Verizon iPhone Announcement: The Good & Bad News

Verizon Wireless customers will soon—finally—be able to get the iPhone on their carrier of choice. And during the Verizon press conference announcing the Verizon iPhone release date, both Verizon and Apple emphasized that this was the same iPhone we’ve all come to know so intimately—thanks, in part, to controversies over the iPhone 4's antenna design and back surface.

But it turns out there are a couple minor physical differences, and those differences are just enough to affect the Verizon iPhone’s compatibility with some of the thousands of iPhone 4 cases out there. More...