i ALWAYS use it when im not at home with a wifi. i use it when i drive to get directions with maps because i am constantly driving. i use it when im tethering. i dont get to connect to the wifi here at the work office.
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Seriously, AT&T people, be honest.
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Ive used 3G data Quite a few times while talking. Not really a deal breaker for me but nice to have. Hah once I directed a non-smartphone friend to the closest theater to him while on a trip in San Franciso. I was at work (no wifi there). I'll keep Att.
I use 3G much more than Wifi.
About 98% of Wifi is Secure. And when I can pick up free Wifi, it's usually the same or slower speeds or just lags for some reason.
And being that I'm on the road traveling a lot, I have no choice but to rely on 3G most of the time.
Only at home do I really connect to Wifi automatically.
Most of my use with voice and data simultaneously is on 3G.
I don't feel the need to connect to every wifi spot I have access to, being that 3G speeds have been adequate enough.
And truthfully, the main reason I love voice and data at the same time is when my girl or mother calls me and decides to blah blah blah for more than I can take. I just put them on speaker and browse the web.
I guess Rollover minutes which allows me to choose the lowest minutes package and being able to swap my sim are two more teeny things.
Congrats that you haven't needed to. Others, including myself, have needed this feature. I use it probably 2-3 a week, while my wife uses it 2-3 a day.
Considering the millions who currently manage perfectly without it, i'd say it's not a deal breaker for many.
Have it, use it, wont do without it. Just as some people are not willing to settle on other things I may settle on, I like my AT&T phone, I think the phone is perfect and AT&T is as good as if not better in my area then VZ was for me.
Too often to quantify in a "how often" way. Daily? Hourly? Also, your assertion that wifi is "everywhere" is pretty ridiculous. It's not on my bus, it's not on my metro, it's not on Mall where I play frisbee, it's not on the walk between my office and the metro, it's not in the 7-11 where I buy cigarettes, it's not on every street I walk down...I can steal it at my guys place, but it's unreliable....should I keep going? I can understand that you people may never use it, I just don't understand why you would buy a phone that benefits heavily from a persistent internet connection and not be able to use it as such. This is also beyond my lack of desire to connect to every random, unsecured network out there. To do so is just....foolish.
oh jeez who cares? do your feelings get hurt when people point out this flaw in your wireless provider? Verizon is a corporation who does not give a rats a$$ about you other than taking your money every month.... so stop getting your feelings hurt and defending them... I'm an AT&T customer and hate verizon but could care less about people bashing AT&T's network... why? because AT&T does not share their profits with me so why waste my time defending them.....
The only thing I care about is that AT&T now has some competition so they have to step it up and that benefits ME.
The only thing I care about is that AT&T now has some competition so they have to step it up and that benefits ME.
The thing is, never, make a thread discussing how no one does X, just because you don't.
My point was not that I don't do something, it was that me and MANY people are almost always near a WiFi on NORMAL days.
You can look up an e-mail you have already received. You just can't recieve a new one.
I've used it more times than I can count, usually to do stuff like look up a phone number for someone I'm talking to at the same time, things like that. If I'm at home (with wifi), I'll generally just look stuff up on the computer rather than on the phone, so the only times I really use that functionality is when wifi's not available.
OK, I get it. We give you permission to get the Verizon iPhone. We won't hold it against you
OK, I get it. We give you permission to get the Verizon iPhone. We won't hold it against you
Like if I'm on a call with my boss and she emails me something I need to look at? "sorry, let me hang up, look at the email, then call you back?" That dog won't hunt, Monsignor, at least not where I work.
I use it very often also.
Picture this:
You're tethering to your laptop using your verizon smartphone and you're trying to download a program or a file off the internet.
Then someone calls you and your download stops and obviously fails. You answer the call, hey dude Im trying to download something on my computer. I'll call you back.
Then you start again, the download gets to around 90% and you get another call
Damn it. Just gotta pray nobody decides to contact you while you're trying to do anything important.
It would drive me nuts
Maybe she already emailed him prior to that and wants to verify and go over some info?
Common dude, you're serious?
You're really trying to justify that the talk and acesss data is insignificant? Maybe to you but to others its a must have.
If you dont use it or need it then good. Its a limitation many can live with and others cant. Go for it and dont try to disprove everyone elses need for its use.