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iPhone 5 Will Be A “World Phone”, Will Work On Any Network

Posted in News on 22/04/2011 by J. Glenn Künzler

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At the moment, there are are two versions of the Apple iPhone 4 – a type of situation that Apple doesn’t really appreciate. Eventually, it seems that Apple will want to converge these into a singular device. Verizon’s CFO thinks that will occur with the iPhone 5.

CFO Fran Shammo, asked about the sluggishness of the company’s ARPU growth in Q1, when the iPhone was introduced – growth was just 2.2%, compared to 2.5% in Q4, remarked:

“The fluctuation, I believe, will come when a new device from Apple is launched, whenever that may be, and that we will be, on the first time, on equal footing with our competitors on a new phone hitting the market, which will also be a global device.”

If Shammo’s right, expect the lines to converge again in September, when Apple releases the iPhone 5, probably with a significantly different Antenna design.

[Macrumors, CultofMac]

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J. Glenn Künzler

Glenn is Managing Editor at MacTrast, and has been using a Mac since he bought his first MacBook Pro in 2006. Now he's up to his neck in Apple, and owns an old iBook, a 2011 MacBook Pro, a MacBook Air, a third-generation iPad, 2 iPhones, and a Mac Mini that lives at the neighbor's house. He lives in a small town in Utah, enjoys bacon more than you can possibly imagine, and is severely addicted to pie.