Want Your iPhone on Verizon?
UPDATE: Verizon has just announced their 4G/LTE plans for end-of-year 2010, which may make their network compatible with future iPhone models. More details here.
ORIGINAL: We've all heard that AT&T in the US has an exclusive on the iPhone, and that maybe that exclusive was bumped up to 2010 when they agreed to the new iPhone 3G model, but no one outside the lawyer-strewn vaults at Apple and AT&T likely knows how much or for how long. With that in mind, BGR is rumoring that Verizon might be getting ready to unleash a little CDMA/EVDO iPhone fury all their own.
Apple is said to have approached Verizon to be the original iPhone carrier, after all, with AT&T only getting the deal when Verizon turned it down. Likewise, it's been suggested that Apple may not exactly be thrilled at the problems 3G users (and Crackberry Kevin's, it seems!) are having on the AT&T network.
Still, this one is hard for us to believe. Irrespective of Verizon's huge footprint in the US, and regardless of the appeal a CDMA/EVDO iPhone may have for some, it's a small global market for Apple to spend their already straining resources on.
Besides, Jeremy points out that with the Blackberry Storm set to strike over at Verizon, would they really want to let the iPhone 3G steal RIM's "thunder" (ouch!)
What do you think? Any iPhone owners out there dying to switch (back?) to Verizon? Any Verizon stalwarts still holding out for an EVDO iPhone?
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The way I see it, Apple should hurry out with a CDMA/EVDO iPhone so that they quickly can sell it. The people who buy it will most likely be signing a two year contract so they will probably keep their iPhone for at least two years. Around two years from now LTE coverage will be large enough for Apple to release a 4G LTE iPhone, just in time for all the people who got a CDMA/EVDO 3G iPhone with a two year contract to buy the 4G LTE iPhone.
CDMA/EVDO iPhone + LTE iPhone 2 years later = BIG!!!!! money for Apple
I am holding out for the Verizon iPhone...or will perform hack surgery to modify once I have the extra $ to buy the phone. has anyone hacked theirs successfully?
ATT coverage is awful. A satisfied, long-time Verizon customer and Mac devotee, I purchased an iPhone when my Verizon contract expired last year. I recently purchased a Verizon phone and transferred my phone number because ATT's coverage in NY/CT/NJ is miserable. Dropped calls/no coverage [including from the Empire State Building- not exactly the backwoods...] I seldom completed a call without being dropped- business contacts who have iPhones have had the same problem. I will buy another iPhone when they come to Verizon...I can't recall the last time I lost a call with Verizon.
I'd switch back in a microsecond!
Why: Poor coverage and the infamous 3G drop!
that is so cool i want one i am 12
Me and basically every one else that I know and meet are holding out for a Verizon iPhone. We all substitute it with an iPod Touch but an iPhone would be the best on Verizon wireless. Plus AT&T has 3G coverage in 40-50% of the US but Verizon has 3G coverage in 80% of the US!!!!!
I heard that part of the agreement with AT&T and Apple was that AT&T had to sell a certain number of iPhones and they did not meet this metric. Can anyone shed light on that?
VZW was the best network and customer service. It would take a lot for me to cancel service and the iPhone is not big enough.
I've been a loyal customer with Verizon 9 years!!!! and would love to have the iPhone. I almost left Verizon for AT&T just to have the iPhone but I choose GREAT coverage/cutomer service rather than a cool phone. I currently have the voyager and like most of you all that has Verizon coverage the vcast sucks!!!! I'm able to upgrade a year early (YES, Verizon mailed me a Platinum VIP card)so I'm hoping this falls through....
I had verizon for 3 years and although service was always great I was really unhappy with the phone selection they have. I waited for the blackberry storm to come out and once it did I was completely unsatifyed. I now have an iPhone. I agree the service isn't great but text and web surfing is great. I alsolove the built in iPod and variety of apps. It truly is a great phone.
If everybody bitching here would dial *611 on their VZW phone and threaten to leave if they don't get the iPhone sooner or later they'd wise up!
I switched from VZW to AT&T for the iPhone 2G... The phone was amazing, the service was almost unusable! Now it's come out that AT&T's network is so screwed up that they are degrading 2G signals in favor of 3G... except AT&T's version of 3G is such a power hog, even many 3G iPhone owners turn 3G off to save battery life... Apple also uses an Infineon 3G chip which is nowhere near as power efficient as a Qualcomm chip... Gee, if Apple used a Qualcomm chip, they could get all flavors of 3G as well as 2G on one chip... In other words a phone that could work on any network around the world! Gee, RIM was able to figure this out w/ the Storm... Apple? Are you listening?? Duh!
I recently switched back to VZW when AT&T's network became so bad that they couldn't even keep a call up in the New York metro area! Truly pathetic!
I now have the world's most expensive iPod Touch!
AT&T Wireless Bites the Big One!
AT&T service was terrible in Knoxville, TN. Got no service indicator in many areas even 3-5 miles from downtown. Two of those areas were my home and office... where service was not even available half the time... and visual voice mail almost none of the time. I wanted to try the 3G but they wouldn't sell it to me for the $299 deal... had to spend $499. So I cancelled the contract and paid the $175. The phone was not usable. I told AT&T they were giving up over $2,000 additional revenue for the rest of the contract for a lousy $200.00 I thought that was pretty stupid. They didn't blink. Anyway, as it turned out, my partner got a 3G phone and can't get decent service at the office... has to walk outside. I just thought I would share the AT&T arrogance and insensitivity.
Verizon, on the other hand, offered me deal where I didn't have to wait for the normal two years to get a new blackberry storm or voyager or other PDA phone.
I am hoping for the PRE or the iphone on Verizon. I have a treo that works great as a phone and email device. I loved the iphone but the carrier service was horrid.
I wouldn't recommend AT&T to Bernie Madoff. Wait a minute.
They do share something with him. Their commercials are all lies. Their coverage is terrible and they rip you off just like Bernie.
I've been with Verizon for 5 years now. I love their service. I want an iphone but I refuse to have at&t service. I currently have the Dare which isn't a bad little phone but it's just NOT the iphone. Verizon would gain a lot more customers if they could find a way to get some type of iphone in their line of phones. Everyone I know hates their iphone's service and from all these posts I see that as well.
I have an IPod Touch and Verizon Cell Phone. Would love to see an IPhone on Verizon. The Storm is a far cry from even the current IPhone. Had a Storm for one weekend and returned it. Heard I wasn't the only one doing that either. Iphone+Verizon=Winner.
I've been on Verizon since 2000 when they started, and have had better service in Arizona than my friends who have cycled though other carriers. We've done tests and Verizon is always the clear winner. Even with my remote travel I can find service (I called my wife standing on the North rim of the Grand Canyon...along with my friends that had to use my phone as well). I would never switch carriers...BUT GOD I WANT AN iPHONE!!!!!!! I've also been an Apple user since my first IIe and I think the iPhone is the apex of brilliant design and functionality (to this point). Look at what it has done for the cell phone/smartphone market. But none are as good.
I have my iPod Touch for now, but I'll be the first in line, cash in hand, when Verizon sells iPhones. My only wish is that is comes soon.
Verizon and Apple need to see this comment page and realize they could own the cell phone/smartphone market.
I will get an iphone very soon. I waited last year because someone said google phone will come to verizon; then I waited again for bb storm, I stopped after read many user reviews on that 'iphone killer'. should I wait for iphone coming to verizon year after year? no, I already look so bad, just like the man who is waiting for another rabbit hit the tree besides him.
I want an I phone but just like everyone else, I dont want to change to AT&T. Any insiders have any info about the possibilites of Verizon getting the IPhone? My upgrade comes up on 3/09 and I hope Apple makes the iphone avail to us... I know the Apple trade show happened 2 weeks ago... Any news?
I am dying to go back to Verizon with the iphone. I had Verizon, but couldn't keep holding out for the iphone so I switched. I love the iphone it is amazing. ATT on the other hand makes me want to kill myself. I never get calls, my phone often has no service, I drop calls, ect. Basically it doesn't work as a phone bc of ATT's terrible network. I never had those issues with Verizon. I would pay to cancel ATT and go back to Verizon if I could bring my iphone.
Me and my wife switched over to AT&T to get the iPhones and sooner than we knew it we were switching back to VZW. The reason we had to switch back was because of the same reason of everyone else, bad service. One night i had to take my dad the the ER and was trying to get in touch with my wife and had 74 failed calls, yes that is right 74 is not a typo. So we had to go back to VZW and my wife was almost in tears when she had to give up her iPhone. We are waiting so patiently, but it is wearing out. There has to be a way to send this to VZW & Apple so they could see these results. As soon as VZW comes out with the iPhone I will be there to get two of them. Come on VZW & Apple make it happen!!!!!! Here is hoping for the iPhone on VZW very soon PLEASE!!!!!!
sometimes I feel the world needs balance. if verizon got iphone 3 years ago, verizon should be able to kill AT&T right now. so the balance exists there even we can not see it.
Apple (and Verizon for that matter) would do quite well if a CDMA version were released. I personally know three iPhone users that said they'd leave AT&T and pay a termination fee if Verizon became a carrier. Main reasons, bad service and quality. I live in NY and practically my whole family (including extended) is with Verizon, many of which would love an iPhone as well, but will not switch carriers.
So if there were an exodus of AT&T customers, coupled with all the Verizon users wanting an iPhone, I think both companies would benefit greatly. I think though the 2010 contract extension rumor with AT&T may be true. But I have read that Verizon is supposed to be the first of the U.S. carriers to start testing LTE, later this year. Perhaps a new iPhone model could be developed for that. Here's to hoping with the rest of you.
@ sjaymadsen: I agree. This blog should be shown to both companies. I'm sure it's just one of many such sites.
We used to just use iphones with no land line at old residence. We bought a new house in Pacifica, and ATT doesn't cover where my house is...10 miles south of San Francisco in Pacifica, no signal in a Vallemar's back valley in Pacifica. So I got a land line for new house with ATT, and I forward my calls from iphone to ATT land line to get calls there. ATT double bills me for minutes and land line. Have had discussions with ATT and no solutions or agreement to fix the bills or coverage. They are also rude on the phone. They were broken up by the government once because they were a monopoly, and now they have re-joined. They know they have us hooked and don't care. They have me very frustrated and I NEED another carrier. Sprint coverage works near my house and is cheaper. I love my Iphone, and my husband has one too. If it wasn't for him, and his absolute addiction to the iphone, I would switch to another cell phone and carrier, but am stuck on the plan. His iphone doesn't work here either, but that's not enough to make him quit the iphone. On top of that ATT has made me upset about my land line, too and I am fed up with them. I am at the end of my rope. Is there any way I can switch carriers and keep my iphone? Apple, when will you wise up and see that your contract with ATT is dragging us down? Maybe the new Google Android will get it together and be an alternative. Apple, don't make us wait two-four years, we'll be gone by then!
I agree with Boobietrap I have Verizon and i couldn't be happier. I had quite a horrible experience with AT&T. First Customer service is a wreak. Signal sucks(In NYC). The only good part was the iPhone. Even having the iPhone could keep me from staying on the crappiest network ever. We need a Verizon iPhone ASAP!!
I would love to have an iPhone on Verizon. AT&T drops calls constantly where I live (within the city limits of Seattle!) usually just after the person on the other end picks up the phone, resulting in me prank calling everyone I know. Since I have no landline this winds up being a bit of a problem. Needless to say at the moment at least the iPhone is simply not an option until it's on Verizon.
i am on Verizon and bought into the BB Storm hype..have had it for a month and I really am trying to like it but its nothing like my Ipod Touch. Turns out my company wont support BB so i am going back to the Q. It worked, enough said! Iphone on Verizon would be a beautiful thing...until then its 2 devices to carry around!
"I am dying to go back to Verizon with the iphone. I had Verizon, but couldn’t keep holding out for the iphone so I switched. I love the iphone it is amazing. ATT on the other hand makes me want to kill myself. I never get calls, my phone often has no service, I drop calls, ect. Basically it doesn’t work as a phone bc of ATT’s terrible network. I never had those issues with Verizon. I would pay to cancel ATT and go back to Verizon if I could bring my iphone."
I feel 100% the same way.
How do I go about making a new law that prohibits cell companies from making these drug deals with cell phone carriers? They should make these phones unlocked so that you could buy them retalpriebut use them with The carrier of your choice. When cell phones were new and All using the same technology this was possible.
This locking business is horrible and were pretty much forced into contracts.
What do you think?
I currently have the combination that Kuhnaydeein has (RazR and iTouch) but I would much rather have them together like in the dream world Terry is predicting.
One of the main reasons Apple did not go with Verizon in the first place is because Apple did not want Verizon's crappy UI on the iPhone (Who could blame them?!?!). Every time I get a new phone I have to edit seems and such to get the features that the phone were built to have but Verizon shuts off the software linking the two... Sucks.
I know Apple will not budge on this. So if Verizon does end up getting the iTouch I would be extremely happy. I will be happy because it will be the phone that everyone on Verizon's network has been waiting for.
But... If the 32GB model shows up on AT&T I might just have to jump ship on the 13 years of Verizon service.
Only time will tell...
Tom's (TEEllis22) Dream world 32GB iPhone Verizon Network (3G or 4G dependent on timespan) Adobe Flash Player 5MP Camera Zoom(Preferably optical) Remember "Dream world" TV Mobile Video conference Data plan that INCLUDES texting And screw it... Lets throw in Megan Fox too! (Nooo not in the phone... Kind of like a complimentary thing, on the side.
im dying to have an iphone but im not too excited tmove to att when i already have such good service and customer support. ATT please MOVE to VERIZON
On Verizon. My dreams for the iPhone 2 go like this.
Apple and Verizon strike a deal, part of the deal is Verizon can't alter (DESTROY) the iPhone with VCast and the like. I get Verizon's network without the Verizon proprietary garbage AND and iPhone (and version 3 will have those basics that were oddly left out of 2)
I love the "i", I have the "phone". ATT sucks. Nobody in Phoenix can get a call or keep one going.
The iPhone is really cool. The ATT service is really BAD. I live in Chicago and can't recieve phone calls if I am in the city. Straight to voice mail. ATT is by far the worst service I have ever had. I am going to give up the iPhone and go back to Verizon. At least with Verizon I can make a phone call.
I switched from Verizon to ATT so I could have the iPhone. The phone is brilliant, but the ATT service is horrible. I am switching back to Verizon - they have agreed to take me back and refund the fee they charged me for canceling my contract. Go Verizon!
I have the iPhone. The AT&T service leaves a lot to be desired, but even worse is the battery life of the iPhone. My firend also has an iPhone and told me to extend battery life, turn of the 3G stuff. Seriously! I guess even the batter life sucks because of AT&T
Oh, I really wish that the iPhone was for Verizon. I have the en-V and it's okay for now, but I only have a year left with it! I want to upgrade to the iPhone badly, but I really don't want to switch to AT&T. Some of my friends have AT&T and they say it's not worth it to switch just for the "hot" phone. Maybe I'll just take their advise and stick to getting the LG Dare when my contract is up.
I decided to boycott cingular years ago and it just carried over to at&t when they bought cingular. Horrible service! I am a mac person and I would love to have the iphone mostly because I can use it as a storage device and a mobile office with all of my artwork on it. I refuse to call off the boycott though, so please somebody get the iphone to verizon!
I would LOVE Verizon to get the IPHONE. I have an ITOUCH and love it. I am a Verizon customer till I die. I was with AT&T and their service and coverage was very horrible, TMOBILE was OK but coverage was sporadic. Verizon rocks it hardcore and I love the quick and fast customer service. I love my Storm...but would gladly put it in the drawer for the IPHONE..
Still holding out for a Verizon iPhone. It is not so much about the iPhone but the apps that are available on it. If Verizon was smart they would throw a lot of money at developing the apps for the Storm.
Ok lets start with the Obvious. Anyone who says to you the iphone isnt a HOT device with cool features and a super slick operaing system is a LIAR. That being said you need to look at the big picture when buying a phone. 1. ITS A PHONE. If you cant make a call because the network sucks then its no good to you as a phone. 2. If you cant make a call then you cant access data either so that slick OS / Internet browser is now useless too. 3. some people mentioned the Blackberry devices and said they are "too professional". ???? Blackberry built themselves on the corporate professional for E-mail. In fact The original Blackberry device could not be used as a phone it was strictly an e-mail device. Thats thier market and they have only recently tried to transition to the regular consumer market with the curve and STORM. 4. People complaining that V-cast sucks. Vcast would not be used on the iphone when it goes to Verizon (and believe me it will) If you pay attention to the way the cell phone technology works and the way devices are marketed, you will see that all PDA devices regardless of carrier use the regular web for Data access Limited only by the browsers capabilities on the device and the devices limitations with regard to memory and processor speeds. Vcast is a Cell phone solution not a Data solution. that allows people to access the Mobile Web. Thats a version of the web designed to have less graphics and sites designed to allow regular phones to access them and navigate them quicker due to the design and interface with the web site and the phone. The problem in all cases being that if you want a Laptop experience then you need to use a laptop. Cell phones dont currently have the space in them internally to give you Duo Core Pentioum Processors (these chips in your PC are about the size of your battery) or huge hard drives to house all these applications you want to use (although they have come a long way in a short time on this one) Currently the phones are the limitng factor on these devices. and by the time LTE rolls out we can only hope that there are more options available. As for Vcast "sucking" I guess thats a matter of what you want to use it for. If you want to surf the web all day from your phone you should use a PDA device so you have a full HTML browser. Not a phone that uses Mobile Web. Mobile web is for light users checking an occasional e-mail, weather, and sprots scores (taht kind of stuff) As far as games go, does anyone think that gaming on a phone is going to be Madden 2009 on your big screen. Not a chance. The size alone prohbits any kind of complex game because you cant controll the multi functions well enough to be accurate or have any fun with it. iphone games for the most part are only cool or fun to play if they use the accelerometer ass the controller whic is somewhat limiting in the game selection, and since there are everything from Blackberry, and windows based devices to straight phone devices with accellerometers in them, those simple games are soon to come. The bottom Line is the network is the most important thing to consider when buying a phone because if it doesnt work when you need it to what the hell is the point of having it. Blackberry device are a device that by design forces email to the phone thus incuring data charges which is why a data plan is required thru verizon, so customers dont get crushed with pay as you go data charges and if your complaining about that you must not be interested in an iphone either because they require a data feature also, and on the 3g version that is $30 just like the Blackberry. Im sure I misse dsome stuff that was quoted in here but the bottom line is features and services are offered by cell phone companies as long as they are being used, requested, and profitable. When they cease to be used by the customer, requested by the customer or non-profitable to offer and maintain then they will stop offering them.So choose your poison and live with your decision. Happy cell phone shopping.
We do have a friend who works for Verizon, and said don't hold your breath, because Verizon turned Apple down, because they wanted to control the apps. What would an iPhone be without the apps??? Dumb move, Verizon. I neeeed an iPhone, but my service is stuck at Verizon due to the coverage being paid by my employer. So now I have all these contracts with Verizon for family to be on the same network.
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Love my iTouch, but if anyone is listening: I want a Verizon iPhone!!!
I would love to be able to use my iPhone with verizon b/c i paid so much for my iPhone but have the places i go i never got "bars" as att says they always have. I love verizons service but i miss my iPhone.
Ugh. I want an Iphone so bad. But I can't switch to AT&T. I've been waitimg for something to happen. It would be fantastic
ive had verizon for the past 5 years. i bought a iphone and kept my verizon phone. after two week i couldnt stand it anymore and returned the i phone. the good part about it is it only cost me 34 dollars to have the phone for two weeks to see how the service was. but i heard there is a new app. that you can get so you dont drop so many calls. it doesnt really matter what they do the servoce will never be as good as verizon. im like all of you i wish that apple and verizon would get together but i dont think it will ever happen. i really wish att didnt suck so bad
I LOVE the iPhone and really want one, but I love Verizon's coverage and customer service more. I've checked out the Blackberry Storm. It's okay, but it's 1st generation and had some issues in the rush to market (as is often the case). Chances are it will likely improve in the next generation and I'd rather hold out for that if I do get one. Right now it's just not as easy to use as the iPhone, or as sexy, but it is a good second runner up. I'm going to hold out for iPhone to be available on Verizon eventually or settle for a 2nd generation Storm... or maybe get a Treo in the meantime. C'mon Apple and Verizon!!! Get smart and get together soon!!!! And don't go past 2010!!!!
If only the two would join... I would love an iPhone on Verizon, I would buy one... or an iPhone world phone that could be used on the Verizon network... what ever just do it!
i'm dying to get the iphone but refuse to leave verizon, i have the lg dare which i like, but would instantly buy the iphone at any price if ever available with verizon.
Does anyone think that verizon is doing this Buy one get one free with Blackberries to get rid of stock so that they are ready to start selling the Iphone? Just a thought
Great thought Paul, but with all the hype of the Storm, and lackluster performance, who knows.
I will never leave Verizon (strong words, I know)... but I'm so sick and tired of the lack of phones.
What is the deal with the unlocked phones? Does that mean you can purchase an iPhone but use it with a Verizon network contract?
I switched to Verizon when AT&T tookover cingular and perfectly happy with Verizon. I liked Cingular but can't tolerate AT&T. I would wait with patience and try out LG and other till VZW comes out with Iphone.
Would love iphone on vzw ,tried iphone w/att and returned after 3 days due to holes in service are. would buy iphone if available on verizon in heart beat.
I would LOVE an Iphone, but I am not going to switch to AT&T. I had Cingular, but when AT&T took over the service became horrible. I live in GA and there is hardly any coverage in the state with AT&T. I switched to Verizon in August of 2007 and I have been SO much happier. I would absolutely love it if Apple would come to an agreement with Verizon!
I have verizon right now. I use my iTouch and my cell phone But I really want the iPhone! I would definatly buy it if Verizon and Apple offered it to me!
I also have verizon and an itouch... I hate having to carry them both around together! It sucks!
VERIZON BUY THE IPHONE!
Rumor: Apple iPhone for $99? By Gary Krakow What's next for Apple and its nearly ubiquitous iPhones? How about a new model at the industry's magic selling price?
There's word that Apple (Stock Quote: AAPL) is secretly planning to launch an entry-level iPhone, one that will retail for just $99. Apple has usually announced and released its iPhones at the beginning of the summer season.
According to a research note by RBC Capital Markets, analyst Mike Abramsky said that Apple will launch the entry-level device alongside an iPhone 3G performance upgrade in June or July. He forecasts that a $99 iPhone could increase unit sales by as much as 69%. If you do the math, that could lift Apple's share of the smartphone market to as much as 19%.
According to the analysis, the $99 price point includes a $200 subsidy and would be based on a new AT&T "light" data plan (Stock Quote: T) costing around $15 per month.
But aside from the possible jump in market share, Abramsky adds that Apple would risk cannibalizing its own profits. He believes that Apple would have to sell three new $99 iPhones to replace the gross profits of one 3G iPhone. In addition to their smartphones, the new device could also affect sales of certain models of the iPod, which retail at similar price points.
To compensate for shrinking margins, Abramsky said that Apple might look to expand its distribution network, which would mean allowing more mobile operators to offer the device. Here in the U.S., Apple would have to create new versions of the iPhone that would work on T-Mobile (Stock Quote: DT), Verizon Wireless (Stock Quote: VZ) and Sprint's (Stock Quote: S) separate 3G networks.
I expect we'll also be hearing about a truckload of other new 3G smartphone designs at next week's Mobile World Congress exposition in Barcelona, Spain. Big announcements are expected from Microsoft (Stock Quote: MSFT), Garmin (Stock Quote: GRMN), Dell (Stock Quote: DELL) and a number of companies introducing new Google Android-based handsets (Stock Quote: GOOG). We'll be in Barcelona to bring you the latest news, beginning on Sunday.
I left T-Mobile for AT&T to get the iPhone 3G and after 6 months I left and got a cheapy Virgin Mobile phone instead. AT&T has bad customer service, rude employees and their rate plans and texting plans are way overpriced. The iPhone is a nice phone but it's nothing I can't live without. I'll keep the extra $60.00 month in my pocket. Now if T-Mobile gets the iPhone then maybe we can talk. I always liked T-Mobile service and pricing.
I stand in a line for a week if Verizon gets IPhone!!!
i would love the iphone for verizon i bought a touch screen form verizon but it can ever beet the iphone please hurry up i am eligible for an upgrade in a few weeks
i want the iphone but i cant because i have verizon so i bought a touch screen phone from verizon it stinks and i have an itouch its gr8 hope verizon gets the iphone in the next couple of weeks
I really would love to have the iphone but I will not switch my cell service from Verizon to AT&T. It will come down to what I want more. iphone or Verizon? How much longer are we going to have to hold out?
I think the only people on AT&T are iphone users, people who don't know any better, and people who only get service in their areas with AT&T. I've been a verizon, at&t, and sprint customer and verizon is by far the best... no question. You get service everywhere and anywhere...
Verizon has the best coverage where I live, an iPhone for verizon would be awesome, like I said I love their service but if verizon doesn't come out with cool phone by this year I might have to go to AT&T when the new iPhone comes out in August.
I would love for the iPhone to come to Verizon because if you are like me and you hate all the touch screens that Verizon has because of there crappy layout and not so easy to use programs such as the browser and just about everything else, but you still love the service you get from Verizon. I mean here in Southern California Verizon gives you great service pretty much everywhere I go, and my current blackberry pearl I love it works fine and everything but how ever I carry my iPod touch with my pretty much everywhere I go and I love the look and feel of the iPod touch which essentially is the iPhone without the phone. So I really hope they bump the crappy storm out and put the iPhone in, it is easy to use and it already has an easy working media player that I love to death. And I don't have to install another program just for the stupid v-cast music on my computer.
I live in west TN and AT&T service is mediocre at best were I live. I would also like to add there is 3G only in 4 area's of TN. I would love to have an iPhone but its hard to talk myself into one having to pay a $30 service for the life of the phone when the 3G service is not even available in my area. I am happy with Verizon service but they have released more than one sub par phone. So I don't really think they are the best thing ever. I am stuck with 2 replacement Samsung Glydes that do not function like they should. And I am scared of the new Storm. It is kinda like an iPhone but not really.
Surely the people at Apple know that their market share for iPhone would double, at least, if they made iPhone for VZW. I want an iPhone so bad, but will not switch from VZW. I'm holding-out, for my whole family of 4, on upgrading our cellphones because I'm hoping iPhone will come out for VZW. If not, we'll stay with VZW.
AT&T is horrible.
i want an iphone so bad, but i dont want to switch to AT&T, VZW has the best service, even on my crappy LG phone i get better service than my friends with their AT&T phones, so pleaes verizon, provide the iphone, your amount of customers would increase and Mac&VZW would gain a huge profit if they did so...its so stupid that you dont offer one now..really.
I WANT AN iPHONE!! I am suck with Verizon till 2011. I really do like Verizon, but lets face it, Verizon's phones suck. I would buy an iPhone in a hearbeat!
AT&T Sucks! Verizon + iPhone = GOOD!
I want an iPhone SO bad ... but there is NO way we can go back to AT&T again. They have horrible coverage. I could not talk on my phone in my house and we live in the middle of our town! I get coverage all over town with Verizon (except the back corner of Walmart ... so I just don't go there anymore
Please, oh Please Verizon, I want/need/gotta have an iPhone.
im confused? so can the iphone be switched over to verizon? or is it just a thought
I really hope so, I am a Verizon costumer very happy with the coverage, but not so much by the phone selection. If the iPhone came to Verizon I would buy a couple in a heartbeat. I will be taking my business somewhere else if Big Red does not come out with some cool phones come out this year. Storm Sucks!
I have been Verizon-loyal for an eternity, all the while getting a good case of iPhone envy... Lots of my coworkers have them, and almost all of them say the same thing: it's a fun toy but pretty much useless as a phone. Apparently AT&T service really DOES stink. I enjoy phenomenal coverage and outstanding customer service with Verizon, and even though I am on my 4th Palm replacement (Treo 755), at least I can make and receive calls anywhere. Oh, and I can send a real pix message to anyone anywhere too. And I can highlight, copy and paste too... Did I mention that I also have a real, tactile keyboard? Yeah that's right folks... I can leave my finger on a button and easily delete voicemail messages without even looking at the screen while DRIVING. Try that with an iPhone. I hate to say it, but as nice and slick as the Apple OS is, the device is wanting in many ways. Hey... did I mention I can replace my own battery any time I want to with a freshly charged extra one?? Or how about the fact that I can pop a 16GB MiniSD card in it and move my data around easily? Oh yeah... one more thing... my Palm cost less and so does my service, which includes unlimited web access, unlimited SMS and pix/video messaging to the US AND CANADA, and $0.10 long distance calls to Canada. Yeah--it costs a LOT less.
I would love it if Apple brought the iPhone to Verizon. But they will have to fix it first.... Until then, I will continue to let my Palm piece of crap crash once or twice a day at random times. At least I can call you on it from ANYWHERE and send you a picture message too. Ha. LOL
(Grain of salt)
I currently have Verizon Wireless. I would love to have an iPhone especially on Verizon Wireless, but frankly their bullshit "red bar" OS-wanna-be is fucking garbage. If they could get an iPhone it'd end up torched with that bullshit menu. AND the only people buying it would be the peons with no knowledge or understanding of wtf an iPhone is, its technology, etc or for that matter wtf is going on. Plus, I'm sure Verizon would figure out a way to not only empty customers wallets but make them hack off a couple limbs and still be unsatisfied. Great wireless service (even if 90% of their customer service reps are morons) but just too much bullshit.
I have been dreaming of an iPhone for awhile now, but I will never switch over to AT&T. I know a ton of people in my family alone who would also get an iPhone if it were Verizon. So there is a ton of business that Apple is losing, just in my family.
Please, Apple, let us Verizon users have iPhones.
I DOOO NOTTT LIKE VERIZON AT ALL!
GOO AT&T!!
Please Oh please, I want an iphone on Verizon, 3g or 4g I don't care...just as soon as possible. I'll buy both versions a few months apart! Get me one within the next month and I'll pay $1000 just for the phone.
My T-Mobile contract is almost up & I will be making the switch to Verizon! Everyone I know has already made the switch and they love it! I would love to get an iphone with Verizon!!! I can't go to at&t- their service sucks & they have terrible customer service. Please bring iphone to Verizon!!!!
I am in the same boat. Here in south Florida, the only phones that worked in the last hurricane were from Verizon. That was enough for me! I had an AT&T Crackberry free from work and I actually gave it back and got my own phone through Verizon. Apple - WAKE UP! What were you thinking - just get with the program and release the iPhone through Verizon!!!!!! AT&T is absolutely worthless!
I am a loyal VZW customer because AT&T service sucks. I would love to have the iphone with Verizon service. AT&T is the only reason I have not purchased an iphone.
A. Apple isn't a phone maker, so how come noone else can touch the iphone, even one's that have been making phones for years?
B. VZW unfortunately is probably too confident in their coverage size and quality not to want to spend much money/effort in securing an iphone for VZW, and even if they did, you can bet they would cripple the hell out of it so much that it would be an iphone in appearance only.
C. Whoever is responsible for the US being in such an anti-consumer hellhole in regards to cable companies and phone service needs to be arrested and deported. There should only be one type of network protocol and everyone should be free to get whatever ungimped phone they want, and go to whichever provider they prefer based on service/cost, not on what phone they let you have.
Most people I know made a switch as soon their contract was up just to get an iphone. And now everyone always complains about the crappy service. If Verizon goes iphone, IM GETTING IT!. Despite the crappy V Cast( That I completely ignore anyway) Verizon is # 1 service in America PERIOD Verizon+iphone=Happily ever after
I am one of the one's still holding out for Verizon to carry the iPhone. It is really mentally exhausting when I think about wanting the iPhone so badly, but also wanting to stay with Verizon. My contract has been over since last July and I am excited to get a new phone in May of this year. I had no idea that Verizon was originally approached to represent the iPhone, that would have been great. But I do agree with as much as I love Verizon, their Vcast is rather annoying to me ad having to pay a lot for most new applications. So, here is to hoping that Verizon will get the iPhone representation and that they will not incorporate Vcast too heavily into the phone. Hey, I can wish can't I?
I switched to At&t just for the i phone the phone is great and cool the service is a peace of shit i hate u AT$T i hate paying for the stupid service i cant wait for the day verizon to get that phone and then hopefully AT&T goes under and when u dont pay thoes assholes they turn off your phone serevice and the have to call from another phone and say WTF then they charge u a restoral fee to turn it back on hope u DIE AT&T. Verizon all the way
There would be a hurricane force blast across the US from everyone gasping at the same time in shock, amazement and excitement if:
This would be shortly followed by a thunderous crash caused by AT&T's stock and marketshare, sending refugees into the streets for days as they wait in line to cancel their AT&T contracts, and dwarfing the lines of people waitng to get their iPhone on release day from AT&T in the first place.
Also, it was mentioned in an earlier post that Verizon's Buy One-Get One Blackberry might be a measure to make space for an iPhone. Sadly, this isn't the case. My take is that Verizon hyped and touted the hell out of the Blackberry Storm, calling it (yet again) an "iPhone killer". They made sure to have ample supplies of these phones for the percieved iPhone-like reception. But one problem.... there was a boy who cried wolf. Consumers have heard the term 'iPhone killer' before, and been led into stores to demo a phone that has a nice interface, and some neat features, but pales in comparison to the iPhone's user interface, capability and function. By the time the Storm was touted to be the next big thing, most consumers were skeptical (and rightfully so) to any phone being marketed as an 'iPhone killer' and wanted to see the proof in the pudding. Verizon/RIM produced something resembling pudding, but it was rushed to market with user interface lag, desperate for software polishing, and lacking any killer-apps that we have attributed to the iPhone. Epic fail. Soon enough it was a case of Verizon purging their overstock with the Buy one-Get two offer.
I think Verizon will get much more money with they have the iPhone as one of their options. In my experiance, I've had no problems with Verizon's service. I think it's an excellent idea. Plus, I hope they also agree to have the new Moto Q Global in their line. I've been waiting to get my hands on that phone but it's only for AT&T, but I don't like their service due to prior experiance.
my husband got the iphone and jumped off of our verizon family plan to AT&T - the rest of us are waiting in limbo for our contracts to expire, but we really don't want to leave verizon - long time customers - love the service - an iphone on their network would pretty much seal the deal
I have verizon and hmm it works fantastic everywhere else except my house. maybe it's just me? -_- anyways i've been dying for an iphone since forever!!!but my mom doesn't want to switch. I had the lg voyager but someone stole it and now i'm back to my crappy old phone >:o
I got an iphone 3g when it first came out last year. I live in NJ and commute to NYC on the train. Along the route I lost the ATT signal in 3 places, and there is no service in the tunnel into Penn Station. I never lost the signal once with Verizon. The battery life was horrible in the iphone. I would leave home with it fully charged, and I had to recharge it by 4pm each day. Verizon's 3g coverage is so much larger than ATT it's a joke. But my biggest pet peeve was the smartphone applications were just not that smart. Coming from a Treo, I was very disappointed at the weak email, calendar and contact apps in the iphone (I doubt they've been updated in ver.3) Maybe copy and paste will help, but if the battery is still as weak I think the phone is overrated. Another thing I hated was you had to step through menu after menu to turn the bluetooth on and off, which is important to save battery life when you don't need it, but in NJ you HAVE to have a headset when driving. Very akward. I canceled my contract and ended up paying almost $200 for the crappy service I had for 2 weeks. ATT can fall in a hole for all I care. Even my experience in the store was horrible - long lines, no place to sit, etc. Verizon stores by, comparison, are much nicer and even have bathrooms (don't think it matters? Wait an hour on line at ATT and then be told you have to walk outside in the rain to Jamba Juice to use the bathroom. F*CK that!) If Verizon gets an iphone that is much improved from the one I had - including video recording and better camera, and longer battery life in addition to all the other improvements in version 3 I'd consider it because of all the apps you can get. It's a great phone that wasn't there yet on a network that shouldn't even be in business.
I have what is a fairly basic question I guess. I really have never seen it answered. There are those who say there's "bad blood" between Apple and Verizon, or producing a CDMA EVDO version would be costly.
But has either company actually DENIED this is happening? I don't really see why one of them wouldn't, if they're truly not interested in working with the other.
I mean, business is business. It isn't personal. I can't see how Apple (being the technical and financially stable powerhouse it is) wouldn't be capable of producing a dual mode or CDMA iPhone (all other phone manufacturers do). Or that either company would pass on the opportunity to add what would likely be millions of users, just because they couldn't come to an agreement the first time around. I know someone is going to mention the whole exclusivity deal, but no one has the true details of it, other than what they've read in an article. If it doesn't happen this year, it will likely happen 2010.
I absolutely hate the AT&T service. I came from Nextel (Sprint) and have regretted it ever since. In our area of the Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia area Verizon seems to have the most stable coverage, and AT&T the absolute worst. Local techs report to me that AT&T switched frequencies to cover more AREA, but at the sacrifice of building penetration. I can be sitting on porch and go from 4 bars on AT&T to no bars and a dropped call in a second. I can't believe Apple is sticking with them. They have to much invested in their Ferrari to make it drive on a pothole infested road!
I'll probably switch to Verizon at first opportunity and hope to grab an IPhone at some point... just not from AT&T.
I want the IPHONE real bad but I refuse to go to AT& T as they always drop calls they dont have towers where i need them.. but i wont get the storm either as that is a poor comparisont o Iphoen APPLE CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW????? PLEASE BRING THE PHONE TO VERIZON AND REALLY LET THE WORLD SEE WHATTHE PHONE CAN DO AS SERVICE IS SOOO MUCH BETTER
Verizon sales person told me that when the iphone battery dies you have to get a new phone is that true if so that stinks no??
If Verizon got the iphone soon, I would consider waiting for it and staying with my Verizon service. The end of 2010 is too long. I will never go back to AT&T as their service is terrible. I will grab a Palm Pre when it is released and switch to sprint.
I love the iPhone concept, but love Verizon service, so I bought a Verizon Samsung Omnia. Great little piece of hardware, but the worst software set I've ever seen. Clumsy, hard to use, non-intuitive crap. Can't wait for iPhone/Verizon combo. Can't see Verizon catching Apple in the apps department. Wasn't it Steve Jobs that wrote on his board "it's the software, dummy"?
VERIZON WIRELESS IS MISSING OUT ON A HUGE MONEY MAKING PROFIT FOR NOT TRYING TO GET THE IPHONE..I WOULD CANCEL MY TMOBILE SERVICE AND PAY A $200 TERMINATION FEE IN A HEARTBEAT AS A CONSUMER AND SWITCH BACK TO VERIZON IF THEY OFFERED THE IPHONE 3G TOMMOROW? COME ON VERIZON GET WITH IT, YOUR MISSING OUT ON MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE???? WHATS THE PROBLEM, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, WE WANT THE IPHONE AND VERIZON AND ARE WILL TO PAY FOR IT REGARDLESS OF THE COST!
I have no choice. My cell is my only phone, and Verizon is the only carrier that gives me coverage where I live. I love Apple. I want an iPhone. I will not buy an iPhone wanna-be. I will wait.
I use Verizon and have a really old phone and if they came out with the iPhone for Verizon then i would definatly buy it! I really hope that they get an iPhone for Verizon that would be sweet.
2010 BETTER HURRY UP
I'm a Verizon customer and will be due for an upgrade come April. I tried the Blackberry Storm and found it had a lot of features I really love, but no WiFi kind of sucks. And all the test models I've tried seem clumsy when it comes to text. I love how you can copy and paste pics from the web though on the Storm. Upon trying an iPhone I fell in love with it's ease of use when it comes to using it as a phone or as a browser or as a music player. I'm really tempted to switch over to AT&T just for the iPhone but all I've heard about AT&T's horrible service makes me beg the question if an iPhone is really worth the trade off. By the time I buy a new phone nothing will change in the political cilmate between Verizon and Apple so I may just have to settle somewhat for a lesser product, or crappy phone service. Right now both are unappealing options but not much I can do to change that. Oh and Vcast does suck.
I would love to switch back to VZW! In my house I have no service in our basement and my sister does on her VZW phone not just like 3 bars but full. It really sucks. So hopefully soon an iPhone will be released on Verizon Wireless, truly the best cell phone provider here!