On one side, an iPhone 4. On the other, an iPhone 4. Spot the difference.
The new Verizon flavored device, left, has a new antenna layout wrapped around its exterior.
This is nothing to do with people moaning about “antennagate”. It’s a functional redesign to allow the phone to work with Verizon’s CDMA network.
It does look, from this photo at Engadget like the mute switch on the Verizon device has shifted a fraction of an inch southwards – which might mean that some cases and covers that fit an AT&T phone won’t necessarily fit a Verizon phone.
Otherwise, the devices appear to be identical in every other respect.
Amusingly, Verizon’s own web pages about the iPhone 4 are chock-full of stock photos of the AT&T version of the device – only the front page has the photo (annotated above) that clearly shows the refreshed antenna layout.
