Well, it's certainly not coming to Verizon any time soon.
Well, no company CEO will outright say its coming to their network for fear of cutting into their current (in this case Droid) sales. It may well be that they are still getting the iPhone but don't want to say anything that would stop current Droid sales.
Until Apple comes out and states it, it's just another rumor.
They don't need to actually come out and say anything, just read between the lines of the
latest news stories and one clearly sees that by years end or the 1st quarter of next year a CDMA iPhone will be available. Which carrier, well thats up to debate.
personally a Sprint iPhone with Wimax 4G would be a show stopper. Both in terms of users as well as for Sprint subscribers. If the comments by the Verizon CEO are true to his own words then Sprint would be the most likely choice. No one really knows when the AT&T contract with the iPhone actually ends, but if Apple is smart, it will continue with either AT&T or T-Mobile for the GSM iPhone and start another contract with Sprint for the CDMA one.
Eventually Apple will make a 4G LTE iPhone, but unless AT&T sweetens the deal for Apple i do not see them getting the 4G LTE version and instead see it going to T-Mobile in late 2011/early 2012. With Wimax having such a strong lead now and the production starting in December, I am starting to believe that Sprint would be the logical choice.
Now, if Apple and or Sprint, really wanted to blow everyone out of the water, they would make a GSM/CDMA with Wimax iPhone that would be used not only in Sprints network, but worldwide. if such a puppy were ever to be made (don't even know if its feasible) it would be one fast puppy.
We can only wait and see. Its gonna be a very interesting few months.
TS out