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Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by berberich »

roadnottaken wrote: post #34
mey wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incoming calls will interrupt data activity. (Will interrupt hotspot) ArsTechnica has an excellent live blog going of it. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/liveblog-of-veri...

>Incoming calls will interrupt data activity. (Will interrupt hotspot) Wow, this reminds me of being on dial-up in the 1990s.

The CDMA Development Group announced provisions for SVDO, or Simultaneous 1x Voice and EV-DO Data in 2009, but there hasn't been much news on it since.

My guess is that Verizon will just continue upgrading its network for LTE instead of making this interim upgrade.

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by dhimes »

mey wrote: post #19
TomOfTTB wrote: post #4

Pretty much what everyone expected. The same phone on Verizon's CDMA network. The only a few things I noted were... 1. You can use it as a WiFi Hotspot 2. Redesigned antenna (obviously) 3. Verzion isn't getting the 3GS (which is probably why AT&T was so quick to drop it to $49)

Incoming calls will interrupt data activity. (Will interrupt hotspot) ArsTechnica has an excellent live blog going of it. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/liveblog-of-veri...

love this:

  #Ironically, ATT service here at the Time Warner Center   
  for a Verizon event is excellent.
  by jtimmer at 1/11/2011 4:30:14 PM11:30 AM

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by carols10cents »

ugh wrote: post #33
shade wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been thinking of dropping my AT&T iPhone 4 for a Droid Bionic on Verizon later this year. Given that, I'm really hoping they'll be charging extra for the wifi hotspot feature like they do with Android, or if they're not, making it free for Android users as well. (edit: To be clear, the liveblogs I've glanced at haven't specifically said if it will be free or not, and Verizon apparently won't talk about plan pric…

I don’t really understand why you hope that they will charge iPhone users for the hotspot feature. That seems wholly unrelated to your purchasing decision.

because it's not fa-airrrr

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

#65

Post by ergo98 »

bho wrote: post #10

I'm surprised that there's no LTE. Isn't Verizon's new network supposed to be up and running soon?

That would be a significant engineering change (above and beyond CDMA that they have been working on for years, and for which chipsets are mature) and would essentially make it an iPhone 4.5. LTE will certainly come to the iPhone 5, due in just a few months.

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by edd »

mkinsella wrote: post #3

"On February 3rd our existing customers will have an opportunity to pre-order... on February 10th, everyone will be able to order online, in stores, or in Apple stores." For once, a telecommunications company gives perks to existing customers. For far too long have cell phone and broadband companies pampered new customers with deals rather than existing customers (and rightly so but still frustrating).

In the UK O2, the original iPhone network, have in the past held off letting any new customers buy the new iPhones for the first month to make sure their existing customers can upgrade first.

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by kenjackson »

Curious, how big do people think this will be? Will Apple double its US userbase or will it be an incremental bump? I tend to think incremental.

The people in the US today who really want an iPhone have moved to ATT. The holdouts are those that:

1) Hate AT&T. 2) Are on a business plan who is tied to Verizon. 3) Those on a family plan, but aren't calling the shots.

For most of the people in 1-3, they already have a Verizon smartphone, and likely a relatively new one. So they'll trickle over the next year to 18 months.

Completely new accounts will go to the store and look at the phones. The iPhone looks less good, side by side, compared to the Droid X. With that said, there's no brand like the iPhone brand.

In any case, I think the sales on Verizon will be telling. Did people move to ATT to get the iPhone, or is there still tons of demand on the other carriers for the iPhone (obviously there's demand, but is it proportionate to the amount of demand that exists on ATT).

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by cpr »

Damnation, now I'll have to get a Verizon iPhone so I can replace my Mifi (for which I'm paying the same monthly amount for a wifi 5-user EVDO hotspot).

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

#69

Post by Dobbs »

schammy wrote: post #36
mey wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Incoming calls will interrupt data activity. (Will interrupt hotspot) ArsTechnica has an excellent live blog going of it. http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/01/liveblog-of-veri...

> Incoming calls will interrupt data activity. I don't see why people make a big deal out of this. How often do you really need to talk AND use data at the same time? I've never, ever, ever, ever, ever had to or even had the inclination that I wished I could. I think it's one of those features that sounds cool, but in reality no one really uses.

For myself quite often. My boss calls me and lets me know that 'x' server is having 'y' issue. I'm on my phone's wifi hotspot so I'll log into the server and answer questions while we talk over what is going on.

Re: Verizon iPhone 4

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Post by slouch »

kenjackson wrote: post #67

Curious, how big do people think this will be? Will Apple double its US userbase or will it be an incremental bump? I tend to think incremental. The people in the US today who really want an iPhone have moved to ATT. The holdouts are those that: 1) Hate AT&T. 2) Are on a business plan who is tied to Verizon. 3) Those on a family plan, but aren't calling the shots. For most of the people in 1-3, they already have a Ve…

who knows? my brother switched to ATT for the iphone, while my GF is holding out for it to come to verizon. neither are on company or family plans.
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