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I'm currently inside the 30 day window return as a brand new iPhone/AT&T customer; I wonder if any minor differences in this phone or in Verizon's service (I re

I'm currently inside the 30 day window return as a brand new iPhone/AT&T customer; I wonder if any minor differences in this phone or in Verizon's service (I really haven't had any problems with AT&T so far in the NYC area, I make very few voice calls) would be impetus enough to switch. Anyone care to speculate where the smart money might be on choosing AT&T or Verizon for service?

ericd 16y ago
If you read Consumer Reports, they recently had a large survey, and AT&T came in last in pretty much every single market, and Verizon was in first in most of them. Anecdotally, in NYC, the voice reliability on AT&T was terrible for me - every other call would drop within the first five minutes, many within the first two. I never had issues with my old verizon phone, I could count the number of dropped calls with one hand.
CoffeeDregs 16y ago
re: getting the Verizon iPhone: Reminder: date of product announcement != ship date
- mattparcher 16y ago
  Important point. Current rumors [1] peg the ship date as the first week of February, which is still a month off. [1] http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/07/verizon-iphone-launch-looks-set-for-february-3rd/ http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/07/verizon-iphone-launch-looks-se...
- larrywright 16y ago
  Ship date is likely very soon, Apple didn't tell their retail employees they couldn't take vacations this month for nothing.
jsz0 16y ago
One thing to consider is AT&T may offer some really good deals to counter the VZ launch. If you can live without the iPhone for 30 days you might end up with a much better package over 2 years or a heavily discounted price on the hardware. I think it's probably worth the wait. I doubt VZ will be offering any good deals just because they have a decent amount of pent up demand for the iPhone. Why discount something you know people will pay full price for?

ericd 16y ago

If you read Consumer Reports, they recently had a large survey, and AT&T came in last in pretty much every single market, and Verizon was in first in most of them. Anecdotally, in NYC, the voice reliability on AT&T was terrible for me - every other call would drop within the first five minutes, many within the first two. I never had issues with my old verizon phone, I could count the number of dropped calls with one hand.

CoffeeDregs 16y ago

re: getting the Verizon iPhone: Reminder: date of product announcement != ship date

mattparcher 16y ago
Important point. Current rumors [1] peg the ship date as the first week of February, which is still a month off. [1] http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/07/verizon-iphone-launch-looks-set-for-february-3rd/ http://www.bgr.com/2011/01/07/verizon-iphone-launch-looks-se...
larrywright 16y ago
Ship date is likely very soon, Apple didn't tell their retail employees they couldn't take vacations this month for nothing.

jsz0 16y ago

One thing to consider is AT&T may offer some really good deals to counter the VZ launch. If you can live without the iPhone for 30 days you might end up with a much better package over 2 years or a heavily discounted price on the hardware. I think it's probably worth the wait. I doubt VZ will be offering any good deals just because they have a decent amount of pent up demand for the iPhone. Why discount something you know people will pay full price for?