在漫长的等待之后，iPhone终于登陆了Verizon

IDG新闻处(纽约分社)纽约(2011年11月1日)——iPhone粉丝们欢呼雀跃，传言终于成真了:周二，Verizon宣布将在其网络上提供苹果标志性的iPhone 4，成为继AT&T之后美国第二家提供这款智能手机的运营商。苹果首席运营官蒂姆·库克(Tim Cook)在威瑞森在纽约举行的发布会上说，这款智能手机将运行威瑞森的3G EV-DO网络，并将于下月初上市。“所有的苹果公司都非常非常高兴能把iPhone带给威瑞森的9300万用户，”他说。尽管这款手机的发布正值Verizon加大其LTE网络的推广力度，但它并不能运行更快的网络。这个事实肯定会让满怀希望的消费者失望。电话与Verizon的3 g ev - do网络兼容,这承诺600 Kbps到1.4 Mbps的下载速度。这使得AT&T的iPhone 4能够获得更快的下载速度。许多评测者报告iPhone 4的典型吞吐量约为每秒3mbps。然而，尽管这比Verizon的EV-DO网络要快，但目前的iPhone用户往往会抱怨网络覆盖和可用性。如果用户无法连接到网络，那么网络有多快就无关紧要了。 AT&T has been the only carrier offering the iPhone in the U.S. since its launch in June 2007. Users have complained about the performance on AT&T's network and believe they'd have better luck on Verizon's network. Rumors of a Verizon iPhone have been persistent nearly since the initial launch of the phone over three years ago. Verizon began talking to Apple in 2008 about bringing to phone to its network, said Lowell McAdam, president and chief operating officer of Verizon. They started testing it in 2009. The specifications of the phone appear to be similar to the original iPhone 4 that starting shipping in June last year. It comes with a 3.5-inch “Retina” screen that displays images at a 960 by 640 resolution. The phone will include an Apple-developed A4 chip. It remains to be seen how the availability of the iPhone from Verizon may impact AT&T. ComScore recently said that as of November, Apple had 25 percent of the U.S. smartphone market. That amounts to a significant number of phones on AT&T's network. In the third quarter of last year alone, AT&T reported it activated 5.2 million iPhones. However, just last week, a Consumer Reports customer satisfaction survey ranked AT&T last among mobile operators. Over half of the 58,000 respondents who were AT&T customers used iPhones. Still, in order to switch to Verizon, an existing iPhone user will have to buy a new phone and potentially either wait out or pay to break their contract with AT&T.