Verizon dials up iPhone (week in review)
Deal ends AT&T monopoly on the device, while Google dumps H.264 video encoding. Also: unloading MySpace.
The long wait for a Verizon iPhone is finally over.
Verizon will begin selling Apple's iPhone on its network starting in early February. It's the same model iPhone 4 that AT&T and international carriers currently sell except that it connects to the CDMA network instead of GSM.
Starting February 10, a 16GB model will cost $199.99 with a two-year contract, according to Verizon Wireless' Web site. The 32GB model will sell for $299.99. An extra feature Verizon will offer is the phone's ability to serve as a personal Wi-Fi "hot spot." Up to five Wi-Fi devices can connect to the Verizon iPhone at one time.
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An unnamed source told The Wall Street Journal that the company plans to keep its $30-a-month unlimited data plan. Verizon rival AT&T, which had been the exclusive carrier in the U.S. for the iPhone since it launched in 2007, eliminated its unlimited data plan in June.
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