AT&T seems to be getting a little anxious about the loss of the exclusivity of the Apple iPhone. They have been adding a variety of different smartphones to their inventory in preparation for Verizon competition.

Bloomberg reports:

AT&T Inc., facing the possible loss of its hold on the iPhone, is adding handsets at an accelerating clip and retraining store staff to help reduce reliance on its top-selling smartphone during the holidays. AT&T clearly has tried to diversify themselves away from the iPhone, and that’s probably the right strategy since they’ve relied so heavily on the iPhone these past few years [...] this handset strategy could shelter them from some customer losses.”

AT&T has also been changing their retail stores around trying to take away total focus on the iPhone and put a little more emphasis on other smartphone devices, primarily Android. They have even given their employees an alternate type of smartphone in order to be less dependent on the iPhone in a post AT&T exclusive iPhone world.

Let us know what you think and plan on doing as far as your carrier of choice when Verizon get the iPhone go ahead.

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