Verizon customers can preorder iPhone 4 on Thurs., Apple reminds

Apple has reminded the 94 million existing Verizon Wireless customers that they will have an exclusive opportunity to preorder the new iPhone 4 starting Thursday.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 28

Samsung Galaxy Tab has 16% return rate, Apple's iPad just 2%

According to a new survey, 16 percent of those who bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab have returned the device to the store since its launch, compared with just 2 percent of buyers of Apple's iPad.

Sam Oliver 15 years ago 64

Verizon iPhone Qualcomm baseband, Netgear CEO apologizes, Apple hiring more LTE engineers

With Monday's release of iOS 4.2.6 for the Verizon CDMA iPhone, one hacker claims to have confirmation that Apple went with Qualcomm for the CDMA baseband. Also, Netgear CEO Patrick Lo has apologized for comments he made about Steve Jobs, and Apple job listings reveal that the iPhone maker continues to look for engineers with LTE experience, possibly in preparation for a 4G LTE iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 36

Verizon offering 3 a.m. Eastern Feb. 3 iPhone preorder to all existing customers

With less than a week to go before preorders for Apple's iPhone 4 on Verizon commence, the carrier has launched a new teaser countdown page for existing customers, telling them to come back at 3 a.m. Eastern on Feb. 3.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 60

Apple releases iTunes 10.1.2 with fixes, support for CDMA iPhone

Apple on Thursday released a maintenance and stability update for its iconic iTunes software that delivers a handful of improvements in addition to support for the soon-to-be-released CDMA-based Verizon iPhone.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 17

Survey shows potential for 25 million Verizon iPhones in 2011

Pent up demand for an iPhone capable of working on Verizon Wireless could result in as many as 25 million new subscribers for the carrier this year, based on interest expressed by US mobile users on all four major mobile providers.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 32

AT&T activates 4.1M iPhones but subscriber growth misses expectations

AT&T said Thursday that it activated over 4.1 million iPhones during the final quarter of its exclusive U.S. deal with Apple on the handset, though shares of the carrier suffered in early morning trading as overall subscriber growth came in under expectations.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 17

Verizon BlackBerry glitch casts doubt on iPhone launch

Though Verizon's executives have emphatically asserted that execution of the upcoming iPhone launch will be flawless, a recent glitch in BlackBerry data traffic on the network could be cause for concern, a new report claims.

Josh Ong 15 years ago 32

Qualcomm rises on prospects of Verizon iPhone, iPhone 5, iPad 2

Qualcomm shares were up more than 6 percent after it said it would post new revenue and earnings growth as demand for its chips accelerate. Apple's iPhone 4 on Verizon, as well as the next generation of iPhone and iPad, are all expected to use Qualcomm's baseband chips.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 5

Motorola outlook sinks on threat of Verizon iPhone

Motorola Mobility shares were down nearly 6 percent after it warned it would again post quarterly losses this quarter as it faces new competition from Apple's iPhone on Verizon Wireless.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 25

AT&T quietly offers unlimited data to potential Verizon iPhone switchers

AT&T is reportedly offering some customers unlimited iPhone data plans in an attempt to keep them from defecting to rival carrier Verizon, where Apple's handset will launch on Feb. 10.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 33

Apple's online store reveals Verizon iPhone voice plans starting at $39.99

Apple's website on Wednesday temporarily listed details for new Verizon iPhone customers, with voice plans starting at $39.99 per month, unlimited data for $29.99 per month, and 2GB of data tethering for an additional $20.

Slash Lane 15 years ago 39

China Mobile exec says Apple is working on a 4G LTE iPhone

The chairman of carrier China Mobile said on Wednesday that Apple has "made it clear" that the company intends to support high-speed long-term evolution 4G wireless technology in a future update to the iPhone.

Katie Marsal 15 years ago 21

iPhone, iPad extend lead over Android in mobile enterprise adoption

Enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology reported a 64 percent increase in the iPad's share of all device activations over the past quarter among its more than 2,000 companies deploying mobile devices. The jump extended Apple's iOS lead over Android, with more than twice as many device activations over all of 2010.

Daniel Eran Dilger 15 years ago 8

Verizon CFO: "We are not going to have any flaws on the execution of the iPhone launch"

Having learned from network and launch issues that AT&T has suffered from in recent years with Apple's iPhone, Verizon executives said Tuesday that they are confident in their ability to handle the launch of the CDMA iPhone 4, citing extensive training, customer service hires and infrastructure investment as ample preparation.

AppleInsider Staff 15 years ago 27

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