Will Verizon ever get the iPhone? It's not likely to happen soon, and the reason doesn't have anything to do with negative ads, mysterious contract expirations or even the competition, says one analyst. Rather, it has everything to do with Apple's corporate philosophy and Verizon's execution of Long Term Evolution (LTE).

Industry watchers are once again weighing in on what might happen when the exclusive deal between AT&T (NYSE: T) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) expires and if Verizon will ever get the iconic handset after the issue surfaced during both of the carrier's respective earnings calls.

Apple and AT&T recorded yet another stellar quarter, with the nation's second-largest network reporting that 40 percent of its record-breaking 3.2 million iPhone activations were new subscribers, a batch of stats most carriers would covet.

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