The Apple iPhone 4 will be available through Verizon February 10, 2011
It seems the major significance of this event is an increase in competition between; AT&T, which has had a near monopoly on providing service to the popular iPhone, and is consistently one of the lowest rated mobile phone providers in the industry, and Verizon, which is usually one of the top performers in customer ratings. Also, total bandwidth for the iPhone will be greatly increased, at least temporarily minimizing problems supporting the many functions and applications of the iPhone that AT&T has experienced.
While projected price and function will be similar, the Verizon iPhone will create a mobile wifi "hotspot" capable of serving up to five devices versus AT&T's one device per phone. As is usual though, you cannot get something for nothing; the CDMA chip that the Verizon phone uses separates voice from data and cannot run both at once as the AT&T served phones can. Also, as usual, there will be a substantial monthly charge for the hotspot capability.
If Verizon is not very clear about these limitations, or is not able to supply enough bandwidth to avoid "swamping" of their network, then their customer ratings are likely to quickly plummet to, or even below, the level of AT&T's.
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