It’s the moment Apple fans and AT&T haters have been waiting for: The iPhone appears set to launch on Verizon Feb. 3. A source confirms that Apple has blacked out vacation requests for employees between Thursday, Feb. 3, and Sunday, Feb. 6; a similar four-day weekend was blacked out in June, when the iPhone 4 was launched. Plus, Verizon usually launches new products on Thursdays. BGR stops short of confirming it’s the Verizon iPhone that will be launched, but notes that it does look likely.
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