The end of AT&T...Verizon iPhone

[marlin29311]

Yup - it's just been confirmed - iPhone for Verizon in 2011.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/06/ ... on-iphone/

I guess I can see why AT&T wanted to have all of those 6 month early upgrades now...to keep people on their network.

Thoughts?

[PoorManQ45]

Yey, iPhone moving to another crappy network...

It will be nice to see Android devices kill the iPhone

[AppleBonker]

I'll believe it when I see it? Though it wont do me any good since I have a strange feeling I'll be rocking a Droid 2 sometime in August...

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

I'll believe it when I see it? Though it wont do me any good since I have a strange feeling I'll be rocking a Droid 2 sometime in August...

agreed since ima need one by sept.......stupid phones

[dasoupdude]

Balls, i just switched to t-mobile from verizon

[Dattebayo]

This is great for you sedentary bored people.

[PoorManQ45]

Balls, i just switched to t-mobile from verizon

That's alright, Tmobile has excellent coverage.

[Jesda]

ABOUT DAMN TIME.

This means by 2050 Sprint will get the iPhone.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I'll just be happy to see AT&T perish. I really don't give 2 s*** who gets an iPhone.

[Otto.]

Yey, iPhone moving to another crappy network...

It will be nice to see Android devices kill the iPhone

I'll agree with you on the Android part but saying that Verizon has a bad network is just straight up incorrect. When I had Verizon (up until a couple of weeks ago) I can't remember ever dropping a call or having less than average signal (it was usually really good). Verizon has a great network.
I still don't like them though. They're overpriced and customer service isn't the best.

I like Sprint a lot better.

[elwesso]

I currently own a phone that has a backlight that only works when you press the top right button that I bought for $20 from jltibbs because I went swimming with my old phone

With that being said, I definitely think the droid is better than the iPhone.. Primarily because I think anything apple related is for hippies.. god i hate hippies..

[dasoupdude]

Balls, i just switched to t-mobile from verizon

That's alright, Tmobile has excellent coverage.

I wanted to because I wanted a carrier that was gsm or whatever with a sim card thing. That way I could use my phone whenever i went to the Philippines.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

god i hate hippies..

...although I do have an ipod... its a 4 gig 2nd gen all aluminum iPod though... bought it used for $50 with a dead battery, mailed it back to Apple (in Germany) and got a replacement for free... had it ever since. That being said... I'm looking to upgrade.

[HashiriyaS14]

Verizon will screw it up, like on their Blackberries where they lock out the GPS functionality until you pay for it separately.

[Ghostdrifter88]

I just switched 2 months ago to Verizon from AT&T. f*** AT&T. I dropped atleast 2 calls a day. and had coverage NO WHERE! There so called promised 3G coverage everywhere is a lie. i cant remember the last time i had 3G.
Verizon is awesome. I have coverage and 3G everywhere. currently working on the san mateo bridge underground. in the concrete tunnels and i have full 3G.
I will be so happy when AT&T dies.
as for the Iphone, i never cared for it. had it for a year and wasnt that impressed.

[Loki]

Yey, iPhone moving to another crappy network...

It will be nice to see Android devices kill the iPhone

Mofo, yes!! My phone itself is kinda slow and clunky at times, but that's Samsung's fault mostly. The Android system of doing things is pretty awesome.

Alas, the iPhone and Apple will never die, because the stupid trendy hipster lifestyle will never go away.

[Jesda]

It would beyond retarded to want any major competitor to get "killed." Android exists because of Apple advancing a category of mobile technology. Before iPhone, you had Palm and PocketPC. I don't want a one-world-one-system universe like the rest of you. If something stinks, I want the option of abandoning it and moving on to something else.

Remember the early to mid 90s when Windows 3.x was dominant? Remember how awful it was and how large Microsoft's market share was? I don't want the days of near-monopoly to ever return.

If its down to the annoying nerds vs the douchey hipsters, I'll pick something else.

[dasoupdude]

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i lawld

NSFW

[n00b240]

My iPhone 2g, is alive and kickin on Tmobile. Lifelong tmobile user here, eff AT&T. As soon as the fellas unlock the iPhone4, I'll be picking it up

[alms24sebring]

AT&T was crap, Tmobile is better but still crap. Sprint has to have the worst coverage, costomer service, and phones ever. Verizon is where its at.

Its funny because theres an ATT ad at the bottom of this page. BOOOOOO

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Whoever says Verizon doesn't have good service has obviously never used them.

And whoever says they like Sprint has never used them either. Sprint is a joke of a network. Their service even sucked when we used them in Kansas City. Mind you, that's where their headquarters is and it's SO big that it has its own zip code.

AT&T has really gone downhill. Their price structure is really messed up now and is gonna push people away (including me) in favor of a superior network like Verizon. If you are paying $30 extra a month for internet, who in their right mind would want a limit on how much they can use it?

[Ron Burgundy]

The end of AT&T? Not likely...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/ ... on-iphone/

With the amount of subscribers on family or corporate plans, the switch-over rate is unlikely to be as high as everyone here speculates. There's no doubt they'll lose some market share, but nothing threatening.

And for what its worth, I've been with AT&T for years in Northern Orange County and have had little to no service related issues.

[Beancooker]

Was hooked up with an HTC EVO from work. Badass phone, and I don't have to pay the bill.... Win/Win.

[MinisterofDOOM]

The end of AT&T? Not likely...

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/05/ ... on-iphone/

Well of course AT&T would say they don't consider Verizon a threat. That's standard PR bullcrap. And this is the same company that sees aggressive advertising as a better "solution" to crappy service than just fixing their crappy service.

AT&T clearly DOES see Verizon as a serious threat or we wouldn't have had the whole "coverage map" drama happening.

As for corporate customers, employers go where the cost is most effective. Lots of companies switch providers regularly, hunting for the best deals. There's certainly no reason to believe current AT&T corporate iPhone customers will stay with AT&T any more than anyone else would.

[Urabus GodofTraction]

Oh nooooes. Maybe I'll cancel my Droid X preorder!

Oh wait. Nope.

[Ron Burgundy]

[Well of course AT&T would say they don't consider Verizon a threat. That's standard PR bullcrap.

I agree with that, but the points he makes are extremely valid.

[AT&T clearly DOES see Verizon as a serious threat or we wouldn't have had the whole "coverage map" drama happening.

I don't get it, that's standard marketing for competing companies. Genius on Verizon's part. There is no arguing that Verizon offers a wider 3G coverage, but considering the amount of AT&T subscribers - its hard to believe the coverage is that bad. Is it to say that there are enough iPhone fanboys around the U.S. to keep AT&T in business? Doubtful.

As for corporate customers, employers go where the cost is most effective. Lots of companies switch providers regularly, hunting for the best deals. There's certainly no reason to believe current AT&T corporate iPhone customers will stay with AT&T any more than anyone else would.

Fair enough, but who's to say what the cost will be on Verizon? I may be wrong, as I haven't done any research on it, but the price hasn't been quoted yet. Plus as mentioned above, Verizon did some s*** footwork a while back when they made data plans mandatory. Not to mention, many companies with advertising (or similar) contracts with AT&T that are highly unlikely to be broken. These contracts allow these companies to recieve discounts that couldn't be matched.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I don't get it, that's standard marketing for competing companies. Genius on Verizon's part. There is no arguing that Verizon offers a wider 3G coverage, but considering the amount of AT&T subscribers - its hard to believe the coverage is that bad.

Ask an average AT&T customer what 3G means. They won't be able to tell you. Most people can't tell the difference between 3G coverage and 2G coverage. Which is what AT&T is counting on. And goes right back to what I said: they'd rather advertise their problems away than fix them.
People subscribe because they don't know what they're doing. And they stay because they were dumb enough to sign a 2 year contract to get a friggin' iPhone.

[Ron Burgundy]

Ask an average AT&T customer what 3G means. They won't be able to tell you. Most people can't tell the difference between 3G coverage and 2G coverage. Which is what AT&T is counting on. And goes right back to what I said: they'd rather advertise their problems away than fix them.
People subscribe because they don't know what they're doing. And they stay because they were dumb enough to sign a 2 year contract to get a friggin' iPhone.

Look, by no means am I saying AT&T is an amazing company (though I personally have never had problems). I just have a hard time believing just because their breadwinner will be available on another network (and possibly multiple networks in the future), they will be run out of business. And if your argument is that AT&T subscribers are "dumb enough" then they wont mind sticking with such a crappy company now will they?

[MinisterofDOOM]

When did I say AT&T was going out of business?

[Ron Burgundy]

You didn't.

I was arguing the thread title.