Apple's iPhone accounted for 4M of Verizon's 7.2M total Q1 smartphones

With 7.2 million total smartphones activated in Verizon's first fiscal quarter, the iPhone accounted for more than half, with 4 million total Apple handsets activated in the three-month span.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 45

Verizon bumps smartphone subsidy upgrade wait time to full 24 months

iPhone-owning Verizon customers may have to wait a little bit longer before upgrading to the next iteration of Apple's smartphone, as the nation's largest carrier announced on Friday that it was extending the wait period on device upgrades to a full two years.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 49

Verizon CEO: Going contract-free would be 'pretty easy'

Verizon's CEO said recently that it would be "pretty easy" for the nation's largest carrier to switch to or add a no-contract pricing structure, so long as customers appeared to be interested in such an offering.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 68

Verizon planned to make Siri an Android exclusive before Apple purchase

Before Apple swooped in to purchase Siri, U.S. carrier Verizon was working on a deal that would make the intelligent voice-controlled assistant exclusive to Android devices on its network.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 50

Verizon numbers hint Apple may have shipped more than 50M iPhones last quarter

The latest iPhone activation data from Verizon suggests Apple may have shipped more than 50 million iPhones during the 2012 holiday season.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 91

Apple's iPhone grabs almost two-thirds of Verizon's 9.8M smartphone sales in Q4

Apple's iPhone accounted for 6.2 million of the 9.8 million smartphones Verizon sold in the last quarter, powering record smartphone adoption numbers at the nation's largest carrier even as Verizon posted a big loss for the quarter.

Kevin Bostic 13 years ago 28

Verizon's 'higher mix' of holiday iPhone activations likely topped 5.3M

Verizon announced on Wednesday that it activated 9.8 million smartphones in the 2012 holiday season, with a "higher mix of Apple smartphones," suggesting the carrier accounted for more than 5.3 million iPhone sales in the quarter.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 35

Top-selling iPhone 5 flanked by strong sales of legacy iPhone 4S & 4

While the iPhone 5 has been the top selling handset at the three largest carriers in the U.S., Apple's legacy iPhone 4S and iPhone 4 handsets have also been strong performers this holiday shopping season.

Neil Hughes 13 years ago 37

LTE-capable iPad mini deliveries begin arriving

iPad mini units with 4G LTE connectivity began arriving to customers from Apple's online store on Thursday, a day earlier than expected.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 21

Informal test finds Sprint's iPhone 5 to have best call quality

A subjective call quality test performed on Friday found that between the top three carriers in the U.S., the Sprint version of Apple's iPhone 5 beat out identical versions of the device from Verizon and AT&T.

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 12

Verizon sold 3.1M iPhones in Q3 2012, 650K were Apple's iPhone 5

Verizon announced its quarterly earnings on Thursday, revealing that the nation's largest carrier sold a total of 3.1 million iPhones in the three-month span, with 650,000 of those being the new iPhone 5.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 19

Some iPhone 5 users report incorrect automatic date and time settings

A number of iPhone 5 owners, especially those on U.S. network Verizon, are complaining of an issue where the incorrect day and time is displayed, sometimes jumping weeks ahead or behind the actual date.

Mikey Campbell 13 years ago 34

iPhone-less US carriers T-Mobile, MetroPCS on path to merge

T-Mobile, the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., is on track to merge with MetroPCS after the board of America's fifth-largest carrier approved an agreement.

Katie Marsal 13 years ago 9

iPhone 5 carrier update fixes bug causing cellular data use while on Wi-Fi [u]

Apple on Sunday rolled out a carrier update for Verizon iPhone 5s which fixes a bug that in some cases caused the handset to use cellular data even while connected to a Wi-Fi network, eating away at precious data allowances [update: Verizon responds]

AppleInsider Staff 13 years ago 24

Open Internet groups to file FCC complaint over AT&T's FaceTime blocking

A trio of digital rights advocacy groups have indicated to AT&T they will file a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over the carrier's decision to block FaceTime calls over cellular data networks for some customers.

Sam Oliver 13 years ago 87

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