According to Fox News, Verizon Wireless customers could eventually be able to purchase and use Apple’s iPhone. Why do they believe this? Verizon, last Thursday, announced that the next generation of wireless technology to replace GSM technology (on which their aging CDMA network is currently based) will be none other than LTE (Long-Term Evolution) which is the exact same technology that AT&T will be using on their next generation network.
Logically, it makes sense: with Verizon using the same technology as AT&T, surely phones available on one company’s network would inevitably work with the other. (Of course, neither AT&T nor Verizon have ever made logical decisions on interoperability.)
Verizon will begin trial runs of their new LTE-based network in 2008 but it isn’t expected to be available to customers until at least 2010.
I am not, in any way, shape or form a fan of Apple’s hardware but the beauty and simplicity of the iPhone cannot be denied. However, I also can’t deny the reliability (at least in my neck of the woods) of Verizon’s wireless network. I’ve maybe had one dropped call in the past year. Maybe. It would just be nice to be able to use the phone of my preference on the network of my choice. I’m just say’n is all.