Bloomberg: iPhone 4 to Verizon in January
Bloomberg is quoting sources as saying the new iPhone 4 will come to Verizon in January.
That would bring an end to the iPhone’s exclusive three-year run on AT&T’s network and open up new revenue streams to Apple and CEO Steve Jobs. Recent surveys indicate more than 14 million Verizon customers would get the device if available on the network. Verizon has nearly 93 million U.S. customers.
Interestingly, Verizon plans to launch its new faster 4G network this fall and introduce wireless devices on it in 2011. At the January Consumer Electronics Show, the company is expected to debut devices that will compatible with the network.
AT&T recently increased fees it would charge customers who break contracts earlier to go to new carriers, moving from $175 to $325. This was done just before the new iPhone 4 debuted.
There have been lots of rumors that the iPhone might move, however, and it has been on AT&T exclusively. We’ll see if this one pans out.
