Verizon Event Set for Tuesday–iPhone Time

January 7, 2011 at 12:07 pm PT

Update: Apple CEO Likely to Appear at Verizon iPhone Event

And there it is: Verizon will hold a special event at New York City’s Lincoln Center (Frederick P. Rose Hall) on Jan. 11–next Tuesday. No details on its focus, but sources close to the company tell me this will indeed prove to be the long-rumored Verizon iPhone announcement. Question now is will Apple CEO Steve Jobs join Verizon President and COO Lowell McAdam onstage to make it. Remember, while there’s an enormous amount of interest in the Verizon iPhone, this really isn’t much more than a carrier announcement — for last year’s iPhone. If it were more (e.g., a hardware announcement), you can bet the event would be in Cupertino or San Francisco.

Below, the event invite, which I’m posting here despite Verizon’s mandate not to. Just hope it doesn’t result in a personalized data cap.

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Anonymous

You have chosen to publish that which was requested not to be published. I see that as a breach of trust. The WSJ also published it and I also disagree with their decision.
http://financial-alchemist.blogspot.com Turley Muller

CEO is above him. Maybe Apple sends Mansfield, VP hardware. I say that cause of engineering differences. I don’t know. Maybe Apple doesn’t seed anyone, except PR person
Anonymous

OUCH! I got a news about ces that declared verizon won’t launch iphone right now, just right now, yesterday!
http://www.facebook.com/doompod Justin Zetzer

CDMA is a different technology, meaning it is a different iPhone. There’s no Verizon iPhone.
http://www.facebook.com/doompod Justin Zetzer

But it makes it a NEW device, and it’s an Apple product, and Apple DOES NOT allow Apple products to be LAUNCHED by other people, that’s a fact. And it is COMPLETELY outside of the iPhone launch date, look more toward June 2012, when Apple’s contract with AT&T ends and the new AT&T customers who signed a new 2-year agreement with AT&T for the iPhone 4 are expiring, AND when LTE has been around for a little while, etc. This makes MUCH more sense.
http://www.facebook.com/doompod Justin Zetzer

There has been NO proof whatsoever of a Verizon iPhone, so why believe rumors?It’s just building hype when Apple will most likely go to Verizon next year.
http://twitter.com/woodd00 woodd00

That was my exact thought. Apple and lord Steve control those things. Not a third party.
http://www.spencerweddings.net Jason Spencer

Sorry, what I meant was no so much that the price would go down, but that the value would go up. The 2GB data + tethering cost is absurd. I never really got much over 300MB, but since my options are 200MB or 2GB, I have no choice. At the same time, for the times I need a 3G data card, I just use $40 unlimited from Virgin.

I think that another iPhone player would help put some of the AT&T “value” for the dollar back in line.
Anonymous

what other media will be there could be the key to the truth…
Anonymous

I think the 78% of iPhone 4 buyers forget they just reuped a 2yr contract with at&t so while yes you might see some movement it will not be a large number with the ETF.

No one also knows what Verizon will sell the iPhone 4 for as well the data plan costs. Keep in mind you also give up voice and data operation.

You will see the large # of Verizon loyalists who have waited for iPhone but after 4 years, I question how many are left that didn’t move to at&t or get a Droid the past 6 months? I guess that is the million dollar question. I’m wagering when all is said and done you get a decent overall bump in iPhone owners but the market is just split between carriers.

You people are dreaming if you think LTE is anywhere near prime time for Apple to jump on this early. I’m not even sure it will be ready this summer which begs the question .. does this mean Verizon is excluded from the summer iPhone 5 and wouldn’t any Verizon user want to wait as they just changed their upgrade plan last week to lock you in for 2 years with no upgrade.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=807668367 Paul Burgwardt

You do realize that they would have changed that if they were going to release an iPhone for Verizon, right?
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=529613366 Julio Adrian Rosales

watch it be an iPhone four connected to a mifi like the iPad.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Siemonsma/647534070 Stephen Siemonsma

I’m betting this event is for the Verizon iPad, one without a MiFi. Isn’t that the next logical step?
http://twitter.com/juice_man Juice_man

Ur such a wussy. I’m sick of people being so girly. Go home and grow one or two.
http://twitter.com/ros_jo Jordan

They announce the new iPhone’s at Moscone West center.
http://www.facebook.com/IGnatiusTFoobar Art Cancro

It’s so funny to watch the Apple fanbois falling all over themselves in denial that Android is now ruling the roost. They’ve all changed in lockstep from “no it isn’t, iPhone is still teh #1″ to “iPhone will be #1 again as soon as it is on Verizon!!!1″

The availability of iPhone on Verizon will set the clock back by about six months. Android will then have the pleasure of beating iPhone a second time.

But the most amusing part of all is that in this business, Microsoft is and will remain a pathetic also-ran.

Verizon Event Set for Tuesday–iPhone Time

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