For more than three years, Apple only uses AT&T network for its iphone 4’s. Now because of the growing momentum of the Android smartphones, Apple finally decides to offer iphones in Verizon. Android smartphones now have greater share in smartphone market than the Apple iphones. This will put a serious threat to the iphones which have the largest percent of Apple’s revenue. Although it will be a long process for this move to be successful because Verizon uses a different network technology, Verizon iphone 4 will still create an impact to the Apple’s share in the market. Surveys show that Verizon customers who bought an Android phone could have bought iphone 4 instead if they have one.
This is a great idea for Apple but they should have done it sooner. The current growing status of Android phones now will be difficult to slow down. Apple should have predict such changes in the market with this new technology. If they put iphone 4 in Verizon sooner, then more consumers will be using an iphone 4 today instead of Android phone. If less people are using Android phone, then it will be easier for Apple to dominate the market (excluding the Blackberry users).
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/09/technology/09phone.html?_r=1&ref=business