HotHardware is reporting that AT&T might be losing their iPhone exclusivity at the upcoming Apple media event.
According to an inside source close to the going-ons involved in all of this, a new tablet of some sort may not be the only thing on deck for next Wednesday though. We have been led to believe by an inside source that AT&T will lose their iPhone exclusivity on the same day, though it’s not yet clear what other carrier (or carriers) will be stepping in to also carry the phone
Needless to say, AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone here in the U.S., and due to some of the company’s recent 3G woes, it has been a long standing rumor (hope?) that Apple would bring the iPhone to another carrier such a Verizon.
Many of you have heard me say this before, but I doubt Apple would bring the iPhone to Verizon simply because Verizon uses a cell technology that isn’t as widely used as AT&T’s. Thus, Apple would have to make a Verizon-specific iPhone, an added expense. Also worth noting was AT&T’s, and to a certain extent, Apple’s recent attack ads on Verizon’s network. In the mad, mad world of business, this doesn’t seem likely to me.
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