‘AppleInsider’: Apple to launch Verizon iPhone next year
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Nov 7, 2009 at 1:25pm
A new report citing sources in the Taiwan handset supply chain says Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA “hybrid iPhone” by the third quarter of 2010 that will enable the company to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US.
The report by OTR Global, provided to AppleInsider by an “industry analyst,” says the new “worldmode” iPhone will gain compatibility with CDMA2000 networks (including Verizon’s US network, which is currently incompatible with existing iPhone models) while retaining compatibility with UMTS 3G networks globally using a new hybrid chip produced by Qualcomm.
According to OTR’s sources, Asustek subsidiary Pegatron will build the new hybrid phone devices for Apple rather than Hon Hai, the iPhone’s current manufacturer. To read the entire article go here.
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