With the iSuppli teardown of the Verizon iPhone revealing the inside of the handset, analysts are of the opinion that Apple will likely recycle the CDMA handset’s design for the expected next iPhone iteration – the iPhone 5 - this summer.

According to iSuppli, which tears down consumer electronics to find out more about the components used, the way they are constructed and their cost, the Verizon iPhone teardown hints at a move to a Qualcomm baseband processor, which supports both CDMA and GSM networks – that is, the Verizon and AT&T networks respectively.

About the possible design of the iPhone 5 – which, as per experts, will be unveiled on June 6 -, IHS iSuppli’s senior analyst Wayne Lam said: “Apple should be able to retain about 95% of the design of the CDMA iPhone.”

Lam further added: “The changes required [for a GSM iPhone] are not insignificant. But the CDMA iPhone foretells the feature design of the next iPhone.”

However, about speculations as to whether Apple will ship one single iPhone that supports CDMA as well as GSM technologies, Lam said that such a move was highly unlikely, largely due to the additional costs involved in adding components that would not be used by everyone. Instead, Lam opines that Apple will most likely retain separate iPhone 5 models for CDMA and GSM networks.