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Originally Posted by HarryT
But had they made it use EDGE, as Apple did with the iPhone, it would have still worked in the US, but been ready to roll-out internationally (as Apple have now done with the iPhone) without needing to redesign the hardware first.
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I think it was more about who they could partner with in the US for service than a desire to use EVDO over Edge. Apple almost inked a deal with Verizon but it fell apart. If that had happened, it would've been EVDO, too. It seriously is really, really not hard to bring out an EDGE version. Typically the partnership comes first, though, with stuff like this.