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Verizon iPhone Represents 3% of U.S. iPhone Traffic as AT&T Offers 1000 Free Minutes

Sorry, AT&T. I didn't get your text about rollover minutes because I'm on back on Verizon as of yesterday, and enjoying the much better voice quality. I no longer need extra minutes because I no longer need to keep calling people back when we can't hear each other.

But it was nice of you to email me yesterday telling me about some of the great new smartphones that you sell, only hours after I ported my numbers off of AT&T.
 
I'm not impressed

I would be more impressed with a extra 100mb of data use for a few months....
 
...and based on his "accurate" analysis, if 3% represents 900,000 Verizon users then 97% should equal almost 33,000,000 AT&T iPhones...which doesn't even come close.
 
its all about Family Plans

We have 5 lines in our plan. all of which are iphone. we pay 55 bucks each, not bad at all and we're happy with the service. and now that we have "unlimited mobile to any mobile" we pretty much all have plain unlimited minutes. who has land lines now a days. guess we're gonna roll over more minutes that we will never use. not to mention the "A-List" which im switching to landlines we call the most... and with the 20% discount we get the 1400 plan for 64.99 for the 1st line : price for lines 64.99+9.99+9.99+9.99+9.99=104.95... iphone data 25+25+25+25+25=125... unlimited tex/mobile to any mobile 30... 104.95+125+30=259.95 and after tax and what not. we only pay 55 per phone. we all just texted "yes".. now i wonder if they'll add 5000 minutes to our plan.
 
infiniteentropy said:
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.
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What? There is no way you are paying that price for two iPhones on VZW.
 
Tailpike1153 said:
If that number is true. 900,000 viPhone customers in less than a week. Most impressive.
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The stats are probably meaningless. As with all new phones, right now Verizon users probably are trying a lot of new apps etc. This will skew as stats disproportionately in favor of Verizon for a while.
 
who cares about minutes

Big deal about the free minutes. With rollover and mobile to mobile in network, I have plenty of rollover minutes. I would gladly trade minutes for discounts on my bills.
These marketing people are a joke. They don't know the user base at all.
 
Many people like myself are only in the middle of our contract with AT&T. I can not leave AT&T right now anyways. Now when I can my leave my contract in November, I will make a decision then. #'s don't tell everything right now because of current contracts.
 
Here's hoping it works. Doesn't hurt to try :D
 

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infiniteentropy said:
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. .
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Dude, that is a sweet plan. I would like to know more, as I am pretty much on the cheapest/oldest plan VZ has for two lines and I don't get that much, and I am not running smart phones. If I was to keep my current plan and add two IPhones (data plan) I would be paying $140/mo at least. Or, is that the plan price before all the taxes? Not doubting you, just extremely curious.
 
Rollover Minutes

I currently have 965 Rollover Minutes and tried sending "YES" to the number just for the heck of it. Got a response saying "Allow 4 weeks for 1,000 rollover minutes..."

Granted, I use Meebo and and other apps instead of voice minutes, but nice to have until I get on a Verizon iPhone Family Plan with my fiance. Got her ViPhone 4 on MOnday. I love my 32 GB 3GS, but man the retina display in person is pretty impressive. Not to mention the build quality...
 
I just called AT&T

Well I just called them up after hearing this, and within 5 minutes had 1000 bonus rollover minutes credited to my account. No 4 weeks wait this time either - just 24 hours. She was a very nice supervisor, and I must say it certainly made me an even happier AT&T customer!
 
1000 Free Rollover Minutes at AT&T is 1000 more than Verizon will EVER give you.

I can't believe there are some people on this thread that are "upset" by this. Free is good.
 
Nice!

peterman said:
Well I just called them up after hearing this, and within 5 minutes had 1000 bonus rollover minutes credited to my account. No 4 weeks wait this time either - just 24 hours. She was a very nice supervisor, and I must say it certainly made me an even happier AT&T customer!
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now try texting "yes".. you might get another 1000 mins in a month..
 
dbassett said:
Big deal about the free minutes. With rollover and mobile to mobile in network, I have plenty of rollover minutes. I would gladly trade minutes for discounts on my bills.
These marketing people are a joke. They don't know the user base at all.
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Or they are smart. People love to get 'free', 'exculsive' offers. What is better than giving something that costs little to them, but makes your customer feel special and more likely to stay with them?
 
Mattsasa said:
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Only 3%????!!!!! cmon Verizon users!!!! I am pretty sure I am 75% of that 3%. Lol. In my first 72 hours, I have used over 14gb of data. I have been tormenting like crazy over 3G,
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So basically you're going to be the cause of bandwidth caps. Thanks.
 
goobot said:
Does this work per phone?
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Per number only, I assume.
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I suspect this will be the beginning of improved service for you AT&T customers in the US. Competition is what will motivate them, and because Verizon's service is, overall, "better" (going off numerous opinions here) I'm sure AT&T will move quicker to improving their network and their overall customer and after-sales support.
 
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Shrug. I couldn't be happier with ATT. Maryland has great coverage, much better than Verizon in some cases (at my girlfriends house, with Verizon, she averaged 1-2 bars. With ATT she always gets at least 4). Sure the messaging plans are a little on the suck side, but using a free text app takes care of that problem. Best of all, with 200MB data (always on a wireless network, I barely use 20 MB a month) and 200 texting, I only pay $55 a month. That'll go even lower when we add another person to our plan.
 
3% inflated

This stat is probably about ad impressions. This is all about enthusiastic new iPhone owners who were previously semi-dumb phone users (or iPhone users with no connection!) going "wow! ads on my phone! cool!".

Wait a couple weeks for this newness to wear off for a more realistic stat.
 
iMJustAGuy said:
Never since I've owned the first iPhone (and every other one) have I had a dropped call - you must live in the projects since you're acting like picking up the phone will undoubtedly result in a dropped call.
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I'll preface this with have since switched from AT&T and moved. I had an iPhone 3G, and used it in a major metropolitan area. We were among the first cities after the initial 3G rollout to get 3G. I can't remember a time when I didn't have dropped calls on AT&T, let alone clear calls. Not just in our city, but anywhere I used it.

Its not just the projects where AT&T has bad service. Its a good number of places. Yes, I am sure there are areas where it works great, but I personally never found one.
 
Everyone knows carriers are making their millions on data and texting plans. 1000 minutes is a crap offer. They can do much, much better.
 
Just got the text confirming 1000 extra minutes, without being sent one by AT&T. If I wasn't moving overseas in a few months I'd drop AT&T in a heartbeat. Not being able to use data while on a call is a small price to pay for, you know, being able to make a call.
 
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