The next version of the iPhone will contain a special chip that allows it to work on networks in Europe, Africa, Asia, America, and more.
According to American ‘technology experts’ the worldwide iPhone will be launched next Summer in the US by Verizon Wireless.
The new iPhone will utilise a Qualcomm microchip that will work on both the 3G dominant European and African networks as well as the CDMA2000 networks used by Verizon and much of the rest of the world.
“This Qualcomm-powered world phone will facilitate Apple to be carrier-agnostic,” Kumar said, meaning the new iPhone will not be restricted to any network providers.
This is a logical next step for Apple, who originally released the iPhone under exclusivity deals with network partners in the US, UK, France and Germany. It has recently changed this policy to offer to offer the iPhone through many more mobile phone networks across the world.
This strategy has increased the number of iPhone users worldwide and hugely increased the Christmas party fund at Apple HQ.
Yesterday was the first day that iPhone’s were available to Orange customers in the UK, ending the exclusive deal between Apple and O2. According to early reports from Orange, they were able to sell over 30,000 iPhones by 4pm. Carphone Warehouse are planning on shifting 1M iPhones before Christmas.
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