Comments on: Google’s Android Platform Faces Five Tough Obstacles

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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:10:00 +0000

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By: The Mad Hatter

The Mad Hatter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:13:14 +0000

A CDMA IPhone would be useful. Quite frankly service from Rogers Communications has dropped like a paralyzed falcon over the last couple of years, and if another carrier offered the a reasonable deal on the IPhone I’d go for it. While I wanted to get an IPhone I am not willing to sign up for the deal Rogers is offering. Calling them a pack of thieves is insulting thieves.

By: Realtosh

Realtosh — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:09:45 +0000

Plus, I would not be surprised if Apple had an escape clause that allowed Apple to free themselves from being exclusively on the ATT network, if certain customer service metrics or network performance metrics were not reached by ATT.

Either way, Apple needs to deliver a CDMA phone with or without Verizon. There are enough CDMA markets around the world, that Apple need not wait for Verizon, if the end of ATT agreement is further than some speculate.

By: Realtosh

Realtosh — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:01:42 +0000

It was widely reported that ATT added another year of iPhone exclusivity to the iPhone agreement with Apple, in exchange for phone subsidies that would have a material impact on ATT financial results.

ATT wouldn’t have gone to so much trouble to extend their exclusivity agreement by just ONE YEAR if the end of the terms of the original agreement were not visible on the horizon.

The extension, especially its’ short term being only one year, is a sign that the end of ATT’s exclusive run with the iPhone is not too far off in the distance.

By: Realtosh

Realtosh — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:38:21 +0000

@ roz

LOL
I just read that story over at 9to5mac regarding CDMA iPhone potential.

Thanks for sharing it with the folks here. I had considered adding such a link myself.

Makes my analysis seem visionary or almost prescient. I just consider it some good ol’ analysis, and common sense reasoning. Many people forget that Apple uses a big dose of good ol’ common sense. They take their quest for innovation, and use common sense, to create excellence in their products and financial performance.

By: roz

roz — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:01:18 +0000

The exclusivity deal is a fact, agreed. The number of years has never been revealed. Multi-year can mean two.

By: John Muir

John Muir — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:41:02 +0000

@roz

http://www.macrumors.com/2008/09/29/verizon-iphone-in-2009-unlikely/

“The problem with the report is that the Apple and AT&T exclusivity deal is fact, not rumor.”