[TurboSpartan]

Originally Posted by LA_Spartan

It had nothing to do with control over technology, It was about control over $$$. (which is ironic, because Verizon is going to lose market share over this)

Verizon rejected Apple iPhone deal - USATODAY.com

Apple's goal with these phones is 1% worldwide market share by late '08, so I don't think market share would be a huge concern. The price range they're in limits them to the $500+ phone market, which just won't have that big of an impact on the overall cell phone market share.

Now if they had stripped-down $100-200 versions to compete with cheaper mp3 phones as well, that would be a very different story; maybe they still will do that.