In article <Jtq9sq.nrt@pinkrose.net.dhis.org>, B'ichela
<mdalene@pinkrose.dhis.org> wrote:

> Actually thats not quite true. If it is, why is Verizon going to go
> with LTE and not Qualcomm's 4G standard? Also Qualcomm is a greedy
> company and charges high licensing fees. GSM is an open standard
> whereas CDMA is propietary.
> Apple went to Verizon at first as there IS MORE U.S CDMA
> customers than GSM customers. APPLE wanted to lock down its Iphone
> which is very common on CDMA systems. Verizon, the largest of the CDMA
> providers didn't want to play ball, therefore, Apple went to the next
> largest market penetration. That would be AT&T/Cingular

The more likely scenario is that Verizon wanted to cripple the phone
like they do all of their others, and Apple told them to get lost.