So Whats going to all the iphone 3g users in July?

[sako94]

I have the 3g and waiting for the new iphone apple will introduce in july...
So Whats going to all the iphone 3g users waiting for the new iphone in July? Are we going to be forced to switch carriers to Verizon to get the newest iPhone apple will put out? Is the verzion switch 100% yet?

 

[gibbz]

I have the 3g and waiting for the new iphone apple will introduce in july...
So Whats going to all the iphone 3g users waiting for the new iphone in July? Are we going to be forced to switch carriers to Verizon to get the newest iPhone apple will put out? Is the verzion switch 100% yet?

The Verizon move is only rumored. iPhone will stay on AT&T, it just may no longer be exclusive to the company.

 

[Surely]

So you think that just because Apple might be making a CDMA version, they'll stop making GSM phones for AT&T?

Why would you think that?

 

[basesloaded190]

Don't worry. If apple does make a version for verizon it will continue to make a GSM version for ATT so you would still be able to sign a new contract

 

[sako94]

So you think that just because Apple might be making a CDMA version, they'll stop making GSM phones for AT&T?

Why would you think that?

well i would assume we would still be able to unlock it just will be a pricier for us and we wont be use some features like mms on it and the internet just like how t-mobile does it

 

[Surely]

well i would assume we would still be able to unlock it just will be a pricier for us and we wont be use some features like mms on it and the internet just like how t-mobile does it

No.

A CDMA phone will not work on a GSM network.

A GSM phone will not work on a CDMA network.

No unlocking will make that happen.

For the US:

AT&T and T-Mobile = GSM

Verizon and Sprint = CDMA

 

[ngenerator]

I'm definitely no AT&T fan, they haven't given me any huge trouble lately, but I'll pay the ETF and go to wherever the iPhone that gives me the most bang for my buck is (even though Verizon's only rumored as of late).

I'm one of the people who doesn't sit around and complain about a network, and I know that there's always a return period if I'm not completely satisfied

 

[NathanA]

Right. Apple is not going to stop making a GSM/UMTS version of the iPhone if they happen to come out with a CDMA2K+EVDO version. If they did, they'd have to abandon nearly ALL of their other carriers WORLDWIDE that use the exact same model of iPhone that currently works on the AT&T network. Not going to happen.

The whole reason that Apple went with GSM first is because initially they didn't want to commit the resources to making multiple different versions (and perhaps still don't want to...who knows? the "Verizon iPhone" is still a rumor at this point), so they aimed at the technology that had the most use/implementation by cellular carriers worldwide.

Not to mention that Verizon Wireless (who is owned in large part by Vodafone) has already announced that they will be switching to "4G GSM" (LTE) when they transition to their new 4G network. Apple may still decide to make an EVDO version of the iPhone for all I know, but unless they plan on selling it through more carriers than just Verizon, with the looming Verizon 4G network on the horizon, it seems to me that it makes LESS sense for them to make an EVDO version of the phone now than it did 2 years ago when the iPhone first hit the scene, since EVDO is that much closer to obsolescence now.

-- Nathan