So finally Verizon and Apple managed to sign an agreement. The Verizon iPhone 4 is here. OMG ! OMG ! OMG ! Wait a second, so what’s new ? It has the same retina display, facetime, 5MP camera and 3.5″ screen. Look no more there’s nothing else more. If its the word 4G you’ve been waiting for, keep waiting. This one runs only on Verizon’s 3G network and not on their new 4G LTE network. Tim Cook said the first generation LTE chipsets force design compromises Apple wouldnt make, and that “Verizon customers have told us they want the iPhone now”. Its a CDMA phone, which also means you cant talk and use data at the same time. Verizon says they’ll sort that out in the coming months.
What you do get is a Personal Hotspot that shares the 3G connection over Wi-Fi with upto five devices. Nice, but the hotspot goes off the moment a call comes in. The antenna has been redesigned a bit for CDMA and the volume keys are slightly offset, so your old cases may not fit.
Existing Verizon customers can pre-order on February 3rd and everyone else gets it on February 10th. 16GB is $199.99 and 32GB is $299.99 on a two year contract. Nothing changes for us this side of the world, its the same phone on one more carrier. Stay tuned anyway.
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