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Verizon activates 4M iPhones in the quarter, split evenly between 3G and 4G models

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 18th, 2013)

Verizon reported its earnings for the opening quarter of 2013 and announced that it activated 4 million iPhones. This figure is up year-over year, but down from the previous quarter which saw 6.2 million iPhone activations. This decline is expected as sales generally fall in the first quarter ...

Daily Update for April 11, 2013

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2013)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

Verizon CEO: I sold Jobs on LTE for iPhone 5

by Steven Sande (Apr 11th, 2013)

Tuesday at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) conference in Las Vegas, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam spent some time touting his company's investment in its LTE network and the fact that 4G LTE makes it possible to stream video. McAdam also relayed a story, recounted on Fierce Wireless, ...

Daily Update for January 22, 2012

by Steven Sande (Jan 22nd, 2013)

Verizon announces 9.8 million smartphone activations, more iPhones

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 9th, 2013)

Earlier this week. AT&T announced it had activated 10 million smartphones in the holiday quarter. Not to be outdone, Verizon chimed in with own figures in an SEC filing that suggests it activated 9.8 million smartphones during the last three months of the year. Though Verizon has an ...

Verizon to permit cellular FaceTime across all plans for iPhone 5

by Dave Caolo (Sep 13th, 2012)

Here's good news for Verizon Wireless customers with an iPhone 5. The company has announced that it will permit FaceTime calls over its network across all plans. In a recent press release, Verizon said, "Customers wanting to use FaceTime on their iPhone 5 can do so using any Verizon Wireless data ...

Verizon Wireless sales staff allegedly dissing the iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Aug 3rd, 2012)

When Apple goes head to head with Android, it's vying not only for consumers, but also for the sales people who recommend the phones. According to Verizon customer Jeff Stern, Apple is losing that battle in at least one retail store. Stern recounts a recent visit to his local Verizon ...

iPhone sales still strong for Verizon

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2012)

It's the week before Apple's 3Q2012 earnings call, and already we're getting signs that point to yet another banner quarter for our favorite company. The latest comes from Verizon, which reported today that it had sold 2.7 million iPhones during the quarter ending June 30, 2012 compared to 2.5 ...

Carriers accept high iPhone subsidies for now

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 21st, 2012)

It's widely believed that US carriers pay a lot for the iPhone. A perfect example is Sprint which signed an estimated US$15 billion deal for the iPhone and won't make money off the handset until 2015. AllThingsD presents several compelling reasons why Sprint and other US wireless carriers are ...

Verizon Wireless to transition grandfathered customers from unlimited data plans

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 17th, 2012)

Speaking at a J.P. Morgan Conference, Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo revealed that the carrier plans to transition its grandfathered customers off their unlimited data plans, says a report in Fierce Wireless. Shammo confirmed that, starting this summer, customers moving from a 3G phone with ...

HTC blames iPhone 4S for recent profit drop

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2012)

HTC is still stinging from a less than impressive quarterly earnings that's partially the result of a successful iPhone 4S campaign by Apple, according to an AP report. The Taiwanese handset manufacturer saw a 70 percent drop in profit and a 35 percent decrease in revenue year over year. Though ...

Verizon Wireless to start charging $30 handset upgrade fee

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 11th, 2012)

A Reuters report claims Verizon Wireless will start charging customers an additional US$30 when they upgrade their phone. This fee will apply to existing customers who buy new hardware with a two-year customer agreement. Verizon says it's levying this additional charge in order to "provide ...

AT&T spending more to launch the Lumia than it did on the iPhone (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

AT&T is investing heavily in the Nokia Lumia 900 and spending more money on the Windows Phone handset launch than it did on the iPhone, according to a report in Ad Age. The wireless carrier may be spending as much as US$150 million to advertise the phone, which is an AT&T exclusive. ...

US carriers agree to national stolen phone database

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 10th, 2012)

According to a Wall Street Journal report, four of the largest wireless carriers in the US are working with the US government to create a national stolen phone database. Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile will develop their own databases and then merge them into a centralized ...

Verizon to offer low-cost 1GB plan, mobile hotspot with iPad

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 8th, 2012)

There's been a fair amount of confusion about the data plans that'll accompany the 4G version of the iPad. The Verge got the definitive answer from AT&T and Verizon on each carrier's plans and whether it will offer mobile hotspot with the iPad. In a nutshell, Verizon offers a better value as ...