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Verizon to Support Simultaneous Voice and Data Transmission?
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Unless Steve announces that an iPhone is coming to Verizon this summer at the WWDC I'm not going to hold my breath. AT&T works great in my area and for all my needs. Never been a fan of Verizon salesmen either, they've always pissed me off.
It's never a good idea to hold your breath waiting on Apple announcements. They have a talent for not giving you what you want/expect and turning around and giving you something you never thought of.
I have no doubt that a Verizon-capable iPhone (or iPhone-capable Verizon network) is possible, and probable.
What I'm wondering is whether or not Verizon is going to be willing to give up their practice of customizing the operating system for EVERY FRIGGIN DEVICE that goes on their network. Every Verizon phone I have had, from simple phone to WinMo Phones had a Verizon-customized OS load that wasn't simply branding. The set-top box for FiOS has Verizon customized firmware, as does the associated router. The fact they do that doesn't frustrate me; it's the bad execution.
I don't see Steve Jobs letting Verizon do anything more than letting their network name appear next to the signal strength indicator and in Settings. Is Verizon willing to give up that control?
What I'm wondering is whether or not Verizon is going to be willing to give up their practice of customizing the operating system for EVERY FRIGGIN DEVICE that goes on their network. Every Verizon phone I have had, from simple phone to WinMo Phones had a Verizon-customized OS load that wasn't simply branding. The set-top box for FiOS has Verizon customized firmware, as does the associated router. The fact they do that doesn't frustrate me; it's the bad execution.
I don't see Steve Jobs letting Verizon do anything more than letting their network name appear next to the signal strength indicator and in Settings. Is Verizon willing to give up that control?
When they port a number wrong and *228 activates the wrong number you can't just go through the automated system.
And business accounts are different from consumer accounts
It's never a good idea to hold your breath waiting on Apple announcements. They have a talent for not giving you what you want/expect and turning around and giving you something you never thought of.
That's why I said I wouldn't hold my breath.
So the answer is "yes" ?
Thanks. I don't pay much attention to Droid and haven't kept current. Guess it's all about the money.
When they port a number wrong and *228 activates the wrong number you can't just go through the automated system.
And business accounts are different from consumer accounts
Porting is going from one carrier to another. Switching phones is not the same thing, nor do they "activate the wrong number." Sorry but when you're dialing from the phone you're activating, they aren't going to magically activate a different phone.
And who said I have a consumer account? Hahah. These are the most biased, uneducated forums I've ever seen.
And yes porting is carrier to carrier. We have T-Mobile as well. Many users switch between the two depending on where they work, live, etc.
Ports get messed up all the time.
And you obviously must be calling a different call center
because the reps we get manage to screw that up more than you'd think.Users break a phone and we have to replace it with one of our older phones so we need to transfer the service to the other device by switching the number to a different ESN. More often than not, this never goes as planned the first time due to some stupid rep who can't do their job on Verizon's end.
SIM cards are amazing.
And you obviously must be calling a different call center
Users break a phone and we have to replace it with one of our older phones so we need to transfer the service to the other device by switching the number to a different ESN. More often than not, this never goes as planned the first time due to some stupid rep who can't do their job on Verizon's end.
SIM cards are amazing.
That wasn't my experience. I had 1 or 2 snafu's, usually due to data plan issues, but for the most part it's painless.
As an ex-Verizon customer, I will never go back to them, even if they get the iPhone, voice and data at the same time, and a faster 4G type of network.
The biggest issue with Verizon is that they like to nickle and dime you for everything. When I was with them they disabled all the built in features on my phone and then wanted to charge me money to have me install V-Cast based apps that did the same as the native phone apps. Or they wanted to charge me for every little feature I wanted. I went from paying over $140 a month to $60 a month when I switched from Verizon to AT&T.
The biggest issue with Verizon is that they like to nickle and dime you for everything. When I was with them they disabled all the built in features on my phone and then wanted to charge me money to have me install V-Cast based apps that did the same as the native phone apps. Or they wanted to charge me for every little feature I wanted. I went from paying over $140 a month to $60 a month when I switched from Verizon to AT&T.
Think of it this way.... Since the iPad was not under the AT&T contract, and the iPad was supposed to be vendor neutral.... Why didn't they open it up to other networks like T-Mobile or Verizon and test the waters instead of making it another AT&T exclusive device ?
again please
So even if there is only one metro area data-only service in place you get to color the whole country blue? That's marketing but not reality.
And yes porting is carrier to carrier. We have T-Mobile as well. Many users switch between the two depending on where they work, live, etc.
Ports get messed up all the time.
And you obviously must be calling a different call center
Users break a phone and we have to replace it with one of our older phones so we need to transfer the service to the other device by switching the number to a different ESN. More often than not, this never goes as planned the first time due to some stupid rep who can't do their job on Verizon's end.
SIM cards are amazing.
There is no need to call a "call center" ..? You dial *228 and select from one of the options, press a button, wait about a minute - your phone is activated.
Your job apparently doesn't have you on frequent, hour-plus long WebEx conferences (at random hours), apparently.
That may work activating a new phone, but not for moving an existing line of service to a new device. You have to do an esn swap, which requires going online or calling Verizon. On a gsm phone, you simply swap SIM cards