NYT confirms: iPhone coming to Verizon in early 2011

Following a lengthy report from the Wall Street Journal stating that Apple planned to start mass production of a CDMA-capable iPhone that would arrive on Verizon Wireless early next year, the New York Times has published an article claiming independent confirmation of the move. The report cites a single source who is said to be in direct contact with Apple, and who said that Apple is currently making a version of the iPhone 4 for Verizon. A separate report in the South China Morning Post, recounted by AppleInsider, has suggested that Apple would also offer the CDMA version of the iPhone on China Telecom some time in 2011, as the third-largest Chinese carrier uses the same 3G standard as Verizon Wireless.