Just out of curiosity, is anyone following the live coverage of the Verizon press event scheduled for 11:00 AM EST in New York? If you are like me and waiting for another class to start as snow pounds silently down all around you (and are devoid of a life:), then CNet is where it's happening. Of course, I myself have doubts as to whether or not a iPhone will be announced today-why come out with a CDMA iPhone when the iPhone 5 will probably come out this June and will have 4G? Apple (and the carriers) can't be banking on everyone to get the hypothetical iPhone 4 for Verizon and then upgrade to the 4G version sure to come out this fall. If Verizon is going to get an iPhone at all, you would think it would be when the 5 comes out this June and AT&T has launched their 4g network. I know this skews a bit off-topic, but I find it interesting as I am sick of Windows Mobile phones and would love an iPhone.
Robert Hooper hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu<mailto:hooper...@buckeyemail.osu.edu> The Ohio State University 553 Morrill Tower 1900 Cannon Drive Columbus, Ohio 43210 (740) 856-9435 From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of denise avant Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 10:24 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple hi, when i called at&t i was told i would have to sign a new two year contract, and that would include the newer data plans. now perhaps the person was wrong, but this is exactly what i was told. --- On Tue, 1/11/11, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: =What the Verizon phone means for Apple To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 8:11 AM What? If you had the unlimited plan and upgraded to a iPhone 4, you didn't lose unlimited data. Not unless you changed your plan when you upgraded. I'm pretty certain their are people on this list with iPhone 4s with the unlimited data plan who can confirm this. hth Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rwalker...@gmail.com> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:54 AM, denise avant wrote: > hi, > the way this may all play out is with competitive pricing. for example, when > i switched to the iphone and thus at&t, i got 100 fewer minutes and a $20.00 > price increase. at&t tried to tell me i was getting a good deal because i get > calls free if i am calling another of its customers. but most of my contacts > do not have at&t. > also, there was nothing for those of us wishing to upgrade from the 3gs to > the 4g. and if you did that, kiss your unlimited data plan good-bye. > i do not know how clear the call signal is on verizon. a friend of mine has a > blackberry with US Cellular, and talking on her phone is like talking on a > land line. > so i suspect these will be considerations when discussing customer > satisfaction. > > On Jan 11, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Hi Scott: >> I'd have to agree with you that at&t has generally given me very good and >> responsive customer service when I've had to call in. Their network is >> imperfect, as they all are. BTW: I'm unfamiliar with the term net >> neutrality. Is that a Scottism, or an actuality?:) And what does it refer >> to? >> Thanks >> >> Carolyn H >> On Jan 11, 2011, at 3:56 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> James, >>> >>> I am not loyal to any company, which I feel has to be stated up front >>> because of what I'm going to say next. I have been with AT&T for nearly two >>> years and to be honest I have not had any problems with their customer >>> service. Only once did they make an error, which was something to do with >>> the system and a change I made. They corrected the problem quickly and >>> offered me compensation. Now I have had little reason to call customer >>> service in any case with either company. I will point out though Verizon >>> made life very difficult for me when I opted to switch to AT&T and tried >>> charging me early termination fees even though my contract had ended. It >>> took me a couple of months to get the issue resolved. So, a lot of this in >>> my opinion is expectation about service and of course everyone will have >>> different experiences and of course different experience with the service >>> as a result of where they live. I have a Verizon cell phone for work and I >>> get better coverage in my house with AT&T then I do with Verizon, as an >>> example. THe point is none of these companies are more interested in making >>> as much money as possible. What will be interesting is if Verizon can live >>> up to the hype. What I hope as a result of this is more competition in >>> plans. For example, Verizon apparently is going to offer unlimited data to >>> new iPhone customers and I wonder how long this will last. I would hope it >>> would push AT&T back to offering the same to current and new customers. Now >>> I do have an unlimited data plan, but I always felt it was unfair to >>> introduce such crappy plans at 200Mb and 2Gb for those price points. >>> Another thing that will be very interesting is what net neutrality will do >>> to the cell industry and that is something brewing in the pipeline. >>> Scott >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 2:18 AM, James Mannion wrote: >>> >>>> The link worked fine for me as well. I hope the IPhone does well on >>>> Verizon and that Verizon makes more of an atempt to be customer >>>> oriented than AT&T ever has. AT&T sees no reason to make their network >>>> what it should be if they can have a customer based trapped and can >>>> screw them instead of making them happy. Maybe now they will face that >>>> glorious reality that if you treat customers like shit you don't have >>>> them. >>>> >>>> On 1/10/11, Ricardo Walker >>>> <rwalker...@gmail.com<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rwalker...@gmail.com>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> The link works just fine for me. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo Walker >>>>> rwalker...@gmail.com<http://us.mc819.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=rwalker...@gmail.com> >>>>> Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 >>>>> Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 11, 2011, at 1:46 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Um? not the response I expected but I'll take a look and repost. 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