Verizon is reportedly poised to unceremoniously end AT&T’s controversial and oft-criticized iPhone monopoly.
According to Bloomberg, Verizon will start selling the popular handheld Apple device as early as January 2011.
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Unsurprisingly, UBS AG analyst John Hodulik estimated that iPhone sales would provide Verizon with a definite and obvious “boost” in its competition for smartphone consumers.
“Verizon customers, who numbered 92.8 million at the end of the first quarter, may buy 3 million iPhones a quarter,” said Hodulik.
“The fact is, Apple is going to dramatically increase the number of devices it sells in the US when exclusivity at AT&T ends…It’s hard to ignore the quality issues that AT&T has faced.”