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It's no secret that Apple will ship a new iPhone this summer. It's released a new model every June or July every year since 2007. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company is also hard at work on a CDMA iPhone for Verizon, to be shipped later in the year.

Rumors of a Verizon iPhone have been rampant for years. Many blame the iPhone's problem with dropped calls (and more) on AT&T's network. As such, there are quite a few consumers who have been waiting for a Verizon version of the world's most in-demand smartphone.

According to the report, one of the new iPhones is being manufactured by Taiwanese contract manufacturer Hon Hai. There's no surprise there; that's the company that produced Apple's previous iPhones. Meanwhile, Pegatron Technology Corp., the contract manufacturing subsidiary of Taiwan's ASUSTeK, is producing the CDMA version of the phone. The information came from a "person familiar with the matter," who added that the CDMA iPhone may be in production as early as September, but that it was unclear when Apple might ship the model.

Additionally, it appears the new iPhone will be called the iPhone HD.

Realistically, though, the WSJ's take on the new devices doesn't really give any more info than me already had: suspicion over a new iPhone for AT&T, as well as a CDMA version have been running high for quite some time.

It is, of course, new news about the manufacturers. Additionally, it's always been unclear if AT&T would get a new iPhone this year. The info from the WSJ seems to point to a yes answer for that, and a CDMA version for version out of the typical June / July delivery timeline for iPhone refresh. Or could the new Verizon iPhone be LTE, instead? That would be far more exciting.