iPhone comes to Verizon. True?

The good news is that such a phone would cannibalize some existing iPhone/ATT users and be like creating a second lane of traffic for iPhone users. But reduced congestion would be short-lived...people are consumers...we consume natural resources until there are none left...no reason for us to stop doing so with data...

i would like to switch to Verizon , but i will loose my unlimited data plan , using netflix on my phone is fun without having to worry about going over the data plan and having to pay more . ATT works for me fine for now .

What, I hear as many people complain about Verizon as I do ATT (which is pretty bad and getting worse) Around here, people buy old iPhones to hack and to use with their TMobile accounts.

I love my iPhone 4 but ATT makes it frustrating to use at times. I get more dropped calls now in one year than I probably have in total since I signed up with ATT in 1998.

CROW21 wrote in post #11082212
i would like to switch to Verizon , but i will loose my unlimited data plan , using netflix on my phone is fun without having to worry about going over the data plan and having to pay more . ATT works for me fine for now .

I hear ya...the 5GB cap is much better than a $5 cheaper 2GB cap!! Somewhere I read that the same 5GB now costs $75, as opposed to $30 before. That appears to be assuming that you can purchase 1GB for $15, though my iPad only shows a $25/2GB add-on option. I can't tell if the iPhone has a 1GB option or not, as I do not plan on dumping my plan to find out!

ATT needs to come through and offer rollover data. If they are going to charge for data blocks, then we ought to be able to keep the data blocks we don't use immediately.

AngryCorgi wrote in post #11082522
ATT needs to come through and offer rollover data. If they are going to charge for data blocks, then we ought to be able to keep the data blocks we don't use immediately.

That's a great idea!

AngryCorgi wrote in post #11081275
I wouldn't be so sure...the iPhone outsells ALL android devices combined in the US (And there are android phones on every GSM/CDMA network, not just Verizon)...With iPhones and iPads being only on ATT's network, they probably have 200%+ the data load compared to what Verizon is experiencing.

I know I eat through ~3-4GB of data per month on my iPhone, with Hulu, MLB, and the NFL Ticket (and the occasional netflix movie) sucking serious chunks while I'm on the go.

This is USA use...for Verizon to hold half as many users, they would need 74% of the android users on their network...and that 28% iPhone share is NOT adding in the iPad consumers ...many of whom kept their accounts active, despite not using them very often due to the data-cap cuts that came. If you kept your 3G service alive, you kept your 5GB cap for $30/month...if you let it go dormant, its now $25/month for 2GB (another $25 for 2GB more and so on). My iPhone plan still has a 5GB cap too. Only new subscribers get the 2GB cap.

Droid eclipsed iphone this year and hasn't looked back since:

http://blog.nielsen.co​m …recent-smartphone-buyers/

merlin2375 wrote in post #11082714
Droid eclipsed iphone this year and hasn't looked back since:

http://blog.nielsen.co​m …recent-smartphone-buyers/

First of all, the term "Droid" refers to a model distinction (see silly commercial of robot-digits punching screen on phone), not the OS, and only represents a very small percentage of devices running the Android OS.

Also, the graph you are referring to is of recent purchases, not total current users. Total current users for the iPhone accounts for 28% of the smartphone market in the USA (that's four models in all...iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3Gs, and iPhone 4) compared to 19% owned by Android OS devices (several dozen different models, inclusive of "Droid" badged models).

While the Android OS sales are up as of the last 4-5 months, that is to be expected with the # of releases of different Android OS devices in recent months compared to one for iOS devices.

All of the devices are getting better, it appears to me that eventually it might be more a choosing of which service is better, ATT, Verizon etc.

AngryCorgi wrote in post #11082522
ATT needs to come through and offer rollover data. If they are going to charge for data blocks, then we ought to be able to keep the data blocks we don't use immediately.

I Agree 100% , and unlimited data to me should be trully unlimited not 5GB a month under fine print.

FYI - just announced, iPad coming to Verizon on 10/28... hopefully the iPhone will follow...

SquireBlueNJ wrote in post #11095106
FYI - just announced, iPad coming to Verizon on 10/28... hopefully the iPhone will follow...

WiFi only (to be used with the MiFi router) though...the news is just that they will sell them through Verizon retail stores...in addition they will now be selling them in ATT retail stores as well.

Understood, but I can only assume that means that they will launch a 4G version and probably a 4G iPhone in 2011 - since they just announced their 4G markets a few weeks back... no?

SquireBlueNJ wrote in post #11095239
Understood, but I can only assume that means that they will launch a 4G version and probably a 4G iPhone in 2011 - since they just announced their 4G markets a few weeks back... no?

Doubt this. Apple doesnt release unless the market is there. A 4G iphone is more likely in 2012 than 2011.

vipergts831 wrote in post #11095360
Doubt this. Apple doesnt release unless the market is there. A 4G iphone is more likely in 2012 than 2011.

And Apple is slow to adopt technology. I think the iPhone will land soon at Verizon, but I do not expect it to be 3GPP LTE (what they are calling "4G" right now on Verizon's network) compliant. Wait a generation and wait for the standard to stabilize (3GPP LTE is not fully compliant to the standards requirements yet...expected compliant roll-out is 2012) before you can expect Apple to follow suit.