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Apple iPhone-4G to be AT&T Exclusive Claims Analysts

Apple iPhone-4G to be AT&T Exclusive Claims Analysts

According to bloggers and analysts at Barclays Capital, Apple will most likely choose to extend the iPhone exclusivity agreement with AT&T for the coming fourth generation iPhone.

Analyst Vijay Jayant based this prediction upon Apple’s recent partnership with AT&T to offer exclusive iPad wireless service. This would suggest that Apple is confident in its relationship with AT&T and is content on continuing its partnership with the wireless provider. Recently, the tone that Apple has been using with respect to AT&T has been increasingly positive over the past few months, which would suggest their relationship hasn’t become sour.

Some people are hoping Apple would jump ship with AT&T and move to Verizon to take advantage of their evolving 4G LTE wireless network. This, however, isn’t a feasible idea because Verizon’s LTE network won’t be ready for at least another year and nationwide coverage is still a long time coming. Until then, there’s really no reason to dissolve a hugely successful relationship with AT&T. Apple currently gets a huge cut of a user’s monthly cell bill through AT&T and they’re unlikely to get anywhere near the royalty with any other carrier, even Verizon.

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