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4th Gen iPhone..AT&T or Verizon? Your Opinion ?
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Just a hunch of mine;
Testing is on going in the South East region.
roll out beginning next summer.
Verizon's talk about the iphone is typical apple talk, denial denial denial. But how in the world can Apple pass up getting a chunk of the 80 million subscribers.
I believe that the poster is talking about roaming. Australia and most of Europe don't have any CDMA2000 networks to roam on. Other countries are getting rid of them; for example the CDMA2000 network here in NZ is only guaranteed to be operational until 2012 (carrier has rolled out WCDMA and encouraging all customers to move across).
If I take my iPhone overseas, does it needs to be jailbroken/unlocked or does At&t have a special Sim card for travelers?It will "Work internationally" but it's gonna cost you a arm and a leg for roaming
I want the new iPhone on verizon so AT&T will have less of a volume of users on the network... AT&T does have faster 3g than verizon, except it slows down because so many people are using it at once. Try using your iPhone late at night. You'll see...
Not going to happen.
Tmobile has alot better chances on getting it than Verizon since its a GSM carrier.
They wont have to do much besides add Tmobiles 3G frequency.
They wont completelly rebuild the whole iphone to work on CDMA voice and LTE data since thats what Verizon would be doing with all their phones.
That iphone would be 4 times thicker than todays model
Tmobile has alot better chances on getting it than Verizon since its a GSM carrier.
They wont have to do much besides add Tmobiles 3G frequency.
They wont completelly rebuild the whole iphone to work on CDMA voice and LTE data since thats what Verizon would be doing with all their phones.
That iphone would be 4 times thicker than todays model
It will have to be unlocked then you buy a prepaid sim in the other country and slide it in and have fun.
I would jump to Verizon if the iphone was offered. Verizon has much better coverage in Utah and states surrounding it. I went on a 2000 mile motorcycle trip and those of us with ATT phones were always borrowing somebody with Verizon since only they could get service in many of the areas we were.
Just the complete opposite for me. AT&T was the bomb on the East Coast as well as the West Coast and everything in between. VZ was definitely the runner-up. California, AZ, NM, OK, TX, NY, MA, MD, Wash DC, Virginia, and West Virginia were some of the best coverage I've ever experienced with AT&T. IMHO.....
I hope you all understand that AT&T has a contract with Apple until 2012. So I'm 100% sure the next iPhone will be on AT&T. Wait until the 6th gen iPhone, then you might see verizon.
No, incorrect; the exclusivity contract that AT&T has with Apple for the iPhone ENDS sometime in 2010, while AT&T attempts to extend it to 2011 or 2012....
No, incorrect; the exclusivity contract that AT&T has with Apple for the iPhone ENDS sometime in 2010, while AT&T attempts to extend it to 2011 or 2012....
How do we know anything about the contract? Where has it been stated that it ends at any time?
Addendum: Not intentionally, no, but when everyone is LTE, who's to say that the iPhone wouldn't be an unlock away from Verizon?
How do we know anything about the contract? Where has it been stated that it ends at any time?
http://cultofmac.com/why-apple-should-not-extend-atts-exclusive-iphone-service-deal/10
Best I could do just short of getting either side to disclose a copy of the exclusivity contract.....
You just need to call AT&T and enable roaming on your account if you want to pay the roaming charges through AT&T, otherwise it needs to be unlocked to use a foreign SIM.
Still looking for some actual data to back up this 2010 theory.
The iPhone is their best seller. Who's to say that they're not trying to secure extensions multiple years before they expire?
Assuming all other things remain equal...Verizon. At least in the D.C. area. Their signal is unbeatable (for the most part) and their 3G network is superior.
That said, AT&T hasn't been horrible. Just not quite as good.
That said, AT&T hasn't been horrible. Just not quite as good.
Altell is partly owned by both Verizon and AT&T. And who would want an iPhone on Altell anyway? Its not like its running on Verizon's CDMA network, so its coverage is on par with sprints, which is mostly non-existent in most places. Same deal with T-Mobile. Out where I'm at, its either Verizon or AT&T, both are on par out here, from my experience.
There was an article about this topic. I think it was in Wall Street, that said, you where more likely to see it on sprint than verizon. Beside verizon has told the press that if they get the iphone or any other phone, that it would only be exclusive for 6 months. They went on to say that the iphone is killing AT&T reputation because the iphone is bad for their net works. All the drop calls and the bad service are due to the iphone. Thats why AT&T doesnt not allow skype to be use over 3G or use tethering because the networks are week as of now let along using these features. AT&T net works where not ready for the iphone and its still NOT THAT GREAT! But lets be fare, it has gotten batter than the 2 years ago. I will be very happy to see iphone to leave AT&T and go to other carrier if it will give me better service. The more the iphone is distributed out the batter everybody service will be.
Verizon is a CDMA system as opposed to GSM with ATT. It is my understanding that you cannot use the phone and be on the net at the same time with CDMA. Many do not know this.
It is really nice to be checking something out on the web and talk on the phone
simultaneously.
Sticking with GSM and ATT when I finally get one (maybe this weekend).
It is really nice to be checking something out on the web and talk on the phone
simultaneously.
Sticking with GSM and ATT when I finally get one (maybe this weekend).
Yep, you're understanding is correct. No simultaneous voice and data on CDMA/EvDO. I'd imagine LTE fixes this once Verizon eventually goes to LTE, but Apple can't release just an LTE phone on Verizon, since they won't have LTE deployed over their entire network for a long time. It would be like releasing an iPhone for UMTS (3G) on AT&T that couldn't fall back to GSM/EDGE in non-3G areas. It would require Apple to release an LTE/EvDO/CDMA phone and I just don't see that happening. Verizon will be selling phones that do both LTE and CDMA for quite awhile until their entire footprint is LTE. And AT&T will be selling LTE/UMTS/GSM phones for quite awhile too, but it's easier for AT&T (and Apple and other phone manufacturers) since LTE is the natural evolution from UMTS and I'd imagine an LTE/UMTS/GSM phone is a hell of a lot easier to engineer than an LTE/EvDO/CDMA phone.
After only a couple years of Apple using AT&T for the iPhone carrier, I don't think there's a chance in hell of the 4G iPhone going to Verizon.