PCWorld and many others have been reporting for the last couple of days about the rumor that Apple will end it’s iPhone exclusivity on Wednesday along with the announcement of their new tablet. This has been coming for a while; I am actually surprised that it has taken Apple this long to break out of their agreements.

Release the hounds

When the iPhone is opened up to other carriers we will soon see the real test of networks other than AT&T. I personally think that a network like Verizon could handle the network load, but without some real world testing it remains to be seen. It will be interesting to see how these other US carriers handle the iPhone epidemic that is approaching.

New Networks, New iPhones

So, with the end of exclusivity one has to consider that a new and improved iPhone will be released. I highly doubt Apple will end their agreement only to go to T-Mobile; if they want to take over they will have to create a CDMA version that will work on Verizon that also may have the newer LTE technology as well (when Verizon moves to LTE). I HIGHLY doubt that Apple and Verizon would release a strictly LTE based phone until possibly next year. Just because LTE is being tested in the US, doesn’t mean that it is anywhere close to being rolled out.

So, CDMA iPhone? I think so. If Apple wants to truly kill it on Wednesday their “one more thing” will be a CDMA iPhone on Verizon for a summer release. I’d say a revolutionary tablet and a new iPhone on a network that can handle it would be pretty stellar.