Verizon iPhone Preorders Begin Tomorrow

From PC World: Apple has announced that current Verizon Wireless customers can preorder the CDMA iPhone 4 starting tomorrow, a week before anyone can pick one up from Apple and Verizon online and brick-and-mortar stores.

Verizon, the largest wireless carries in the United States with more than 94 million customers, announced in January that it will sell the iPhone 4, ending over three years of AT&T exclusivity. Because of high demand, customer orders will be fulfilled on a first-come, first-serve basis, Apple said.

If you are a Verizon customer, you can preorder your iPhone with the carrier online through the Apple Store and from Verizon's site. If you are not a Verizon customer, you can purchase the phone on February 10 at Apple's retail stores and at more than 2,000 Verizon Wireless Communication Stores nationwide.

The iPhone 4 on Verizon will cost the same as it does on AT&T: $199 for the 16GB model and $299 for the 32GB model with a new two-year agreement. The Verizon iPhone 4 has a nearly identical design and feature set as the AT&T iPhone 4, with a few slight differences.

The main difference between the Verizon and the AT&T iPhone is in the antenna chips. The Verizon iPhone is compatible with the 3G EV-DO standard, with data download speeds of up to 1.4Mbps. The AT&T iPhone is compatible with the UMTS standard, which can achieve download speeds of up to 3Mbps.

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