Verizon iPhone 4 first hands-on!

February 3rd existing Verizon customers can preorder the iPhone $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB. February 10th Everyone else can order the iPhone 4 from Verizon same pricing. Will include 3G personal hotspot. Q&A time! How many CDMA iPhones can you manufacturer in the 1st quarter? Tim Cook ;Tremendous opportunity ; ahead of them but not speaking any specifics numbers. Is the CDMA iPhone on a 1 year upgrade cycle or will it be upgrade in the summer? Cook No comment Why is this a CDMA device, not LTE? Cooke %u2013 Two reasons- 1st gen LTE chipsets have device compromises that Apple would not make. Secondly Verizon customers want the iPhone now. McAdams %u2013 We have a tremendous 3G network, the best in the country, and this was the right thing to do at the right time. Is the CDMA iPhone exclusive to Verizon? Cook %u2013 Multi-year non-exclusive, but no comment on terms. Changes that had to be made to the antenna? Cook %u2013 Antenna optimized for CDMA. It%u2019s going to be a great job. McAdam %u2013 Verizon has done extensive testing and sees no issues with the phone. What happens when you are using data you get a phone call? McAdams %u2013 The same as other CDMA devices (no call) Extra charge for tethering? And features in this that aren%u2019t in others? McAdams- No comment on pricing aside from phone stuff. Cook- Yes, there is a new feature: the personal hotspot that can connect up to 5 devices. When will we see an LTE iPhone? Will there be any data caps like AT&T? Cook %u2013 No comment on LTE iPhone. McAdams %u2013 No comment on pricing or strategy. What is the experience difference with CDMA? (you can%u2019t connect to data while on call) Cook %u2013 Number 1 question he%u2019s gotten %u2013 when will the iPhone work on Verizon. He could not be happier about the release. Those (93M) people who asked will be willing to make the tradeoff.

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