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Apple iPhone No Longer Verizon's Bestselling Smartphone? [Update]
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It's almost like Apple is starting to follow Intel's Tick-Tock cycle. Major change one year (iPhone 3G, iPhone 4), incremental improvements the following year (iPhone 3Gs, iPhone 4s). Repeat.
Wonder if that has anything to do with 99.9% of people being stuck in 2-year contracts?
Doesn't make sense for people like you that have to upgrade every year, but for folks coming out of a 2-year contract, the iPhone 4s is most definitely a better phone than the iPhone 4.
"The news comes by way of a research note from William Blair's Anil Doradla."
Anil Doradla... ...is an anagram for All Android... something's fishy...
Anil Doradla... ...is an anagram for All Android... something's fishy...
I don't. I do however expect that a phone released in June 2010 and the most current phone in June 2012 should have significant differences between them.
You can get a RAZR MAXX on Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Target... and so on.
It's widely available.
I was getting calls weekly from Verizon to "upgrade" to a Droid. I finally asked them to stop calling, I'll upgrade when the new iPhone is released. The sales rep on the phone then went into how much better the new droids are than the iPhone, etc. I laughed and said thanks, but don't worry, I'll be preordering the new iPhone the moment I am able to, and asked to not be called about it again. It's been just over a week, so we shall see.
I have no idea what you are talking about, and this is coming from a three times experience. I switched from ATT to Verizon, when iPhone 4 first came out on Verizon. Walk into the store ask for one and 20 minutes later walked out with one. A month later, went back to Verizon store asked for another iPhone (switching my sister from ATT to Verizon), again walked out with an iPhone. Four month later did the same for my fiancé. So really I have no idea where your claim is coming from, I asked for an iPhone and their question was "what color and how big the memory you want?". Every single time, from three different time period. Also, between two different stores more than 200 miles apart.
BTW, not a single time was I told or the word Android was mentioned to me.
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The iPhone sells itself... no need to promote it...
You just proved to them that they don't need to market or advertise or even display the iPhone. It's so popular people would ask for it. Why waste a phone that they could sell by displaying it?
You just proved to them that they don't need to market or advertise or even display the iPhone. It's so popular people would ask for it. Why waste a phone that they could sell by displaying it?
I have never had issues getting a verizon iphone. I've had one myself, and I have been with 4 other people who bought one in the store.
Go in, say you want the iphone, and you're good to go.
I don't care if Droid Rzr Maxx is the bestselling phone on Verizon, but was not said that bringing the iPhone to Verizon would crush Android sales?
Iphones are so expensive the carriers aren't making any money off them. It's going to take years for Verizon and Sprint just to break even. I don't blame these carriers for blackballing the iphone and pushing Android handsets, it's too expensive. Apple is their own worst enemy sometimes.
I don't even want to know what an "A$$ man" is. That sounds like a private matter, no matter how proud you are to be one.
Dammit, all I want is the freaking ability to remove the Stock, Weather, Voice Memos, and Compass apps!!! I can't believe we're five years into iOS and I still cannot choose which apps I want off MY phone.
Other than that, I have no complaints. Sure, I'd like to see iOS drastically change (it's getting a little long in the tooth) and I'm also praying that the longer-but-not-wider screen rumors are nothing more than that: rumors.
EDIT: I also want that wretched Newsstand off of my iPhone/iPad.
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Both the iPhone and the Droid make Verizon about $90 a month from each customer. That's the business Verizon is in... selling expensive contracts.
I often hear that the iPhone costs Verizon more money to subsidize.
But in this thread I also heard that Verizon gives $75 to a salesperson to sell a non-iPhone.
So how much difference does that make in the end?
Let me put it this way. The screen on every other major smartphone (apple, samsung, htc, nokia) out there is better.
With the US cellular companies' system, you can only upgrade every two years without wasting money. Relax.
This actually makes a lot of sense. Most of us in these forums would love a big upgrade every 12 months and would be happy to hand out the money for one, but the vast majority of people don't think like us. They want a nice phone that's practical and affordable; meaning they will plan on keeping that device until they're once again eligible for a subsidy on the device. Apple doing major refreshes every other year actually works out for the majority. Sucks for the rest of us who want the latest and greatest, but hey, it is what it is.
Whoa, Motorola? I have not seen a Motorola in the wild since... More than 5 years, at least! And surely not a smartphone.
Nevertheless, I guess there's a bunch being distributed in the US. But they're not really showing up here in Belgium though. The most smartphones I spot, are first of all cheapass-Frodo-Samsung phones from around 100-200 euros. From the high-end smartphone the most spotted is the iPhone I think though, and next I'd say HTC. And the higher end Samsung devices - I have only spotted one, 1 year ago, no idea which version it was. The only thing I could think was how the hell the huge device can possibly fit in one's pockets. This is also the reason I hope the form-factor change is and always will be a rumor. What's the hype of all these big screens? Tablet != smartphone.
Nevertheless, I guess there's a bunch being distributed in the US. But they're not really showing up here in Belgium though. The most smartphones I spot, are first of all cheapass-Frodo-Samsung phones from around 100-200 euros. From the high-end smartphone the most spotted is the iPhone I think though, and next I'd say HTC. And the higher end Samsung devices - I have only spotted one, 1 year ago, no idea which version it was. The only thing I could think was how the hell the huge device can possibly fit in one's pockets. This is also the reason I hope the form-factor change is and always will be a rumor. What's the hype of all these big screens? Tablet != smartphone.
Update the iPhone slightly more often
To be honest Apple needs to update their phone slightly more frequently. The cycle seems to be every two years, with a slight update half way through. Is that really all they can do? If the next phone is amazing and well ahead of the competition, maybe that cycle is fine; but?
To be honest Apple needs to update their phone slightly more frequently. The cycle seems to be every two years, with a slight update half way through. Is that really all they can do? If the next phone is amazing and well ahead of the competition, maybe that cycle is fine; but?
It's not ridiculous to expect a major upgrade when they only release 1 new model a year. However, Apple was smart not to include 4G in the 4s. They couldn't afford to have their only phone have horrible battery life like the 1st batch of Android LTE phones such as the HTC Thunderbolt or LG Revolution.
As a member of Verizon Management, I can tell you that this isn't because of Device quality, this is because one of our most forced KPI's in stores is LTE.
As a manager, I have to contantly be on my sales reps about selling LTE devices over anything, despite any actual qulification for an iPhone. Fact of the matter is, Verizon is pushing LTE harder than anything and this is evidence of it.
It's so bad on a store level, that it's to the point where I have to fire reps if they aren't selling LTE devices over the iPhone.
So as much as these articles may make you think, the real matter is that on a store level, Reps are strong armed into selling LTE over anything or their job could be on the line.
As a manager, I have to contantly be on my sales reps about selling LTE devices over anything, despite any actual qulification for an iPhone. Fact of the matter is, Verizon is pushing LTE harder than anything and this is evidence of it.
It's so bad on a store level, that it's to the point where I have to fire reps if they aren't selling LTE devices over the iPhone.
So as much as these articles may make you think, the real matter is that on a store level, Reps are strong armed into selling LTE over anything or their job could be on the line.
I doubt their salespeople are brainwashed--all three of the associates at the counter had iPhones in their pockets! It must have just been a week that they were supposed to push certain other models.
So in other words, other than analysts' "educated guesses", nobody knows what the top-selling phone at Verizon is.
Again, this is not true.
Despite what they carry, Verizon Sales Reps are strong armed into selling LTE as it's their #1 KPI. Additionally, there's no data feature spiff on iPhones where there are on Androids, hence the additional motivation to make more commission on an Android device.