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Verizon iPhones Unlocked, Carried by Cricket

, Mar 7th 2011 Discuss [0]

Oh YouTube, you've got the strangest and most wonderful things crawling around your innards. Today we've got a look at what appears to be a Verizon iPhone 4 which, just like it's AT&T buddy, is both capable of being unlocked and has successfully been switched over to a different carrier. In this case it's the cutest carriers, Cricket. The proof is in the pudding as the user dials CDMA programming number *228 showing the real truth behind that lovely little display. Good guts! Read The Full Story

Verizon’s Unlimited Data Plan for iPhone Ending Soon

, Mar 1st 2011 Discuss [1]

Verizon will be following AT&T's footsteps and ending the $30 a month, unlimited data plan for iPhone, according to CFO Fran Shammo. At a Morgan Stanley conference in San Francisco today, Shammo said that the unlimited data plan is "not a long-term solution". Verizon may discontinue the plan as soon as this summer. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone 4 Gets Dinged By Consumer Reports

, Feb 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

When the iPhone 4 first debuted on AT&T users experienced the famous “death grip” as their reception plummeted after holding the phone in a certain way. Consumer Reports has tested the new Verizon version of the iPhone and the reception problem seems to have followed the device to its new network. While complaints rained down on AT&T and Apple when the iPhone launched, complaints have been far fewer for Verizon’s iPhone. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone 4 Lower Than Expected Sales Numbers Leaked

, Feb 16th 2011 Discuss [7]

Verizon’s much hyped iPhone 4 launch touted record setting pre-orders only to be greeted with embarrassingly small store queues and now disappointing actual sales numbers. BGR got hold of leaked sales data showing a comparison of Verizon versus AT&T’s first-week iPhone 4 sales. Although the comparison shows that Verizon sales came out ahead, the numbers are apparently lower than what Apple and Verizon had expected. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone 4 Launch At Mall of America – Embarrassing Video

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [67]

We mentioned earlier today just how underwhelming the over hyped Verizon iPhone 4 launch turned out to be. But saying the lines were modest is really being nice now that we've seen a video of what took place at the Apple Store inside Mall of America in Bloomington, Minneapolis. Watch the video for yourself after the jump. Read The Full Story

Verizon Gifts Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers with a Replacement iPhone 4

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

Earlier today, Superbowl winning Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers sent out a tweet complaining about his terrible iPhone connection, saying that he'd like to call in to the sports radio talk segment the Jim Rome show, but couldn't because he kept hearing voices. Not the voices of ghosts, mind you, but of his AT&T iPhone which he said kept telling him "I will drop ur call." Someone over at Verizon wireless who has a good eye for opportunity has just replied a few minutes ago with an offer for Rodgers that appears to be no less than a free Verizon iPhone 4. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone 4 Cheaper for Apple to Build

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [0]

The new Verizon iPhone 4 costs 9% less for Apple to build than the AT&T iPhone 4, according to a teardown analysis report by IHS iSuppli. The bill of materials, or the total cost of the phone's components, costs about $171.35 for the Verizon phone. The AT&T phone's bill of materials costs $187.51. The total production cost for the Verizon iPhone 4 is $178.45. So why is it cheaper?

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Only Modest Lines for Verizon iPhone 4

, Feb 10th 2011 Discuss [13]

After all the excitement surrounding the release of the iPhone 4 on Verizon, the lines at stores were somewhat underwhelming this morning. This even though, according to Analyst Mike Abramsky with RBC Capital Markets, Verizon is expected to sell more than a million phones in the first week.Yes, it is cold outside, but that hasn't stopped people from lining up for new releases in the past. More likely, it is because this isn't really a new release. [caption id="attachment_132602" align="alignnone" width="580" caption="Line in Louisville KY, via Flickr user Jason Hiner"][/caption] Read The Full Story

Ballistic HC case for Verizon iPhone 4 breaks cover

, Feb 8th 2011 Discuss [2]

Ballistic has announced that it has the new iPhone 4 on Verizon covered with one of the most protective cases on the market for the iPhone called the Ballistic HC. The case has been around since last summer for the AT&T iPhone 4 and offers four layers of protection. Read The Full Story

Verizon iPhone 4 Jailbreak Successful

, Feb 7th 2011 Discuss [6]

It didn’t take long for the just released Verizon iPhone 4 to be successfully jailbreaked. The first screenshots of the jailbreaked device was released over at BlogsDNA showing the Verizon iPhone 4 iOS 4.2.6 running with Cydia. Read The Full Story

AT&T Confirms Hotspot Tethering for iPhone

, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [2]

The competition between AT&T and Verizon over the iPhone has already lead to a benefit for users. Yesterday we reported on an accidental leak by David Pogue in a NYT review. He spilled that AT&T's iPhone would get tethering to match Verizon's on February 13. While AT&T hasn't addressed that rumor, they did confirm that WiFi tethering was in the future. Read The Full Story

AT&T Rewarding Loyalty With Free Microcell

, Feb 4th 2011 Discuss [25]

AT&T has recently been sending out emails to some of its customers offering free microcells as rewards for staying loyal customers. Could this be another attempt to thwart the mass exodus they fear with the already record setting sales that is the Verizon iPhone 4 pre-order numbers? The e-mail from AT&T offers a coupon with a barcode for loyal customers to pick up a free 3G microcell from their local AT&T store. AT&T has not officially announced this offer. Read The Full Story