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What Carrier would you prefer the iPhone on?
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Sprint:
-Sprint is by far the cheapest. I get 450 minutes, N&W starts at 7pm, unlimited data, unlimited text, navigation, mobile-to-mobile, and a few other goodies for $53 a month. That's 69.99 - 25% discount which that 25% discount can be available to anybody who wants it.
-Sprint's coverage is awesome. Their EVDO speedtests are faster than Verizon's most of the time. I can't remember the last time I got a dropped call and I travel around a lot.
-Customer service has greatly improved. Oh, with their everything plans I can't really think of a reason to call customer service for billing since their rate plans are so simple now. Equipment problems with the iPhone are handled by Apple anyway.
-Any plan $69.99 or over (in other words the cheapest PDA plan) gets you enrolled in Sprint Premiere. With Premiere, you get a discount on accessories but most importantly you get a full upgrade every 12 months instead of every 24 months. Considering Apple releases a new iPhone every 12 months, with Sprint they'd sell you the new iPhones at the same prices new customers pay every year.
Sprint is the reason I own a Pre. I believe the Pre is a great phone but right now with the applications available the iPhone is the better phone but really not by a lot. I just can't justify paying for the iPhone on AT&T when I get the Pre for nearly $30 a month cheaper.
-Sprint is by far the cheapest. I get 450 minutes, N&W starts at 7pm, unlimited data, unlimited text, navigation, mobile-to-mobile, and a few other goodies for $53 a month. That's 69.99 - 25% discount which that 25% discount can be available to anybody who wants it.
-Sprint's coverage is awesome. Their EVDO speedtests are faster than Verizon's most of the time. I can't remember the last time I got a dropped call and I travel around a lot.
-Customer service has greatly improved. Oh, with their everything plans I can't really think of a reason to call customer service for billing since their rate plans are so simple now. Equipment problems with the iPhone are handled by Apple anyway.
-Any plan $69.99 or over (in other words the cheapest PDA plan) gets you enrolled in Sprint Premiere. With Premiere, you get a discount on accessories but most importantly you get a full upgrade every 12 months instead of every 24 months. Considering Apple releases a new iPhone every 12 months, with Sprint they'd sell you the new iPhones at the same prices new customers pay every year.
Sprint is the reason I own a Pre. I believe the Pre is a great phone but right now with the applications available the iPhone is the better phone but really not by a lot. I just can't justify paying for the iPhone on AT&T when I get the Pre for nearly $30 a month cheaper.
In the large county, very mountainous and full of trees type of place where I am at, nothing works worth a darn. Verizon is "slightly" better than AT&T, but both are dreadful.
I pretty much make all important calls from the house before I leave and after I get back and it's just one of those things that is what works right now. The only time my cell works well is when I go to the flat farmland nearby.
From my experience I'd have to disagree. We were just at Lake Erie with Verizon, AT&T, TMO and Sprint phones in our group... the only one of us with no service was the Sprint user. It was a horrible experience for her and left her ready to jump ship to AT&T.
I loved Nextel once upon a time (hence my user name) but it seemed the coverage was better in the southern states than up here in the midwest.
lol...MetroPCS. That's what I had before I switched to the iPhone. I had absolutely no coverage at work, or at home. I'd have to lean out my window to make calls and it would still be spotty at best.
I had T-Mobile a few years back, and it was ok, but at that time I liked to lay in bed and talk with my Girlfriend on the phone and the coverage -in my bed- was poor. Didn't notice it anywhere else.
I had Verizon on a prepaid plan for about 3 months. Service wasn't bad, except in my house where it was weird sometimes.
Now, with AT&T, I get perfect reception everywhere, and 3G. So far with my experiences with all the major carriers (not to mention having Sprint for a day, let's not get into that
) AT&T has been best for me.
I had T-Mobile a few years back, and it was ok, but at that time I liked to lay in bed and talk with my Girlfriend on the phone and the coverage -in my bed- was poor. Didn't notice it anywhere else.
I had Verizon on a prepaid plan for about 3 months. Service wasn't bad, except in my house where it was weird sometimes.
Now, with AT&T, I get perfect reception everywhere, and 3G. So far with my experiences with all the major carriers (not to mention having Sprint for a day, let's not get into that
) AT&T has been best for me.You can't really bring up specific locations, as always coverage will vary. There's a camp site at a lake we go to several times a year, where AT&T barley gets a signal and Verizon gets no signal but Sprint has near full bars for people with Sprint phones.
Also your friend's phone must of been setup to be on Sprint network only. Sprint offers free roaming onto Verizon's network if there is no Sprint network available. So in reality anywhere there is a Verizon signal my Sprint phone will work.
AT&T I have no issues in the Boulder/Denver Area. I even had service on the top of a 14er (14,000 foot mountain).
While I feel Verizon has better coverage in my area (switched from Verizon to AT&T to get the iPhone), I would not want to see the iPhone on Verizon.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the fact that Verizon doesn't allow wifi capable phones on their network. That is a deal breaker for me. No way I would buy a wifi-less iPhone.
I would like to see the phone on t-mobile though. Their prices are cheaper than AT&T.
I can't believe no one has mentioned the fact that Verizon doesn't allow wifi capable phones on their network. That is a deal breaker for me. No way I would buy a wifi-less iPhone.
I would like to see the phone on t-mobile though. Their prices are cheaper than AT&T.
O2 reception for me is very poor at home so I would prefer to be able to use either Vodafone or 3. Vodafone and O2 are supposed to be sharing facilities these days so if they would make use of the Vodafone transmitter nearby then I would probably get a better signal and would be a happy customer...
I would like the iphone on all carriers so ATT will have to do better with 3g and get there pricing structure inline with other carriers, including themselves.
It is frustrating that having an iphone on att's system is more expensive to use then any other phone att sells.
I dont like the fact that I have to pay 20 dollars a month for texting when you can have any other phone with att and you get both text and sms for 20.
They need compitition again.
It is frustrating that having an iphone on att's system is more expensive to use then any other phone att sells.
I dont like the fact that I have to pay 20 dollars a month for texting when you can have any other phone with att and you get both text and sms for 20.
They need compitition again.
Guess you haven't priced PDA/Smartphone phone service from AT&T lately.. it's the exact same price for voice/data services across the board.
AT&T no longer treats the iPhone differently from a pricing perspective. They do require a data plan, but I have a feeling Apple was involved in setting that requirement.
Text = SMS
If you mean MMS, you get MMS with the iPhone for no additional charge once it's activated.
I pay $30 per month for the unlimited messaging family plan. One price covers ALL my phones with no limits.