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Unlocked iPhone 4S coming in November, won't work with CDMA

by Steven Sande (Oct 7th, 2011)

If you were planning to preorder an unlocked iPhone 4S today, you're going to have to wait a little while. The unlocked and contract-free version is available starting in November, with no specific date listed on the Apple website. There's another bit of a surprise, although it makes sense: the ...

Patent filing suggests iPhone owners could "comparison shop" providers

by Michael Grothaus (Aug 11th, 2011)

An Apple patent filing spotted this week by AppleInsider details how Apple could allow iPhone users to comparison shop for the carrier of their choice and switch between carriers at will all from the iPhone without changing SIMs. In "Method and Apparatus for Using a Wireless Communication ...

iFixit: Verizon iPhone using dual-mode chip

by Michael Rose (Feb 8th, 2011)

A lot of the anticipation and/or naysaying about the Verizon iPhone has focused on CDMA, the somewhat less travel-friendly and slower network standard that Verizon uses. GSM covers a lot more countries, including all of Europe, and in the US the AT&T data speeds are testing noticeably faster -- ...