Apple Wants To Hire An Engineer To Make The Verizon iPhone

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The storied Verizon iPhone remains as questionably and rumorous as a cryptozoological specimen: no matter how many times it is reported as a soon-to-be-imminent reality, it never quite seems to come about, no matter how assertive the Wall Street Journal or New York Times seem to be about the matter.

Still, even if it hasn’t come about yet, Apple’s clearly interested in the possibility of bringing the iPhone to Verizon when their exclusivity deal with AT&T ends, as evidenced by this most recent job posting looking to hire a new staff member who is experienced with Verizon’s CDMA network.

The listing calls for a full-time Cellular Systems Performance Engineer who is familiar with cellular technologies such as GSM, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSDPA, HSUPA and, tellingly, CDMA.

Granted, that’s a catch all: what Apple wants here is an all-around cellular expert. The posting, in and of itself, does not bring the likelihood of a Verizon iPhone any more pronounced, but with Verizon rolling out its new 4G network and AT&T’s iPhone exclusivity set to die by year end, it’s good to know that Cupertino, at the very least, is trying to hire staff to make a universal iPhone possible.

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