is the whole email thing just a way for verizon to gauge approx how many iphones will be needed for pre-orders?
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Verizon Confirms iPhone Launch for Existing Customers at 3 AM ET on February 3rd
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Seriously. They are lots of other choices out there now.
Androids are catching up and even surpassing iPhone sales.
4G is coming and i don't want to wait another year to get it.
Just like I'm gonna sell my iPad as soon as the new one with camera comes out. People want the latest crap and
Instant gratification.
I'm still pissed off face time doesn't work over 3G. They had video calls in Japan 10 years ago. We are late still. And apple releases features little by little giving the other brands time To roll out cooler, better and faster stuff. That's why they Should be careful.
4G is good and whoever gets it first will dominate for a few months.
Just got an email from Verizon about this. I had signed up for email notifications the day that they announced it, and was wondering when they'd send the first one. Can't believe it's only a couple more weeks!
what is the point putting it in when no one will get 4g? that would be just a waste of money for the chip which could be something else.
Better order 2....one to talk and one to surf. Or, as David Letterman said, get the discounted 4 pack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehxpvrJC5VA
That was funny. LOL
I love the tag at the end, "Verizon Wireless: Slightly less bad than AT&T" Man, I don't know. Midnight launch sounds more exciting than "lunchtime launch"?
less than a weel till pre-order man!! dont make it sound so far away!! a "couple weeks" sounds like forever lol
Nobody seems to realize that in June, when the new iPhone 5 or iPhone 4G comes out, this iPhone 4 will become obsolete.
I have ATT and will have no problem upgrading to a new iPhone 5, by extending my contract for 2 years, since I've been doing since the day the original iPhone was introduced.
ATT is rolling out the 4G network soon. It should be ready by June.
People that buy a Verizon iPhone won't be able to pay the subsidized price until 2.10.2012 and they are gonna be pissed off when in just 4 months their phone is limited to 3G and they can't upgrade for another 7 months... I would be.
You are from Miami Beach and I love Miami Beach and the Lincoln Road Mall. But, we do NOT know that the iphone update will be CDMA or just GSM.
I'm betting the July 2011 iphone update will just be GSM, because GSM is a much larger market.
I'm sure the iphone 5will be awesome, either way. And, those of us on Verizon will feel left out until the CDMA iphone 5 gets the same features.
Haha I guess you're right. I was referring to the actual launch. But it does help saying just less than a week. The waiting is unbearable.
I would be extremely surprised if the VZ Iphone gets updated in July when ATT does. I would expect them to become dual phones next summer, July 2012.
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This is semi plausible. Lets say AT&T agreed with Apple to change the contract terms provided they get the iPhone 5 exclusive in June/July. When LTE comes in 2012, it could be a CDMA/GSM handset.
I also don't think that the iPhone 4 will become obsolete in June. Its a nice phone with an amazing feature set and it should sell well for at least another year.
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This is semi plausible. Lets say AT&T agreed with Apple to change the contract terms provided they get the iPhone 5 exclusive in June/July. When LTE comes in 2012, it could be a CDMA/GSM handset.
I also don't think that the iPhone 4 will become obsolete in June. Its a nice phone with an amazing feature set and it should sell well for at least another year.
Haha I guess you're right. I was referring to the actual launch. But it does help saying just less than a week. The waiting is unbearable.
i know its sad but ive been borderline losing sleep over this damn phone!! once i get that preorder in without a hit, im sure everything will be fine and my sleep patterns will go back to normal lol
OF COURSE Android is selling better than iPhone. Android is on EVERY carrier. iPhone has BEEN on ONE! What do you think will happen when iPhone is on 2? Then 3 or 4? Total domination.
Seriously, the Android outselling iPhone argument at this moment in time when it's only on ONE CARRIER is about as valid as "Bra sales are higher among women than men".
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Wow -- I don't think I have ever seen or more blatant generalization of the world populous: Americans and non-Americans. Yup, all Americans have the same sense of perspective, just like all non-Americans have the same, but different-than-American, perspective.
While we are talking about world population, we might want to consider that many folks on American continents consider themselves "Americans" and are offended by those in the USA who think they hold a monopoly on being "American". Should we be more specific here when referring to "Americans", or would that simple point just be a counter-example to your homogeneous perspective argument, because after all, from the perspective of some Mexican citizens, they are "Americans".
"I honestly believe that people in certain parts of America people have begun mating with vegetables - Jeremy Clarkson January 2008.
even though what you describe hasn't happened in ANY other market where multi carrier agreements have been in place a long time?
cost (TCO)is the factor making Android sell more
Next up .... the guy who sets the alarms has a good nights sleep ....read all about it in LOF / HOB ...but not in the real world ....
I suppose time will tell in the United States but again, I will still say that once iOS is on more than 1 carrier we will see totally different results.
You do not think that Android manufacturers are concerned?
I do not mean to come of as if I believe the iPhone is the end all be all. I am on Android with Verizon as we speak (for a couple more weeks). I personally do not care. But, once the doors open to new carriers in the U.S. the numbers will shift drastically.
Why is this News
So Verizon is getting the iphone 4. In the summer both will have the iphone 5. But once you sign up with Verizon. You are in for 2 years-no new phone for you. ATT lets me upgrade yearly for a new phone. But tell me does Verizon work overseas??? NO. Once they get all the 500 million peeps on their network, it will crawl, like it does now.
So Verizon is getting the iphone 4. In the summer both will have the iphone 5. But once you sign up with Verizon. You are in for 2 years-no new phone for you. ATT lets me upgrade yearly for a new phone. But tell me does Verizon work overseas??? NO. Once they get all the 500 million peeps on their network, it will crawl, like it does now.
Never understood why people are willing to wait in line. I always pre-order and have it delivered to my office. I get it the same day (if lucky a day early) and don't have to wait in the cold.
I truly understand the launch time
if it was to get released at 12am everywhere people that live in PST would get the release first, then a hour later MST would get it, then a hour later CST would get it, then EST would get it. if they launched it like this the iPhone would get sold out before it even reaches CST or maybe before MST.
there is a 3 hour difference in time when looking at PST and EST. they decided to launch it so that everyone has the chance to get it from the west cost to the east cost. which means if it launches at 12am in California (PST) it will get released at 3am in NYC (EST).
There is nothing to really misunderstand about why they did this. unless you do not understand about synchronous launch times and misunderstand timezones.
if it was to get released at 12am everywhere people that live in PST would get the release first, then a hour later MST would get it, then a hour later CST would get it, then EST would get it. if they launched it like this the iPhone would get sold out before it even reaches CST or maybe before MST.
there is a 3 hour difference in time when looking at PST and EST. they decided to launch it so that everyone has the chance to get it from the west cost to the east cost. which means if it launches at 12am in California (PST) it will get released at 3am in NYC (EST).
There is nothing to really misunderstand about why they did this. unless you do not understand about synchronous launch times and misunderstand timezones.