Apple Field Testing CDMA iPhone and Next Gen iPad

Submitted by lalit on August 16, 2010 - 12:39pm.

BGR is reporting that Apple has started field-testing the rumored Verizon iPhone and next generation iPad. The website posted:

One of our Apple sources has just informed us of something very interesting. Way down deep within iOS 4 is a pretty intriguing block of code. Our source says that the code queries the device, and if the device is either a CDMA iPhone or iPad 2, the device will auto-activate, thus bypassing the need for iTunes. We’re told this block of code has appeared every year consecutively before a major iPhone / device release, removed right before launch. This allows the products to be field tested by carriers (or partners) without having to activate the handsets or devices.

This is another indication that Verizon iPhone is slowly becoming a reality. The sooner it comes the better it will be for customers as well as for Apple.