Apple and At&t are in a exclusive contract till a reported 2012 but that is not confirmed with also reports of 2010 so only time will tell.
My personal view on the direction Apple should take to explore the options of other carriers is use the same path Research in Motion has taken. The Storm has the option to run on a CDMA network along with support for a SIM card to run a GSM network, this would be the most plausible and probably most cost effective way to introduce a iPhone being able to support multiple technologies for different carriers. This would mean no exclusiveness to one carrier and them being able to act as monopoly for the iPhone and jack up your rates or restrict your data usage.
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