iPhone on Cingular/AT&T for five years?
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007 at 5:02 AM PST In AT&T, Apple, Devices, iPhone
If you’re not into all the iPhone rush, and just want to wait for Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) to release a CDMA version of its flagship product, forget about it. USAToday writes that Cingular/AT&T (NYSE: T) has a 5-year long exclusive agreement with the Cupertino-based company. Furthermore, Apple is committed NOT to develop a CDMA based handset in that period. To put it in other words, there will be NO iPhone offered on any other carrier till 2012. That’s a way too long time to wait for any handset, including the iPhone…
In the meantime, other carriers are busting their balls off to make a compelling offer for people who like the features of the iPhone but just can’t afford one. In that sense Verizon (NYSE: VZ) promises to bring its “iPhone killer” this summer. Stay tuned people, the interesting times are ahead of us. (via: Engadget)
