Rumor: An iPhone For All Carriers?
On January 27th, Apple’s next gigantic, media-friendly launch event occurs, and the rumor mill is cranking into high gear. Mashable reports that Bloomberg reports on a rumor from Tim Horan, an Oppenheimer & Co Telecommunications Analyst.
The rumor? AT&T’s exclusivity agreement with Apple expires mid-2010, and T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint and Clearwire will all get iPhone access quickly thereafter. Bloomberg goes onto say that T-Mobile will get it first, which wouldn’t be a surprise – the way they’re snapping up smartphones from Google, it’ll be about time they get their iPhone.
Fun fact: the iPhone is sold by four different carriers in the UK, so the model for this kind of multi-carrier battleground already exists. Here’s my hope -the iPhone’s new universality will lead to price wars unlike the world has ever seen, and the iPhone will come free with a two year agreement that’s actually fair to the consumer. Is that possible at all? Stay tuned – on the 27th, we’ll know a lot more.
Source & Photo Source: Mashable
