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Verizon Wireless is plotting a response to AT&T’s widely-anticipated Apple iPhone offering, according to published reports.
Apple unveiled iPhone at the Macworld conference in January. It features a 3.5-inch, 160 dot-per-inch color screen, a 2 megapixel digital camera and a touchscreen Apple calls “Multitouch,” which is designed to enhance accuracy by ignoring unintended touches.
IPhone is 11.6 millimeters thick -- thinner than typical smartphones, according to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
AT&T has exclusive rights to offer iPhone for five years. It will be available from the carrier next month.
Verizon Wireless’ counter is the LG Prada, or KE850, according to TheStreet.com. Prada is a sleek handset similar in look to the iPhone, the Web site reports. It includes a camera, and can play music and videos and allow for document viewing.
IPhone will cost $500 while Prada is expected to retail for around $600. The offering is seen as key for Verizon Wireless to attempt to stem the tide of customers to iPhone and AT&T.
Verizon Wireless was not immediately available for comment. USA Today recently quoted Verizon COO Denny Strigl stating that the carrier will have a response to iPhone by late summer.
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Not a Cingular/AT&T fanBy Anonymous on May 29, 2007, 12:11 pmI don;t care how cool the i-Phone might be, I would never go to ATT (Cingular) for their service. No one who's been with Cingular has had anything good to say about...
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Re: IphoneBy Big Wireless on May 29, 2007, 12:25 pmI agree, I sold Verizon for 6 years and I still wouldnt go to AT&T just for the iphone. Ive seen pictures of the Prada and its cool, I just hope its not the iphone...
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The "partnerships" betweenBy John on May 29, 2007, 12:40 pmThe "partnerships" between ATT and Apple, and Verizon and LG, is nothing more than the network services providers (ATT and Verizon)attempt to create customer dependence...
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AT&T CingularBy Anonymous on May 29, 2007, 12:46 pmI have been with Cingular for years and have nothing but GOOD things to say about their service. And yes, I will be camped out at the store the day of the iPhone...
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Agree: I have been forBy Anonymous on May 29, 2007, 3:15 pmAgree: I have been for Cingular for 7 years, and been more than happy to buy my phone from ANYWHERE in the rest of the world (meaning SIM unloacked handsets from...
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Not a Cingular/AT&T fanBy panzrwagn on May 29, 2007, 3:22 pmAT&T vs. Verizon, Ford vs. Chevy, Red Sox vs. Yankees, Microsoft vs. Linux. NASCAR vs. Formula 1, American Football vs. World Football, Vegan vs. Carnan. Yawn. Next...
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