We’re not fans of all the wireless carriers using the term 4G when the actual service being offered is really a 3G+ or 3.5G and not the true 4G technology which is still in development.

That said, the Verizon iPhone will not have any of Verizon’s advanced network functionality. This is especially interesting seeing how Verizon has been running an ad campaign promoting their higher speed network.

The development of a CDMA (Verizon’s network technology) iPhone was not an insignificant undertaking. It’s interesting that they did not include the higher speed technology.

The result is that consumers purchasing the Verizon iPhone will be locked into a 2-year agreement with a phone lacking the fastest data transfer rate.