For those of you who have been waiting for years for the Apple (Public, NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone to support Verizon Wireless (Public, NYSE:VZ) , your wait is over as Verizon Communications Inc. will have their own iPhone 4′s on February 10, 2011.
According to PC World:
A splash page on Verizon’s Website lists the iPhone 4′s starting price as $199.99 for a 16 GB model with a two-year contract. A 32 GB model will cost $299.99, same as with AT&T. The 8 GB iPhone 3GS, which now costs $49 with AT&T, will not be available on Verizon’s network.
Verizon’s version of the iPhone 4 can be used as a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five connections through a pre-installed app.; the limitation is that users will not be able to talk and use data at the same time while tethered. Otherwise, the Verizon iPhone 4 is the same as the AT&T version: a 960-by-640 resolution screen, a 5-megapixel camera with Flash, a front-facing camera for video chat and gyroscope sensors for gaming.
As for the future, Verizon and Apple won’t say whether an iPhone 5 will launch this summer, but since Apple has a multi-year, non-exclusive arrangement with Verizon, there’s a chance that the iPhone could come to Sprint and T-Mobile as well.
Let us know what you think.
Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games designed for Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems. Jonah provides his readers with reviews, previews and up to date gaming industry news and rumors.
