Well-sourced John Gruber wrote today that a CDMA iPhone 4 device is in “Engineering Verification Test” phase, on schedule for a January 2011 launch. “I don’t know anything about negotiations with Verizon, and I doubt anyone does other than the highest-level executives at both companies. But I do know that engineering-wise, the wheels are turning on N92, the CDMA variant of the iPhone 4. It’s certainly not in production yet, and hasn’t reached DVT status (device verification test — like Gray Powell’s infamous stolen unit), but it is, a few little birdies claim, at EVT (engineering verification test). That’s one step below DVT, which is one step below production. So it’s right about where you’d think it would be if it were scheduled to go on sale in January. The CDMA iPhone is no longer a cold storage, keep-it-alive-just-in-case-we-need-it project,” Gruber wrote in his blog.
Rumors of Apple creating iPhones for US carriers other than AT&T exist for a long time. The latest is a T-Mobile rumor that came last month with a report saying that Apple and T-Mobile talks are in an advanced stage. The first Verizon iPhone report came back in March when a Wall Street Journal report suggested that Apple would start mass producing CDMA iPhones in September. In addition, DigiTimes reported that Pegatron already received order for 10 million CDMA iPhone devices.
Source: Daring Fireball
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