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Early Verizon iPhone Reviews

zin said:
So, with Verizon, your friends, or anybody with access to your mobile telephone number, could annoy you by calling your mobile all day long whilst you're browsing the web, thus terminating your connection?

I don't live in the US, thus have no experience with Verizon or AT&T, but surely there must be a way to prevent the above situation?
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I wonder if this is a Verizon-specific thing. When Palm Pre released on Sprint there was an option you could select to have calls go to voice mail when you were actively using the data connection. I've never owned a CDMA smartphone of any kind so I am not expert, but I'm a bit surprised you cannot put the phone in a mode that sends your calls to voice mail when you are actively using data.
 
I so wanted to sell my phone, pay the ETF, and run blissfully into the loving arms of VZ. However even with the annoying reception in our home I'm not sure I can justify the extra cost and slower speeds of VZ.

Anyone here have experience with Micro cells in their home? Do they work? Anyway secrets to getting one from AT&T for free?
 
Centient said:
There certainly is. Find yourself some better friends. ;)
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Perhaps, but this doesn't stop those you know nothing of from abusing this design. This is probably a non-issue, though, as I'm sure Verizon, a big corporation, has measures in place to protect its customers.
 
This is all very good news. I always wanted an iPhone that could make and sustain phone calls. I'm sure Apple will make an iPhone in the near future that will speed up the data to perfectly fine levels. Then I'll be jumping ship. As for the iPhone on AT&T, Apple has been trying to produce an iPhone that one can use as a phone for over 4 years and they still can manage. I don't think they're going to suddenly figure out how to make an iPhone that functions as a phone on the AT&T network.
 
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ericvmazzone said:
How about a review comparing the Verizon iPhone with an AT&T iPhone 4 where AT&T is only EDGE, you know, like the rest of the nation live, ie THERE REAL PEOPLE.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the 'rest of the people'. I travel a lot and I have 3G coverage in Dallas, Fort Worth, Ohio, Philly, DC, VA and NYC.

I think there are a few people without good coverage in their area and they are making a big stink about it.
 
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Wait, Verizon iPhone has better reception/no dropped calls? I thought we were talking about a phone, not a carrier.
 
Considering I don't use my iPhone for making phone calls, it seems like AT&T was the right choice. I really do use it as a mobile computing platform. Sounds corny, but I'm in Apps all day, not on the phone.

In general, I don't have complaints with the phone reception. I always liked Sprint's service much better for that-- but Sprint doesn't carry an iPhone.
 
Dagless said:
No data during a call? Isn't that a huge step back?

For once I'm glad for our mobile phone networks in the UK!
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Just So you know you can do voice and data on AT&T. Also my friend has Verizon and I love how cranky he gets when we do a random speed test and my at&t network always blows his away. And yes Verizon will be more bogged and slower in the coming months while the hoards of people go grab an iPhone on Verizon. I've never had trouble with At&t and plan to keep them. Plus I'm grandfathered in for unlimited data which I'm sure will change when at&t rolls their 4g network out.
 
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I've got one

Centient said:
I so wanted to sell my phone, pay the ETF, and run blissfully into the loving arms of VZ. However even with the annoying reception in our home I'm not sure I can justify the extra cost and slower speeds of VZ.

Anyone here have experience with Micro cells in their home? Do they work? Anyway secrets to getting one from AT&T for free?
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I have a Micro Cell in my house and it is ok. The range sucks. If you are in the same room 5 bars constantly, you move 20-30 feet to the next room can go as low as 1 bar. My house is fairly new and not very big (1200 Sq. Ft) so there are no brick walls, just drywall. The other pain I have is when you go outside (Coverage is spotty in my area-out of my house I get 4 bars, I go inside 1-2) the iPhone wants to hit the Micro Cell and stays on 1 bar outside and does not switch to the tower. My only solution is to turn 3G off when your outside so it hits the tower, I only have Edge in my area.

It's ok,but I would rather not be using the Micro Cell but it works. Oh yeah almost forgot, when there is a 3G outage the Micro Cell does not work.

Hope that helps you.
 
What he said!

kiljoy616 said:
Ok everyone its time to move over, so will 40 percent of ATT iphone customers move over, I like to have my network back. ;)
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I've never really had any complaints about AT&T....ok using my phone in Vegas during CES was not possible, but that's the only time. In my area, VZ has worse service at my home and I don't have a landline. I can actually make a call from my basement on AT&T, VZ gets no signal. I personally am looking forward to have the network be able to "breathe" a little when some people leave, and hopefully AT&T will become more competitive since they aren't the only iPhone game in town.
 
I can count on one hand the number of times I've dropped a call on AT&T... and those times were mainly on a rural highway.

I'll take the faster data and ability to talk and use data simultaneously.
 
Switched2aMac said:
I have a Micro Cell in my house and it is ok. The range sucks. If you are in the same room 5 bars constantly, you move 20-30 feet to the next room can go as low as 1 bar. My house is fairly new and not very big (1200 Sq. Ft) so there are no brick walls, just drywall. The other pain I have is when you go outside (Coverage is spotty in my area-out of my house I get 4 bars, I go inside 1-2) the iPhone wants to hit the Micro Cell and stays on 1 bar outside and does not switch to the tower. My only solution is to turn 3G off when your outside so it hits the tower, I only have Edge in my area.

It's ok,but I would rather not be using the Micro Cell but it works. Oh yeah almost forgot, when there is a 3G outage the Micro Cell does not work.

Hope that helps you.
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Thanks. This does help. In your case it doesn't sound like the MC is worth it really.

Decisions, decisions...
 
NoExpectations said:
Verizon is now compressing our own data...this sucks. When I send a picture to a friend, they will reduce/compress the file....resulting in a substandard image.....LEAVE MY DATA ALONE!


http://www.9to5mac.com/50675/verizon...ers#more-50675
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Apple has a 30 day return policy, just download the photos from your verizon iphone, take it back and get the ATT one. Problem solved. You should have waited before buying and taking pictures with the new iphone. Some things are better to wait a little while on.
 
I'm not Ad campaign manager, but I see AT&T playing the "we have simultaneous voice and data" angle. They've briefly touch on that in previous adverts, but I think it's gonna be their main points now. That and faster G3, which they have been trumpeting for a while now.
 
Well, so much for insisting that the antenna was fine on the original iPhone 4. Shame they haven't switched the ATT version to a fixed antenna, guess that will have to wait until the new model this summer.

Tough call between the two since verizon has slower data and no simultaneous internet and voice. You'd think if they wanted the iPhone so bad they would have upgraded to get that functionality before release.
 
hcho3 said:
Those of you who are talking about AT&T network doesn't give you signal in your area...
Why is it even matter? If the carrier doesn't offer you signal there, then you should never even consider it in the first place.
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Because I moved to an area where the AT&T service claimed I lived in a "coverage area" and it didn't work worth a crap. I suppose I should have based my home in an area where AT&T didn't lie about their "coverage area". They didn't even offer a solution, the customer reps just shrugged their shoulders.
 
i will never understand how a network that cant offer voice and data at the same time is still in business in 2011 ... this would never work in europe, i cant even imagine that. people would probably keep calling me just to piss me off
 
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