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Old 07-01-2010, 01:09 AM
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Depends on who you ask. Many folks think that as
a phone it works just about as well as every other phone...
A phone is only as good as the provider and AT&T is second rate compared to Verizon according to most call quality surveys like J.D Power and Consumer Reports. Not to mention my personal experience with friends who have iPhones. AT&T exclusivity is actually what stopped me from considering an iPhone last time I upgraded. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where it works and AT&T's service isn't junk, consider yourself lucky.
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A phone is only as good as the provider and AT&T is second rate compared to Verizon according to most call quality surveys like J.D Power and Consumer Reports. Not to mention my personal experience with friends who have iPhones. AT&T exclusivity is actually what stopped me from considering an iPhone last time I upgraded. If you are lucky enough to live in an area where it works and AT&T's service isn't junk, consider yourself lucky.
FSETH--cell phone coverage among companies really depends on geographics in relation to who was a predominant player as your local Bell company back in the day because of the RBOC infrastructure in place. The East Coast (ATL where you are is included) is an old GTE/Verizon local telephone company area for the most part--so VZ will have more presence there. On the West Coast it's split between VZ and AT&T (formerly GTE and Pac Bell) and like here in the Texas we are an old Southwestern Bell area (their HQ is here in Dallas) for the most part so AT&T is stronger. Some states like AZ, AR and others have AllTel that is a big player. Sprint is HQ'd in KC, MO so the Midwest is a good market for them.
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FSETH--cell phone coverage among companies really depends on geographics...
Yeah, I get that, but look at these ratings. Hard to deny Verizon isn't much stronger overall.
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I've had the all 3 gens of the iPhone and ordered the 4 when it was available for pre-order. I don't think it's perfect, but it does all I want quite well; face it there will be no smart-phone that will be the end all be all for the masses.

My number one complaint has always been battery life - but I use the heck out of it. I don't want an Android based phone and have very little to do with Google by choice. But that's the amazing thing about choice. If you like Android phones then buy it. Competition will drive down prices and be better for consumers in the end.

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I've had the all 3 gens of the iPhone and ordered the 4 when it was available for pre-order. I don't think it's perfect, but it does all I want quite well; face it there will be no smart-phone that will be the end all be all for the masses.

My number one complaint has always been battery life - but I use the heck out of it. I don't want an Android based phone and have very little to do with Google by choice. But that's the amazing thing about choice. If you like Android phones then buy it. Competition will drive down prices and be better for consumers in the end.

Just my .02 cents so don't flame me.
With the amount of cooperation between wireless providers I doubt prices will come down anytime soon. I think we can all agree the telecoms should go fuck themselves.
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Who would be the plaintiffs in the lawsuit? I don't think they'll get many people joining the class action. Most fanboys who couldn't wait to get the iPhone will still love the iPhone, warts and all. Even if it couldn't make phone calls at all they would still love it. It's the nature of the iLLness.
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So much hate-hype.

I said it before and I'll say it again, I'm loving this phone and the issues with it are inflated way out of proportion.
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We all know the iPhone saps network bandwidth which VZ doesn't offer. AT&T also has the lowest churn of any carrier. Most of all, everyone on Entourage is on AT&T.
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