Exclusivity Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone 4 will be available through Verizon starting in February

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (Jan 11th, 2011)

Verizon has acquired the right to sell the iPhone starting February 10 with pre-orders beginning on February 3, the company announced this morning in one of the worst-kept secrets since the Beatles appeared on iTunes. The iPhone will connect to the CDMA network and will be $199 for the 16GB ...

AT&T's Richard Lindner: "Exclusive arrangements end."

by Mike Schramm (Dec 7th, 2010)

If you agree with Consumer Reports' take on AT&T's terrible wireless service, the good news is that you might not have that much longer to wait. "Exclusive arrangements end," AT&T's CFO Richard Lindner told the UBS Media and Communications Conference earlier this week. If you think that ...

Rumor: Verizon iPhone to debut early next year

by Erica Sadun (Oct 6th, 2010)

The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple will start manufacturing a Verizon-ready iPhone by the end of this year, with sales to start early 2011. Based on the iPhone 4, the new phone would leverage CDMA technology instead of the GSM 3G mobile technology used by AT&T. Wireless ...

Rumor: AT&T to sell more Android phones

by Mike Schramm (Jun 3rd, 2010)

Well, I guess if Apple is planning to sell phones through Verizon as has been rumored for a long time, then turnabout is fair play. The latest scuttlebutt says that AT&T is readying to announce its own next-gen Android-based cellphones sometime next week, putting the news smack dab up against ...

Analyst: 40% of AT&T customers may head to Verizon if there's a vPhone

by Mike Schramm (May 26th, 2010)

If the rumors are true and Verizon does eventually get to carry the iPhone, AT&T's CEO should probably be a little more worried than he is. Analyst Drake Johnstone says that if Verizon does carry Apple's smartphone, 40% of its customers are likely ready to jump ship for another carrier. That's 6 ...

Did AT&T provide cheap iPad data rates to keep iPhone exclusivity?

by Steven Sande (May 6th, 2010)

In a country seemingly obsessed with the question "When is Verizon going to get the iPhone?," it's surprising that AT&T's exclusive iPhone deal with Apple has lasted this long. A post in Computerworld today quotes Wall Street analyst Brian Marshall of BroadPoint AmTech, who believes that ...

Analyst: Apple will sell 35m iPhones next year, with or without Verizon

by Steven Sande (Mar 6th, 2010)

One of the questions that always seems to come up during our TUAW Talkcast and TUAW TV Live sessions is "When do you think Verizon Wireless is going to get the iPhone?" According to recent comments from Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig, the answer to that question is irrelevant to Apple. Craig ...

Analysts see iPhone remaining exclusive to AT&T, spurring sales of anti-depressants

by Kent Pribbernow (Feb 9th, 2010)

Those among you hoping for an impending dissolution of AT&T's exclusive hold (or testicular constriction, if you will) on the iPhone may want to sit down before reading the following words. According to AppleInsider, two separate analysts are making similar predictions that the iPhone will ...

Palm and Verizon looking to take shine off Apple and AT&T

by Robert Palmer (Jun 11th, 2009)

In a minefield of failed "iPhone killers" one is making some headway on fulfilling that murderous promise: the Palm Pre. Perhaps it's no surprise: the Palm Pre was conceived by a team that includes plenty of Apple alumni, including Jon Rubenstein, who was made Palm's CEO yesterday to replace Ed ...

T-Mobile to retain iPhone exclusivity in Germany

by Robert Palmer (May 20th, 2008)

At the Reuters Technology, Media and Telecoms Summit in Paris today, T-Mobile CEO Hamid Akhavan said he expected to continue being the exclusive iPhone provider in Germany, citing the company's strong relationship with Apple. He also noted that "if and when" there is a 3G iPhone, T-Mobile ...