What planet are you living on? Verizon still has more subscribers than AT&T. T-Mobile is 1/3 the size of Verizon. Verizon is still very important.
It has been noted, hundreds of times over and over.
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Apple Increases 1st Quarter iPhone Shipments to 21 Million, Including the Verizon iPh
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What planet are you living on? Verizon still has more subscribers than AT&T. T-Mobile is 1/3 the size of Verizon. Verizon is still very important.
It has been noted, hundreds of times over and over.
I am still hoping and waiting, I had the iPhone 1, 3g and 3gs on ATT, loved the phone but the service by me was finally unbearable, I was dropping calls everyday on my ride home from work. I finally went back to Verizon and got the HTC INC... the service is great now, havent dropped a call in months but I really miss the iPhone, I hope the Verizon version comes January, It can be y late Christmas present to myself 
I am still hoping and waiting, I had the iPhone 1, 3g and 3gs on ATT, loved the phone but the service by me was finally unbearable, I was dropping calls everyday on my ride home from work. I finally went back to Verizon and got the HTC INC... the service is great now, havent dropped a call in months but I really miss the iPhone, I hope the Verizon version comes January, It can be y late Christmas present to myself
5-6 million cdma iphones won't be enough! mark my words
so many people on verizon wish they could have an iphone, and so many iphone users wish they had verizon.
I understand. and I understand your doubt. So basically we have the boy who called wolf. since the iphone launched, there have been tons of idiots who claim the iphone will be on verizon. Now that the iphone will be on verizon, you don't believe the facts because of all those idiots.
I can't wait. I am just waiting for those in NYC and SF to jump ship from AT&T so I don't have to read their arguments all over the Mac boards anymore!
I am so tired of SF tech blogs whining how bad AT&T is! We all know the grass is greener on the other side .
My parents switched to all Verizon a couple years ago (they had phones on both V and A). My aunt switched from Verizon to ATT this year.
The reason for both changes was reception. We all live in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. Just depends on exactly where you live or use your phone.
Here's something for you to consider:
The only reason Verizon doesn't have complete dominion over AT&T and their abysmal service is because of the iPhone. Now while that's a poor crutch to lean on, it's been an effective one. AT&T has been stealing away consumers from Verizon for years based solely on the iPhone. Because of this, Verizon (and other phone companies) have had to innovate and try to create something comparable to the iPhone. How many times have "iPhone killers" come out over the years? Most have failed, but those failures provided incentives to innovate further. And with every phone that came out that even remotely challenged the iPhone, Apple was quick go to their drawing board and make their iPhone even better. Fast forward to today and we have Android, an OS (and, consequently, a line of phones) that are offering solid alternatives to iPhones. We no longer seeing "iPhone killers", because iPhone is no longer the standard to which all other phones are compared. Without the iPhone being exclusive to AT&T, we would've never seen the amazing advances in other phones (and even Apple's phone). Bringing the iPhone over to Verizon might increase Apple's profit and might make some Verizon consumers happy, but it's also going to hurt innovation. Competition creates better products, but competition makes it stagnant.
The only reason Verizon doesn't have complete dominion over AT&T and their abysmal service is because of the iPhone. Now while that's a poor crutch to lean on, it's been an effective one. AT&T has been stealing away consumers from Verizon for years based solely on the iPhone. Because of this, Verizon (and other phone companies) have had to innovate and try to create something comparable to the iPhone. How many times have "iPhone killers" come out over the years? Most have failed, but those failures provided incentives to innovate further. And with every phone that came out that even remotely challenged the iPhone, Apple was quick go to their drawing board and make their iPhone even better. Fast forward to today and we have Android, an OS (and, consequently, a line of phones) that are offering solid alternatives to iPhones. We no longer seeing "iPhone killers", because iPhone is no longer the standard to which all other phones are compared. Without the iPhone being exclusive to AT&T, we would've never seen the amazing advances in other phones (and even Apple's phone). Bringing the iPhone over to Verizon might increase Apple's profit and might make some Verizon consumers happy, but it's also going to hurt innovation. Competition creates better products, but competition makes it stagnant.
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I hope steve jobs kisses u in the face.
Now any fanboy will tell u that iPhone should be on tmobile sprint verizon, and AT&T
Any fanboy like myself would tell u this.
calvy said:
I hope steve jobs kisses u in the face.
Now any fanboy will tell u that iPhone should be on tmobile sprint verizon, and AT&T
Any fanboy like myself would tell u this.
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Really ? Why
BlkEagle said:Folks,
One week to go before the Verizon CEO will give his opening keynotes!!! Wow, CEO of Verizon will be giving the keynote for the iPhone 4 instead of CEO of Apple! I will jump at the GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE if there is really a Verizon iPhone 4... if not you guys should continue to dream and drooolllllllllllllllll
Really ? Why
Two things:
1. Back in May it was reported that Verizon had 31.1% share of all cellular customers in the US and AT&T had 25.2%.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Wireless-Market-Share-By-Device-And-ISP-108292
It has since been reported in several different reports that AT&T has taken market share away from Verizon.
2. Whether or not Apple decides to bring the iPhone to Verizon really doesn't matter. Apple competes with the likes of RIMM, Motorola, Nokia, LG and Samsung. And Apple is destroying all of them. The companies I just mentioned not only have to compete with the iPhone, but with one another and Verizon has already stated that their Android strategy is not helping them compete against the iPhone.
Verizon really needs the iPhone to compete. More than Apple needs Verizon, which is good place for Apple to be.
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Good point
Some of us fanboys want apple to have global domination
Then again this is almost turning into an apple ms thing
SilentLoner said:
Good point
Some of us fanboys want apple to have global domination
Then again this is almost turning into an apple ms thing
99% of the articles are months old.
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Ding ding ding!
Best response so far
So many forget that there are people - Kids and students stretching their funds to pay for their iPhone. Let's face it we all know people with MacBooks and iPods and iPhones who don't make much money but do because they are fanboys likemyself
4look4rd said:
Ding ding ding!
Best response so far
So many forget that there are people - Kids and students stretching their funds to pay for their iPhone. Let's face it we all know people with MacBooks and iPods and iPhones who don't make much money but do because they are fanboys likemyself
Apple NEEDS to be on Verizon!!! Android is going to kill ios because apple wasn't on Verizon! If apple was on Verizon in the first place, android would have never been as successful. Now apple will finally hit verizon, but its too late, it will definitely shorten the time it takes for android to defeat ios, but its still too late
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The verizon iPhone will happen because macrumors members are always wrong. Seriously do I need to bump the iPhone 4 leak threads? U guys cried
Said the phone was too ugly to be from att.
Oh I laughed.
Not because I'm a fanboy but because u guys aren't understanding what it means to be a true fanboy
An apple fanboy loves all things apple - be it with other device providers
Let's admit it- the reason why people have
issues with iPhone is because of apple and their baseband chip.
Good chance verizon will have network issues too.
The verizon iPhone will happen because macrumors members are always wrong. Seriously do I need to bump the iPhone 4 leak threads? U guys cried
Said the phone was too ugly to be from att.
Oh I laughed.
Not because I'm a fanboy but because u guys aren't understanding what it means to be a true fanboy
An apple fanboy loves all things apple - be it with other device providers
Let's admit it- the reason why people have
issues with iPhone is because of apple and their baseband chip.
Good chance verizon will have network issues too.
My point being is that the iPhone is no longer the golden idol to which all others are inferior.
Yeah, you just made my point. Verizon dominates.
Yes, they have, but not enough since May to make Verizon any less of a dominant player in the wireless market. Your post still makes no sense.
Actually, it does make a difference. As long Apple is not on Verizon, there will always be a large customer base unavailable to Apple. While they have and will continue to take some customers from Verizon, they will never steal all of the potential smartphone customers from Verizon. Verizon would have to close it's doors for that to happen. Market share is important to Apple's stockholders.
NOBODY said it was too ugly to be from AT&T. Everyone said it was too ugly to be from Apple.
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Apple competitors having to sell 1.5-2.5 phones each to match Apple's profit on 1 iPhone is what this and thousands of stockholders cares about.
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The iPhone 4 is beautiful man
What don't you like?
Geckotek said:
The iPhone 4 is beautiful man
What don't you like?
