Surprisingly, incoming Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam talked about the iPhone 5 release date, and how it could help them get more iPhone customers while the mobile and wireless industry is booming courtesy of Apple and Google.
Apparently, the Verizon iPhone 4 currently sold by the carrier is not a world phone, so there is a huge possibility that some of the AT&T and non-iPhone customers were not interested to move or to shift from other carriers. On top of that, majority of AT&T's customers theoretically refused to switch because the Verizon iPhone does not include specs bump, and almost the same as the GSM iPhone released last year, plus the fact that thousands of iPhone 5 rumors were already circulating on the internet last Q1.
But the Verizon iPhone 5 could be very difficult, confirmed that its a world phone, and is expected to be released simultaneously by both AT&T and Verizon Wireless. So, can Verizon Wireless increase its iPhone activation next quarter? Possibly yes, but only if Sprint Wireless and T-Mobile will not offer the iPhone 5 too because that will mean more competition for the biggest carrier in United States.
According to Verizon, they were expecting an iPhone 5 sometime this summer -- so it's highly possible that Apple really changed the release date of the phone, and the decision could be related to other carriers carrying the company's next smartphone to challenge the insanely fast growth of the Android market share courtesy of low-end to high-end Android devices available across all carriers.
Verizon is also expecting "a significant jump" once the iPhone 5 is out in the market. During the Q2 or second quarter of this year, Verizon Wireless activated nearly 2.3 million iPhone 4 CDMA, very impressive right? But AT&T recorded more iPhone activations last quarter, according to them, around 3.6 million and a quarter of them are new customers.
Lowell McAdam will succeed Verizon's current CEO Ivan Seidenberg on 1 August, which is considered as one of the biggest months of the smartphone industry, with multiple reports confirming that high-end Android devices from Samsung, HTC and Motorola and even the Windows Phone of Nokia will enter the US smartphone market. Plus, rumors say the iphone 5 release date is by September (some are suggesting late August), so McAdam's entry is very interesting.
Aside from iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S II (still a rumor), Verizon Wireless is also expected to sell another popular phone next month, the Motorola Droid Bionic, the carrier's first dual-core Android 4G LTE smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility. Reports say the redesigned and re-engineered Droid Bionic is scheduled to arrive by 4 August based on the leaked document.
Apparently, the Verizon iPhone 4 currently sold by the carrier is not a world phone, so there is a huge possibility that some of the AT&T and non-iPhone customers were not interested to move or to shift from other carriers. On top of that, majority of AT&T's customers theoretically refused to switch because the Verizon iPhone does not include specs bump, and almost the same as the GSM iPhone released last year, plus the fact that thousands of iPhone 5 rumors were already circulating on the internet last Q1.
But the Verizon iPhone 5 could be very difficult, confirmed that its a world phone, and is expected to be released simultaneously by both AT&T and Verizon Wireless. So, can Verizon Wireless increase its iPhone activation next quarter? Possibly yes, but only if Sprint Wireless and T-Mobile will not offer the iPhone 5 too because that will mean more competition for the biggest carrier in United States.
According to Verizon, they were expecting an iPhone 5 sometime this summer -- so it's highly possible that Apple really changed the release date of the phone, and the decision could be related to other carriers carrying the company's next smartphone to challenge the insanely fast growth of the Android market share courtesy of low-end to high-end Android devices available across all carriers.
Verizon is also expecting "a significant jump" once the iPhone 5 is out in the market. During the Q2 or second quarter of this year, Verizon Wireless activated nearly 2.3 million iPhone 4 CDMA, very impressive right? But AT&T recorded more iPhone activations last quarter, according to them, around 3.6 million and a quarter of them are new customers.
Lowell McAdam will succeed Verizon's current CEO Ivan Seidenberg on 1 August, which is considered as one of the biggest months of the smartphone industry, with multiple reports confirming that high-end Android devices from Samsung, HTC and Motorola and even the Windows Phone of Nokia will enter the US smartphone market. Plus, rumors say the iphone 5 release date is by September (some are suggesting late August), so McAdam's entry is very interesting.
Aside from iPhone 5 and the Samsung Galaxy S II (still a rumor), Verizon Wireless is also expected to sell another popular phone next month, the Motorola Droid Bionic, the carrier's first dual-core Android 4G LTE smartphone manufactured by Motorola Mobility. Reports say the redesigned and re-engineered Droid Bionic is scheduled to arrive by 4 August based on the leaked document.
