iOS 4.2.6 for Verizon iPhone 4 Arrives

The Verizon iPhone 4 has only been in stores for a matter of hours, but as NewsFactor reports, Apple has already released a software update. Released specifically for the Verizon CDMA hardware, iOS 4.2.6 is aimed at fixing a potential issue that could course Personal Hotspot usage to be reported incorrectly. As yet we have no reports as to whether the … Read More

Verizon iPhone 4 GSM (Worldwide) Capable… Almost!

Verizon iPhone 4 Teardown

iFixit have done their usual sterling job of ripping Apple’s newest offering apart. And the reveal has exposed some interesting facts about the “Verizon iPhone 4”. Most notably, it uses the same Qualcomm chipset as the Droid Pro, which is both GSM and CDMA compatible. This means that technically the hardware under the hood of the Verizon iPhone 4 could … Read More

iPhone 4 beats Verizon’s Sales Records, New TV Ad Aired

Verizon Test Man with iPhone 4

With Verizon opening iPhone 4 preorders to existing customers, they surely didn’t expect quite the demand that we all did! Despite website issues the iPhone 4 managed to break Verizon’s first day sales record, and that’s only for sales to existing customers! VERIZON WIRELESS HAS RECORD SALES ON FIRST DAY OF iPHONE 4 Available to General Public on Feb.10 BASKING … Read More

Top 5% of Verizon Wireless Data Users May Experience Slow Speeds [iPhone 4]

Verizon iPhone 4 Pre-Order

Verizon Wireless and Apple started accepting pre-orders for iPhone 4 beginning today exclusively for Verizon’s existing customers. General pre-orders will begin on February 09 and the CDMA iPhone will finally be available on Feb. 10. Verizon today notified new data customers about its plans on its Web site and carried a warning as a footnote : use an extraordinary amount … Read More

Best Buy (BBY) to Offer Verizon iPhone 4 Beginning February 10th

Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) today announced that it will carry Verizon (NYSE: VZ) iPhone 4 in Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile specialty stores on February 10th, the same day that it launches. The iPhone 4 is an important device for Best Buy and we are excited to help Apple and Verizon Wireless bring it to even more consumers,” said Shawn Score, … Read More

Verizon iPhone 4 To Run iOS 4.2.6, Software Update Available Online

Apple has posted an updated version of iOS 4.2.6 for Verizon iPhone 4 ahead of its official launch on February 10 in the U.S. The latest build is labeled as 8E200 and the download size is 652 MB. During Verizon’s press event where the CDMA network provider showed the demo version of Verizon iPhone 4, the phone was running iOS … Read More

Verizon Customers Can Pre-Order iPhone 4 at 3 AM ET on February 3rd

Verizon iPhone 4 Pre-Order Feb 3 2011

If you are a Verizon Wireless customer then you will be able to order the highly anticipated iPhone 4 on 3rd February at 3 AM ET. Verizon recently updated its iPhone information page which shows the time remaining until the exclusive opportunity for existing customers to pre-order iPhone 4. Verizon is certainly expecting huge demand for Apple’s smartphone as it … Read More

Verizon iPhone 4 ‘Personal Hotspot’ To Cost Additional $20/Month

When Verizon Wireless announced that iPhone 4 would soon be available on its network one of the surprise features turned out to be the ability to use your iPhone 4 as a hotspot. Apple’s iOS 4.3 beta 1 introduced a new option in the settings menu called ‘Personal Hotspot’ which would allow you to use your iPhone as a wifi … Read More

Verizon Posts iPhone 4 Ad

After the years of wondering if they’ll ever have the iPhone 4 on their network, Verizon are understandably in celebratory mood now they can see light at the end of the tunnel. As if to drive the point home, they’ve put together a little ad to show off their latest and greatest. It’s all a bit over-dramatic I’ll grant you, … Read More

Verizon to Give Up To $200 To Recent Android Buyers Moving to iPhone 4

A promotion for the launch of the Verizon iPhone 4 will see the carrier hand out Visa debit cards loaded with up to $200 to customers who have recently purchased an Android device and are looking to make the switch to iOS. Those that bought a phone between November 26th and January 10th are entitled to the Visa cards when … Read More

Technical Planning That Brought iPhone 4 to Verizon Took 6-9 Months

iPhone 4 Verizon

In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Verizon Communications President Lowell McAdam explained how the technical planning needed to bring the iPhone 4 to Verizon took six or nine months, while the commercial planning took just one day. McAdam told Bloomberg, “We worked probably six or nine months on the technical side of this and saw we could make this work. … Read More

Apple’s iOS 4.3 To Get Hotspot Feature?

With Verizon’s iPhone 4 bring announced yesterday, a feature we all noticed straight away was the ability to use the handset as a personal hotspot. When switched on, up to five devices can use the iPhone 4 as a wifi hotspot much like many of the newer Android phones. The good news for people who don’t happen to be Verizon … Read More

Verizon iPhone 4 has a different Antenna setup

Verizon iPhone 4

We reported several times last year that Apple’s second iPhone 4 manufacturing plant would come online for an early 2011 launch, and higher volume production of more iPhone 4. Most likely for Verizon. Some images of the “new” iPhone 4, announced today as coming to Verizon in the US in February, show that the surround of the CDMA iPhone 4 … Read More

No iPhone 4 for Verizon in 2011?

Some people are getting a little concerned about recent comments made by Verizon CEO Ivan Seidbenberg. Speaking at an investors conference he said that their new 4G network, which is not online yet or in the foreseeable future (certainly not for 2011), may make “Apple get with the program.” This has some concerned that the much rumored CDMA iPhone 4 that … Read More