Let's just hope that this is all wrong and there will be some price/service competition if this actually does happen.
To be honest, I'd be tempted to end up going with AT&T for the fact it is gsm and can perform simultaneous voice & data even though I hate how much a wortwhile offering would cost. I have the same service (without an iPhone) on T-Mobile USA for $93 *AFTER* taxes and fees (which amounts to ~$14 of that total).
It looks like I may be better off keeping t-mobile, buying a current gen ipod touch & tether. BOOH on both AT&T & Verizon.
This sort of thing is just one of the reasons why I think our gov't needs to come in and break them up (for the second time for AT&T).
If Verizon keeps unlimited data for the iPhone -and- AT&T disallows the continuation of unlimited data when you sign a new iPhone contract I?d have to consider switching, even if it meant losing simultaneous voice and data, and losing the speed of HS*PA. Outside of that I have no use for Verizon.
You'd give up simultaneous data and voice for 2GB+ data? How much data do you actually use? Remember even with ATT, you can go over 2 GB - you get 4GB for $50. I found that only one month did I go over even 1 GB of data use, and that was a month when I used my iphone sim card to create a MyWi network on my JB old iphone because I was stuck in a hotel without wifi and needed internet. Even including that 5GB+ month, I still averaged less than 1.5 GB per month this year.
I wonder if there will be 'special' offers to entice AT&T customers and / or special offers for existing FiOS clients?
I'm sure if you walk into a Verizon company store with your ATT bill showing an average of $125+ per month paid, they'll happily buy you out of your contract.
Get a Verizon gophone sim card and pop it in the VZ iphone
The only SIM cards on Verizon are those in their unreleased LTE phones and released LTE modems, so they'd only be expected to handle non-"GoPhone" systems.
The only SIM cards on Verizon are those in their unreleased LTE phones and released LTE modems, so they'd only be expected to handle non-"GoPhone" systems.
How about serious answers? \
OK... you could move to another country?
What you're asking for isn't going to happen. Is that a serious enough answer for you? Or are you waiting for an answer of "yes" no matter how false it is?
Don't forget they also charge $2.99 for visual voicemail.
and this
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Are they seriously going to charge for using Exchange? Deff not switching to Verizon now.
is something Apple will not allow. Maybe its one of the main reasons it took Verizon so long to get the iPhone.
Obviously ether Apple or AT&T broke up their contract - maybe after they canceled their unlimited plan for the iPad. And it took an awful lot of time to give the iPhone to Verizon.
Edit: Also you won't see a VCast App on the standard home screen or a Verizon Branding.
Obviously, those iPhones should include (beside CDMA) also "GSM" capability to allow for connectivity almost anywhere else in the world.
I even expect future iPhones, sold by AT&T, to include CDMA, if only to keep the product line simple (CDMA capability in one or two additional countries may not be the main consideration).
I never thought using voice and data would be a big deal for me but it actually is for me. Unless Verizon offers that, I'm sticking with AT&T. And besides, I still have unlimited data in my plan.
You'd give up simultaneous data and voice for 2GB+ data? How much data do you actually use? Remember even with ATT, you can go over 2 GB - you get 4GB for $50. I found that only one month did I go over even 1 GB of data use, and that was a month when I used my iphone sim card to create a MyWi network on my JB old iphone because I was stuck in a hotel without wifi and needed internet. Even including that 5GB+ month, I still averaged less than 1.5 GB per month this year.
What you're asking for isn't going to happen. Is that a serious enough answer for you? Or are you waiting for an answer of "yes" no matter how false it is?
Yep. Obviously if we just lie down and take it, it won't happen. The iPhone 2G doesn't require data; why should I have to have it for anything else?
Yep. Obviously if we just lie down and take it, it won't happen. The iPhone 2G doesn't require data; why should I have to have it for anything else?
Jesus Christ! It?s not your fraking product. They have a right to sell it how they wish providing they aren?t breaking any laws. You either agree it, don?t agree to it and find a way around it (which has been brought to your attention), or you move on. There are no other options so stop feeling damn entitled.
Don't forget they also charge $2.99 for visual voicemail.
I would consider this a substantial change for the Verizon iPhone and a significant concession on Apple's part. Are there any other iPhone carriers who do not support Visual Voicemail as a standard feature of the iPhpne service plan?
How do you use that much data on 3G? What apps? And how has ATT not put a stop to it? Frankly, as a fellow ATT user, I wish they would. You're taking far more than your fair share and the rest of us are paying for it with higher prices.
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To be honest, I'd be tempted to end up going with AT&T for the fact it is gsm and can perform simultaneous voice & data even though I hate how much a wortwhile offering would cost. I have the same service (without an iPhone) on T-Mobile USA for $93 *AFTER* taxes and fees (which amounts to ~$14 of that total).
It looks like I may be better off keeping t-mobile, buying a current gen ipod touch & tether. BOOH on both AT&T & Verizon.
This sort of thing is just one of the reasons why I think our gov't needs to come in and break them up (for the second time for AT&T).
Are they seriously going to charge for using Exchange? Deff not switching to Verizon now.
Ha! What a bargain
How about without data, hmm? I have zero use for it.
Get a Verizon gophone sim card and pop it in the VZ iphone
If Verizon keeps unlimited data for the iPhone -and- AT&T disallows the continuation of unlimited data when you sign a new iPhone contract I?d have to consider switching, even if it meant losing simultaneous voice and data, and losing the speed of HS*PA. Outside of that I have no use for Verizon.
You'd give up simultaneous data and voice for 2GB+ data? How much data do you actually use? Remember even with ATT, you can go over 2 GB - you get 4GB for $50. I found that only one month did I go over even 1 GB of data use, and that was a month when I used my iphone sim card to create a MyWi network on my JB old iphone because I was stuck in a hotel without wifi and needed internet. Even including that 5GB+ month, I still averaged less than 1.5 GB per month this year.
I wonder if there will be 'special' offers to entice AT&T customers and / or special offers for existing FiOS clients?
I'm sure if you walk into a Verizon company store with your ATT bill showing an average of $125+ per month paid, they'll happily buy you out of your contract.
How about without data, hmm? I have zero use for it.
How about without voice?
Get a Verizon gophone sim card and pop it in the VZ iphone
The only SIM cards on Verizon are those in their unreleased LTE phones and released LTE modems, so they'd only be expected to handle non-"GoPhone" systems.
How about without voice?
How about serious answers?
The only SIM cards on Verizon are those in their unreleased LTE phones and released LTE modems, so they'd only be expected to handle non-"GoPhone" systems.
How about serious answers?
OK... you could move to another country?
What you're asking for isn't going to happen. Is that a serious enough answer for you? Or are you waiting for an answer of "yes" no matter how false it is?
Don't forget they also charge $2.99 for visual voicemail.
and this
Are they seriously going to charge for using Exchange? Deff not switching to Verizon now.
is something Apple will not allow. Maybe its one of the main reasons it took Verizon so long to get the iPhone.
Obviously ether Apple or AT&T broke up their contract - maybe after they canceled their unlimited plan for the iPad. And it took an awful lot of time to give the iPhone to Verizon.
Edit: Also you won't see a VCast App on the standard home screen or a Verizon Branding.
I even expect future iPhones, sold by AT&T, to include CDMA, if only to keep the product line simple (CDMA capability in one or two additional countries may not be the main consideration).
You'd give up simultaneous data and voice for 2GB+ data? How much data do you actually use? Remember even with ATT, you can go over 2 GB - you get 4GB for $50. I found that only one month did I go over even 1 GB of data use, and that was a month when I used my iphone sim card to create a MyWi network on my JB old iphone because I was stuck in a hotel without wifi and needed internet. Even including that 5GB+ month, I still averaged less than 1.5 GB per month this year.
40GB to 100GB month.
OK... you could move to another country?
What you're asking for isn't going to happen. Is that a serious enough answer for you? Or are you waiting for an answer of "yes" no matter how false it is?
Yep. Obviously if we just lie down and take it, it won't happen. The iPhone 2G doesn't require data; why should I have to have it for anything else?
Yep. Obviously if we just lie down and take it, it won't happen. The iPhone 2G doesn't require data; why should I have to have it for anything else?
Jesus Christ! It?s not your fraking product. They have a right to sell it how they wish providing they aren?t breaking any laws. You either agree it, don?t agree to it and find a way around it (which has been brought to your attention), or you move on. There are no other options so stop feeling damn entitled.
Don't forget they also charge $2.99 for visual voicemail.
I would consider this a substantial change for the Verizon iPhone and a significant concession on Apple's part. Are there any other iPhone carriers who do not support Visual Voicemail as a standard feature of the iPhpne service plan?
So, when will we see the first Verizon iPhone get jail-broken to work on the Sprint CDMA Network?
Chances are NO, its not GSM so its not that easy. Sometimes Sprint doesn't like to activate unlocked phones.
40GB to 100GB month.
How do you use that much data on 3G? What apps? And how has ATT not put a stop to it? Frankly, as a fellow ATT user, I wish they would. You're taking far more than your fair share and the rest of us are paying for it with higher prices.
Yep. Obviously if we just lie down and take it, it won't happen. The iPhone 2G doesn't require data; why should I have to have it for anything else?
Posting on a message board isn't furthering your goal, if you're hoping to change something. You're pissing into the wind.
I expected lower prices at Verizon....after all you are getting less:
-slower speed
-no concurrent data and voice access (I can't use my GPS while I talk!)
-no international coverage
-no rollover minutes
-no free visual voicemail
-no free wifi
You will not see lower plan prices in the US until Sprint and/or T-Mobile get the iPhone.