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Verizon says Galaxy Nexus comes before the end of the year

Published on: 8th November, 2011

Verizon confirmed last week that the Galaxy Nexus would appear before the end of 2011. This is the first carrier in the United Sates to sign on officially for the Android 4.0 handset. Few other details were also provided, other than the release date. Shipping of the Galaxy Nexus is believed to happen on the [...]

Verizon not interested to counter AT&T by acquiring Sprint

Published on: 24th March, 2011

Wireless chief of Verizon Dan Mead minimized speculation that his carrier would intend to buy Sprint as a direct response to the acquisition of T-Mobile by AT&T. he claimed that his company would rather try to be profitable first and only after that would adopt strategies to get more market share. He also mentioned to [...]

Verizon to have the iPad 2 available on March 11

Published on: 8th March, 2011

Verizon removed any doubt about its future plans related to the iPad 2 a few days ago, when it launched a teaser page confirming that the tablet would be available in the carrier’s stores on March 11. The iPad’s EVDO-equipped 3G model should reach the stores together with the Wi-Fi and HSPA 3G models. It [...]

iPhone tests run faster on AT&T than Verizon and even faster on Israel’s Pelephone

Published on: 23rd February, 2011

Doug Suttles, founder of Ookla and creator of Speedtest.net, has run tests showing that the AT&T iPhone holds the 3G performance lead in the United States and is trailing well behind much of the world. He compared AT&T’s use of 7.2Mbps HSPA versus the 3.1Mbps EVDO Revision A of Verizon and observed that the original [...]

First iPhones have reached Verizon customers

Published on: 12th February, 2011

Early customers have received their Verizon iPhones on a wide scale. Many of those ordering on February 3rd have already got their phones. According to early reports, the activation has been smooth enough, excepting occasionally restarts of phones reaching Verizon’s network for the first time. Recipients do not get much special apart from a Getting [...]

Verizon iPhone has its first buyer

Published on: 8th February, 2011

Members of Verizon forum have discovered the first known buyer of an iPhone. In an after-hours visit to a Fort Worth, Texas, UPS depot, one customer got his device and activated it during the same day. He said that the phone worked fine. Most customers have yet to receive their phones and would have them [...]

Verizon says iPhone is the best phone for first-day sales

Published on: 7th February, 2011

According to Verizon, the iPhone 4 has already had the best first-day sales of all devices on the carrier’s network. In only two hours, the iPhone became the phone the most popular in an initial launch on the carrier. As chief Dan Mead said, al pre-orders for existing customers have been sold at 8:10PM Eastern [...]

Before launching the iPhone 4, Verizon drops some Android smartphones to $100

Published on: 7th February, 2011

Verizon recently started a sale on its smartphone range ahead of launching the new iPhone. Some of its representative devices such as the HTC Droid incredible, Samsung Fascinate and Continuum, or Motorola Droid 2 R2-D2 have their prices drop by half and are selling now for $100. ten days of “sweet deals” were promised by [...]

Verizon will launch the new iPhone 4 on the 10th of February

Published on: 26th January, 2011

Verizon has confirmed its plans to launch Apple’s iPhone 4 on the 10th of next month. The new model will contradict rumors and will be a CDMA-only device, giving up the speed advantages of Verizon’s emerging 4G LTE network and preferring 3G instead. A 16GB model will be $199, while the 32GB version will cost [...]

Windows Phone 7 will launch on Verizon and Sprint in January

Published on: 20th December, 2010

A recent report confirmed earlier rumors that both Verizon and Sprint would receive Windows Phone 7 devices soon. According to the unnamed source, it is not clear if the handsets for these carriers would be unveiled at CES. What the devices would be is also unknown, but there are some clues about the HTC Trophy [...]

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