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It's Official: Verizon Has The iPhone 4

The wait is over. Verizon Wireless just officially announced that it too now has the iPhone, ending AT&T’s exclusive deal with Apple.

CNet News is live-blogging the event here.

As we said earlier, All Tech Considered has lots of answers about all this.

Update at 11:18 a.m. ET: CNet says Verizon Wireless’ existing customers will be able to order the phone starting in early February. Prices: $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB. Two-year contracts required. Copyright 2011 National Public Radio. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.

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