Many signs are pointing to the Apple and AT&T agreenment that make the iPhone exclusive to AT&T ending within the next year.
To begin – the non-exclusivity has been much more profitable for apple in other parts of the world.AT&T CEO has acknowledged that the deal will not last forever.
And while Verizon might be all about showing off what Droid does right now, a new report suggests it could become the first carrier other than AT&T to offer iPhone on American soil, starting in the second half of 2010.
According to a report obtained by Apple Insider, “Apple has contracted to produce a UMTS/CDMA hybrid iPhone due in the third quarter of next year that will enable the company to sell a single global handset to all carriers, and specifically to Verizon Wireless in the US” – the significance of CDMA being that it’s the standard that Verizon’s network uses, versus AT&T’s GSM.
