To little too late. Got my iPhone last night from Verizon. It was by far the easiest transaction from a phone company and I've had many, mostly because of buy outs but still, really nice.
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Verizon iPhone Represents 3% of U.S. iPhone Traffic as AT&T Offers 1000 Free Minutes
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AT&T actually gave me 20$ off a month for 6 months along with the 1000 free minutes and free mobile to any mobile, just for saying I was going to switch to verizon. Awesome customer service AT&T!!!!
How did you present it to ATT? How far away from your contract expiring? Mine expires in August/Sep.
Me, too
I didn't receive the AT&T message but I sent "Yes" to that number anyway and got a reply a minute later saying "Thanks for accepting our appreciation" or whatever.
I have about a zillion minutes already (who uses an iPhone to talk?) but hey, it's free and there's no obligation. Free data or text messaging would be a lot more useful though.
I didn't receive the AT&T message but I sent "Yes" to that number anyway and got a reply a minute later saying "Thanks for accepting our appreciation" or whatever.
I have about a zillion minutes already (who uses an iPhone to talk?) but hey, it's free and there's no obligation. Free data or text messaging would be a lot more useful though.
I'd love to pay $67. I pay $90 with 450 minutes, 200 texting and unlimited data. Imagine if the base iPhone plan included unlimited texting. That would move some heads, except users of other phones would be pissed.
What?!?!? The Hell?? Sometimesit's better to print nothing than to print nonsense.
How is this news, a rumor or anything worth printing... The basis for this 97% to 3% statistical analysis is ridiculous.Let's see "estimate" " based on a number of guesses and assumptions" "Likelihood of a significant margin of error" = 900,000 VZ Iphones in use.
" Such an estimate would of course be based on a number of guesses and assumptions, including the percentage of iPhone sales occurring in the U.S., the percentages of phones of given ages still in operation, and even just how representative Chitika's data is of iPhone usage as a whole. But given those constraints and understanding the likelihood of a significant margin of error, Ruby offered an estimate in the range of 900,000 Verizon iPhones currently in use."
How is this news, a rumor or anything worth printing... The basis for this 97% to 3% statistical analysis is ridiculous.Let's see "estimate" " based on a number of guesses and assumptions" "Likelihood of a significant margin of error" = 900,000 VZ Iphones in use.
" Such an estimate would of course be based on a number of guesses and assumptions, including the percentage of iPhone sales occurring in the U.S., the percentages of phones of given ages still in operation, and even just how representative Chitika's data is of iPhone usage as a whole. But given those constraints and understanding the likelihood of a significant margin of error, Ruby offered an estimate in the range of 900,000 Verizon iPhones currently in use."
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Approximately 900,000 Verizon iPhones? Yeah, all the trolls on this board were right. The Verizon iPhone launch was an "epic fail" . . .
AT&T Fails Again
My wife and I share 1400 minutes (which we'll never get near to actually using), unlimited texting, and unlimited data on Verizon, and it's $110 per month, before her 20% discount through her work. Even without the discount, it's less than I used to pay for just my iPhone on AT&T.
Puh-lease, AT&T... just focus on pricing and reliable coverage and then you'll be able to compete. Until then, you'll keep bleeding customers.
My wife and I share 1400 minutes (which we'll never get near to actually using), unlimited texting, and unlimited data on Verizon, and it's $110 per month, before her 20% discount through her work. Even without the discount, it's less than I used to pay for just my iPhone on AT&T.
Puh-lease, AT&T... just focus on pricing and reliable coverage and then you'll be able to compete. Until then, you'll keep bleeding customers.
I never got the original text but I sent the reply and got the confirmation text. Will be checking the balance in the next month to see if it worked!
Depends on where you live man, depends...
In Los Angeles AT&T is heaven....
Never had a drop call with them
I did not receive the text from AT&T but I texted "yes" to 11113020 and got the 1000 rollover minutes.
I've never understood why people get on board with rollover anyway.
Either:
1. You use all of your minutes every month. You never see rollover minutes and you're silly for not paying for a higher plan.
2. You never use all of your allotment, you already paid for those minutes, of course you deserve them, but you NEVER CASH THEM IN, mostly because you never use all of your allotment.
3. You teeter back and forth, you're on the fence, the likelihood is you aren't earning a mass of rollover minutes anyway. Ultimately, you are a wash for your price point anyway for AT&T and it really isn't costing them anything more to support you than you're already paying.
How do people not see this?
Either:
1. You use all of your minutes every month. You never see rollover minutes and you're silly for not paying for a higher plan.
2. You never use all of your allotment, you already paid for those minutes, of course you deserve them, but you NEVER CASH THEM IN, mostly because you never use all of your allotment.
3. You teeter back and forth, you're on the fence, the likelihood is you aren't earning a mass of rollover minutes anyway. Ultimately, you are a wash for your price point anyway for AT&T and it really isn't costing them anything more to support you than you're already paying.
How do people not see this?
Tried it and it worked.
Same
Not that I ever even get close to my minute allotment anyway I pay about $79 for my 450 min, unlimited data, and unlimited text after appropriate discounts. I feel this is more than fair for the use I'm getting out of my phone.
Would I like to pay less? Sure. But I don't think I'm being hosed by anyone at the price right now.
I'm also not going to jump to Verizon until I see how their network holds up under the strain of new iPhone users when the 5 goes live.
I wouldn't be opposed to receiving free tethering, AT&T, should you continue to feel so generous.
Cool. Just did it and it worked. I'm on a 550 per month family plan, and don't dip into roll over often either, but heck, I'll take 1000 for free. Now, I'd be a lot happier if I saw a free text offer. That would be very nice of them, considering it's like 1000% profit anyway, LOL.
Now only if I wasn't perpetually rollover minute capped. I'd honestly be more excited if they offered a plan with less minutes for less money.
Well, all I know is, things could change in your life that have a big impact on call amounts. For example, you could be single for 6 months, not make too many calls and thus bank up a lot of rollover. Then you get a significant other, and your minutes per month skyrocket, but you can stay on the same low plan since you have all these rollover minutes banked.
I'm not saying that's what happened to me
AT&T actually gave me 20$ off a month for 6 months along with the 1000 free minutes and free mobile to any mobile, just for saying I was going to switch to verizon. Awesome customer service AT&T!!!!
Think I'm going to have to make a call to AT&T this weekend.
I had not received any offer from AT&T but I sent "Yes" to that number and sure enough got a confirmation text saying I'd get 1000 free minutes. This is good news for me because I've been using up my rollover minutes lately and have been considering going to a pricier plan, so now I can put that off for a while. Thanks Macrumors.
AT&T is waaaaay cheaper than Verizon for the iPhone. My plan with two iPhones on AT&T is $94.99/month. The best I could do on Verizon for a comparable plan would be about $160/month. AT&T's prices are very competitive.