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This is something heard frequently from savvy smartphone shoppers. The general perception is that Verizon offers the best cell phone service available in the US, and that may actually be true. As discussed previously the difference between CDMA and GSM is such that a wireless provider gets better range and more power out of CDMA towers and phones than GSM. GSM offers advanced features, more simultaneous connections per tower and more conservative power usage for handsets, allowing the phones to be lighter and smaller, all at the cost of reduced range which means more towers are needed to cover the same area.

There are rumors, presented as fact, in a variety of reputable news sources stating that a Verizon iPhone is just around the corner. Stories have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and countless others. They point to release at various times, but generally they seem to be settling on January, 2011. At this point exclusivity on AT&T serves AT&T more than it does Apple and in other markets around the world Apple has already moved to multiple carriers, so it would make sense. But in those other markets all the carriers were GSM...