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Jeff Campbell
10-12-2010, 01:20 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/10/ny-times-wsj-verizon-iphone-coming-early-2011/' target='_blank'>http://appadvice.com/appnn/2010/10/...ing-early-2011/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal went out on a limb, and stated that we'd see a Verizon iPhone by early 2011. Obviously, we all took this with a grain of salt: more often than not, such predictions turn out to be false. We've heard rumors of a Verizon iPhone for years now, and so far, nothing's come of it."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1286885439.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>We don't go into rumors around here too much, but this one is really getting legs. First the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703735804575536191649347572.html?KEYWORDS=iphone+verizon" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> reports unnamed source that confirms Verizon is getting the iPhone in first quarter of 2011, then the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/technology/09phone.html?_r=1&amp;scp=1&amp;sq=iphone verizon&amp;st=cse" target="_blank">New York Times</a> picks it up and says they have also confirmed it independently, also with an unnamed source. If that wasn't enough, even our statewide paper <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/report-apple-to-make-iphone-for-verizon/33c4642887d842178f902f8aa71e15f9" target="_blank">The Oregonian</a> started reporting on it and the cable news programs also started reporting it. How many AT&amp;T subscribers will switch carriers and how many current Verizon subscribers will switch to the iPhone is anyone's guess, but the buzz around here is such that I expect it to be a pretty high number. Right now though, the only sure things is that if it isn't coming, there are going to be a lot of people with egg on their faces.</p>