Verizon Finally Lands iPhone!

[MikeyC]

Originally Posted by jmsremax

My guess is the area you are in? Back about 5 years ago ATT sucked in my area and VZ was the best. Now reception is the same, but our neighbor needs ATT for international travel and he complaisn about dropped calls from his home. For domestic usage I will keep VZ, but if I needed a phone for use internationally I would look at ATT.

I understand travelling with a VZW phone will be less of an issue in the future. The 4G technology they are using is going to be the international standard.

Interesting press conference about the new VZW iPhone. They confirmed the phone will be the same price as at AT&T, but not much in the way of details beyond that. It sounds like the vPhone won't be 100% the same as the AT&T version. Also, no info yet on the data plans either. I signed up on Apple.com to get further info as it becomes available.

My AT&T contract is up next month so this is good timing. I might go with a Droid phone though to get the 4G service.

[Krish the Fish]

I'm getting myself and my dad one asap. The LTE iPhone is probably not going to be released until june 2012, so I think I can hold on to this one for 18 months, and by then I'll have another upgrade ready for an LTE iPhone then.

But I've been waiting for this day for a while. Finally!

[AD720]

The rumor mill says the voice + data price plan pricing will be VERY similar.

Now I just need to figure out how to get out of my current contract with Verizon without paying ridiculous fees.

[sikk50]

[Volusianator]

Man I love a good heated debate

[rizzle]

Originally Posted by Volusianator

Man I love a good heated debate

Especially ones that I know absolutely nothing about.

[jmsremax]

Originally Posted by loki

at $200 i'm not interested

My guess is you've never purchased a smartphone before....unfortuntately most smart phones are in the $200 range with a 2 year contract.

Originally Posted by floydpink

I think there are going to be a lot of ticked off people if Apple doesn't plan this correctly.

I suspect they will come out with a "new and improved" model for the Verizon release to avoid new customers feeling like they got "leftover phones with antennae issues." (not that that is the case, just perception for some)

I wouldn't be surprised if they release the 4g phone next month and the 5g in the summer....how else can Apple expect their stock price/revenue to continue to climb

[King James]

Originally Posted by jmsremax

I wouldn't be surprised if they release the 4g phone next month and the 5g in the summer....how else can Apple expect their stock price/revenue to continue to climb

I would be surprised to see two new releases from Apple that close to each other

[GreekGodX]

I heard some reports saying the antenna problems will be fixed in the Verizon version

Hopefully Verizon's service will be better than AT&T's, my iphone service sucks.

Originally Posted by GreekGodX

I heard some reports saying the antenna problems will be fixed in the Verizon version

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/11/v...ntenna-design/

According to this the functionality of the antenna will not change.

My iPhone 4 is hit or miss on service, but I guess all phone and carriers have there issues!

[loki]

at $200 i'm not interested

[Smokin Gator]

There was an interesting article in the paper here today about the new Verizon Iphone. Like Pete and several others mentioned it is 3G only so there is no surfing/talking concurrently. I don't see that as a huge deal for me anyway. However, they were saying the big catch is that Apple will probably release a new Iphone 5 this summer. Again that is widely expected and not huge news. What really caught my eye though was they said that Verizon will not be able to offer the Iphone 5 to its customers until the one year anniversary of their contract. It would really tick me off if a new model was released and I could only get the old one!!!

[floydpink]

I think there are going to be a lot of ticked off people if Apple doesn't plan this correctly.

I suspect they will come out with a "new and improved" model for the Verizon release to avoid new customers feeling like they got "leftover phones with antennae issues." (not that that is the case, just perception for some)

I'm kinda excited for my upgrade as I am still in the dark ages with my Iphone 3.

[ucla695]

Finally, where there's smoke there's fire. Now, it'd be nice to have more clarity into when the iPhone 5 will be released on VZ. I've been due for an upgrade for almost 2 years and I'd don't mind waiting for the iPhone 5, but I don't think I could hold out for another year.

[jmsremax]

I order mine this morning. VZ says I should have it on the 10th

Now I need to figure out what case to get.

[awsmith4]

Originally Posted by jmsremax

I order mine this morning. VZ says I should have it on the 10th

Now I need to figure out what case to get.

This is what I want

http://www.austinhomebrew.com/produc...b67e8121d399cc

[Blueface]

For those of you that either waited for Verizon to have the iPhone 4 or are considering it in the future, interesting read.
http://gigaom.com/apple/new-study-fi...-on-downloads/