Everybody were almost sure that AT&T’s exclusivity as a carrier with Apple Inc. will end this year, as Verizon seemed fairly close to seal the deal. However, it seems the AT&T’s iPad deal has offered the carrier company a new lease of life as reports suggest that AT&T's iPad deal might delay Verizon iPhone. So, does that mean that the Apple iPad 3G deal will help clinch AT&T another year of iPhone exclusivity?Well, as analysts are busy evaluating on the iPhone's future, fresh reports indicate that the U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T might continue to have carrier exclusivity for the iPhone until at least 2011 as Apple extends AT&T exclusive contract. Thanks to the iPad 3G deal it has cut with Apple early in the year; this will delay Verizon iPhone Release Date until 2011.