Verizon to launch iPhone just after Christmas, report says

Christmas may be at hand for iPhone customers and wannabes who want the Apple smartphone to be sold by someone other than AT&T.

According to MacDailyNews, Verizon will launch iPhone sales right after Christmas.

Citing a source “believe to be familiar with the matter,” the website says AT&T asked for the delay of the announcement – and the loss of its iPhone exclusivity – until after Christmas.

However, the report also links the iPhone-Verizon release to Verizon’s still fledgling 4G high-speed wireless network.

“While some of these rumors carry a little more weight than others, I would caution anyone getting their hopes up about an iPhone that is 4G capable any time in 2011,” Cnet reports.

Read the MacDailyNews report here.

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