“We‚Äôve been hearing Verizon iPhone rumors for years now.

It‚Äôs to the point that no one really believes the rumors anymore, since analysts and pundits have cried wolf so many times. But this time looks to be different due to some key dynamics in the semiconductor value chain, and I am going to go on record to say Verizon will be selling an iPhone this coming January. Here‚Äôs why:”

“Sources with knowledge of this entire situation have assured me that Apple has submitted orders for millions of units of Qualcomm CDMA chipsets for a Verizon iPhone run due in December. This production run would likely be for a January launch, and I‚Äôd bet the phone is nearly 100% consistent with the current iPhone 4 (with a fixed internal insulator on the antenna).”

Full article here:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/08/08/verizon-iphone-january/