Leave AT&T for Verizon?

[aristobrat]

Related question...I plan on switching to Verizon from AT&T at launch, but I am wondering if anyone knows if porting over your old number during preorder is possible? I would like to keep my number when switching, but also want to upgrade ASAP. Thanks

It always has been an option in the past.

[switching gears]

I went from AT&T to Verizon with the iPhone 4s, and I'm probably going back to AT&T with the iPhone 5.

I live in a Verizon market that's had LTE for going on a year now, and Verizon's LTE network here is *nowhere* near as good as their voice network is. It's rare to get three bars or less on their voice network here. However, with their LTE network, it's not unusual to see one or two bars, which translates into LTE speeds that are 3mbps or slower (which makes AT&T's 4G network here about twice as fast). And if you drop back to Verizon's 3G network, god help you.

I know each market is different with their LTE coverage, but here (Virginia's largest city), Verizon's got enough LTE coverage to advertise it, but it's nowhere as good as you'd expect for Verizon (yet).

 

[bogatyr]

Right, but for all intents and purposes, the iPhone does not support SVDO.

And the blame lies squarely with the iPhone as SVDO has been around and supported on Verizon for quite some time.

 

[iBreatheApple]

LTE does voice and data simultaneously.

But the iPhone may not.

 

[ECUpirate44]

But the iPhone may not.

I'd be willing to bet it will.

 

[Trey M]

Applecare + for iPhone transferable?

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[phinsup]

Same here I'm tired of my coworkers making fun of me because they can use their Verizon phone while mine sits useless on my desk.