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The Verizon iPhone 4: Small Antenna Changes Force Case Tweaks<br />

For its first three years in the United States,<br />

the iPhone was exclusive to AT&T - now the<br />

country’s second-largest carrier - which proved<br />

unable to cope properly with ever-increasing<br />

demands on its cellular network. Call drops<br />

became so bad in certain cities that Apple’s<br />

reputation for delivering great products<br />

began to suffer. When the exclusive ended, the<br />

iPhone 4 came to Verizon, AT&T’s bigger and<br />

more reliable rival. Based on all the complaints<br />

about AT&T, many people expected a massive<br />

outflux to Verizon, but that didn’t happen:<br />

Apple merely tweaked last year’s iPhone to<br />

work with Verizon’s old CDMA network, which<br />

has broader coverage inside the U.S. but runs<br />

slower, and has little international support -<br />

hence, there’s no SIM card slot. Apple also<br />

changed the iPhone 4’s antenna-separating<br />

bands, moving the side ringer switch and<br />

volume buttons down a little. Consequently,<br />

Apple and other case makers had to redesign<br />

their cases with a larger side switch hole.<br />

Around the same time, Apple encouraged<br />

developers to cut a huge hole for the rear<br />

camera and flash to avoid exposure problems<br />

caused by the bright LED light and whatever<br />

surrounds it. The next iPhone will likely have<br />

fewer variations, and a relocated LED flash.<br />

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