John Gruber, from DaringFireball, has learned that a CDMA variant of the iPhone 4, code named N92, has reached EVT status.
I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test — like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test). That’s one step below DVT, which is one step below production. So it’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no longer a cold storage, keep-it-alive-just-in-case-we-need-it project.
That doesn’t make it a sure thing. It is essential to reiterate that for all I know, it is coming to market but has nothing to do with Verizon. GSM is more popular worldwide, but Verizon is not the only major CDMA carrier in the world.
Gruber hints that the new device will be ready for January. This, along with TechCrunch's report that Apple has submitted orders for millions of units of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets by December and AT&T's hints that iPhone exclusivity is about to end, suggest that finally these rumors may be correct.
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I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test — like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test). That’s one step below DVT, which is one step below production. So it’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no longer a cold storage, keep-it-alive-just-in-case-we-need-it project.
That doesn’t make it a sure thing. It is essential to reiterate that for all I know, it is coming to market but has nothing to do with Verizon. GSM is more popular worldwide, but Verizon is not the only major CDMA carrier in the world.
Gruber hints that the new device will be ready for January. This, along with TechCrunch's report that Apple has submitted orders for millions of units of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets by December and AT&T's hints that iPhone exclusivity is about to end, suggest that finally these rumors may be correct.
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