Verizon Wireless, the top U.S. mobile provider, plans on Tuesday to unveil a version of the Apple Inc iPhone for its service and will kick off sales of the device a few weeks later that’s what reported by Wall Street Journal today.
According to WSJ, Verizon Wireless which is one of the largest mobile phone companies in US will sell 9 million to 12 million iphones in 2011. According to Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray Cos. assumes that this will make a considerable difference in sales on Apple Inc’s and will boost it up to 5%.
The agreement between Verizon Wireless and Apple marks the end of AT&T's iPhone exclusivity. AT&T Inc, the No. 2 U.S. mobile service, has been the only operator to sell iPhone since it launched in 2007.
Since AT&T’s growth is heavily dependent on iphones sales past few years, the news however is quite upsetting for few users, as ne mentioned at WSJ, “I was forced by Apple to leave Verizon because Apple did their big business deal with ATT and ATT forced me to have a contract and renew every time I needed a new IPhone which was often for various reason like needing video capacity which the 3GS offered. I want Steve Jobs to reimburse me for what ATT will charge me to leave. I want Verizon because their service is better.”
However someone suggested “A key will be whether or not Verizon offers unlimited data. If not, grandfathered ATT users will be reluctant to give that up. I cannot imagine anyone staying with ATT if Verizon does offer unlimited data. ATT service is unusable in New York City”.
Anyhow, further details about the news and further analytics can be easily accessed by writing to Yukari Iwatani Kane
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