Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Rumor: Verizon and Apple are at odds over pricing on CDMA iPhone

Rumor: Verizon and Apple are at odds over pricing on CDMA iPhone

Filed under: Hardware, Rumors, Apple, iPhone

Analyst Maynard J. Um told investors today that while the rumored Verizon/Apple deal to bring a CDMA iPhone to the big V is still on the table, it's hit a snag over a pricing disagreement. Apparently Apple is used to being paid about $700 for every iPhone sold through AT&T, while Verizon pays out just $450 for Motorola's Droid, and the two companies are at odds over how much money should change hands for iPhones sold over the network. Seems like there should be a compromise somewhere in there, but of course any delays in making an agreement mean delays in actually releasing the ...


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