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    Apple’s Verizon iPhone Will Launch in 2011, Says Analyst

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    Nicholas Kolakowski
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    June 22, 2010
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      Apple’s iPhone will launch on Verizon in early 2011, predicts Barclays Capital analyst James Ratcliffe, based on “channel checks by our communications equipment and semiconductor research partners.” However, he added in a June 22 research note, the device’s appearance on a new carrier will not be the game-changer that some have predicted.

      The “iPhone would be a plus for Verizon, but not a seismic industry change, given the relative stickiness of smartphone customers,” Ratcliffe wrote in his note, circulated to the firm’s clients. “[The] primary source of Verizon iPhone [subscribers] would be pent-up demand by existing Verizon [subscribers].” Because of that, the number of postpaid Verizon subscribers would only increase by 900,000 in 2011, Ratcliffe predicts, even as Verizon activates some 9 million new iPhones by the end of that year.

      Ratcliffe predicts that between 500,000 and 1 million AT&T customers, dissatisfied with their carrier service, could jump with their iPhones onto Verizon’s network. He also thinks that an initial Verizon iPhone will not be Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G capable, despite Verizon’s continuing development of that faster standard for its networks.

      “While it would make sense from Verizon’s perspective to have the first Verizon iPhone coincide with the LTE launch,” Ratcliffe wrote, “it appears unlikely that [Qualcomm] will have a dual-mode voice and data chipset commercially available in time for a [first quarter 2011] launch. This does not entirely preclude an LTE iPhone, however, as Apple could elect to incorporate separate chipsets for voice and data.”

      If the initial iPhone release is not LTE-capable, Ratcliffe added, “we would expect the first refresh cycle (likely later in 2011E) to be LTE-ready.”

      Were an iPhone to debut on Verizon within the year, logic dictates it would be the latest-generation iPhone 4. During a keynote presentation June 7 at Apple’s 2010 Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple CEO Steve Jobs referred to the iPhone 4 as “the biggest leap since the original iPhone,” according to a live transcript of the event, adding: “This is beyond doubt one of the most precise, beautiful things we’ve ever done.”

      The iPhone 4 currently retails with a two-year AT&T contract for $199 for the 16GB version, and $299 for the 32GB version. Features include a front-facing camera for video conferencing and the new iOS4 operating system, previously dubbed “iPhone OS 4,” which includes new-to-the-iPhone features such as multitasking.

      Apple and AT&T encountered issues during the iPhone 4’s first day of preorder availability, June 15, as enormous customer demand led to a systemic meltdown of the companies’ ordering systems. Reports circulated online of AT&T employees forced to jot customers’ details on paper after store computers crashed, and visitors to Apple’s Website encountered error messages.

      “It was the largest number of preorders Apple has ever taken in a single day and was far higher than we anticipated, resulting in many order and approval system malfunctions,” read a June 16 statement on Apple’s Website. “Many customers were turned away or abandoned the process in frustration. We apologize to everyone who encountered difficulties.”

      Verizon executives have indicated that an iPhone on their company’s network is more a question of “when” than “if.”

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      Nicholas Kolakowski
      Nicholas Kolakowski is a staff editor at eWEEK, covering Microsoft and other companies in the enterprise space, as well as evolving technology such as tablet PCs. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, Playboy, WebMD, AARP the Magazine, AutoWeek, Washington City Paper, Trader Monthly, and Private Air. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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