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iPhone With Carrier Of Your Choice Poll
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I don't get why people act like Verizon is the mother freaking holy grail of phone service. They still suck. They all suck. I'd be more excited about the iPhone being on Sprint.
I would choose T-Mobile, which i already have. I would stay with T-Mobile for anyphone i have. Put it this way...with all the new phones coming out and T-Mobile has said they wil have 25+ devices this year.....i wont get an iPhone if they arent with T-Mobile.
They are the cheapest, have the best customer service and are going to have the best data network this year without charging extra for 4G usage.
They are the cheapest, have the best customer service and are going to have the best data network this year without charging extra for 4G usage.
I didn't vote since I don't live in the US and I didn't want to skewer your results, but if I had to choose (based on what I've read about each of the mobile operators), I would pick Sprint.
This. Well, I wouldn't choose an iPhone, I'm an Android guy, but I'm sticking with AT&T. Hell, I've been out of contract for nearly a year and am free to leave to go somewhere else but I'm not, and I'm looking forward to their upcoming Android lineup.
Att for me. All my family and most of my friends are on Att. No point in leaving I never go over my minutes and have very good service, but then again in my are you get good services with the big 4
For me, it's gotta be VZW. I live in the midwest, the only company to do a full rollout of any kind has been Verizon. Neither AT&T nor T-Mobile have service out here, the existing third-party GSM towers are usually GPRS, EDGE at best, and while Sprint is here, they don't have EVDO data.
While Verizon's customer service isn't fantastic, their phone and data service has always been great for me.
While Verizon's customer service isn't fantastic, their phone and data service has always been great for me.
At&t for several reasons. I've been with them for over 12 years, for the most part I never have any issues with the network, and I'm an at&t employee, so I get a discount.
Verizon or anybody but AT&T - bad service, horrific customer service, constant attempts to lock you in to new contracts.
I have never had Verizon or Sprint but don't the phones have to be activated in store. So if you brought a CDMA iPhone to a Sprint store do you think they could activate it for service, possible with Jailbreak?
I don't know how this would work with a CDMA iPhone, and don't plan to try it but does anyone know if this would be possible? Or if Verizon and Sprint have to activate phones in-store?
I don't know how this would work with a CDMA iPhone, and don't plan to try it but does anyone know if this would be possible? Or if Verizon and Sprint have to activate phones in-store?
AT&T for me. I have never had more than a couple dropped calls, and data network is faster than the other carriers. Verizon proabbaly has better consistent voice coverage, and certainly a larger coverage map, but their customer service is deplorable. I can live with a couple rare dropped calls when in more than 8 years of service.
It doesn't have to be done in-store, the phones are programmable OTA.
However, Verizon and Sprint are known for the dirty little practice of maintaining a list of ESNs in their system and only allowing you to activate if they sold the phone (and therefore the ESN is in their database).
However, I can see Sprint desiring to have those iPhone users and possibly changing that practice. We'll see.
I've been with T-Mobile, Verizon and AT&T. At this point I'm sticking with ATT. I'd only consider switching to Verizon if they'd offer cheaper plans which won't happen.
AT & T simply because they have the best coverage in my area. Nobody else even comes close. Well there is a smaller regional carrier that probably gets real close, but AT & T beats them hands down in service features such as rollover minutes, free nights and weekends, and etc.