No. Unless you don’t care that your new phone is really an old phone that is not compatible with Verizon’s new 4G LTE network. This great tech scam of 2011 should go down in history as the greatest marketing hoax of all time. Here is what is really going on.
The NEW Verizon iPhone 4 will come with an EVDO CDMA 3G radio not a LTE 4G radio. That means that all of the people that go out and buy an iPhone 4 for $199 (With 2 Year Contract) will be riding on the network that Verizon has had deployed for years not its newly deployed 4G network. If all a person cares about is coverage, this may seem like a great deal. But, come this summer (or sooner) when Apple announces there new iPhone, everyone will be mad when they find out it works on Verizons 4G network (already deployed), which boasts speeds and coverage never seen before in the cell phone world.
Ironically AT&T is also deploying an LTE network in the 700Mhz band along with Verizon. What does that mean? Apple will only have to make one piece of hardware to work on both networks. So, Apple and their cohorts AT&T and Verizon will try to dump as many 3G iPhone 4’s as possible untill that date, and so they will.
You’ve got to love the names Apple gives its iPhone versions, and I’m sure it is no accident. Just in case people don’t know, iPhone 4 is not 4G compatible. So when everyone looking for an iPhone goes to Verizon’s website and see’s all the ad’s for the nations fastest 4G network, I hope they understand that their brand new iPhone 4 does not fall into that category.
So, what’s next. Apple, as usual, will announce a new iPhone version this spring (Probably the iPhone 4G) not the iPhone 5). That way they won’t have to change much, just the cell radio. Everyone will get all excited and run out and buy it like they always do. So, if you want a Verizon iPhone make sure you wait until that time.
And that’s why it only costs $199.
By the way, this isn’t the first time Apple has done this. They’ve done it every time.
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