
iPhone stuck on AT&T until 2010
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010
If you’ve been waiting until the AT&T exclusivity contract with Apple ran out before you got an iPhone, you’ll have to wait a couple of more years. Verizon customers are probably shedding a few extra tears since it was widely rumored that company could be getting the iPhone as early as this summer. But Apple has now confirmed on record that the contract they signed in 2007 was god for five years.
The contract term was made public after Apple filed court documents in an ongoing California class action suit. The lawsuit, which was filed three years ago, alleges that Apple and AT&T have an illegal monopoly over both the iPhone and the App Store.
While it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility that the contract could be changed, it isn’t going to happen without a lot of legal wrangling. Of course it might be worth it after a recent survey revealed that more than half of Verizon customers would buy an iPhone if given the opportunity.
If you’ve been waiting until the AT&T exclusivity contract with Apple ran out before you got an iPhone, you’ll have to wait a couple of more years. Verizon customers are probably shedding a few extra tears since it was widely rumored that company could be getting the iPhone as early as this summer. But Apple has now confirmed on record that the contract they signed in 2007 was god for five years.
The contract term was made public after Apple filed court documents in an ongoing California class action suit. The lawsuit, which was filed three years ago, alleges that Apple and AT&T have an illegal monopoly over both the iPhone and the App Store.
While it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility that the contract could be changed, it isn’t going to happen without a lot of legal wrangling. Of course it might be worth it after a recent survey revealed that more than half of Verizon customers would buy an iPhone if given the opportunity.







