Apple Inc. is developing two new models of iPhone including one that may be prepared for Verizon Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the United States, U.S. media reported on Monday.
Apple is contracting Pegatron Technology Corp. to build an iPhone that has CDMA capability, the cellular technology used by Verizon Wireless, The Wall Street Journal said in a report on its website, citing people briefed on the matter.
The CDMA version of the iPhone is notable because Apple has long had an exclusive iPhone relationship with AT&T, the second largest U.S. wireless carrier whose networks are using the GSM standard.
It is reported that Pegatron is scheduled to start mass producing the CDMA iPhone in September, but it was unclear when Apple might make the model available.
The other new model of the iPhone may debut this summer, according to The Wall Street Journal.
