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We've been hearing that the iPhone will be on Verizon "any day now" for the past three years. I'll believe it when I see it in a Verizon store. They can't even fill the preorders for white iPhones....

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I will say though that historically the WSJ (This writer in Particular) has been spot-on when reporting Apple rumors.

iPad: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870340570457501...

No iPhone 4 Recall: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870468260457536...

Job's Liver Transplant: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124546193182433491.html

And a TechCrunch article mentioning it: http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/15/iphone-4-recall/

It appears that Yukari Iwatani Kane has a connection to Job's inner circle...

Except for that $999 iPad.

Which was almost certainly price anchoring by Apple. If they leak to anyone, it's the WSJ.

This story can be spot-on (Apple's producing a CDMA iPhone) without fulfilling the only aspect which US-centric HN readers care about (that Verizon will carry it). The story is framed in terms of technical capability, not in terms of a deal in place.

A Verizon deal would be news. A CDMA iPhone in January just means Gruber has good sources.

It's beginning to feel like the Duke Nukem Forever of phones. It's been rumored too many times over the years for me to believe it until I actually hold it in my hands. Perhaps it will actually happen soon, but I remain skeptical.

(Yes, I know DNF is actually coming out, it appears. Gearbox just had to go and ruin a perfectly good metaphor by releasing a game that people have wanted for years.)

You still have perl6. :)

The fact that the white iPhone has not shipped is mutually exclusive from carrier availability rumors. With that said - although WSJ has been historically accurate on occasions, I've got a heavy filter on for things like this until it comes from Steve Jobs himself.

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