Verizon to finally get iPhone • Hacker News Board

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by aikinai » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 1:52 AM UTC

wtn wrote: post #4

melvinram wrote: post #3

Fingers crossed that T-mobile won't be too far behind. I really love my T-mobile plan.

I assure you that your T-Mobile plan will not be available for use with a T-Mobile iPhone.

It depends on what you mean by "not available for use." Any standard T-mobile plan that includes data (even the $5 T-Zones plan) will work with the iPhone. The only problem is that it's Edge-only.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by astrange » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

dantheman wrote: post #12

joshu wrote: post #8

I am absurdly excited about this, mostly because I am in hate with my Droid. However, the gmail and contacts integration on Droid is top notch. Am I going to be less happy on iphone?

gmail on iphone sucks - because of apple

http://bugreporter.apple.com/

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by mikecarlucci » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

It will be interesting to see what this does to Verizon's Droid pricing. If Verizon adopts similar plans to AT&T with a cheap, limited, data add-on, a Verizon iPhone could be just as big a boost to Android.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by wtn » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:33 AM UTC

aikinai wrote: post #51

wtn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assure you that your T-Mobile plan will not be available for use with a T-Mobile iPhone.

It depends on what you mean by "not available for use." Any standard T-mobile plan that includes data (even the $5 T-Zones plan) will work with the iPhone. The only problem is that it's Edge-only.

True, you can possibly rig it up with an unlocked AT&T or other non-T-Mobile contract bound phone.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by wtn » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:34 AM UTC

melvinram wrote: post #11

wtn wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assure you that your T-Mobile plan will not be available for use with a T-Mobile iPhone.

Whatever it ends up being, I'm sure it'll be a better deal than ATT/V.

Pricing game theory suggests that T-Mobile should undercut AT&T by a small margin at most.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by redler » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:39 AM UTC

there wrote: post #38

is this why at&t dropped the iphone 3gs to $50 today? http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/06/atandt-selling-iphone-3gs...

Yes.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by doron » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 2:40 AM UTC

runjake wrote: post #28

No LTE, the infamous metal strip will be almost complete flush with glass top & bottom, metal strip will only be segmented once, instead of 3 times, mostly resembles an iPhone 4 otherwise. Talk & data simultaneously. No Vzw bloat on board. iOS 4.3.x (just changes for cdma). If you're considering downvoting this, wait until Tuesday to do so :)

If true. I wonder about the possibility of No Vzw bloat on board, how will that effect the sales of android, will the Iphone cost more as a "Premium" clean phone?

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by eli » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 3:02 AM UTC

callahad wrote: post #27

ellyagg wrote: post #17

Looks like all the "groundless" speculation was dead on. A Verizon iPhone has been predicted for a long time, and we knew that there was an exclusivity contract with ATT whose term had to be met, but the claims of vapor have gone up in a puff of smoke. I know of several people who wanted iPhones but refused to give up Verizon's cell network for ATT. The biggest gap in cell network satisfaction--based on the word of m…

> the claims of vapor have gone up in a puff of smoke. Really? Sure, it's finally happened, but people have been predicting a Verizon iPhone "next week / month / quarter" for, literally, years. It was practically inevitable, seeing as Apple has no ideological qualms with multiple distributers in other countries.

If I recall correctly, Verizon was Apple's first choice for US carrier, but refused to play ball with Apple's (admittedly unprecedented) demands.

Re: Verizon to finally get iPhone

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Post by jsz0 » Sat, Jan 08, 2011, 3:16 AM UTC

brown9-2 wrote: post #31

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?

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?