Want Your iPhone on Verizon?
UPDATE: Verizon has just announced their 4G/LTE plans for end-of-year 2010, which may make their network compatible with future iPhone models. More details here.
ORIGINAL: We’ve all heard that AT&T in the US has an exclusive on the iPhone, and that maybe that exclusive was bumped up to 2010 when they agreed to the new iPhone 3G model, but no one outside the lawyer-strewn vaults at Apple and AT&T likely knows how much or for how long. With that in mind, BGR is rumoring that Verizon might be getting ready to unleash a little CDMA/EVDO iPhone fury all their own.
Apple is said to have approached Verizon to be the original iPhone carrier, after all, with AT&T only getting the deal when Verizon turned it down. Likewise, it’s been suggested that Apple may not exactly be thrilled at the problems 3G users (and Crackberry Kevin’s, it seems!) are having on the AT&T network.
Still, this one is hard for us to believe. Irrespective of Verizon’s huge footprint in the US, and regardless of the appeal a CDMA/EVDO iPhone may have for some, it’s a small global market for Apple to spend their already straining resources on.
Besides, Jeremy points out that with the Blackberry Storm set to strike over at Verizon, would they really want to let the iPhone 3G steal RIM’s “thunder” (ouch!)
What do you think? Any iPhone owners out there dying to switch (back?) to Verizon? Any Verizon stalwarts still holding out for an EVDO iPhone?
September 30th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Maybe the deal is not for an EVDO phone and not now. Verizon’s next gen network is LTE which is what AT&T will be using for their next gen network. But Verizon will be there first maybe a year ahead of AT&T. So maybe the folks at Apple are looking ahead and will be offering an LTE version on Verizon and when they come around AT&T.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I do miss the service of VZW and wish this news was out a month ago when I bought my iPhone – :\
September 30th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I’d switch back. With Verizon I had signal in more places. Even in Walmart lol.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I hate verizon.
and no they’d probably make some crappy V Cast program to go on your iPhone. Who wants that? V Cast sucks.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:18 am
@iphonemilk, i agree. i would hate it to have a “verizon specific” build on that phone.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:33 am
I would love to see an iPhone on Verizon. I have an iPod Touch and love the technology. I’d jump in a second from my Treo 700p especially as more enterprise apps are being created.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:36 am
Using the iPhone on Verizon would make it perfect. I would love to switch back.
September 30th, 2008 at 11:53 am
I really do want to switch back. So badly atandt sucks!!!!!
September 30th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Here is my prediction:
iPhone on VZW with the release of the 32GB model –
September 30th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
I’d seitch back in a heartbeat, termination fee or no termination fee.
I don’t see a Verison iPhone happening in the near future; unless Apple builds a “world phone” with CDMA and GSM technology.
September 30th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
I would leave at&t and go to Verizon in a heartbeat… As long as Verizon doesn’t “hamper down” this phone.
October 1st, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Iam leaving verizon To get a iphone Verizon you have to pay for everything.
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:57 am
I’ll just keep my iPod touch and a Verizon Mororola RAZR.
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 am
I am so frustrated with AT&T s lack of service near my home I called to cancel my service. They of course wanted to charge me $375 for my son and I to leave the mess. They went on and on about the contract and had no answer to the fact that the contract calls for them to ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICE. They check their computer and tell me that we have good service in my neighborhood. I explained that if I want to use my cell phone I have to get in my car and leave the area. THIS DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF A CELL PHONE! I have been thrust backwards past the 80s 70s 60s and 50s Back to the 1920s when one had to leave their home to use a community phone miles away. MEanwhile my wife takes and makes call after call on her Verizon phone.Would I switch to VERIZON? IN A HEARTBEAT!
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
I would love to be able to use an iPhone, but since my company pays for my Verizon Crackberry service….
I had AT&T for many years and find that Verizon has much better coverage, but their technology and exculsive services (VCast) stink.
Oh Steve Jobs, I am deeply sorry for having offended thee by buying an HP Laptop instead of Mac, please forgive me and grant me a Verizon iPhone.
BTW, my wife has an iTouch and loves it. I think the tech behind that is years ahead of Samsung, LG and even RIM.
October 6th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
i switched… the iphone 3g is just a piece of work.. working thru is effortless.. its really different. i had a verizon smartphone.. the smartphone sucks if one has laid hands on iphone.. i waited and waited.. i have been with verizon since i came to u.s. but in the end.. i said.. i need some real smart phone.. not just which is called smartphone.. thank you apple.. i am wondering.. does their notebooks work the same way.. will buy one later this year.. in need of upgrade..
October 8th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
If Apple and Verizon could get an iPhone deal done, I would wait in line to buy one. I’m on VZW and am not switching service. I plan to buy the Blackberry Storm when it is available, but would go with the iPhone if it is an option in 2008. I’m not holding my breath.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:00 pm
On Macbreak Weekly yesterday, reporting on the AT&T lawsuit, they said Apple had to agree not to make a CDMA iPhone. So much for this rumor…
October 10th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
so when is the fury gonna come out??!@?1?!?!?!?!/
October 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
I’d switch back when my att contract runs up. I miss Verizons great customer service, ATT is not that great but they have the iphone so what can you do. But if it takes till 2010, Thats fine. That will be when most peoples 2 year contracts with ATT run out, ad we will all probably want a newer updated iphone by then anyway. I just wonder if Vernon will be able to handle the large demand (It will be bigger then ATT releasing of iphone 3G)
October 23rd, 2008 at 1:24 am
I’ve stuck with Verizon through all the iPhone hipe. I love the coverage. I do agree that vCast & the Verizon Wireless version of the internet…suck! I have the Voyager (Verizon’s 1st attempt at an iPhone “match”) I like it, but I also have an iPod Touch & dream of putting the two together, so to speak. What Verizon & Apple need to do is come up with an iPhone that runs on the CDMA & GMS networks. I read somewhere it being called a “world phone.” Verizon is free to put whatever software it wants on it, as long as it runs just like any other iPhone. That’s what needs to happen, end of story.
October 24th, 2008 at 1:32 am
I would give ANYTHING to switch back to Verizon but keep my iphone! I HATE AT&T, I have no service anywhere! I have to literally walk out into the parking lot at my work in order to make a phone call. With Verizon I didnt even know what a dropped call was, I had service everywhere. I would pay whatever fee they wanted me to to get the iphone with Verizon!
October 27th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I have the Verizon Voyager and the Ipod Touch. I would love to have the iPhone, but with my family members across the country using Verizon, and the bad things I’ve heard about AT&T service, I refuse to move to AT&T. Too bad the iPod Touch is wifi only and has no camera- those are the only two things I don’t like about it. I don’t mind it not being a phone.
November 12th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I’m also with verizon holding steady for an iphone. Sadly it will probably not be subsidized, at the same time it will be the native apple ui so that’ll be nice. We’ll see when its all announced in january!
November 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
I really wish the iPhone would be released on Verizon. I think it would be a smart move on Apples part as there are many of us verizon customers who are happy with their service. Also, in all the tests I have done EVDO has always been faster than atts 3G netowrk. EVDO also has GREAT coverage in my experience. I am really holding my breath for MWSF 09!! I dont think Apple will release one that soon esp. since I have heard their contract being renewed with att until 2010 but im sure there are pleanty of workarounds to that contract…could it possibly be that they cannont released another GSM phone..no CDMA
November 19th, 2008 at 3:27 am
am about to switch from Verizon to AT&T just to get an iPhone. live in Seattle and most of my friends love their iPhones with good call quality and service. i might wait to check out the Storm before taking the plunge, but i can’t imagine the Storm being able to surpass the functionality of the iPhone, particularly the apps store. corporate users might be drooling over the Storm, but i’m not in that line of work
November 19th, 2008 at 11:10 am
I am dying to try the iphone. I like Verizon’s network- I have had great signal all over the US. Apple plz go to Verizon!
November 20th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
As a former ATT and Sprint user now on Verizon, I would never switch back to AT&T, which is a shame because the iPhone is light years ahead of everything else I’ve seen. I need ssh access from my phone and I am using a Treo and it sucks to the nth degree. I can’t say how painful it is, but I have to use it because there’s no AT&T coverage where I am sometimes. I wish the iPhone would support Verizon.
November 20th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
I want an iPhone but I refuse to use AT&T. They are horrible. Everyone I know who has AT&T hates them to no end. These companies get to keep being crappy companies because of the lack of frequency waves in the spectrum which weeds out a true free market from getting rid of the bad companies.
November 21st, 2008 at 12:47 am
Don’t hate on Verizon. They’ve smartly built up their network from the ground up. The only reason they don’t have the iPhone is because they wanted to make a profit and not be Apple whores like AT&T.
Suck a giant D haters.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Checked out the Storm this week and was told that there would be an additional $30 monthly fee per line for broadband, whether you want it or not. Unfortunately, the Storm doesn’t allow for wifi and AT&T has poor service in our area.
Pretty much, Verizon is our only real choice, so I’d be forced into downgrading to the Storm. However,it’s not worth the extra fees for the minimal I’d use browsing and email. I’ll continue to do that at home and the office.
November 21st, 2008 at 11:44 pm
I’m holding out…I will keep Verizon…and when the day comes (soon I hope) I will invest in an IPhone
November 22nd, 2008 at 2:44 pm
No iPhone for me ’til no AT&T.
I’m in production biz and work in a different place almost every week. I’m surrounded by people with iPhone’s and by and honest estimate I would say that at least 30% of the locations we visit have AT&T dead spots. This begs the question: what is the difference between an iPhone and a iPod Touch if the wireless network can’t connect with the former? It would be nice to have the functionality of my calendar and contact synch in a small portable format, and it would be great to have that enabled on a device I already carry – a cell phone. But when the main phone functionality doesn’t work on an iPhone it is just another small (but very nice) PDA – not a phone!
It’s sad because the Apple iPhone is a great product but the AT&T service undermines that greatness. I think of it this way: how many people would buy any cell phone (or any electronic gadget for that matter) if by design, the device would refuse to power up 30% of the time. That is not value.
Mandatory AT&T is too high a price to pay for convenience. Sorry Apple you almost had a fantastic idea with the iPhone but coupling with AT&T killed it for me (and lot’s of other Verizon customers who are still able to make calls on our cell phones when our iPhone co-workers are relegated to sharing photos.
Open up the iPhone to Verizon and you will really have something special. Do so and watch your iPhone sale go from remarkable to astronomical.
My 2cents.
November 22nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
The only way I would want an iPhone with Verizon is if they got rid of that V-Cast bull.
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:18 pm
Im currently using verizon. I personally hate their phones. they lack the fun that the iphone has. Verizons commercials make me want to leave them for good and never come back. unlike at&t’s. the iphones commercials are amazing and so is the iphone. the blackberries are hideous and too professional. the curve is just flat out ***, v-cast is a horrible piece of **** and overall verizon sucks including their fagolicious “storm.” verizon…**** you:]
November 24th, 2008 at 11:02 am
My company has used AT&T and T-Mobile. They both bite big time. I have used Verizon personally for 8 years and never had a problem. I travel the SE and Verizon is the only network that I can rely on. AT&T/TMobile drop calls constantly, IF you have a signal. That being said, it is sad that Apple doesn’t see the huge opportunity with Verizon. I would jumpship and get an IPhone in a second if it were available at Verizon. I have an IPod Touch and it is awesome.
November 24th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I’ve been obsessing over these iPhone-Verizon rumors for the past couple of weeks as the BlackBerry Storm comes out, superseding my first choice cell phone of the LG Dare. Neither come close to the ease, beauty, and functionality of the iPhone.
But based on all these rumors I’ve read throughout the Internet (yes, you should always capitalize that word, but iPhone isn’t capitalized until the second letter), the odds are pretty slim that we’ll see such a pairing in the coming months.
So I’ve decided that unless Steve Jobs announces some sort of miraculous CDMA/EVDO development in the future revisions of the iPhone (or some sort of partnership with Verizon Wireless) at the MacWorld 2009 Expo in early January… then I’m giving up on this rumor and getting an LG Dare.
Sad, but practical. I can’t wait forever for Apple to come around to their senses… my phone is old and injured.
Anyone else think this is the wisest approach? I won’t go near AT&T after the dismal service I had with them in the same metropolitan areas that my wife’s $20 Verizon phone had full signal strength within.
November 25th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
I agree with Brad, I’ve been borderline obsessive about this so called MacWorld ‘09 “anouncment”. Regardless, unless Verizon makes the move (we know that Apple was originally on board) by May, I’ll suck it up and go with something was less useful, cool, and flexible.
I’m not a fan of burning, ripping, and naming all of the music that I’ve purchased on iTunes to get it play on my current phone so I don’t have to carry more sh*t in my pockets but if that what it takes to use a reliable cell service in Verizon….FUG IT
What a Choke
November 25th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
November 25th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
My Dad has been a loyal Verizon customer for about 13 years and i REALLY WANT AN IPHONE… but so to speak, both my dad and i love the verizon service and customer service, but the vcast and games SUCK, like really suck…bad. I wish steve jobbs could just read all of our comments and come to his senses, cmon Apple, resolve with verizon, at&t i have heard from every one that it sucks, and almost every one that i know has at&t.
November 28th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I’m hoping Verizon gets some kind of iPhone EVDO/GSM model sooner rather than later. I have the Voyager as well, and I really wish I had access to the real HTML internet, mail, etc. that the iPhone has and not the VCAST bullcrap. My guess is that the iPhone on Verizon would be similar to Verizon’s Windows Mobile and Blackberry phones — they’d be the exception to the VCAST rule. Make it dual-capable like the Blackberry 8830 World Edition so you can take it overseas, and problem solved. Verizon’s service is great — I’m even able to text in the deep subways in Manhattan and sometimes even make and receive calls while other people are sitting there waiting until they get to the surface streets to use their AT&T iPhones
November 29th, 2008 at 12:22 am
I switched from At&t and was happy to pay an extra $20 more a month for a phone that was able to receive and call out from my own home. I mean really, no signal in my home!! Those commercials for AT&T are just the opposite of what really happens. So sad. I’m dying for an Iphone and dread the Vcast system but I think blogs like these will influence the powers that be… You know they have blog researchers reading this so they can find out what consumers needs are being met. That + making the Iphone happen on Verizon = $$$$ for Verizon. They’re are great business minds there.. They will know what’s up. I will be the first one in line for a Verizon Iphone when the switch is made minus the vcast software. That’s my story and I’m stickin to it!
November 29th, 2008 at 9:20 am
I think that Verizon should really consider being the other or next carrier for the iPhone. Also, what would be really nice is if you can get the iPhone from Verizon AND have a choice of no data plan. There are a lot of kids that can’t get the blackberry because you have to pay for a data plan. I love music, so I would have everything in one device. To sum it up, it would be pretty awesome!!!
November 29th, 2008 at 9:59 am
i would have bought an i phone but the service is horrible. blackberry storm just aint doin it like apple either, its buggy as hell and slow. unfortunately for apple, i need a phone with service. shrugs
November 29th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Guys i have a predicament….like most of you I, like many of you have verizon and would love an iphone but am not willing to switch because of the service at verizon. Christmas is right around the corner and im stuck between getting an itouch for xmas or waiting for this so called announcement at MacWorld 09 to see if we can get this verizon iphone so i can have my music and phone in one!?
November 29th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
I have been a loyal Verizon customer for 8 years, I even got friends to switch. I know several people with the iPhone and it really is a great phone with awsome apps. I really wish Verizon took the deal in the first place. I would never switch to At&t their service sucks and so does the phones they offer. I’m due for my upgrade in March and I’m praying I can get the iPhone.
November 30th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
verzizon has a CDMA network unlike every other wireless network who have GSN. if they had a GSN then people could unlock the iphone and make it work with the sim card. VERIZON SUCKS
November 30th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
verizon has the best service and at&t sucks.. the bb storm blows…everyone thinks that steve jobs can fix this.. he doesnt know how to. hes just the CEO. he manages apples money and stuff.. he cant do anything.. i want the iphone sooo bad. but i have to stay with verizon
November 30th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I cant tell you how many times when I dont have a signal on my iPhone, when my friend who has Verizon does. I would so switch back If Verizon got the iPhone. ATT SUCKS!
November 30th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
How much does it cost to downgrade an iPhone to verizon? Is it even possible? I really want to give my daughter the iPhone for Christmas, and she currently has a Verizon Razor. She loves the coverage, but doesn’t like verizon’s set up. VCAST is a terrible program. I also have an AT&T blackberry curve, and i drop calls all the time. The iPhone is an amazing step in technology & they really need to switch to verizon.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I thought this issue was moot with the iPhones that are unlocked and available to use right now on Verizon. Has anyone got one?
December 1st, 2008 at 9:57 pm
I would get an iPhone in a heart beat if they went to verizon. I have an account with at&t with work and i hate it and i have Verizon for myself. In he same place i can make calls with my cell but i never have any bars with my at&t phone. I could get an iphone for work but why when i have no bars. I have an ipod touch so i use a phone and an ipod touch for now.Please switch to Verizon then i can carry one phone not 2 phones and an ipod touch.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I too have a Voyager with Verizon and think it’s a cool phone but the vcast app is the worst and getting navigating the web is so frustrating so I pretty much can’t use the phone for what I expected. I would LOVE an iphone and would purchase in a second if at Verizon and not willing to go back to AT&T (service is for the birds). Apple is missing out on a HUGE market with verizon customers and need to figure out a way to make it work soon.
Fingers crossed!
December 7th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I started with Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1995. In 2000, I switched to AT&T. After a year and many dropped calls, I switched back to Verizon and never looked back. I would like an Iphone but I want to stay with Verizon. I needed a phone so I bought an LG dare. Once Verizon gets the Iphone, I will use my “new every two” credit to buy the Iphone.
December 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
I cant believe all the stuff im reading about verizon . i originally started with verizon nothing but fees and crappy service, went to sprint they suck, then went to at&t i love them. i have service in the mountains where we go camping where verizon and the rest have no bars. i have the iphone , one bad *** phone on one bad *** carrier . there both great i hope iphone dosnt go to verizon
December 9th, 2008 at 11:27 am
I just won an Iphone. However, I have been with verizon for 5 years now. My contract isn’t up till August. It is the best service I have ever had. I’m not sure about AT&T as many people have told me of their dropped calls. I live in Chicago, how well does AT&T service chicago? Any suggestions?
December 9th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
I have had both AT&T and Verizon. Verizon is far superior in coverage and service. I will never look back at AT&T and will never switch from Verizon. Apple should take a look into their not too distant past and remember how people react to proprietary equipment. They almost killed the MAC, are they so stupid as to repeat this error with the iPhone? What kind of an idiot is running the company these days?
December 10th, 2008 at 9:40 pm
I am with verizon and have been very happy with the service. I was with sprint before and got ticked off on a trip across the country where I rarely had service. I switched to verizon and was amazed at the service. I also have wireless internet that has worked great with verison. I really want the iphone and have been considering switching to AT&T but would prefer not to. Have been considering the storm but what I have heard and read doesn’t sound like I would be happy. I think I’ll wait until January to figure out what to do. I guess my Christmas present will be a little late.
December 10th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
For the uninitiated, it is Mac not MAC (short for Macintosh and not an abbreviation), just as it is PC, not Pee Cee.
In July 2008, we purchased two iPhones and switched from Sprint to AT&T. To my surprise, the iPhone easily has become the very best cell phone I have ever used, bar none. This is not just a phone or an iPod, but it also is a real computer platform — a miniature netbook if you will. The iPhone is going to be very difficult for old world phone manufacturers to compete against. There is no device on the planet quite like the ultra cool, versatile iPhone. None.
You really have to use the Multi Touch interface and several of the features to fully comprehend why so many people are drawn to it. Once you do use it, you may never want to return to an old world cell phone interface again. Never. I just can’t help but smile every time I awaken it from sleep to make a call, check my e-mail, text a friend, surf the Web, listen to music or Internet radio news or play a game. It is so simple to use, sync with your computer, backup and maintain that you quickly forgive its shortcomings and learn to work around the few missing features. Besides, many of the so-called missing features are being addressed with third party software apps. As of December 2008, some 10,000 applications have been added to the well-conceived new App Store (since July). 10,000!
While not perfect, the iPhone is a very compelling product.
And do not under estimate the usefulness of 802.11g Wi-Fi on a phone. In fact, I will never again own another cell phone without Wi-Fi. Never. And Broadcom just announced a new, low-power, 802.11n Wi-Fi chip that should be available for the next iPhone!
As for AT&T, it is true that their 3G network simply is not as a mature as the Verizon or Sprint 3G networks and I also wish the iPhone had first gone to Verizon. However, AT&T has been very responsive to iPhone customers and with Apple, has worked hard to fix problems in dropped call and no service areas and been very generous in handing out monetary credits and extra minutes during problem periods. Initially, we did have signal strength problems in and around our home for instance. But most of these have receded with two firmware updates from Apple and local tower maintenance from AT&T. In fact, AT&T engineers even made two follow-up phone calls and sent several text messages as they labored to run down the cause of the signal strength problems. During eight years with Sprint, that company never once followed up on a dropped call complaint. Not once! And I certainly never had access to Sprint, Samsung or Sanyo engineers, even though I encountered many, many problems.
So, while AT&T does have a very long way to go to match Verizon’s U.S. 3G network, in my opinion, AT&T has been customer service-oriented and has not exhibited Verizon’s arrogance. After all, Verizon could have carried the iPhone, but chose not to make changes to their business model and instead, tried to maintain their stranglehold on past practices. Now, Verizon is stuck with the Blackberry Storm and other “wanna’ be” iPhones that do not quite measure up.
December 13th, 2008 at 10:05 am
I definitely think it should go to verizon wireless. I’ve been waiting to purchase an iphone… but im a using the verizon service, and i believe it is better than the AT&T service.. so i think that apple would get a better profit if they doubled over and were on at&t and verizon. not tmobile or virgin mobile because they r crappy
December 13th, 2008 at 4:33 pm
There seems to be many who wish to use the iphone with verizon service. Sadly the combo only seems to be a tasty rumor for now. In lieu of the switch, and to break all the legal minutia that the companies are swimming in … how bout a Verizon/AT&T merger!
December 14th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
To all the comments and people complaing about Vcast and Verizon’s interface. Do you see these things on the samsung omnia? HTC phones? Blackberry? no. so far the Blackberry storm is the first phone out of the group to have Vcast. It is safe to assume that the iPhone on Verizon will be the same iPhone we know and love. do a little searching and thinking next time. =) personally I can’t wait for this. We know it will happen, we just don’t know when.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
ughhhhh im with verizon now and i really want the iphone i wanna go to Tmoblie to get the iphone but i dont want to get off verizon… please verizon get the iphone soon so i dont go to Tmoblie.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
WE NEEEEEEEEED THE IPHONE WITH VERIZON SERVICE….. SIMPLE !!
December 15th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Get me the iphone on verizon asap. Jobs needs to build another model that overcomes the exclusivity and fits verizon to the T….
December 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am
I am a current Verizon customer who is eagerly awaiting the arrival of the iphone. I was an AT&T customer while living in Chicago, but I had to walk 4 blocks to get a signal. Customer service was less than helpful, so I went to Verizon. I will be a Verizon customer for life. Their plans are typically more expensive, but as my father always said, “You get what you pay for.” I will gladly pay more money for the great network and above-average customer service that I have experienced from Verizon. I love the iphone, but no amount of technological prowess could sway me back to that half-assed network with terrible, over-seas customer service.
December 16th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
VERIZON NEEDS THE IPHONE!!!! I LOVE VERIZON SO IM NOT WILLING TO SWITCH TO AT&T BUT IF VERIZON WAS SMART THEY WOULD MAKE IT HAPPEN!!!!!!!!
December 16th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
I am a current Verizon Wireless customer anxiously awaiting an EVDO iPhone for Verizon. But if Verizon screws it up by add-ons and trying to lock the user into Vcast, I’ll be upset. But as long as the iPhone remains on AT&T, there will be competition so they most likely won’t put their two sense into it. I hope.
I refuse to go to AT&T, as great as the iPhone is. I love my network and I like my customer service. The iPhone will not thwart that. I’m sure that Verizon will jump at the opportunity for the iPhone in light of AT&Ts success with it.
December 18th, 2008 at 1:37 am
Had Verizon for 8 years, switched to ATT for the iPhone- after 29 days of dropped calls and no signals,the iphone went back and I cancelled the service… I was lucky enough to be in my 30 day test period! Back on the verizon network with a blackberry storm. The iPhone is the best phone I have ever used but it is locked to a network that is very unreliable. What good is a phone if you cant make calls? I really hope verizon will have the iphone soon- I would pay full retail. That would truly be the perfect phone, THE IPHONE ON VERIZON….
December 18th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
I had Verizon for 4 years and was so happy with it. Then as soon as the iPhone was introduced, I switched to ATT so I could have the i Phone. But after 2 1/2 years with ATT, I decided to go without the i Phone and I bought a Storm by Blackberry.
Well, let me tell you, the Storm is THE WORSE PHONE I have ever used. After 4 days of suffering from missed calls, due to the unreliability of the screen, and so many mistakes on the touch screen, I am ready to smash it!!!!! I am so sad that I do not use my i Phone because I have switched back to Verizon on the family plan.
Please if there is any way for me to stay with Verizon and use my Gorgeous i Phone, then let me know.
December 18th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
If they let out a iPhone on the VZW network I would buy it tomorrow, and would be willing to pay double
December 18th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
I would never switch from VZW, not even for an iPhone–the network is just too big and too good. I would buy a Verizon iPhone tomorrow, however.
There is no way that Apple would let VZW put VCast on the iPhone though (and good thing), and I hope VZW is smart enough not to push the issue.
December 20th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
I hope verizon crumbles. They take your money and give you shite! If you are considering giving verizon “a shot”….forget it. It is not worth it. Believe me…it is not worth it. Do not waste your money or time… Ahhh…I remember the good days when I could use the phone, internet, or watch T.V. and not worry if it would work every time. Now, I dread if there is a problem. Spending 2+ hours on the phone with these shysters – any time there is a problem that a 4 year old could have avoided – is not worth $200.00+/ month. If you like being gang raped in a dark alley while being laughed at by all of those “verizon network” people…then feel free to sign up. Down with verizon!
December 20th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I love the iPhone but I was not willing to switch to at&t, even at the end of my Verizon contract, just to get one. Over the years I’ve used all the cellular providers and, I must say, I think Verizon is the most reliable. The thought of having an iPhone with Verizon service makes me very happy. But until then I’ll get by with my LG Dare.
December 21st, 2008 at 12:42 am
I currently still have verizon and bought the iphone 4 days ago… love the phone…. but at&t service is so bad… I was at the mall today in phx a.z. and there was no signal in most stores!! Not good I’m going tmrw 2 return it back and quit my at&t contract…. I’m never going 2 consider leaving Verizon again….. But I do wish the iphone will available 4 verizon some day :/
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:42 pm
I am a Verizon customer who wants an iPhone. I just went to the Verizon website and sent them an email saying that I love them but they are forcing me to leave. If you have Verizon but want an iPhone, be sure to contact them to let them know.
December 24th, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I have verizon and LOVE it. VCast needs to be changed, but I love the fact that they don’t use SIM cards. Those can be so touchy, and Verizon has always had great customer service for those who always pay their bill on time. I get discounted phones, services, AND accessories, because of their VIP program. I would never leave verizon, but because of this lack of iPhone talk, I just might. Verizon exponentially superior to AT&T and it needs to be recognized. iPhone to Verizon…now!
December 27th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I have been with VZW for many years. I travel to many obscure places in the US and ALWAYS have a signal both with my Samsung i760 and my laptop card. I travel with two others who have AT&T and their coverage and service is nowhere near what mine is. As much as my wife and I would like an iPhone each, there is no way I will sacrifice service to get one. That’s the real purpose of a cell phone, no?
December 27th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
I’ve just read 78 responses to the question of VZW vs AT&T. I have an itouch and love it. I am also a Verizon customer and love the coverage! I am looking forward to buying an iphone, but based on what I have read, I’ll wait for Verizon to service the iphone. Please hurry!
December 28th, 2008 at 8:36 am
I was experiencing major “tech” envy when my sister got the iPhone this past summer, but I held off until my Verizon contract expired. I switched to the iPhone and ATT in early December. I live in the DFW area, but I call the west coast all the time. So far, things seem to be going fine. That said, I would have stayed with Verizon if there were any hope they would adapt an iPhone in the near future.
December 28th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
I also am a verizon customer and have read the previous 80 posts here. I would DIE for a verizon iPhone and would buy one in an instant. My brother has an iPod touch that i often play around with, jailbreaking and such and absolutely love it. As for AT&T, no way in hell. Every friend i have that has AT&T hates it and I hate it too. We could try and have a text conversation, but oh wait it doesnt go through on AT&T’s crud netwok. Not to mention calls are always dropped.
December 28th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
My son and I are new to the AT&T network….what a huge mistake. AT&T may have more bars in more places but they only exist on TV, in the real world we had to sacrifice being able to make phone calls from our home, having the “no service” displayed as opposed to any bars or 3G showing. I have logged over 12 hours with AT&T and Apple support trying to resolve the numerous issues I am experiencing with AT&T’s poor service and coverage. I am also waiting for my 4th iPhone to be shipped. They can ship a hundred but something tells me it is a waste of my time and theirs. I simply want out of the contract and my money refunded for the iPhones. While the iPhone is a wonderful device the constant dropped calls and other bugs that accompany the iphone ruins the experience. I miss the consistently working network and phones that Verizon and Motorola provided.
December 29th, 2008 at 9:49 am
At the north end of the Florida coastal island where I live, ONLY Verizon has a strong signal – ditto the remote areas of Maine and Michigan where I often travel including the roads along the way. Therefore, Verizon is a must for me. Still using old Motorola phone waiting for Iphone having rejected all other feeble attempts at duplicating it. Have new Mac Power Book now. Just waiting it out for a Verizon Iphone. HURRY UP!!!! Not making the deal was the dumbest thing ever in the first place so fix it. In fact, why not let every phone service have access to an Iphone. Isn’t the idea to sell the things or what?!?!?! Patience is a virtue but not one of mine…..the whole thing is annoying.
December 29th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
The only issue I have with VZW is the castration of devices. BB has a perfect GPS app. Something you can use on any network accept VZW. You have to pay 9.99 a month for VZ Nav. If the iPhone did come out I am sure VZW would kill what makes it so wonderful. I am sure apps for the phone would be non-functional. VZW has a wonderful network but they are like Oracle for billing. I don’t want AT&T. However, I also don’t want an iPhone gutted in order for VZW to make money while we buy back the features.
December 29th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
people!!!… a phone is only as good as the network that its on! AT&T network sucks therefore the iphone sucks. that said verizon made the biggest mistake when they didn’t jump on apple when the first iphone was offered to them and apple made the biggest mistake agreeing to let AT&T own them for the past few years plus some.
…they are all idiots and now there will never be a decent settlement.
December 30th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I too am a Verizon faithful. With me, it’s because no one can beat the coverage, but mainly because 90% of my friends and family are on Verizon. Free in-network calling saves me a BUNDLE. I just looked at the analysis on my account and almost 80% of my calls are “In Network Included.” If I switched back to AT&T(I jumped ship from them when they were still Cingular, and they sucked then too), in addition to having to deal with their crappy service my phone bill would go through the roof with the minutes I would now have to pay for. I COVET my coworker’s iphone, and my parents iPod Touch(es) I would get a touch, but I don’t want to have to carry around two devises. I took a look at the storm, and it just seems like a cheep imitation of the iphone. For the first time ever, I think I might have a reason to look forward to MacWorld! Hoping for an announcement then!
December 30th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I have been a Verizon/Bell Atlantic customer for over 20 years (yes, my first cell phone was so big it came in a bag with all the wiring and hardware to go with it). I love the coverage. When we go to our summer place, my brother’s iPhone has no service but I get full bars with Verizon. I have a Treo for my phone and data service with Verizon but I have an iPod Touch for “fun.” As long as I’m in a wi-fi area I can get internet, email, etc. I have to keep Verizon because I can’t go on vacation for the whole summer without being able to call and email my friends! I love the iTouch (I call it my iPhone Wannabe) and would switch to an iPhone in a second but I’m not leaving Verizon. I have tried many of their phones and nothing can compare to the functionality of the iPhone. I don’t think they will be available for Verizon anytime soon, but one can only hope! They certainly can’t leave ATT because of the millions of existing customers there. I wish there was a way but I doubt it will happen.
December 30th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Oh, and yes, carrying around two devices (a Treo phone and an iPod Touch is a pain! They are both quite big and it’s crazy to have to switch back and forth. An iPhone sure would solve that problem!
December 30th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Paulipocket said it best. I can only add that the bad iPhone/Verizon decision is not much different than the iTunes vs. Rhapsody/Napster/DRM problems which are ONLY bad for the poor consumer. In both, we all lose, they make money. In the end, I’m disgusted by it all. I’d love a world where I can have great phone service and buy tunes legally and have them all work wonderfully together. Unfortunately, that world won’t exist anytime soon.
December 31st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I would LOVE an iPhone on Verizon as I am currently waiting on my contract to run out (only 2 months left) so that I can switch to AT&T just so that I can get an iPhone!
December 31st, 2008 at 3:42 pm
I have Verizon and wish that they had an iPhone for it! I have the iPod touch to make up for the loss like most people but we all really want the iPhone. But not even the iPhone will get me to switch to AT&T. I have their landline service and am trying to switch away. If AT&T can’t fix your problem “i’m very sorry… would you like to buy AT&T mobile service only $99.99 a month?”
December 31st, 2008 at 6:40 pm
I had Cingular which became AT&T. I Got an iPhone, and i saw my service go down ever month.
Always had Droped calls where ever i went!
Then we get a letter in from AT&T thats says: Due to excessive Partner Roaming usage, we must cancel your service or switch you to a plan in which you man not use any Roaming/Partner services.
Come to find out we have been using a Alltel tower, Alltel has a GSM Roaming service.
As i looked at the Coverage on the at&t site, ALL THE stripe area is ROAMING! its everywhere.
go look at it. Cingular never cared if you were Roaming, AT&T says you MUST use 50-75% of your calls, text, and internet usage on AT&Ts network. If not they, at there right, have the right to end your service contract or switch you over to one that does not allow Roaming or will charge you for it.
So, we switch over to Verizon and we LOVE it. We even have 3G EVDO coverage here! I loved my iPhone, but will never switch from Verizon. We really need this phone.
If Verizon did get it, there wont be V Cast on it… Do you see any other PDAs with V Cast? No. You can go to m.vcast.com to watch it tho, no www.
As much as i travel, Verizon really does have a great network! I see more people with Verizon then AT&T anyway.
Now i live in a diffrent area, Alabama now. AT&T doesnt even work in my house. i live in Killen, All for those AT&T lovers who think AT&T works everywhere.
So for those who think AT&T is worth the iPhone, trust me, it wont be if you get in a car accdent and your AT&T phone says NO SERVICE.
And trust me when i say Verizon will be getting an iPhone. I know alot more then you think. =]
January 1st, 2009 at 7:33 pm
ATTENTION VERIZON WIRELESS!
January 2nd, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I had att, sprint and now verizon. Verizon’s network does not drop calls! The others are all less reliable, at least in Pittsburgh. Mr. Jobs needs to just look at what Bill Gates accomplished by having his windows software run on anyones hardware. Enough said. Why should anyone have to settle for inferior service to gain a superior product. The time has come for Apple to take the iphone to the next level, and let its customers decide which carrier provides the best service in their area. PS. I love the new apps store on the iphone and can not wait for the phone to be released on verizon. Mr. Jobs is too smart to continue with the current strategy.
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Please, Verizon get the iPhone so I can stop carrying my EnV and iTouch with me!! The Blackberry Storm sucks, all of verizon’s programs/apps suck, and the iPhone platform is incredible. Verizon would be completely insane to turn down an opportunity at the iPhone a second time!!
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:32 am
I’d love to have the iPhone…but I refuse to switch to AT&T for it. I hope that if Verizon gets it they don’t put the crappy Verizon programming on it and just leave it as the iPhone software
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I love apple’s iPhone, but At&t is just not reliable enough….We need the iPhone on Verizon, without verizon butchering it with vcast and mobileweb. Wouldn’t it be awesome if they announced a verizon iPhone at macworld next week? Its a slim chance, but hey, a guy can dream cant he?
January 4th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I’ve been with ATT/Cingular for about 7 years. In the Philadelphia market it was a great choice. Good coverage in many areas — especially where I was living. At that time Verizon, Sprint and others wanted a $500-$900 deposit to start with their plans. So I went Cingular, who did not want a deposit.
Well, I moved to Virginia about 3 years ago and re-upped my ATT plan. If you live VERY close to Richmond, the service area is great. But about 2 months after signing a new 2-year deal and getting an iPhone, I moved about 10 miles outside of Richmond. Now I get no signal inside my house or in my car. So I asked my ATT store when a new signal tower might be coming and they referred me to customer service. Guess what they said… ask your local store. I just love incompetence.
So, Verizon, when are you gonna help all of us out and put the best 3G network (that you have and covers where I live) with the best phone (iPhone)???
I’ll gladly pay the $350 to switch networks!!!!!
January 5th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
I will not switch to AT&T. Ever. Thus, I am waiting for iPhone to be available on Verizon.
January 6th, 2009 at 1:03 am
I hate AT&T more than I want an iPhone.
January 6th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
The way I see it, Apple should hurry out with a CDMA/EVDO iPhone so that they quickly can sell it. The people who buy it will most likely be signing a two year contract so they will probably keep their iPhone for at least two years. Around two years from now LTE coverage will be large enough for Apple to release a 4G LTE iPhone, just in time for all the people who got a CDMA/EVDO 3G iPhone with a two year contract to buy the 4G LTE iPhone.
CDMA/EVDO iPhone + LTE iPhone 2 years later = BIG!!!!! money for Apple
January 8th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
I am holding out for the Verizon iPhone…or will perform hack surgery to modify once I have the extra $ to buy the phone. has anyone hacked theirs successfully?
January 9th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
ATT coverage is awful. A satisfied, long-time Verizon customer and Mac devotee, I purchased an iPhone when my Verizon contract expired last year. I recently purchased a Verizon phone and transferred my phone number because ATT’s coverage in NY/CT/NJ is miserable. Dropped calls/no coverage [including from the Empire State Building- not exactly the backwoods...] I seldom completed a call without being dropped- business contacts who have iPhones have had the same problem. I will buy another iPhone when they come to Verizon…I can’t recall the last time I lost a call with Verizon.
January 10th, 2009 at 2:13 am
I’d switch back in a microsecond!
Why: Poor coverage and the infamous 3G drop!
January 10th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
that is so cool i want one i am 12
January 11th, 2009 at 6:26 pm
Me and basically every one else that I know and meet are holding out for a Verizon iPhone. We all substitute it with an iPod Touch but an iPhone would be the best on Verizon wireless. Plus AT&T has 3G coverage in 40-50% of the US but Verizon has 3G coverage in 80% of the US!!!!!
January 13th, 2009 at 2:19 am
I heard that part of the agreement with AT&T and Apple was that AT&T had to sell a certain number of iPhones and they did not meet this metric. Can anyone shed light on that?
VZW was the best network and customer service. It would take a lot for me to cancel service and the iPhone is not big enough.
January 15th, 2009 at 6:03 am
I’ve been a loyal customer with Verizon 9 years!!!! and would love to have the iPhone. I almost left Verizon for AT&T just to have the iPhone but I choose GREAT coverage/cutomer service rather than a cool phone. I currently have the voyager and like most of you all that has Verizon coverage the vcast sucks!!!! I’m able to upgrade a year early (YES, Verizon mailed me a Platinum VIP card)so I’m hoping this falls through….
January 15th, 2009 at 11:29 am
I had verizon for 3 years and although service was always great I was really unhappy with the phone selection they have. I waited for the blackberry storm to come out and once it did I was completely unsatifyed. I now have an iPhone. I agree the service isn’t great but text and web surfing is great. I alsolove the built in iPod and variety of apps. It truly is a great phone.
January 16th, 2009 at 11:23 am
If everybody bitching here would dial *611 on their VZW phone and threaten to leave if they don’t get the iPhone sooner or later they’d wise up!
January 16th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I switched from VZW to AT&T for the iPhone 2G… The phone was amazing, the service was almost unusable! Now it’s come out that AT&T’s network is so screwed up that they are degrading 2G signals in favor of 3G… except AT&T’s version of 3G is such a power hog, even many 3G iPhone owners turn 3G off to save battery life… Apple also uses an Infineon 3G chip which is nowhere near as power efficient as a Qualcomm chip… Gee, if Apple used a Qualcomm chip, they could get all flavors of 3G as well as 2G on one chip… In other words a phone that could work on any network around the world! Gee, RIM was able to figure this out w/ the Storm… Apple? Are you listening?? Duh!
I recently switched back to VZW when AT&T’s network became so bad that they couldn’t even keep a call up in the New York metro area! Truly pathetic!
I now have the world’s most expensive iPod Touch!
AT&T Wireless Bites the Big One!
January 18th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
AT&T service was terrible in Knoxville, TN. Got no service indicator in many areas even 3-5 miles from downtown. Two of those areas were my home and office… where service was not even available half the time… and visual voice mail almost none of the time. I wanted to try the 3G but they wouldn’t sell it to me for the $299 deal… had to spend $499. So I cancelled the contract and paid the $175. The phone was not usable. I told AT&T they were giving up over $2,000 additional revenue for the rest of the contract for a lousy $200.00 I thought that was pretty stupid. They didn’t blink. Anyway, as it turned out, my partner got a 3G phone and can’t get decent service at the office… has to walk outside. I just thought I would share the AT&T arrogance and insensitivity.
Verizon, on the other hand, offered me deal where I didn’t have to wait for the normal two years to get a new blackberry storm or voyager or other PDA phone.
I am hoping for the PRE or the iphone on Verizon. I have a treo that works great as a phone and email device. I loved the iphone but the carrier service was horrid.
I wouldn’t recommend AT&T to Bernie Madoff. Wait a minute.
They do share something with him. Their commercials are all lies. Their coverage is terrible and they rip you off just like Bernie.
January 19th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
I’ve been with Verizon for 5 years now. I love their service. I want an iphone but I refuse to have at&t service. I currently have the Dare which isn’t a bad little phone but it’s just NOT the iphone. Verizon would gain a lot more customers if they could find a way to get some type of iphone in their line of phones. Everyone I know hates their iphone’s service and from all these posts I see that as well.
January 21st, 2009 at 1:11 pm
I have an IPod Touch and Verizon Cell Phone. Would love to see an IPhone on Verizon. The Storm is a far cry from even the current IPhone. Had a Storm for one weekend and returned it. Heard I wasn’t the only one doing that either. Iphone+Verizon=Winner.
January 21st, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I’ve been on Verizon since 2000 when they started, and have had better service in Arizona than my friends who have cycled though other carriers. We’ve done tests and Verizon is always the clear winner. Even with my remote travel I can find service (I called my wife standing on the North rim of the Grand Canyon…along with my friends that had to use my phone as well). I would never switch carriers…BUT GOD I WANT AN iPHONE!!!!!!! I’ve also been an Apple user since my first IIe and I think the iPhone is the apex of brilliant design and functionality (to this point). Look at what it has done for the cell phone/smartphone market. But none are as good.
I have my iPod Touch for now, but I’ll be the first in line, cash in hand, when Verizon sells iPhones. My only wish is that is comes soon.
Verizon and Apple need to see this comment page and realize they could own the cell phone/smartphone market.
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:52 am
I will get an iphone very soon. I waited last year because someone said google phone will come to verizon; then I waited again for bb storm, I stopped after read many user reviews on that ‘iphone killer’. should I wait for iphone coming to verizon year after year? no, I already look so bad, just like the man who is waiting for another rabbit hit the tree besides him.
January 22nd, 2009 at 4:21 pm
I want an I phone but just like everyone else, I dont want to change to AT&T. Any insiders have any info about the possibilites of Verizon getting the IPhone? My upgrade comes up on 3/09 and I hope Apple makes the iphone avail to us… I know the Apple trade show happened 2 weeks ago… Any news?
January 22nd, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I am dying to go back to Verizon with the iphone. I had Verizon, but couldn’t keep holding out for the iphone so I switched. I love the iphone it is amazing. ATT on the other hand makes me want to kill myself. I never get calls, my phone often has no service, I drop calls, ect. Basically it doesn’t work as a phone bc of ATT’s terrible network. I never had those issues with Verizon. I would pay to cancel ATT and go back to Verizon if I could bring my iphone.
January 22nd, 2009 at 10:44 pm
Me and my wife switched over to AT&T to get the iPhones and sooner than we knew it we were switching back to VZW. The reason we had to switch back was because of the same reason of everyone else, bad service. One night i had to take my dad the the ER and was trying to get in touch with my wife and had 74 failed calls, yes that is right 74 is not a typo. So we had to go back to VZW and my wife was almost in tears when she had to give up her iPhone. We are waiting so patiently, but it is wearing out. There has to be a way to send this to VZW & Apple so they could see these results. As soon as VZW comes out with the iPhone I will be there to get two of them. Come on VZW & Apple make it happen!!!!!! Here is hoping for the iPhone on VZW very soon PLEASE!!!!!!
January 22nd, 2009 at 11:52 pm
sometimes I feel the world needs balance. if verizon got iphone 3 years ago, verizon should be able to kill AT&T right now. so the balance exists there even we can not see it.
January 23rd, 2009 at 3:40 pm
Apple (and Verizon for that matter) would do quite well if a CDMA version were released. I personally know three iPhone users that said they’d leave AT&T and pay a termination fee if Verizon became a carrier. Main reasons, bad service and quality. I live in NY and practically my whole family (including extended) is with Verizon, many of which would love an iPhone as well, but will not switch carriers.
So if there were an exodus of AT&T customers, coupled with all the Verizon users wanting an iPhone, I think both companies would benefit greatly. I think though the 2010 contract extension rumor with AT&T may be true. But I have read that Verizon is supposed to be the first of the U.S. carriers to start testing LTE, later this year. Perhaps a new iPhone model could be developed for that. Here’s to hoping with the rest of you.
@ sjaymadsen: I agree. This blog should be shown to both companies. I’m sure it’s just one of many such sites.
January 24th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
We used to just use iphones with no land line at old residence. We bought a new house in Pacifica, and ATT doesn’t cover where my house is…10 miles south of San Francisco in Pacifica, no signal in a Vallemar’s back valley in Pacifica. So I got a land line for new house with ATT, and I forward my calls from iphone to ATT land line to get calls there. ATT double bills me for minutes and land line. Have had discussions with ATT and no solutions or agreement to fix the bills or coverage. They are also rude on the phone. They were broken up by the government once because they were a monopoly, and now they have re-joined. They know they have us hooked and don’t care. They have me very frustrated and I NEED another carrier. Sprint coverage works near my house and is cheaper. I love my Iphone, and my husband has one too. If it wasn’t for him, and his absolute addiction to the iphone, I would switch to another cell phone and carrier, but am stuck on the plan. His iphone doesn’t work here either, but that’s not enough to make him quit the iphone. On top of that ATT has made me upset about my land line, too and I am fed up with them. I am at the end of my rope. Is there any way I can switch carriers and keep my iphone? Apple, when will you wise up and see that your contract with ATT is dragging us down? Maybe the new Google Android will get it together and be an alternative. Apple, don’t make us wait two-four years, we’ll be gone by then!
January 25th, 2009 at 2:01 am
I agree with Boobietrap I have Verizon and i couldn’t be happier. I had quite a horrible experience with AT&T. First Customer service is a wreak. Signal sucks(In NYC). The only good part was the iPhone. Even having the iPhone could keep me from staying on the crappiest network ever. We need a Verizon iPhone ASAP!!
January 25th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I would love to have an iPhone on Verizon. AT&T drops calls constantly where I live (within the city limits of Seattle!) usually just after the person on the other end picks up the phone, resulting in me prank calling everyone I know. Since I have no landline this winds up being a bit of a problem. Needless to say at the moment at least the iPhone is simply not an option until it’s on Verizon.
January 26th, 2009 at 10:54 am
i am on Verizon and bought into the BB Storm hype..have had it for a month and I really am trying to like it but its nothing like my Ipod Touch. Turns out my company wont support BB so i am going back to the Q. It worked, enough said! Iphone on Verizon would be a beautiful thing…until then its 2 devices to carry around!
January 26th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
“I am dying to go back to Verizon with the iphone. I had Verizon, but couldn’t keep holding out for the iphone so I switched. I love the iphone it is amazing. ATT on the other hand makes me want to kill myself. I never get calls, my phone often has no service, I drop calls, ect. Basically it doesn’t work as a phone bc of ATT’s terrible network. I never had those issues with Verizon. I would pay to cancel ATT and go back to Verizon if I could bring my iphone.”
I feel 100% the same way.
January 26th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
How do I go about making a new law that prohibits cell companies from making these drug deals with cell phone carriers? They should make these phones unlocked so that you could buy them retalpriebut use them with The carrier of your choice. When cell phones were new and All using the same technology this was possible.
This locking business is horrible and were pretty much forced into contracts.
What do you think?
January 27th, 2009 at 3:28 am
I currently have the combination that Kuhnaydeein has (RazR and iTouch) but I would much rather have them together like in the dream world Terry is predicting.
One of the main reasons Apple did not go with Verizon in the first place is because Apple did not want Verizon’s crappy UI on the iPhone (Who could blame them?!?!). Every time I get a new phone I have to edit seems and such to get the features that the phone were built to have but Verizon shuts off the software linking the two… Sucks.
I know Apple will not budge on this. So if Verizon does end up getting the iTouch I would be extremely happy. I will be happy because it will be the phone that everyone on Verizon’s network has been waiting for.
But… If the 32GB model shows up on AT&T I might just have to jump ship on the 13 years of Verizon service.
Only time will tell…
Tom’s (TEEllis22) Dream world 32GB iPhone Verizon Network (3G or 4G dependent on timespan) Adobe Flash Player 5MP Camera Zoom(Preferably optical) Remember “Dream world” TV Mobile Video conference Data plan that INCLUDES texting And screw it… Lets throw in Megan Fox too! (Nooo not in the phone… Kind of like a complimentary thing, on the side.
January 28th, 2009 at 1:08 am
im dying to have an iphone but im not too excited tmove to att when i already have such good service and customer support. ATT please MOVE to VERIZON
January 30th, 2009 at 12:13 am
On Verizon. My dreams for the iPhone 2 go like this.
Apple and Verizon strike a deal, part of the deal is Verizon can’t alter (DESTROY) the iPhone with VCast and the like. I get Verizon’s network without the Verizon proprietary garbage AND and iPhone (and version 3 will have those basics that were oddly left out of 2)
January 30th, 2009 at 3:40 pm
I love the “i”, I have the “phone”. ATT sucks. Nobody in Phoenix can get a call or keep one going.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The iPhone is really cool. The ATT service is really BAD. I live in Chicago and can’t recieve phone calls if I am in the city. Straight to voice mail. ATT is by far the worst service I have ever had. I am going to give up the iPhone and go back to Verizon. At least with Verizon I can make a phone call.
January 30th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I switched from Verizon to ATT so I could have the iPhone. The phone is brilliant, but the ATT service is horrible. I am switching back to Verizon – they have agreed to take me back and refund the fee they charged me for canceling my contract. Go Verizon!
January 30th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
I have the iPhone. The AT&T service leaves a lot to be desired, but even worse is the battery life of the iPhone. My firend also has an iPhone and told me to extend battery life, turn of the 3G stuff. Seriously! I guess even the batter life sucks because of AT&T
January 31st, 2009 at 2:44 pm
Oh, I really wish that the iPhone was for Verizon. I have the en-V and it’s okay for now, but I only have a year left with it! I want to upgrade to the iPhone badly, but I really don’t want to switch to AT&T. Some of my friends have AT&T and they say it’s not worth it to switch just for the “hot” phone. Maybe I’ll just take their advise and stick to getting the LG Dare when my contract is up.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:58 am
I decided to boycott cingular years ago and it just carried over to at&t when they bought cingular. Horrible service! I am a mac person and I would love to have the iphone mostly because I can use it as a storage device and a mobile office with all of my artwork on it. I refuse to call off the boycott though, so please somebody get the iphone to verizon!
February 3rd, 2009 at 5:48 am
I would LOVE Verizon to get the IPHONE. I have an ITOUCH and love it. I am a Verizon customer till I die. I was with AT&T and their service and coverage was very horrible, TMOBILE was OK but coverage was sporadic. Verizon rocks it hardcore and I love the quick and fast customer service. I love my Storm…but would gladly put it in the drawer for the IPHONE..
February 3rd, 2009 at 9:29 am
Still holding out for a Verizon iPhone. It is not so much about the iPhone but the apps that are available on it. If Verizon was smart they would throw a lot of money at developing the apps for the Storm.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:19 am
Ok lets start with the Obvious. Anyone who says to you the iphone isnt a HOT device with cool features and a super slick operaing system is a LIAR. That being said you need to look at the big picture when buying a phone. 1. ITS A PHONE. If you cant make a call because the network sucks then its no good to you as a phone. 2. If you cant make a call then you cant access data either so that slick OS / Internet browser is now useless too. 3. some people mentioned the Blackberry devices and said they are “too professional”. ???? Blackberry built themselves on the corporate professional for E-mail. In fact The original Blackberry device could not be used as a phone it was strictly an e-mail device. Thats thier market and they have only recently tried to transition to the regular consumer market with the curve and STORM. 4. People complaining that V-cast sucks. Vcast would not be used on the iphone when it goes to Verizon (and believe me it will) If you pay attention to the way the cell phone technology works and the way devices are marketed, you will see that all PDA devices regardless of carrier use the regular web for Data access Limited only by the browsers capabilities on the device and the devices limitations with regard to memory and processor speeds. Vcast is a Cell phone solution not a Data solution. that allows people to access the Mobile Web. Thats a version of the web designed to have less graphics and sites designed to allow regular phones to access them and navigate them quicker due to the design and interface with the web site and the phone. The problem in all cases being that if you want a Laptop experience then you need to use a laptop. Cell phones dont currently have the space in them internally to give you Duo Core Pentioum Processors (these chips in your PC are about the size of your battery) or huge hard drives to house all these applications you want to use (although they have come a long way in a short time on this one) Currently the phones are the limitng factor on these devices. and by the time LTE rolls out we can only hope that there are more options available. As for Vcast “sucking” I guess thats a matter of what you want to use it for. If you want to surf the web all day from your phone you should use a PDA device so you have a full HTML browser. Not a phone that uses Mobile Web. Mobile web is for light users checking an occasional e-mail, weather, and sprots scores (taht kind of stuff) As far as games go, does anyone think that gaming on a phone is going to be Madden 2009 on your big screen. Not a chance. The size alone prohbits any kind of complex game because you cant controll the multi functions well enough to be accurate or have any fun with it. iphone games for the most part are only cool or fun to play if they use the accelerometer *** the controller whic is somewhat limiting in the game selection, and since there are everything from Blackberry, and windows based devices to straight phone devices with accellerometers in them, those simple games are soon to come. The bottom Line is the network is the most important thing to consider when buying a phone because if it doesnt work when you need it to what the hell is the point of having it. Blackberry device are a device that by design forces email to the phone thus incuring data charges which is why a data plan is required thru verizon, so customers dont get crushed with pay as you go data charges and if your complaining about that you must not be interested in an iphone either because they require a data feature also, and on the 3g version that is $30 just like the Blackberry. Im sure I misse dsome stuff that was quoted in here but the bottom line is features and services are offered by cell phone companies as long as they are being used, requested, and profitable. When they cease to be used by the customer, requested by the customer or non-profitable to offer and maintain then they will stop offering them.So choose your poison and live with your decision. Happy cell phone shopping.
February 4th, 2009 at 10:44 am
We do have a friend who works for Verizon, and said don’t hold your breath, because Verizon turned Apple down, because they wanted to control the apps. What would an iPhone be without the apps??? Dumb move, Verizon. I neeeed an iPhone, but my service is stuck at Verizon due to the coverage being paid by my employer. So now I have all these contracts with Verizon for family to be on the same network.
Tear
Love my iTouch, but if anyone is listening: I want a Verizon iPhone!!!
February 4th, 2009 at 11:00 am
I would love to be able to use my iPhone with verizon b/c i paid so much for my iPhone but have the places i go i never got “bars” as att says they always have. I love verizons service but i miss my iPhone.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
Ugh. I want an Iphone so bad. But I can’t switch to AT&T. I’ve been waitimg for something to happen. It would be fantastic
February 7th, 2009 at 5:21 am
ive had verizon for the past 5 years. i bought a iphone and kept my verizon phone. after two week i couldnt stand it anymore and returned the i phone. the good part about it is it only cost me 34 dollars to have the phone for two weeks to see how the service was. but i heard there is a new app. that you can get so you dont drop so many calls. it doesnt really matter what they do the servoce will never be as good as verizon. im like all of you i wish that apple and verizon would get together but i dont think it will ever happen. i really wish att didnt suck so bad
February 8th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I LOVE the iPhone and really want one, but I love Verizon’s coverage and customer service more. I’ve checked out the Blackberry Storm. It’s okay, but it’s 1st generation and had some issues in the rush to market (as is often the case). Chances are it will likely improve in the next generation and I’d rather hold out for that if I do get one. Right now it’s just not as easy to use as the iPhone, or as ****, but it is a good second runner up. I’m going to hold out for iPhone to be available on Verizon eventually or settle for a 2nd generation Storm… or maybe get a Treo in the meantime. C’mon Apple and Verizon!!! Get smart and get together soon!!!! And don’t go past 2010!!!!
February 10th, 2009 at 1:20 am
If only the two would join… I would love an iPhone on Verizon, I would buy one… or an iPhone world phone that could be used on the Verizon network… what ever just do it!
February 11th, 2009 at 6:23 am
i’m dying to get the iphone but refuse to leave verizon, i have the lg dare which i like, but would instantly buy the iphone at any price if ever available with verizon.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Does anyone think that verizon is doing this Buy one get one free with Blackberries to get rid of stock so that they are ready to start selling the Iphone? Just a thought
February 12th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Great thought Paul, but with all the hype of the Storm, and lackluster performance, who knows.
I will never leave Verizon (strong words, I know)… but I’m so sick and tired of the lack of phones.
February 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
What is the deal with the unlocked phones? Does that mean you can purchase an iPhone but use it with a Verizon network contract?
February 13th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I switched to Verizon when AT&T tookover cingular and perfectly happy with Verizon. I liked Cingular but can’t tolerate AT&T. I would wait with patience and try out LG and other till VZW comes out with Iphone.
February 14th, 2009 at 5:01 pm
Would love iphone on vzw ,tried iphone w/att and returned after 3 days due to holes in service are. would buy iphone if available on verizon in heart beat.
February 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I would LOVE an Iphone, but I am not going to switch to AT&T. I had Cingular, but when AT&T took over the service became horrible. I live in GA and there is hardly any coverage in the state with AT&T. I switched to Verizon in August of 2007 and I have been SO much happier. I would absolutely love it if Apple would come to an agreement with Verizon!
February 15th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
I have verizon right now. I use my iTouch and my cell phone But I really want the iPhone! I would definatly buy it if Verizon and Apple offered it to me!
February 16th, 2009 at 12:05 am
I also have verizon and an itouch… I hate having to carry them both around together! It sucks!
VERIZON BUY THE IPHONE!
February 16th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
Rumor: Apple iPhone for $99? By Gary Krakow What’s next for Apple and its nearly ubiquitous iPhones? How about a new model at the industry’s magic selling price?
There’s word that Apple (Stock Quote: AAPL) is secretly planning to launch an entry-level iPhone, one that will retail for just $99. Apple has usually announced and released its iPhones at the beginning of the summer season.
According to a research note by RBC Capital Markets, analyst Mike Abramsky said that Apple will launch the entry-level device alongside an iPhone 3G performance upgrade in June or July. He forecasts that a $99 iPhone could increase unit sales by as much as 69%. If you do the math, that could lift Apple’s share of the smartphone market to as much as 19%.
According to the analysis, the $99 price point includes a $200 subsidy and would be based on a new AT&T “light” data plan (Stock Quote: T) costing around $15 per month.
But aside from the possible jump in market share, Abramsky adds that Apple would risk cannibalizing its own profits. He believes that Apple would have to sell three new $99 iPhones to replace the gross profits of one 3G iPhone. In addition to their smartphones, the new device could also affect sales of certain models of the iPod, which retail at similar price points.
To compensate for shrinking margins, Abramsky said that Apple might look to expand its distribution network, which would mean allowing more mobile operators to offer the device. Here in the U.S., Apple would have to create new versions of the iPhone that would work on T-Mobile (Stock Quote: DT), Verizon Wireless (Stock Quote: VZ) and Sprint’s (Stock Quote: S) separate 3G networks.
I expect we’ll also be hearing about a truckload of other new 3G smartphone designs at next week’s Mobile World Congress exposition in Barcelona, Spain. Big announcements are expected from Microsoft (Stock Quote: MSFT), Garmin (Stock Quote: GRMN), Dell (Stock Quote: DELL) and a number of companies introducing new Google Android-based handsets (Stock Quote: GOOG). We’ll be in Barcelona to bring you the latest news, beginning on Sunday.
February 16th, 2009 at 11:52 pm
I left T-Mobile for AT&T to get the iPhone 3G and after 6 months I left and got a cheapy Virgin Mobile phone instead. AT&T has bad customer service, rude employees and their rate plans and texting plans are way overpriced. The iPhone is a nice phone but it’s nothing I can’t live without. I’ll keep the extra $60.00 month in my pocket. Now if T-Mobile gets the iPhone then maybe we can talk. I always liked T-Mobile service and pricing.
February 19th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I stand in a line for a week if Verizon gets IPhone!!!
February 19th, 2009 at 2:50 pm
i would love the iphone for verizon i bought a touch screen form verizon but it can ever beet the iphone please hurry up i am eligible for an upgrade in a few weeks
February 19th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
i want the iphone but i cant because i have verizon so i bought a touch screen phone from verizon it stinks and i have an itouch its gr8 hope verizon gets the iphone in the next couple of weeks
February 19th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I really would love to have the iphone but I will not switch my cell service from Verizon to AT&T. It will come down to what I want more. iphone or Verizon? How much longer are we going to have to hold out?
February 20th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
I think the only people on AT&T are iphone users, people who don’t know any better, and people who only get service in their areas with AT&T. I’ve been a verizon, at&t, and sprint customer and verizon is by far the best… no question. You get service everywhere and anywhere…
February 20th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Verizon has the best coverage where I live, an iPhone for verizon would be awesome, like I said I love their service but if verizon doesn’t come out with cool phone by this year I might have to go to AT&T when the new iPhone comes out in August.
February 21st, 2009 at 2:19 am
I would love for the iPhone to come to Verizon because if you are like me and you hate all the touch screens that Verizon has because of there crappy layout and not so easy to use programs such as the browser and just about everything else, but you still love the service you get from Verizon. I mean here in Southern California Verizon gives you great service pretty much everywhere I go, and my current blackberry pearl I love it works fine and everything but how ever I carry my iPod touch with my pretty much everywhere I go and I love the look and feel of the iPod touch which essentially is the iPhone without the phone. So I really hope they bump the crappy storm out and put the iPhone in, it is easy to use and it already has an easy working media player that I love to death. And I don’t have to install another program just for the stupid v-cast music on my computer.
February 21st, 2009 at 3:33 am
I live in west TN and AT&T service is mediocre at best were I live. I would also like to add there is 3G only in 4 area’s of TN. I would love to have an iPhone but its hard to talk myself into one having to pay a $30 service for the life of the phone when the 3G service is not even available in my area. I am happy with Verizon service but they have released more than one sub par phone. So I don’t really think they are the best thing ever. I am stuck with 2 replacement Samsung Glydes that do not function like they should. And I am scared of the new Storm. It is kinda like an iPhone but not really.
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 am
Surely the people at Apple know that their market share for iPhone would double, at least, if they made iPhone for VZW. I want an iPhone so bad, but will not switch from VZW. I’m holding-out, for my whole family of 4, on upgrading our cellphones because I’m hoping iPhone will come out for VZW. If not, we’ll stay with VZW.
February 22nd, 2009 at 3:48 pm
AT&T is horrible.
February 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm
i want an iphone so bad, but i dont want to switch to AT&T, VZW has the best service, even on my crappy LG phone i get better service than my friends with their AT&T phones, so pleaes verizon, provide the iphone, your amount of customers would increase and Mac&VZW would gain a huge profit if they did so…its so stupid that you dont offer one now..really.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I WANT AN iPHONE!! I am suck with Verizon till 2011. I really do like Verizon, but lets face it, Verizon’s phones suck. I would buy an iPhone in a hearbeat!
February 24th, 2009 at 12:03 am
AT&T Sucks! Verizon + iPhone = GOOD!
February 24th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I want an iPhone SO bad … but there is NO way we can go back to AT&T again. They have horrible coverage. I could not talk on my phone in my house and we live in the middle of our town! I get coverage all over town with Verizon (except the back corner of Walmart … so I just don’t go there anymore
Please, oh Please Verizon, I want/need/gotta have an iPhone.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:18 pm
im confused? so can the iphone be switched over to verizon? or is it just a thought
February 25th, 2009 at 1:40 am
I really hope so, I am a Verizon costumer very happy with the coverage, but not so much by the phone selection. If the iPhone came to Verizon I would buy a couple in a heartbeat. I will be taking my business somewhere else if Big Red does not come out with some cool phones come out this year. Storm Sucks!
February 26th, 2009 at 2:36 am
I have been Verizon-loyal for an eternity, all the while getting a good case of iPhone envy… Lots of my coworkers have them, and almost all of them say the same thing: it’s a fun toy but pretty much useless as a phone. Apparently AT&T service really DOES stink. I enjoy phenomenal coverage and outstanding customer service with Verizon, and even though I am on my 4th Palm replacement (Treo 755), at least I can make and receive calls anywhere. Oh, and I can send a real pix message to anyone anywhere too. And I can highlight, copy and paste too… Did I mention that I also have a real, tactile keyboard? Yeah that’s right folks… I can leave my finger on a button and easily delete voicemail messages without even looking at the screen while DRIVING. Try that with an iPhone. I hate to say it, but as nice and slick as the Apple OS is, the device is wanting in many ways. Hey… did I mention I can replace my own battery any time I want to with a freshly charged extra one?? Or how about the fact that I can pop a 16GB MiniSD card in it and move my data around easily? Oh yeah… one more thing… my Palm cost less and so does my service, which includes unlimited web access, unlimited SMS and pix/video messaging to the US AND CANADA, and $0.10 long distance calls to Canada. Yeah–it costs a LOT less.
I would love it if Apple brought the iPhone to Verizon. But they will have to fix it first…. Until then, I will continue to let my Palm piece of **** crash once or twice a day at random times. At least I can call you on it from ANYWHERE and send you a picture message too. Ha. LOL
(Grain of salt)
February 28th, 2009 at 5:51 am
I currently have Verizon Wireless. I would love to have an iPhone especially on Verizon Wireless, but frankly their bullshit “red bar” OS-wanna-be is ******* garbage. If they could get an iPhone it’d end up torched with that bullshit menu. AND the only people buying it would be the peons with no knowledge or understanding of wtf an iPhone is, its technology, etc or for that matter wtf is going on. Plus, I’m sure Verizon would figure out a way to not only empty customers wallets but make them hack off a couple limbs and still be unsatisfied. Great wireless service (even if 90% of their customer service reps are morons) but just too much bullshit.
February 28th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I have been dreaming of an iPhone for awhile now, but I will never switch over to AT&T. I know a ton of people in my family alone who would also get an iPhone if it were Verizon. So there is a ton of business that Apple is losing, just in my family.
Please, Apple, let us Verizon users have iPhones.
March 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
I DOOO NOTTT LIKE VERIZON AT ALL!
GOO AT&T!!
March 4th, 2009 at 2:18 am
Please Oh please, I want an iphone on Verizon, 3g or 4g I don’t care…just as soon as possible. I’ll buy both versions a few months apart! Get me one within the next month and I’ll pay $1000 just for the phone.
March 4th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
My T-Mobile contract is almost up & I will be making the switch to Verizon! Everyone I know has already made the switch and they love it! I would love to get an iphone with Verizon!!! I can’t go to at&t- their service sucks & they have terrible customer service. Please bring iphone to Verizon!!!!
March 5th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I am in the same boat. Here in south Florida, the only phones that worked in the last hurricane were from Verizon. That was enough for me! I had an AT&T Crackberry free from work and I actually gave it back and got my own phone through Verizon. Apple – WAKE UP! What were you thinking – just get with the program and release the iPhone through Verizon!!!!!! AT&T is absolutely worthless!
March 5th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
I am a loyal VZW customer because AT&T service sucks. I would love to have the iphone with Verizon service. AT&T is the only reason I have not purchased an iphone.
March 8th, 2009 at 11:28 am
A. Apple isn’t a phone maker, so how come noone else can touch the iphone, even one’s that have been making phones for years?
B. VZW unfortunately is probably too confident in their coverage size and quality not to want to spend much money/effort in securing an iphone for VZW, and even if they did, you can bet they would cripple the hell out of it so much that it would be an iphone in appearance only.
C. Whoever is responsible for the US being in such an anti-consumer hellhole in regards to cable companies and phone service needs to be arrested and deported. There should only be one type of network protocol and everyone should be free to get whatever ungimped phone they want, and go to whichever provider they prefer based on service/cost, not on what phone they let you have.
March 8th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Most people I know made a switch as soon their contract was up just to get an iphone. And now everyone always complains about the crappy service. If Verizon goes iphone, IM GETTING IT!. Despite the crappy V Cast( That I completely ignore anyway) Verizon is # 1 service in America PERIOD Verizon+iphone=Happily ever after
March 10th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
I am one of the one’s still holding out for Verizon to carry the iPhone. It is really mentally exhausting when I think about wanting the iPhone so badly, but also wanting to stay with Verizon. My contract has been over since last July and I am excited to get a new phone in May of this year. I had no idea that Verizon was originally approached to represent the iPhone, that would have been great. But I do agree with as much as I love Verizon, their Vcast is rather annoying to me ad having to pay a lot for most new applications. So, here is to hoping that Verizon will get the iPhone representation and that they will not incorporate Vcast too heavily into the phone. Hey, I can wish can’t I?
March 11th, 2009 at 7:36 pm
I switched to At&t just for the i phone the phone is great and cool the service is a peace of **** i hate u AT$T i hate paying for the stupid service i cant wait for the day verizon to get that phone and then hopefully AT&T goes under and when u dont pay thoes ******** they turn off your phone serevice and the have to call from another phone and say WTF then they charge u a restoral fee to turn it back on hope u DIE AT&T. Verizon all the way
March 12th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
There would be a hurricane force blast across the US from everyone gasping at the same time in shock, amazement and excitement if:
This would be shortly followed by a thunderous crash caused by AT&T’s stock and marketshare, sending refugees into the streets for days as they wait in line to cancel their AT&T contracts, and dwarfing the lines of people waitng to get their iPhone on release day from AT&T in the first place.
Also, it was mentioned in an earlier post that Verizon’s Buy One-Get One Blackberry might be a measure to make space for an iPhone. Sadly, this isn’t the case. My take is that Verizon hyped and touted the hell out of the Blackberry Storm, calling it (yet again) an “iPhone killer”. They made sure to have ample supplies of these phones for the percieved iPhone-like reception. But one problem…. there was a boy who cried wolf. Consumers have heard the term ‘iPhone killer’ before, and been led into stores to demo a phone that has a nice interface, and some neat features, but pales in comparison to the iPhone’s user interface, capability and function. By the time the Storm was touted to be the next big thing, most consumers were skeptical (and rightfully so) to any phone being marketed as an ‘iPhone killer’ and wanted to see the proof in the pudding. Verizon/RIM produced something resembling pudding, but it was rushed to market with user interface lag, desperate for software polishing, and lacking any killer-apps that we have attributed to the iPhone. Epic fail. Soon enough it was a case of Verizon purging their overstock with the Buy one-Get two offer.
March 14th, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I think Verizon will get much more money with they have the iPhone as one of their options. In my experiance, I’ve had no problems with Verizon’s service. I think it’s an excellent idea. Plus, I hope they also agree to have the new Moto Q Global in their line. I’ve been waiting to get my hands on that phone but it’s only for AT&T, but I don’t like their service due to prior experiance.
March 15th, 2009 at 7:19 am
my husband got the iphone and jumped off of our verizon family plan to AT&T – the rest of us are waiting in limbo for our contracts to expire, but we really don’t want to leave verizon – long time customers – love the service – an iphone on their network would pretty much seal the deal
March 17th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
I have verizon and hmm it works fantastic everywhere else except my house. maybe it’s just me? -_- anyways i’ve been dying for an iphone since forever!!!but my mom doesn’t want to switch. I had the lg voyager but someone stole it and now i’m back to my crappy old phone >:o
March 18th, 2009 at 10:56 pm
I got an iphone 3g when it first came out last year. I live in NJ and commute to NYC on the train. Along the route I lost the ATT signal in 3 places, and there is no service in the tunnel into Penn Station. I never lost the signal once with Verizon. The battery life was horrible in the iphone. I would leave home with it fully charged, and I had to recharge it by 4pm each day. Verizon’s 3g coverage is so much larger than ATT it’s a joke. But my biggest pet peeve was the smartphone applications were just not that smart. Coming from a Treo, I was very disappointed at the weak email, calendar and contact apps in the iphone (I doubt they’ve been updated in ver.3) Maybe copy and paste will help, but if the battery is still as weak I think the phone is overrated. Another thing I hated was you had to step through menu after menu to turn the bluetooth on and off, which is important to save battery life when you don’t need it, but in NJ you HAVE to have a headset when driving. Very akward. I canceled my contract and ended up paying almost $200 for the crappy service I had for 2 weeks. ATT can fall in a hole for all I care. Even my experience in the store was horrible – long lines, no place to sit, etc. Verizon stores by, comparison, are much nicer and even have bathrooms (don’t think it matters? Wait an hour on line at ATT and then be told you have to walk outside in the rain to Jamba Juice to use the bathroom. F*CK that!) If Verizon gets an iphone that is much improved from the one I had – including video recording and better camera, and longer battery life in addition to all the other improvements in version 3 I’d consider it because of all the apps you can get. It’s a great phone that wasn’t there yet on a network that shouldn’t even be in business.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
I have what is a fairly basic question I guess. I really have never seen it answered. There are those who say there’s “bad blood” between Apple and Verizon, or producing a CDMA EVDO version would be costly.
But has either company actually DENIED this is happening? I don’t really see why one of them wouldn’t, if they’re truly not interested in working with the other.
I mean, business is business. It isn’t personal. I can’t see how Apple (being the technical and financially stable powerhouse it is) wouldn’t be capable of producing a dual mode or CDMA iPhone (all other phone manufacturers do). Or that either company would pass on the opportunity to add what would likely be millions of users, just because they couldn’t come to an agreement the first time around. I know someone is going to mention the whole exclusivity deal, but no one has the true details of it, other than what they’ve read in an article. If it doesn’t happen this year, it will likely happen 2010.
March 20th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
I absolutely hate the AT&T service. I came from Nextel (Sprint) and have regretted it ever since. In our area of the Ohio/Kentucky/West Virginia area Verizon seems to have the most stable coverage, and AT&T the absolute worst. Local techs report to me that AT&T switched frequencies to cover more AREA, but at the sacrifice of building penetration. I can be sitting on porch and go from 4 bars on AT&T to no bars and a dropped call in a second. I can’t believe Apple is sticking with them. They have to much invested in their Ferrari to make it drive on a pothole infested road!
I’ll probably switch to Verizon at first opportunity and hope to grab an IPhone at some point… just not from AT&T.
March 21st, 2009 at 8:28 pm
I want the IPHONE real bad but I refuse to go to AT& T as they always drop calls they dont have towers where i need them.. but i wont get the storm either as that is a poor comparisont o Iphoen APPLE CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW????? PLEASE BRING THE PHONE TO VERIZON AND REALLY LET THE WORLD SEE WHATTHE PHONE CAN DO AS SERVICE IS SOOO MUCH BETTER
March 21st, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Verizon sales person told me that when the iphone battery dies you have to get a new phone is that true if so that stinks no??
March 22nd, 2009 at 10:32 am
If Verizon got the iphone soon, I would consider waiting for it and staying with my Verizon service. The end of 2010 is too long. I will never go back to AT&T as their service is terrible. I will grab a Palm Pre when it is released and switch to sprint.
March 23rd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I love the iPhone concept, but love Verizon service, so I bought a Verizon Samsung Omnia. Great little piece of hardware, but the worst software set I’ve ever seen. Clumsy, hard to use, non-intuitive ****. Can’t wait for iPhone/Verizon combo. Can’t see Verizon catching Apple in the apps department. Wasn’t it Steve Jobs that wrote on his board “it’s the software, dummy”?
March 25th, 2009 at 12:23 am
VERIZON WIRELESS IS MISSING OUT ON A HUGE MONEY MAKING PROFIT FOR NOT TRYING TO GET THE IPHONE..I WOULD CANCEL MY TMOBILE SERVICE AND PAY A $200 TERMINATION FEE IN A HEARTBEAT AS A CONSUMER AND SWITCH BACK TO VERIZON IF THEY OFFERED THE IPHONE 3G TOMMOROW? COME ON VERIZON GET WITH IT, YOUR MISSING OUT ON MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE???? WHATS THE PROBLEM, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, WE WANT THE IPHONE AND VERIZON AND ARE WILL TO PAY FOR IT REGARDLESS OF THE COST!
March 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
I have no choice. My cell is my only phone, and Verizon is the only carrier that gives me coverage where I live. I love Apple. I want an iPhone. I will not buy an iPhone wanna-be. I will wait.
March 25th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
I use Verizon and have a really old phone and if they came out with the iPhone for Verizon then i would definatly buy it! I really hope that they get an iPhone for Verizon that would be sweet.
2010 BETTER HURRY UP
March 27th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I’m a Verizon customer and will be due for an upgrade come April. I tried the Blackberry Storm and found it had a lot of features I really love, but no WiFi kind of sucks. And all the test models I’ve tried seem clumsy when it comes to text. I love how you can copy and paste pics from the web though on the Storm. Upon trying an iPhone I fell in love with it’s ease of use when it comes to using it as a phone or as a browser or as a music player. I’m really tempted to switch over to AT&T just for the iPhone but all I’ve heard about AT&T’s horrible service makes me beg the question if an iPhone is really worth the trade off. By the time I buy a new phone nothing will change in the political cilmate between Verizon and Apple so I may just have to settle somewhat for a lesser product, or crappy phone service. Right now both are unappealing options but not much I can do to change that. Oh and Vcast does suck.
March 30th, 2009 at 12:16 am
I would love to switch back to VZW! In my house I have no service in our basement and my sister does on her VZW phone not just like 3 bars but full. It really sucks. So hopefully soon an iPhone will be released on Verizon Wireless, truly the best cell phone provider here!
March 30th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
I gained a little hope last week when a Verizon rep called to review our service plan and ask why I haven’t used my new-every-two credits to update my phone. I told him that I was holding out for the iphone. After talking up the Blackberry Storm, he said that Verizon could conceivably carry the iphone in 2010 after the Apple/ATT exclusive contract is up. Perhaps Verizon has realized their initial lapse in judgement and may be planting the seeds for growing their market share in the future.
March 31st, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I have i pod touch, and I have Verizon Storm. It is only because Verizon doesn;t have iphone. If I can have iphone with Verizon service, I will definately change my storm to iphone, even if I have ipod touch and I have to pay the penalty for the early termination.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am
Hey all of you… FACT: AT&T NETWORK WORKS MORE PLACES ON THE GLOBE THAN VERIZONS. AT&T’s network is GSM and is used by more carriers than Verizons and AT&T’s network is getting better. Its better technology and it’s easier. SIM cards are the way to go, there are so many more things you can do with a GSM carrier than Verizons **** network. You guys are all whining about how AT&T sucks when there actually have been test that show AT&T’s network to be better. Plus I know many people who would never go to Verizon because there phones are a step behind AT&T’s phones. So sure the iPhone cost more with AT&T, but its totally worth it. I will never go to Verizon for what they call cell phone service. AT&T will continue to advance and get more customers even with Verizons aqusition of Altell.
April 1st, 2009 at 12:20 am
Oh and to all of you above… Apple has a contract with AT&T that pretty much sets them as long as they want to go(cousin works at AT&T). Apple gets more money for having AT&T as the exclusive carrier. So as long as apples makin more money just having AT&T be the carrier they’ll keep doing. Sorry Verizon customers, it will be a longer time than all you are saying, cuz corporations are all about money. So you can switch or keep on whinning about having an iphone on your crummy network.
April 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 am
Over the years, I’ve tried Sprint, AT&T and Verizon — and IMO there’s no comparison. Verizon has superior phone service and superior customer service, and by a mile. The only thing I don’t like about Verizon is that it doesn’t carry the iPhone. My friend has the Storm: It’s buggy and unsatisfying, I’m not interested. I’d love an iPhone for myself but there’s no way — not even for the phone of my dreams — will I leave Verizon.
April 4th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
A.J you are out of your mind. I don’t care what tests they have run. AT&T sucks period. I have stood side by side, many, many times with a AT&T phone and they could not make a call and I could. It is very common knowledge that AT&T is limited on good coverge. Go back and bury your head in the sand where it must have been for the past year or two.
I too would love to have the I-Phone but not on a limited coverage plan like AT&T.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I have Verizon FiOS and Verizon wireless. Verizon has a nice deal going to put both FiOS and cell phone bills onto one monthly statement and offering a discount to do so.
Would be great to see Verizon get the iPhone.
April 6th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Came across this petition link. They’re trying to reach 100,000. Looks like they got 32 in just a couple of days. You also have the ability to forward to other interested parties. Let yourself be heard.
Go sign the iphone verizon petition.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/i-would-buy-a-verizon-iphone
April 9th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
I’m very happy with At&t and will not switch back to Verizon unless I don’t have a choice because I wasn’t happy with their selection of phones or the way they lock down their dumbphones.
April 13th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
people here are saying that they would hate to see the verzion OS on the iphone… people seem to forget that the blackberry has its own OS.. and i have seen windows mobile phones at the verzion store… so i think verzion knows they have a ****** OS and they would be more than glad to add something a little better than the VZWOS ****
April 15th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I’m a Verizon fan and I’m desperately waiting for a Verizon iPhone. I had nothing but trouble with AT&T; dropped calls, dead zones, etc.
April 16th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
WELL RIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S (A$$) MOUTH. We on Verizon will likely have to wait for LTE.
From DowJones Newswire: “Seidenberg also addressed the notion of the iPhone ever coming to the Verizon Wireless network, saying it’s more likely that Apple Inc. (AAPL) would be willing to work with the carrier under the fourth-generation, or 4G, network, which follows the same technology standard as AT&T Inc.’s (T) 4G plans. He said Apple never seriously considered making a CDMA version of the iPhone because it didn’t have as wide a distribution opportunity.”
I guess late 2010, early 2011 at best.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
sign this patition to influence iphone for verizon
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/i-would-buy-a-verizon-iphone
April 17th, 2009 at 10:27 am
A friend of mine works for Verizon and has confirmed that Apple did approach them first. However, their desire to control everything was one of the reasons the exclusivity deal with turned down. She also mentioned that there is a 3 year agreement between AT&T and Apple, so hopefully the iPhone will be on a better network this time next year!
April 18th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
I hope this happens because then I can flush my Blackberry Storm down the toilet where it belongs!!!!
April 20th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
I’d buy an iPhone the instant it was available on Verizon. I looked at switching to ATT earlier this year, but my work blackberry is ATT and i’m not a fan of their coverage.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
I have been a long time verizon customer. I am also a committed Mac user. When my son got an iphone, I was amazed at the technology. It is not just a phone it is a mini computer. So I bought one on Ebay and activated AT&T. I did however keep my verizon service. I lasted for 2 months and the lack of coverage was more than I could stand. If I want to make a call from home with my iphone I have to get in my car and drive 1.2 miles to get a signal. I don’t know where the “More Bars” are but they are never where I am. When you have signal the iPhone is amazingly awesome however it is just not reliable in Gaffney SC. I actually got a go phone first and didn’t get a signal on it either but I convinced myself that the iphone was a much more sensitive device and would work better. HA! It is not about the iphone it is the AT&T netdon’twork. So now I am back with verizon, great service but no cool phone. Would I buy a verizon Iphone? Oh Yeah in a second.
April 20th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Verizon has a huge crowd in their network-At&t has one midget holding a pole and he is crippled.
April 27th, 2009 at 7:08 am
I would think about it, but last summer really clinched my hatred for Verizon.
There are already enough hidden fees… a few dollars for this, a few for that. But to top it off, they’re also known for crippling devices. They lost a class action lawsuit on the original RAZR because they disabled a number of features that it was designed to have… including software interface with a regular computer, which would allow photos to be removed without paying the extra $5 for their unlimited text/500 picture messages.
Last summer I learned, to my horror, that my poor reception at my house meant that even with “unlimited text,” I would be using minutes to send text via analog, which then gets chalked up on minutes, and for the first time in 3 years, I had overage charges… because of all the “text to minutes” (buried in their fine print) charges that were accruing, even though I was paying for unlimited text.
I shudder to think of what VZ would do to an iPhone. Apps through Vcast, upcharges on all the small things we don’t really think about, but would use. I have a hard time these days with the $100 a month bill from ATT, but the truth is, I’ve run into fewer snags, and fewer hidden fees than I had with VZW. And here in Boston, I can even get a signal in the subway tunnels sometimes… which is new for me. AND, excellent reception at home, which I didn’t have with VZW… with them, I had reception that was so poor they had to upcharge me just to give me what I thought I was already paying for.
April 27th, 2009 at 11:26 am
What good is a super high speed network if the average person can’t afford it?
Verizon has a plan that gives you five gigabytes of data. Additional gigabytes are $256! ($.25 per megabyte).
Downloading a single DVD at this rate would cost over $1,000!
April 27th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
There’s no doubt about the iPhone being the best out there but the carrier does not compliment it. I left VZW just for the phone and I miss Verizon’s network and customer service. It would be the best of the best if theses two companies merge. Please VZW make it happen!!!
April 27th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I would LOVE THE iPHONE TO BE AVAILIBLE TO VERIZON! Apple hear me out as a voice of consumers, everyone loves the iPhone but prefers verizon service more than AT&T. I have NEVER came across a person that has said AT&T is better than verizon except for the fact that AT&T has the iPhone.
April 28th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I am a Verizon Wireless user and had the iphone on AT&T. Switched because of the network and have a STORM…. Praying that Verizon and Apple can bring the iPhone over to the VZW side.
April 29th, 2009 at 1:12 am
I would def consider the iPhone if it were available on Verizon. I had AT&T up until about a year ago and could predict the locations when my calls would be dropped. I knew this so well I would warn the other side of the conv that I would have to call them back. Also, many of the people on here seem to have never checked out a verizon smart phone. They almost always have their own unique OS. The RIM phones for example may have some Verizon stuff like VCast music or whatever, but it’s not embedded and can be deleted.
For all of the users who are unhappy with the storm, there seem to be a lot of you….. Try upgrading the firmware to the newest version, I recently got 4.075.113 or something like that and it is soooo much smoother to operate, camera functions better, doesn’t really freeze up, and the list goes on. The updates haven’t been released by VZW but you can do it yourself…. recommended for sure!
May 1st, 2009 at 6:13 am
I am currently a VZW customer. I bought the black berry storm and started to hate it because it is so slow. The concept is great but I think they just rush the OS on this phone. One thing I do love about Verizon is, they have a great network. I would defiantly love to have an iphone on the VZW network.
May 1st, 2009 at 9:43 am
Apple better not go Verizon I like being part of the exclusive AT&T only Iphone users
May 5th, 2009 at 11:56 am
The Iphone is not a bad device, the AT&T data network availabilty forget about it go to both websites and view what each claims there data naetwork coverage is and forget it its like having a hot new race car and then putting it on a potholed dirt road. And if you want to talk about customer service AT&T is done at that point as Verizon customer service while not always perfect actually cares about its customers guess that is why they are over 86 million strong and 1 in every 4 cell phone users are with Verizon. You put the Iphone on Verizon and you will see a mass exodus.
May 5th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
William R Cousert The high speed data that you are refering too is the mobile broadband? that seems to be designed for business professionals to use their laptops on the go and is not designed for downloading or streaming video. If you are trying to replace a cable connection limited only to your home and replace it for around the same cost as something that will work while travelling internationally or most places in the U.S. I am afraid you are not wanting the Mobile broadband card. 5G of use is quite alot until you start to stream U-tube or the like…sorry! As for speed wait until this Lte goes into effect from what I am reading the data connection will be faster on the verizon phones than Comcast is offering for their fastest usage allowance.
May 7th, 2009 at 11:07 am
My first cell phone plan was with AT&T. It was one of the worst consumer experiences of my life. I switched to Sprint and that wasn’t too bad. Now, I’m with Verizon and the coverage is incredible. I travel all over the country for work and the phone always works – from Bismarck, ND to San Diego, CA it’s great. I want an iPhone really bad, but don’t want to go back to AT&T if at all possible. Please, please, please, Verizon – GET THE IPHONE!!!
May 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I hope that if and when Verizon reaches a deal with iPhone that they leave the current software on it. I’d hate to have an iPhone that has the typical Verizon software on it.
May 11th, 2009 at 3:41 am
I tried AT&T three times because of the iPhone. I bought the very first one and was fustrated and switched back to Verizon. Then the 3G came out so I tried it again, same problem. Switched back to Verizon. I tried it one last time recently because the Iphone is a awesome phone….. Could not stand the fuzzy and dropped calls… So i’m glad to say I am spoiled with Verizon’s service. They are the best, hands down. Plus, they kept opening there arms to me and inviting me back with gifts cards everytime. AT&T charged me for rediculous fee’s and were very rude!!!!
May 11th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Iphone’s software are probobly like Blackberry’s… They are there own and not Verizon’s….
May 11th, 2009 at 3:49 am
If a Verizon Corporate Officer reads this…. Amagine how many people would be standing outside apple stores the day Verizon and Apple make a deal and go on sale. Wow!
May 11th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I think that the IPhone would be good for Verizon. I have verizon and so does all my other family members. But my farther has AT&T and the service SUCKS!!! There is no service anywhere. Although he has the IPhone. Apple and Verizon would make a great team together.
May 11th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Really doubt Verizon is getting the iphone, not anytime soon anyway. Verizon is satans network and they would ruin the iphone. I work for AT&T and 5 out of ten customers that call in have the iphone right now people want it cause it is only avalible on AT&T so if you have one, you have the best phone out there. Veizon blows and i will never use them!
May 12th, 2009 at 10:51 pm
Well I was with cingular(AT&T). They blow! I would have to make three phone calls just to finish a conversation. If that didn’t happen I had a phone ringing in my ear point blank while driving by a fewest dropped calls sign. LOL! I’m not kidding. I have been with Verizon for three years and I can count the dropped calls on one hand. I want an iphone but the service is just too shabby. I would be in line for an iphone. Have an LG Dare for now. Storm blew thru not impressed. Please bring iphone to verizon. I would be in line tomorrow. I was told tonight by outstanding customer service that it would be at least a year.
May 13th, 2009 at 7:22 am
I am not buying an iPhone until I can use it on Verizon. Period. Makes me annoyed at Apple.
May 13th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I would love to have a iPhone because i love to use iTunes,simply because it is simple and cheap! But Vcast is extremely difficult and expensive. i really hope that Verizon doesnt pass this one up,because my contract with verizon ends in January 2110,and im getting tired of the Vcast and over-priced internet plans!
May 13th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I have been on Verizon for years now, my parents and siblings have been on AT&T. My service is awesome, theirs is NOT. I love the iphone and want it badly, damn near switched to at&t just to get it but held off. New iphone might come out this June…very tempting…but if Verizon is getting one next year…I’ll surely wait another year. Verizon is great
May 16th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I am on Verizon and I have no intention of switching – AT&T has terrible service where I live. I have been holding out for an iPhone, but if Verizon’s not going to have them by this summer, then I’ll probably just get a BlackBerry. David, I hope you’re right that Verizon might be coming out with iPhones in June!!
May 19th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
YES YES YES, give me a Verizon iphone… Please!
Who do I have to call!
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:11 pm
AT&T has no incentive to improve their service because they have a monopoly with the iPhone right now. Competition is a good thing and it would force cell phone rates down and each would improve their service. I have the 32GB iPod Touch and it is fantastic. It is the best purchase I have ever made. I am a Verizon Customer but would love to have an iPhone if Verizon and Apple can make a deal. PLEASE APPLE READ THE BLOGS IF YOU WANT THE MILLIONS OF FAITHFUL VERIZON CUSTOMERS TO BUY iPhones!!! We want an iPhone, too, but still keep our reliable Verizon service!! Hurry up!!!
May 25th, 2009 at 8:08 am
i agree that V cast does suck. but so do out casts. and AT&T is full of out casts. you know, the people that want to be “different” bc they arent accepted by most people. so…they get an iphone.. “oh, is that the iphone you have there?” “yes! it is! now pay attention to me bc my service provider doesn’t!” and as the story goes, the iphone gives 5 whole minutes of social fame, to yet another friendless tech worker at the bbq that he wasn’t really invited to. now dont get me wrong, i love apple. im typing this on a MBpro that i havent had one problem with in the 1.5 years ive had it. but take it from somebody who knows AT&T and Verizon from a personal stand point…AT&T has terrible coverage, no matter what the commercials say. i like ***, steak dinners, and until there is an APP for that, im sticking with a crappy phone, on a terrific network, with an ipod in my pocket, and a macbook in my studio!
May 25th, 2009 at 11:34 am
why is it so hard for apple to have a iPhone for any carrier. I hate having to pick just one carrier.
May 27th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
what about the “unlocked” iphones you find on ebay? do they actually work on any carrier? i’m not tech savvy AT ALL, please dont’t laugh, but can someone explain it to me?
May 29th, 2009 at 11:45 am
@Laura No iphone will only work on ATTW and T-Mobile. Verizon Wireless, Sprint PCS and MetroPCS are CDMA technology and the iphone is GSM.
May 30th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Just bought a macbook, I have an Ipod Touch. Stuck with a LG phone with Verizon. I sit and watch everyone play with their iphones and I am jealous!!! My LG does not have half the things the iphone has. I am trying to patiently wait for the iphone to come to verizon next year but if it doesn’t I will go to AT&T.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
iPhone please come to me!!! I agree 100% with Beth (#247). I am waiting very patiently. lol
June 6th, 2009 at 1:35 am
If and when the iPhone comes out on Verizon,Verizon shouldn’t use that stupid thing they call V-CAST and have cheaper plans. I LOVE VERIZON!!! I was on AT&T and it was horrible. Bad reception and had to forward my calls to the house line. And, since my parents were divorced and were on the same network to get free calling, AT&T put both my dad’s and my mom’s bill together, and gave it to my MOM!!! People gravitated to the iPhone because good styling, the APP store etc. It would be OK to have a shortcut that goes to the V-CAst store to promote it, but people don;t have to use it. Also, ringtones should only be purchased on iTunes for software reasons. AND DON’T CHANGE THE STYLING!!! KEEP IT THE SAME!! VZ HAS A REP FOR CHANGING THE STYLING OF PHONES AND LOOK U-G-L-Y UGLY!!! (and perfect the bugs, but thats almost impossible).
June 7th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Maybe China Mobile will come to the US and fix all of our cell phone problems..what the heck, they own 60% of the US anyway..hahahahahahah
June 8th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Go on YouTube and just jailbreak it or hack the system to make it work with verizon wireless. There are some info on making it work on verizons network
June 8th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
AT&T CAN SUCK THE **** RIGHT OUT OF MY *** EVERYTHING SUCKS ABOUT THEM THE IPHONE IS THE ONLY REASON THEY GET BUSINESS.DONT BE FOOLED GO WITH VERIZON!
June 8th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I am a vzw customer and I want an iphone damnit!!!
June 10th, 2009 at 2:25 am
i have 2 verizon voyagers (4 me & my hubby) but 2 itouch’s, am imac, a macbook pro and a macbook air.. u could say im holding out for verizon to get the iphone… what can i say, im a diehard verizon customer! go verizon!
June 10th, 2009 at 2:40 am
I have been with Verizon since it was Airtouch Cellular. I tried Sprint/Nextell and it was horrible. I also tried AT&T and it also sucks. I will never switch from Verizon again, great service and I can’t remember when the last dropped call I had. Not only that most of my family and friends are also on the Verizon network so that’s a plus becuause I don’t get to waste my minutes, they’re all In-Network. But I do want an iphone so I too will wait patiently.
June 11th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
You can use a cracked iPhone on VZW now if you like. The only network you can’t use it on is Sprint. The 32GB is coming out on the 17th, but still won’t be on VZW till next year. I work for VZ.
June 11th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I too would welcome an Iphone on Verizon. My wife and I tried to move from Sprint to At&T a few years ago and simple could not reliably place calls at home or at my office. We cancelled the AT&T service within a week and switched to Verizon. We have experienced flawless service ever since. I own an iTouch and love the devices applications and functional capability. I can only dream of a day when I can use an iPhone on Verizons network.
June 12th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
I really hope that the IPhone and Verizon connection happens, I just dont want to leave my verizon carrier but I am amazed at the iphone. There really isn’t any phone that verizon (or any carrier) offer that can really do the stuff the iphone can
June 14th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
HI Bill who do I see at verizon. I have a generation 1 IPhone with 16gig…thanks ray…
June 14th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
I love my iPod and the only thing I wish is that I could get the iPhone and combine everything onto one device, including being able to use the internet anywhere instead of just in unlocked free Wifi areas. Though I am not willing to give up the good service I have with Verizon just to get it, MAKE THE DEAL!!!!!! iPhone+Verizon=Fantastic!!!
June 14th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
I have VZW and I LOVE the service. Best i’ve had from AT&T and Sprint. But my friend has the iPhone and it is a cool phone to taggle with, but like i said AT&T SUCKS!
Bill, you work at Verizon you said. How is it possible to crack an iPhone with Verizon service without the sim card and all that mess?
June 14th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
I would love an iphone on verizon… as a current vzw customer i am sick of the “verizon lockdown” which hopefully Apple can prevent, but nonetheless Vzw ’s coverage doesn’t compare to any other u.s. network. I keep trying to find a temporary replacement for iphone, (currently I have a samsung omnia) and still there is no comparison to iphone!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:01 pm
I have been a verizon customer forever, and will not switch. I am eligible for a new phone and will not buy until I find something halfway acceptable to replace it with. My husband has the storm and is not that excited about it. I will most likely downgrade my motorola to a regular phone, and then get the itouch to meet my needs. get that iphone on verizon and I will purchase it in a heartbeat!!!! Hurry up!!!
June 17th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
It’s just so sad that a great idea like the iPhone has to be so terribly limited by its exclusivity contract with AT&T. I have had Verizon for years and wouldn’t part with them. But I already own an iPod touch and just salivate at all the extra stuff I could do with an iPhone. If or when iPhone makes the leap, I plan to dump my land line and exclusively use the iPhone. PLEASE, PLEASE let iPhone link to Verizon.
June 17th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I’m with Verizon. I will not leave it for the coveted iPhone due to AT&T!!!!!!!!! I want the iPhone, hate AT&T! I’ll wait until Apple anoints Verizon. Thank you very much.
June 17th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Long time Verizon user here. I want the Iphone also, but I’m not switching to AT&T. The cheapest plan is $130 plus extra for texting. That is way too high in my opinion. Make the Iphone plans more affordable on AT&T or bring it over to Verizon and i would have one tomorrow.
June 18th, 2009 at 8:49 am
i have the crave from verizon. i love verizon but hate the phone! all my friends have the iphone.one of my friends brothers hacked her phone so she has the iphone and is still with verizon.
June 18th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
i just switched from Verizon 3 days ago because my wife has been wanting an Iphone for over a year now. The reception sucks and now I find out that Verizon might carry the Iphone!!!! Is it too late to switch back?
June 18th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
@newIphoneguy, I think there’s a 30-day grace period, or maybe a week. I’m not sure. Contact AT&T. I know a number of people that have returned the phone for various reasons, mostly reception issues though.
June 18th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I understand that verizon can now link with the IPhone– please tell me how that is done. I have verizon service..thanks
June 19th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
One of the things you can definitely expect is Verizon “hampering” down the phones. They did it with the Palms, so why not the IPHONE. I like Verizon, but of course they…like everyone else is territorial, and that is going to leave the customer HELPLESS!
June 19th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Loved the Iphone 3g. AT&T customer service is the pits. Made me mad one last time with their “we can’t do anything about it” for my daughter’s cell phone (not iphone). Dumped AT&T sold the iphones and went back to verizon.
June 22nd, 2009 at 11:41 pm
i have verizon, and i even just got a new phone(lg dare). but if verizon was to come out with the iPhone tomarrow i wouldnt think twice about getting it!
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:05 am
I used to have Pac Bell Wireless, loved the service signal, customer service, until Cingular took over. I had the 8290, a $300 phone that would drop calls with full bars for the signal. I then went to Nextel, had good customer service, and fair signal, but dropped calls in certain areas A LOT! Now I’m with Verizon, and love the fact that I have a signal in most areas, even out in the middle of no-where and broadband service on my Motorola Q9c. The iphone has been VERY tempting, especially with the 3gs, and I love new gadgets, but I prefer not to drop calls as frequently. I would love to get an iphone on Verizon! Hmmm, my contract will need to re-new next year, maybe in time for the release of the iphone on Verizon.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Can someone please set the record straight……..Can you use the iphone on Verizon?????????? I have a friend who works for Verizon and says it is impossible but yet I find myself wanting to believe the people who say they have made it work! So please someone set the record straight!!! Also, if it possible HOW HOW HOW!!!
June 24th, 2009 at 9:06 am
I own everything Apple… G5, MacBook Pro, Airport, 30″ Cinema display… but I also am a Verizon Wireless customer (still using an ancient LG phone!) & although I’m yearning hopelessly for an iPhone, I REFUSE to get one & thus be tethered to that ****-company AT+T. My unconditional love for Apple… isn’t so unconditional after-all! I’m holding out for iPhone on Verizon, then I’ll wait in line for it if I have to!
June 27th, 2009 at 10:33 am
i was one of those silly folks that stood in line last week for the 3gs…i never had a problem with verizon, but i wanted the iphone…i am returning it now…the greatest phone i have ever put my hands on, but the service with att is terrible in az. i had more dropped calls in one week than in 5 years with verizon.
June 29th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
i’m on verizon and I’m still waiting for the iphone to come to me. i live in south dakota and we are one of two states with very limited at&t coverage so it would make no sense for me to go to at&t. with verizon i have never lost a call or even had bad reception where ever i go. i have and ipod touch (2nd gen) and i love it, but i would trade it for an iphone any day. verizon treats me well and i have never had any problems with them for the 5 years that i have been with them. i hope iphone comes out for verizon soon.
June 30th, 2009 at 1:35 am
I have a storm and I hate life. I impulsively went to the att store to get out of contract and make the switch to an iphone, but a sign on the door said they were only pre-ordering them. I immediately turned around because I didn’t have the time to sit in the pre-order line. Its such a hard decision…****** phone….or ****** service..
June 30th, 2009 at 3:06 am
I would buy a iPhone for Verizon in a heartbeat. I have the iPod Touch and love the OS. But I am limited to places that have Wi-Fi to access the great internet browsing, mail. I have heard nothing but bad reviews from people with the iPhone–not due to the iPhone itself, but rather the service provider(AT&T)–I currently have verizon and love the coverage and speed I get on my Black Berry. So in my mind, iPhone and Verizon is the best of both worlds.
June 30th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
My mother and boyfriend both have iPhones and I love them, but I have been a Verizon customer for years and WILL NOT make the move to AT&T. It would be great for consumers and Apple to make a Verizon version of the iPhone.
June 30th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
OMG!!! I have been following the iPhone since 2007. I WANT IT ON VERIZON. I COULD KILL MYSELF. IT IS AN AMAZING PHONE. And I am starting to really hate carrier exclusivity. The only good smartphone I could get on Verizon would be the Storm. The Pre? No. The iPhone? No. Verizon needs to kick it up a notch cuz I am gettin reeeeallllyy pissed off.
July 2nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm
2010 thatss wayyyyy too longg too waitt!
July 5th, 2009 at 11:39 am
Like the majority of the reasonalble world… I WILL WAIT FOR A VERIZON IPHONE!!!
AT&T is like the lame little rich boy bribing people to be his friend and threatening to sue when they find out they are lame and stop playing with them. They know their system sucks and they are making a desparate attempt to save there company by keeping the IPHONE hostage…there are two loosers in this deal the IPHONE Users and APPLE. APPLE’S biggest mistake was signing an exclusive deal with AT&T…they would rule the world right now if it were not for this deal!!! I will wait and APPlE will suffer until the IPONE is on VERIZON!!
July 9th, 2009 at 5:47 pm
i think they should sell the iphone in vrizon this will help the company
July 10th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Holding strong onto Verizon as a loyal customer to their excellent service! I will wait patiently but my contract is ending soon and I have no specific phone I really like in the line up. Is the Omnia any good or should I go with Storm?
July 10th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
To be honest… aren’t all phone providers awful, i mean i have used every single one of them. and every time my monthly bill is never wot it says its supposed to be… and No!!! i did not go over my minutes, or Roam… service charges my ***.? No matter what we have all been screwed over by these companies.. well things will change, with all the VOIP companies coming out these days its only a matter of time before devices such as the ipod touch will be able to get a wifi broadband access on the go like so many companies offer these days.. i my self got sick of getting reamed from companies such as verizon and AT&T and decided to use skype and bought the ipod touch.. my monthly bill is $2.95 a month with and incoming and outgoing number to send and recive calls with voicemail and since its skype it already has caller ID. YES!!!! $2.95 A MONTH.. unlimited.;) yes of course i have to be connected to wifi to use it.. but who doesnt have wifi these days.? u can almost go to any block and get some kinda wifi signal.. plus i don’t use my phone constantly like so many people do.. and driving while on the phone is dumb anyways.. so its perfect for me… not saying it will be for you, but hey these phone companies will be forced to change soon. i bet its a matter of year or two before wifi broadband for phones is available with a reasonable price. if they allow it. we will see…
July 11th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I used to be on T-Mobile and switched to Verizon, and will never switch. I’ve heard horror stories from almost everyone I know who uses another carrier. Sure, I hear a lot of people complaining about Verizon – but these are people who are in almost every week because they’re materialistic and want a new phone each week or are way too rough on their phones. I’ve only ever broken one of my phones – and it was still pretty usable at that point.
I heard rumors that the Verizon iPhone will come out in 2011 when I graduate from college, but to be completely honest, I do not want to wait that long. I’ll be the first to pre-order the first Verizon iPhone if I have to. I’m a loyal Apple customer and a loyal Verizon customer. I don’t understand what Apple was thinking making AT&T the sole carrier of this phone.
Smarten up, Apple. With your amazing phone and Verizon’s superb service, you’ll both be making much more money than you are now. Make the right move, and make it soon – PLEASE!
July 15th, 2009 at 2:24 pm
I have to say that I’m holding out for VZW to get the iphone, I have the blackberry storm which is nice and I’m very happy with it. Everyone at my job has the iphone b/c there all creatives so they can’t live w/o anything from Apple but all the complaints about at&t service. I’ll wait.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
AT&T is a rip off. They keep changing there rules as they go along HURRY UP VERIZON
July 16th, 2009 at 12:22 pm
I agree with everyone else. I am a die-hard, loyal Verizon customer and have no intention of switching to any other carrier. Their service and customer support are well worth not having the “in” phone of the moment. I have no desire for a crackberry, but I like the features that the iphone has for other purposes. I am an Apple bigot though, and even my MP3 player is by Creative b/c I refuse to support Apple products. But it is very tempting when I see all the great features the iPhone has that I’ve been wanting.
I tried the Storm and was not at all impressed. Sent it back for my old favorite, LG Voyager. My plan is up in December and I was hoping to hold out for a better 3G/4G phone from Verizon. If nothing is on the market, I’ll stick with the Voyager or possibly switch to the LB Enve.
July 19th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
OKay my friend just got a new phone and said he would sell me his old iphone, is it possible for me to use the iphone even though i have verizon, isnt there some way to use it?
July 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I’ve heard a lot of people say they hate Verizon, but if Verizon offered the iPhone everyone could be happy, those that like Verizon and that prefer another network. I prefer Verizon (for IN calling and reliability) but would like to have one device for everything, so i’d get an iPhone if I could stay on Verizon. As for VCast, it was a mistake it’s a little pricey and not the greatest, but maybe iPhones could change that!
July 20th, 2009 at 2:18 am
I have VZW and I love it. I would do anything for the iPhone. With such a reliable network and such a multi-tasking phone, who could ask for more!? I would buy it in a heartbeat, hands down.
July 20th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I am only 12 so all i have to say is i really really want the iPhone to be on Verison ASAP!cuz my dad said he would buy it for me as long as a would acually use it as a phone and not just a little cheap iPod!
July 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
i totally love verizon but i really want an iphone. owell i hope they get one or something like it soon!! but if not i will never switch to at&t.
July 21st, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Verizon nickels and dimes it’s customer, I refuse to use Vcast or Get it Now so my phone is just a phone. I so badly want an iPhone but even if it comes to Verizon, they will screw their customers by charging extra for every last little thing one wants to do with it.
Does AT&T do this?
July 26th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
I love my storm, however I’m seeing more apps on the iphone which is nice. I LOVE MY VERIZON SERVICE and I would never switch, but if they got the iphone on verizon i would think about changing phones.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:49 am
i am still holding out for the iphone on verizon instead of switching becuaze verizon service is waaay better. but i hope it comes out soon becase i cant wait much longer. i might just switch to att anyway
July 27th, 2009 at 8:04 pm
I AGREE EMILY (:
July 31st, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Was once a loyal AT&T customer, even owned their stock before the courts broke MA Bell into all the “Baby Bells.” Thought nothing could pull me away from AT&T – until I had to rely upon their cellular service for business. I am a lobbyist in Sacramento, California. My AT&T service would routinely drop calls in large areas in and around the Capitol, in my office building near the capitol – and I had to wander around my back porch to find a “hot spot” to take or make calls that would invariably drop at the worst possible times. AT&T’s customer service reps kept assuring me that they were “just a few months away” from upgrading service in my area. Kept on buying that line for a good two years, but ultimately found that my brand loyalty and gullibility was more than just frustrating – it was creating real problems with clients who couldn’t get ahold of me when they needed to. I dumped AT&T, went to Verizon, am now using a RIM 8830 and have not looked back.
My Crackberry has worked well, now syncs well with my Macs and does what I need it to without crashing as my Treo’s did on a regular basis. But the browser is a royal pain, slower than Moses on drugs (as are most of the VZW apps). About the only app that I have no real complaints about is VZ Navigator, though I know that Apple’s “GPS” app is much faster and more versatile, as are most of their apps. I own and love my iPod Touch and have it loaded with extremely useful and stable apps, some specifically designed for those of us who prowl the halls of the Capitol in Sacramento.
FRANKLY, I WOULD JUST ABOUT KILL FOR AN iPhone on the VZW NETWORK. I want an iPhone, but will NEVER go back to AT&T. My daughter has AT&T service, and she still has to go out on the back porch to find a “hot spot” to take calls. Ten years later and AT&T still hasn’t improved their network where I live and work – more than ten years after I left their stinking network.
Granted, Sacramento isn’t New York City or Washington, D.C. – but with a metro area with over 1,000,000 population and thousands of lobbyists who rely on their cell phones for their work, it isn’t West Overshoe, Nebraska either. A company with the reputation AT&T once had, that has built its marketing campaign around “more bars in more places” (could’ve just as easily been used to market Las Vegas …) ought to have better service here.
Were it not for the iPhone, AT&T would’ve likely had to sell its infrastructure and licenses to another provider years ago. Apple’s iPhone has been the only thing keeping AT&T mobile a viable commercial entity.
(Note to VZW: Please work something out with Apple, start carrying real iPhones that run Apple OS.)
August 2nd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
you know i read threw some of this stuff about verizon cust. and how you wish you had an iphone to go on your network. dont blame apple about this because they went to verizon first and they didnt like it. att accept right away after that. all honestly from an iphone user that has 1st and 2nd generation itll be nice if every thing came out with the 3rd generation. i paid enough with the two phones to pay for a new computer. the 2nd generation iphone still cost 599.00 with out any thing off.
yes i love my iphones but i just got to say is that this americana and have to take the good with the bad and the bad with the good.
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 am
Just a heads up to all you iPhone and VZW customers, or those who swapped to get the iPhone. There were many reasons why VZW denied apple in the beginning. A) There still isn’t any Picture or Video message support although apple has been promising this since the beginning! B)Verizon has been working hard at developing a new technology to best the rest making their service faster and better, sticking with CDMA was a gutsy choice but its reliable and trustworthy in some of the worst places. Now they are developing LTE which will kick GSM’s *** quality wise and has the same Trustworthy and reliable network also allowing more options for world phone usage! C)Apple wouldn’t and still has a problem with making it easy access to change the battery which btw requires replacing the whole phone, which costs you the consumer lots of money. VZW Is only looking out for its customers on this end.
But fear not iPhone lovers(I am one too but a very loyal VZW customer) Apple is already in works of a 4G from what a friend on the inside tells me, and this time around it’s looking more and more like Apple will be designing this next iPhone for the LTE market, which is also compatible with the CDMA coverage. Can you also say interchangable batteries? This is all new though for Apple as all of their batteries are built in so expect flaws in the design and wait for an upgraded model of the 4G iPhone don’t rush to buy yours right away! The contract with AT&T ends at the end of 2010, and don’t expect apple to throw away both companies. It will definately provide a broader market although AT&T can expect many carriers to abandon ship. Leaving only those true loyal AT&T customers left. This is a far off shot but the likely hood of AT&T’s survival is slim to none. Verizon would easily be able to buy the remaining coverage of AT&T and thus would form a bigger network coverage and reliablity. Don’t expect it to happen anytime soon though! Give it a few years. When satelite radio came out and XM started its decline, it was a sure thing they would merge and have. Keeping their names as seperate contracts adding packages from either service but allowing for more income to one source as they have bigger fish to fight with. Free Radio, HD Radio(a new free radio with better quality for the one time price of a small module), and the CD and MP3/4 world. Times are changing, and with the way the economy is rolling you can bet it won’t be too long before you see alot of merging happening. As it all started with the Satelite radio world.
August 4th, 2009 at 1:31 am
I have been waiting for years to get the Iphone Just can’t go with AT&T come on apple go with Verizon. 4 Phones here Im just m family
August 4th, 2009 at 1:33 am
I have been waiting for years to get the Iphone Just can’t go with AT&T come on apple go with Verizon. 4 Phones here In just my Family if you offered it on Verizon.
August 4th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
If VzW had the iPhone I’d be there in a heart beat. I switch from VzW to ATT to for the iPhone. I hate to admit it but the ease of use and seamless synch with my MacBook is worth any hassle of the ATT network.
I’ve never had a phone that I got so much out of, and that work so seamlessly with my other Apple products. It just makes sense.
Unfortunately Apple and Vz are in direct competition. Both companies are selling music and video content.
Vz doesn’t just want to be a fat pipe allowing other companies to mine their customers wallet share and advertising dollars. Apple doesn’t want to give up it’s brand quality control and strangle hold on the music industry.
Though a partnership may make good sense for customers, these two business won’t be climbing in bed anytime soon.
August 7th, 2009 at 9:41 am
I’ve been waiting forever for iPhone on Verizon – I’ve heard from many friends how the coverage sucks when they made the switch to att. If V had the iPhone, i’d get it now.
August 9th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
WOW! I have been with verizon since 1999… Right now I have the new versa from LG but let me tell you! If verizon gets lucky enough to pick up the IPhone in 2010 I would get one as soon as they came out!! Cuz the there is nothing, nothing like the IPhone Period! So for me and I’m certain a lot of others that has verizon getting the IPhone would make our day! And not to plug Verizon, but I have to tell everyone that as far as coverage they are #1… And that is why I have been with them since 1999 and to my loss do not have an IPhone now.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Wow. I have been with AT&T for 8+ years in northern IL and Southern Wisconsin without issue. I travel a bit with my Job and have never had an issue getting a signal. Now I have a 3G iphone, and service has never been better. I have friends that have Verizon and they ***** about signal… I have heard that Verizon’s presense on the East Coast is much better. I’m surprised so many issues with AT&T. Hell, my wife was excited to get off the Verizon plan and onto my AT&T. She hated Verizon!
August 12th, 2009 at 1:32 am
If verizon could get a deal with apple and bring the IPHONE here. I would camp and wait in line for as long as i needed to get it. I just like my plan way to much to switch to AT&T for it
August 15th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I do not believe that v-cast would be on the iPhone, if apple does indeed switch to verizon service. I strongly think this because AT&T has other phones that have a music base off of something just like v-cast and they didn’t use it, so why should verizon? Just put it this way, if verizon put v-cast on the iPhone, they are just plain dumb for losing customers that way.
August 17th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I have a Verizon blackberry and an iPhone… I got rid of my T-Mobile Sidekick to get the iPhone — that being said, if Apple partners with VZW to launch the iPhone I would stick with AT&T. Verizon plans are horrible and costly. Yes, the service is reliable, but I haven’t had any reliablity issues w/ my plan… only tech issues with the phone. I would love for them to partner with T-Mobile!!! Hands down the best carrier for customer service, replacing phones and all the amenities (fave 5’s, video, texting, excellent plans etc)!!!
August 17th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
I have a 3g iphone. I use a Verizon customer. I would love for my 3g to be supported by verizon.
August 18th, 2009 at 2:47 am
i have been on verizon since i got my first cell phone. a few months back we tried at&t, but because they dont have service where i needed it, we had to switch back. lately i have been wanting the iphone sooo bad but because i dont get service at my grandparents house i am unable to have it so if verizon did get the iphone, i know for a fact that i would not be the only one of my friends to get ahold of it!!
August 18th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
I am a Verizon Wireless customer..I get service everywhere I need it..I really want a iphone, I have an iPod Touch and it is my favorite hand held thing. If i could have it as a phone too i’d love that I really hope verizon gets Iphone in 2010..almost there!
August 19th, 2009 at 9:03 am
Everyone seems to think that Apple will have to retro fit the whole Apple line for it to work on CDMA, or that Verizon will have to update the network for the iPhone to work. In Asia CDMA is the primary signal type. Almost all iPhones over there are CDMA. All we gotta do is get AT&T out of the way!!
August 19th, 2009 at 11:04 am
The one and only reason that I have not purchased an iPhone is because I have heard nothing but complaints about AT&T’s service from so many of it’s customers. I’ve been with Verizon for five years and have never been disappointed with their service. If this deal happens next year, I’ll finally get an iPhone.
August 19th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I would switch back to Verizon in a heartbeat!!!! I have to go out of my office to get reception, I have never had so many dropped calls Рever! I used to have AT&T before they combined with Cingular and they were terrible then. I switched to Verizon, only coming back to get the Iphone Рwhich I love. However, should Verizon get the Iphone РI am long gone from AT&T. It is absolutely ridiculous in this day and age that a telecommunications company as big as AT&T can still get away with this lack of coverage Рespecially for data phones such as the Iphone. You have to know that data phones = business client̬le who cannot afford to deal with weak network that drops calls.
August 23rd, 2009 at 11:28 am
I love Verizon! He switched to at&t because he got mad at verizon for not supporting his work discount. His switch was costing me more on my cell phone bills. Once he switched to at&t though, he started constantly having calls dropped on him. There is no way I’m ever going to at&t! Bring on the iPhone Verizon. But no VCast; it sucks. And I don’t want VZ using up space on the phone for VZ bs that no one wants.
August 23rd, 2009 at 7:51 pm
I had BellSouth Mobilty until early 2000. Very sporadic coverage in Atlanta. BellSouth changed names to Cingular when they merged with AT&T Mobilty, and later changed back to the name AT&T. I have many friends that have AT&T services that STILL have sporadic coverage in this huge city!! When I switched to Verizon in 2000 I was the only one that could get service in the North Suburbs consistantly. Yes a little more pricey but having a consistant signal over the course of 9 years far outweighs switching just to have an I-Phone. I didn’t care for the V-Cast, nor drink the Kool-Aid of a Crackberry so I got a Palm Centro. Old Palm OS, but the versatility and reliability still save me a lot of $$$ so I could still but an I-Pod Touch until VZW gets an I-Phone. I remember when the MAC limited 3rd party vendor apps/hardware and almost drove Apple Inc into the ground. I think the customer base for the I-Phone has capped out so I hope that Apple comes to their senses and releases a newer type I-Phone exclusive to VZW that won’t in-validate their contract with AT&T. Then we will see the best of both worlds!!
August 25th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
pls. verizon & apple, kiss and make up. make a dang iPhone for the VZW network!!! i’d skip paying my bills for an iPhone on VZW. but please, leave out the vcast ****. i’ve experienced at&t/cingular reception first hand. can u say S-U-X?! i hope there really is someone reading this who can make things happen for an iPhone on the VZW network. PLEASE! it would be nice if it was done in time for christmas. do i hear cha-ching?
August 26th, 2009 at 11:15 am
i would cut off my left thumb for an iphone on verizon, i swear!!!
August 27th, 2009 at 11:15 am
With any amount of luck, some intelligent Verizon / Apple Exec has an intern religously monitroing these comment sites and tracking the volume of customers looknig for the two to make nice. My contract ends in February of the coming year and with no prospect of a Verizon iPhone on the horizon, I have every intention of switching. My wife and I are 7 year customers with Verizon and have reached the point where our appetite for the iPhone has influenced our decision to switch. I would imagine we are not unlike thousands of other former customers that have already made the switch impacting Verizon revenue streams.
August 28th, 2009 at 9:09 am
I would love to have an iphone! I am currently on verizon but I am willing to switch if that is what it is going to take to get the iphone. We have had no problems with verizon coverage but I will do what it takes to get my iphone.
August 28th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Got a Samsung Omnia in order to stay with Verizon (because job pays for service/device) and hoped it would be a reasonable alternative to the iphone. Omnia=Dreadful. Simply dreadful.
August 29th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
We would love i phone over to verizon. Verizon does not have any good web phone but the black berry
August 31st, 2009 at 2:28 am
no iphone is worth my verizon service. All of my friends have the iphone and yet I always seem to find them using my phone to make their phone calls. However, Verizon+ iphone= ultimate cellular combo.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:04 am
Pls expedite Apple and VZW! My upgrade window starts 9/30 and contract ends 1/31. I do not want to have to experience AT&T’s bad coverage, to get the iphone.
September 6th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
I hate AT&T as well. I will NEVER – EVER – EVER use their services again. If they were the only service provider in the USA, I would go without service. They are terrible. I love VERIZON. Great customer service, reasonable products. I would love to get the I-Phone but if it means switching to AT&T, I will do without it until the end of time. AT&T has NEVER provided even decent customer service – they are a total joke!
September 9th, 2009 at 4:39 am
I was told by a Verizon Rep. they had turned down the iPhone the first time around because Apple wanted Verizon to set 33% of thier network aside exclusivly for the iPhone. Verizon declined the offer due to it not being fair to the rest of their customers who did not have an iPhone. I guess you only get more bars in more places if you have an iPhone with AT&T. I will wait for Steve Jobs to pull his head out of his @$$. His motto needs to be “more money in more places.” Share the iPhone with all and see where your sales take you. Steve Jobs could be the “Bill Gates” of Cell Phones and hold a huge share of the market.
September 9th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
YOU ARE ALL FUCKED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VERIZON WILL NEVER GET THE IPHONE LIVE WITH IT YOU INCOMPARABLE TWITS
September 10th, 2009 at 9:33 am
AT&T SUCKS!!! I am an avid Apple fan, owning multiple Apple products. I will NEVER own an iPhone as long AT&T is the only company offering. There’s a reason AT&T ditched its ‘More bars in more places’ and ‘Fewest dropped calls’ slogans. And they’ve never been quite stupid enough to incorporate ‘good customer service’ into any of their marketing ploys. Can anyone say monopoly? Didn’t AT&T get its hand slapped before for this infraction? Spread the wealth!!!
September 12th, 2009 at 7:30 pm
I have had Verizon Wireless since I was 16 years old. I am now 37 and still very content with the service that is provided by them. Yes, you pay a little more. But thats the cost of having service everywhere you go. I have never had any calls dropped while with them. Too bad my sisters carrier, AT&T cant hold that record. What do you prefer, quality or esthetics. Apple is going to do whatever is better financialy for them. And if that is Verizon then it will happen someday. But for now, I will just use my Itouch and my Voyager. VERIZON ROCKS!
September 13th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Iphone coming to Verizon would be GREAT! I’m currently with verizon now and also thinking about getting an iphone with at&t, but I’m a little iffy about it because I know that I will miss my service with verison. I mean, come on…verizon is the best phone service out there…(i think). But I do agree with one person that left a comment about the “V Cast” on the iphone. I really hope that verizon isn’t thinking about that because that would really suck. Everything that the iphone has now with at&t should just remain as is; but of course with verizon. Please bring the iphine with Verizon asap!!!!!!!!!
September 19th, 2009 at 8:20 am
AT&T service is a joke where I live. The iPhone for Verizon would be a dream come true.
September 19th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
I tried an AT&T serviced iPhone for about two weeks and I couldn’t get a consistent signal in my house…. and I live in the middle of Los Angeles!!! WTF? Everyone I know who is an AT&T customer says its normal to drop calls daily…. guess what, thats NOT normal, and frankly unacceptable. I have been a Verizon customer for ten years and , yes, though they have crappy phones and limit they’re abilities, at least I can count on it working. We sent a man to the moon 40 years ago but we can’t make a phone service that doesn’t drop calls…
September 19th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
ok wow “iPhonemilk” and “usman”", theres no way that a verizon iphone would have a verizon specific build. theyre not that stupid, and they know that iphones software and ease of use have made it what it is today. neither apple or verizon would want to change a thing.
September 20th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I feel like it worth it to post what I know. I worked for Vzw for five years in sales and I now work for Att. These are industry know facts that you should know and with that being said you can make your own conculsion:
when the iPhone came out Vzw had the best network in the usa.
The Att & Cingular merger was still being solidified.
iPhone was being sold by vodaphone, vzw’s big daddy.
Apple was the first company to require a monthly % of ARPU (average rev per user). This was a very bold move and that is what lost the deal for an apple & Vzw contract.
Att jumped at apple’s offer. Wallstreet said that would be the end off Att because they would have to sell so many iPhones in order to break even. Also they just spent billions accquiring Att (yes, Cingular bought att’s wireless biz…..they did so well that since then they saved Att’s wired side by buying them out and keeping the Att name. After all Att did invent the tele so the branding was more global than Cingular. Cingular (now called Att is the wireless side of sbc. Not too bad for a couple of good old boy texas biz boys, eh? You need to know that to fully understand that the fat cats that owned Att are now yes men to the cowboys that pay their checks. I believe that the ethics and intergrity of a company are huge factors when it come to company contracts. It’s hard to speculate what kind of deal. Att will agree to when the apple contract expires.
Financially Att depends on the iPhone revenue. Look at the 15% loss the wired side took. It’s not written in bold on the headlines but when you read the quarter reports it’s always the iPhone that pays the bills.
Currently 80% of the world is using gsm and I think apple gets that. There is more of a market for a gsm iPhone but there is also a lot more compatition as well.
For a couple of years now Vzw wanted to buy alltel. Vodaphone wouldn’t help fund it because alltel selling price was 3x higher than the value of their network. Over the years Vzw has expanded their network so that they wouldn’t be paying alltel so much in roaming charges. That Sarved alltel out until they caved. Vzw really just wanted alltel’s customer base and rights to the pick 10 contract.
Att aquired the rights to the pick ur 10 and that is launch on the 20th.
Sprint is lossing customers by the millions.
T-mobile is years behind. They are just Now building their own 3g network. The other 3 are in pre launch for 4g.
4g is a drastic improvement in speed than 3g.
Att is the only gsm provider in the USA that has a dedicated voice and data network. That means they do not share. Everyone that thinks the iPhone users are hoging the network are wrong. The seporate networks mean you can be on the phone talking and checking ur e-mail or browsing at the same time. That is Att not apple. You miss that if you go to Vzw.
When the iPhone launched Vzw said a phone dosn’t make a network.
One year later they spent billions on exclusive iPhone killer deals with multiple brands and Att still has a higher arpu and customer gross per quarter than Vzw.
The Vzw and alltel merger was fairly seemless. They are both CDMA
Financially it will take five years for Vzw to get out of the red from this merger. Considering Att and Vzw are each only true competition I doubt Att would risk losing that apple exclusing it’s currently the ace in the hole.
If I came to you with a contract and you laughed at me I would never do biz with you exspecially after I made billions with Att. I think Vzw knows they are corportate ******** drunk with power and greed.
We all know apple invested in a little guy a few years back named pixar after Disney closed the doors on pixars CEO. Pixar was kind enough save Disney when they lost the CG race on the big screen. Maybe apple will do that for Vzw but there really is no valid reason to.
Vzw has to change their entire network to LTE one tower at a time. Why would apple put their branding on a construction site?
Att simply has to do a software update to roll out their LTE coverage. If we bite the apple on Att’s 3g merger fiasco we will go bobing for apple when the LTE rolls out.
Finally, I’m in sales. That is why I switched my career from Vzw to Att. When u get paid in commission ur loyalty is always with the biggest hitter.
Sorry Vzw customer’s you screwed as far as the iPhone goes. Good luck swallowing all those extra fees Vzw will no doubt slam you with over the next 5 years as they try to refill the piggy bank. Vodaphone had no part in the merger with alltel. All of that 80 billion was from the ur pockets not England’s global carrier.
And for the hope of a better tomarrow note that Vzw is vodaphone’s smallest carrier investment yet it has given the highest return. No doubt they are not going to give that little nest egg up with out a fight and yet Vzw still tries to wiggle out of the vice they are in year after year. It looks like Vzw is trying to position themselves so they can buy out Vodaphone’s staggering 50% ownership.
I see 10 years of hell for Vzw and smoothe sailing for Att.
Att ran the trans continetal lines that connect the Americas to Europe. Remeber who is getting paid when you make an international call.
When you go on the internet did you know it was Att That constructed the highway for the world wide web. There a nice capital gain.
Do you want an iPhone? At 100 bucks apple is giving it away and all you have to do is switch to a company that wrote the book on customer loyalty. I think Att is doing right by it’s customers and apple knows it.
When you say I want an iPhone Att said your welcome and Vzw said sorry Apple lovers but we don’t like to share piggy banks.
I would never want an iPhone with Vzw the two are just bad together. Besides Apple is a forward thinker, they have their hands in other ventures line television, movies, computers, and music. What is in it for them, eventually you will man up and switch over if you really want an iPhone.
September 20th, 2009 at 8:59 pm
Wow….stop trying to defend at&t even though this WHOLE post was about how at&t sucks. We all know vzw rules.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Hi…Im a VZW customer…and I want the iPhone on VZW now!!
September 21st, 2009 at 12:06 am
I want an Iphone so badly, however I will not leave Verizon..I may just suspend my service and keep the account and get with At&t for now…
September 21st, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I will not leave Verizon but I am anxiously awaiting the iPhone!
September 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 am
I want an I-Phone on Verizon. I simply could not switch to AT&T. Everyone I know is with Verizon which allow the three lines on my account to share 700 minutes. I would get an I-Phone as soon as it came to Verizon. In any form. I am waiting to do any upgrades on my account for apple and verizon to announce when they will have it for us. I also think it would promote a healthy competition for the data plan.
September 22nd, 2009 at 9:37 pm
I would LOVE an iphone… I’m on Verizon and am trying to hold out… will it ever come!?
September 23rd, 2009 at 1:27 pm
k … i drove across the desert on the i-10 yesterday and i could make a call easily without it being dropped. i have VERIZON. so please get this i phone going! at&t has the worst service ever but their phones are way better than ours! whats the deal? do work nd get the i phone. u guys would make so much money and u would have happier costumers!
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
I’ve been a verizon customer for over 10 years. I’ve had dropped calls. I’ve had phones that sucked and were locked beyond belief. I’ve had rude customer service, even when escalated to supervisors. So the iPhone 3gs comes out. I wait a couple of months, do a lot of research, and finally took the plunge last week. AT&T suffers from what alot of large companies suffer from. A few, relatively speaking, loud and angry customers. I am not one of them. I love my iPhone. Love IT! It’s sleek and elegant, cool and functional, and just about the best thing I’ve ever held in my hands. Aside from my kids of course. I connect to my wi-fi at home and it screams! The 3g network is pretty fast. I’ve had zero dropped calls and the clarity is great. I’m sitting in my office where i only got 3 bars on my verizon phone and have all 5 on my iPhone. My belief is it all depends on where you’re at. Large cities have tons of iPhone users sucking up local bandwidth=slow. Tall buildings block signals yada yada yada. I don’t have those problems. And. AT&T is pouring millions into their infrastructure. It’ll only get better. As for verizon? You know how long I’ve been hearing about them getting an iPhone? The rumors started when AT&T got the contract a few years back. So far. Nothing. I have my iPhone now and love it.
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
I love Verizon Wireless and do want to get an I-Phone. However, I will not get I-Phone with AT&T service. AT&T has horrible customer service, dropped calls, etc… I had the worst experience ever when they “somehow” got someone else’s SS# on my account; so when I called they couldn’t help me (everything was correct on my account – name, address, etc….except for SS#??? – huge error on their part???) and referred me to go to store (La Cienega in LA) with Driver’s License and Social Security Card – they when I get there and explained my situation, they referred me beack to phone customer service (who couldn’t help me). I called them and sent numerous letters to them back/forth and finally had to the FTC involved. In the end they called me back kissing my butt/telling me I didn’t need to make final payment (because I tried to cancel and they wouldn’t let me do that without the termination fee) or pay the term fee. I tell everyone I know to avoid AT&T!!!!!!
September 23rd, 2009 at 2:55 pm
The iPhone 3G is my first iPhone but since I bought it in Nov-08 it really has been a slap in the face that for $145 per month (1300 min + internet and texting), this phone can’t text a simple MMS message. What’s worse is the “put off” we have all been getting from AT&T and Apple with their repeated procrastination and delays. Does anyone know where I can join the class action lawsuit?
I think AT&T owes me some serious money for not getting what I expected and I think Apple owes me a new phone when one comes out which will work with Verizon ot other networks.
Verizon is no angel either. I left them because their customer service sucked and because they were practically forcing me to buy another phone and re-up my contract once the contract had run out. The flip phone mysteriously started having issues with the earpiece audio. One rep reset something and fixed it. 30 days later, it stopped working again and they would not even look at it.
Perhaps NTtelos is my next stop. I just don’t feel that rewarding Verizon with my money coming back is any kind of justice for poor customer service and being treaded like nobody. If I want that kind of treatment, I could simply start banking with BANK OF AMERICA. lol
September 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I would love to go with Verizon. I had Cingular with my prior phone. I had a strong signal everywhere! AT&T took over… Boom, signal gone. Then I received an Iphone as a present… The phone is fantastic. But I basically use it as an IPOD touch on my Wifi network. I can’t make or receive phone calls anywhere. And when I call to complain, they tell me their system says my signal should be strong everywhere that I’m complaining about. So I tell them it’s zero signal… In fact, my phone says “No Service” in the top left 90% of the time. They respond to me by basically telling me its not their problem. WHAT?!?!?
I NEED VERIZON!!! NOW!!!
September 24th, 2009 at 12:28 am
I can just echo everything pro Verizon / praying for iPhone. Like some others, also tried jumping from the Verizon ship for the iphone, but ATT coverage was so awful(Tucson, AZ) that I returned phone & went back to Verizon in 2 days. But Verizon’s ’smart’(sic) phones SUCK, especially with the Verizon app & WiFi restrictions and stupid VCast & apps. Worthless!!! Again, I’ll echo others – PLEASE, Steve, bring an iPhone option to the table for Verizon, and Verizon, for God’s sake, please don’t make the mistake of rejecting Apple again (some revisions to the 3Gs would be nice, incl external memory options, more memory options (64 gb or 128 gb). Verizon needs to give up all its efforts at offering iPhone substitutes (that fall very short!!!!!) & let iPhone into its stable. There is nothing even close to the iPhone!!!! Verizon, GET A CLUE!!!!!!
September 25th, 2009 at 3:17 am
AT&T is the worst cell phone company on the planet. Very poor customer service and even worse reception on their coverage. High fee’s for their corp. leaders because they pay their staff next to nothing. When the iPhone comes to Verizon i just hope they don’t charge too much for it. Bring it soon and leave the phone alone, just add it to your service and not your software.
Again……….AT&T sucks !!!
September 26th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I was with AT&T and my wife was with verizon. I had the iphone and my wife had some phone “it sucked.” She always played with my phone because the games were great. My service I hated because of the “USAGE Charges” which could come from anything. I had to go back to verizon due to the service, but it verizon got the iphone it would be the greatest thing since NASA
September 26th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
I’d switch back in a millisecond – AT&T just doesn’t work at my house, though by their maps I’m in the best service area and live less than a mile from one of their towers! Service is so bad I had to keep my Verizon phone, too – had them for >5 years, no problems whatsoever with service in my neighborhood. My iPhone, while a nice, neat gadget, functions as naught but a glorified iPod with a monthly service charge.
September 28th, 2009 at 10:15 am
I work for Staples and get a 21% discount with verizon, we are also eligable for a 20% discount with AT&T but I really really love my Verizon network. I’ve been battling with myself about switching but I guess I could hold out a little longer, I really want an iPhone but originally swithced from AT&T for good reason, not to mention they swith from Cingular to AT&T like crazy people. I perfer stability.
September 30th, 2009 at 1:32 am
does anyone know if the i phone can be unlocked for verizon yet
September 30th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
I have Verizon right now (moto Q). I have had an iPhone 32 GS now for about a week. That’s right, I have two phones active — why? Well, the idea was to buy the iPhone, and my two year Verizon contract would be cancellable two days after the purchase of the iPhone — why didn’t I cancel? Because I get zero signal at home with my iPhone — when it works, it is a dream phone. But right now it is just an ipod touch but I pay $30 for family text, $30 per iPhone (we have 4) for data, and $250/mo for shared minutes. I’m in SW Virginia — we can’t even dream of 3G, I’m asking for a basic phone signal from ATT — I called them, and unlike others, they are not telling me that the signal is supposed to be good, they ADMIT that there is only one tower in the whole surrounding area and it is over 3 miles away.
Verizon signal has been perfect for many years. So, the ATT sales guy above (post #338) — what do you suggest? Do you suggest I pay $400 plus to ATT for the times we travel to the city just to use the phone?? What is up with their service area? I’ve really studied their coverage map and I would say fully 50% of the U.S. probably is not covered by ATT. I love my iPhone, but not that much.
September 30th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Verizon’s customer service is awesome, especially after having experienced the unfriendly, unhelpful, and unknolwedgable service of AT&T. Predictaby, after I canceled my AT&T home phone, home fax, and cell phone because of the nasty service, I got a very friendly call wanting to know what they could do to get me back!!! I really want an iphone, but not enough to go back to AT&T. Verizon: let’s work on it!
October 2nd, 2009 at 3:55 pm
every day i keep praying and praying for iPhone to leave AT&T. my cell phone number originated from Cingular which then became AT&T. like Evonne i left Cingular because of the incredibly crappy service and switched to Verizon because of the great reliability. i’ve been extremely happy with Verizon, i get a 15% discount from work but want more out of my phone. next year my contract is up, i want a new iPod (prefer a iPod touch) and thought why not get two devices in one instead of dropping a few hundred for both. however, my only hesitation about getting an iPhone is that i’d have to switch back to, now, AT&T. my best friend got an iPhone last year and i’ve used it a few times loving every minute of it. now with the uncertain future of whether the iPhone will be offered to other carriers i’m wondering if i should wait. the only benefit of waiting is MAYBE i’ll see a Verizon iPhone, save a few bucks, but also could tragically find out AT&T will be the exclusive carrier for another two years. i honestly cannot understand why Apple would want to tarnish it’s name by having a great device tied to a crappy provider. plus, making it’s customers they have to compromise to use the iPhone. just give us what we want, you’re stock can only go up! right?!
October 3rd, 2009 at 3:25 am
I had an iphone from at&t for two years. there service was extremely terrible. now i am with verizon i have the blackberry storm! What a friggin misteak. I love my new service however, this is the worst phone i have ever used. i am starting to think maybe if i slap it a little when is start to use it, maybe it will wake up and move a little faster. well, wrong again this is also the slowest smart phone that has ever been made i believe. i want to get an unlocked jailbroken iphone but i dont know if it will work with verizon. some people just say at&t and t-mobile will work. so wassup will it work or not?
October 3rd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Miami girl says she’s had verizon wireless since she was 16 and is now 37. WHAT!? Am I doing the math wrong or is she really saying she had verizon wireless in 1988. I agree with what she says about verizon being better that at&t but at least get your years straight. Were there even Verizon land lines in 1987?
October 4th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I can not wait for this! Well I guess I have to. I really would like to get a new phone, but my family doesn’t use AT&T. Anyway most people say AT&T stinks so I really want the iPhone to come out soon. I have an iPod Touch, but I would rather have all of those services on the iTouch anywhere and everywhere – like the iPhone.
October 4th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
I’ve been with verizon since 2004, the service is great, i’ve had no problems but i like the iPhone. I have lots of friends and ex co-workers who has them, but they don’t like AT&T service and neither did i when i had their service.
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October 5th, 2009 at 7:17 am
I cannot wait until Verizon gets the iPhone, I will be finally free of AT&T’s terrible service.
October 5th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Are you listening Verizon!!!! People want the Iphone on your network!!! People will buy the phone from you (verizon)!!! And many people will switch from ATT to Verizon to get a better network!!! Sounds like a win win win to me!
October 5th, 2009 at 11:59 am
I’m with Verizon, because they have a North America plan which includes roaming in Canada and calls to Canada, but I want an iphoen badly!
October 6th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
I can imagine how much more Verizon will charge for their Iphone vs AT&T
October 7th, 2009 at 9:04 pm
I am with the rest of my family are with Verizon. We are eligible for upgrade but we are waiting for the Iphone to come to verizon before upgrading our phones. Verizon does not have any smart phone that can be compared to iphone. Verizon keeps improving its phones keep changing them but they will never match the iphone! We may switch to AT&T next year in order to have the iphone.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I am waiting on the iPhone to hit VZW, but the news is that AT&T resigned their contract. I so want the iPhone but I refuse to switch. I used to manage VZW then moved to sprint due to management differences, but all awhile I kept my VZW. The best network ever.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Wake up Verizon. Everyone wants the IPhone your phone selections do not do what we want to do anywhere near as well as the IPhone. I have tried all of the BB phones and now have the storm. I’m frustrated with the phone on a daily basis. I was excited when I heard you might wake up and sign the deal and now I hear this. Come on.
October 10th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
i say that verizon and apple should definetely combine and sell the apple i-phone……it upsets me that i cant get the i=phone until it goes to verizon..which will take a longtime so screw AT&T….let verizon sell the Apple i-phone in the U.S.A!!!
October 12th, 2009 at 3:16 am
I was told by a verizon employee that the iphone will be on the verizon network in 2010!
October 13th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Matthew, I’m doubtful that the iPhone will be coming to Verizon with all that has been happening between Apple/Google/Verizon lately. Hopefully the Verizon employee was being truthful and not trying to keep you at Verizon. Try not to get your hopes up.
October 13th, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Ay! Ay! Ay! Indeed the so called Storm on verizon wich was supposed to be the best phone very similar to the iPhone was a big failure yet again..slower than my GrandMa, when i reboot its like im waking up my (DEAD) GrandPa, Rest in piece..
October 14th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
glad i could read everyones comments on how bad AT&Ts coverage is. Verizon works anywhere i’ve ever gone except for very remote places like in the middle of the Catskills and some places in Canada and out in the western US in the desert.
i would love an iphone but will not be leaving verizon after reading many of these comments.
October 15th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
My thought is that Apple is going to wait so when these AT&T sales numbers drop off, they can open up to Verizon customers and be able to make those really cool growth graphs at their next PR show. Apple is big on posting “record” growth and adoption numbers. If they let everybody adopt right away, they’d have nowhere to go.
I no longer call or text my iPhone friends. Only emails. That way they actually get info.
I’m pissed at both AT&T and Apple for this exclusionary mess. I’ll forgive Apple, but the other company can bite me.
October 18th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I hate at&t because they drop calls like a prostitute drops panties. I want Apple to go to a multi-carrier system like they will have in Canada
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/10/06/iphone-to-go-multi-carrier-in-canada-next-month
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
I hope Verizon doesn’t screw up a second time and offers the iPhone to its customers. I’ve been with Verizon for years and love the coverage, yet my BB always locks up. I am holding out and hoping Verizon takes it over.
October 24th, 2009 at 3:15 am
VERIZON HAS GOOD COVERAGE, NO ONE WANTS VCAST, I DONT SEE APPLE MAKING A PHONE FOR VERIZON ANYTIME SOON. THE QUESTION WAS…OH YEA, DO I WANT MY IPHONE ON VERIZON. YES. BUT SOME OTHER PHONE MAY COME ALONG TO GIVE APPLE SOME COMPETITION (OUR HANDS WE FOLD OUR HEADS WE BOW…). SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO ADDRESS CONSUMER NEEDS…MOTOROLA DROID?
October 24th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
VERIZON!!!!!!!! O MY GOD I HAVE WAITED FOREVER TO GET THE IPHONE BUT MY MOM WOULDNT LET ME CUZ MY SERVICE NOW IS VERIZON AND I LOVE IT BUT MY MOM DOESNT WANNA SWITCH TO AT&T SO I COULDNT GET THE IPHONE….
I WAS SAD AND I CANT BEILIVE I CAN FINALLY GET THE PHONE IF THEY MAKE IT FOR VERIZON!!!!! 
October 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
waiting ,,,waiting ,,,,, and still waiting
if apple was smart then they would let every company have the phone and i bet everyone in the whole darn world would have one in five years
i bet there are millions of people that would make the switch today if they could me included (verizon what were you thinking?)
October 28th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
hello everyone. I am with varizon wirelss right now and have a unlocked i phone and it works perfectly. all you have to do is get a sim card most of verizon phones do not have sim cards as it is a CDMA network but s9ome phones the verizon has to offer come with sim cards and get your hands on one of them you can get an unlocked i-phone email me for more details. alloriginalphones@yahoo.com
October 30th, 2009 at 4:36 am
I’d leap at the chance to get an iphone from Verizon! I was a Verizon customer (love their reliable coverage) and switched to AT&T to get the iphone. 6 mos later, it’s been a nightmare as I often cannot send/receive calls or text right in the middle of town. AT&T just scratches its head and says, “Hm, we don’t see any network issues in your area–you should be getting good service.” I’m seriously considering cancelling my contract with AT&T and selling my iphone. I’d rather use a second rate smart phone that actually WORKS than own a snazzy device that’s impotent due to AT&T’s crappy network.
November 2nd, 2009 at 1:04 pm
The iphone made me change service providers from Verizon to Att&t but as much as I like the Iphone after my two year contract i will go back to Verizon. Verizon has great coverage where with Att&t I can’t make phone calls from certain places. I need reliability and Verizon can provide that. I know im downgrading but whats the point of having a cell phone if I can’t make phone calls. I could always use my iphone as an ipod and for games only. Goodbye Att&T, I’m coming back Home Verizon.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
I too have verizon and am very happy with the service. I work with a bunch of guys that are on at&t and they drop calls all the time and my service works all the time. I would love to buy the i-phone but only if it is through verizon. Verizon needs to face facts and listen to their customers and do what it takes to get the i-phone for the many loyal customers they have.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
@iRonman: agreed….had the first version of the Storm when they offered the BOGO on them…took em back in a week. Went back to my BB8330. Liked the storm’s visual VM and decent web; but that ’surepress’ thing just simply sucks! AND it’s the slowest thing ever–not like a BB needed a new way to lock up and need to have the should-be-patented battery pull…
Now, about the iPhone. I’ve had both ATT and Verizon and Tmobil at my house at the same time without issues. We are in Central Indiana. I have had Sprint and can see their tower from my window–but can’t get a signal. Verizon and I have a love/hate relationship (marriage??). I really want an iPhone for the usability; but I’m not sure about the coverage. Here in my place of work, the ATT phones get signals–Verizon and others do not. Guess there’s always a downside to everything.
November 4th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
@ Greg: Really? Which Verizon phone has a sim card? I’m not aware of any.
November 5th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
What about the Droid on Verizon? they are coming out with it this month and some say it’ll be even better than the iPhone. Would like to see that as at&t network here is horrible, tho I love the iPhone.
November 9th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
I would drop AT&T in a minute for a Verison iPhone. My service sucks! I don’t have dropped calls because I can’t get service to drop.
Come on Apple and Verizon. We want the iPhone and we want it NOW!
November 9th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
Just got a Motorola Droid, SWEET, I’ll let everyone know how it compares to the iPhone.
November 10th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Verizon is the best carrier in the world. If verizon gets the iphone, att wil go bankrupt and will be gone forever. if it wasnt for that phone, they would have been gone years ago. verizon will get the iphone in 2010. byebye att.. all of your customers will go to verizon since they coverage is SO much better…. i cant wait till they get it, i will wait in line for a month if i need to, to get it. i will be the 1st person in the world to get that phone. i promise. I hope they get it soon. Verizon had 5X att coverage. come on verizon get the phone. we want it, we need it, we cant live without it. i wonder how much it will cost? im hoping it will be FREE with a new contract. what do u all think about that? think they will make it free so they get all the other companys customers. verizon might have 200 million customers soon. maybe if they do, i can get a job with them. then i can get the iphone for free. please please get that phone, as u can see it will change my life. Marty
November 13th, 2009 at 2:52 pm
i am a verizon customer still holding out for Iphone to be there. cant wait for the day. words cannot express how much i want an iphone
November 14th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I would love to have an iphone, but my aunt recently stayed here and she had the iphone and could not get any service at our house. IF the iphone was for verizon i would defiantly get it.
November 15th, 2009 at 2:36 am
I would LOOVVEVEE to get an iPhone I am dying to have one!! I have a blackberry curve and a old ipod touch, but I really want the iPhone. it sucks that I have verizon. if only at&t had better service, or verizon started carrying the iPhone. I hope Verizon chooses to get it in 2010!!
November 16th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I love Verizon, but i really wanted the iPhone, so i went and brought the 3G iPhone but kept my Verizon phone. lol CANT WAIT for Verizon to pick up the iPhone so i can go back to havin one phone again lol
November 17th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I love, love, love my iphone, but I hate, hate, hate AT&T’s lousy service. I gave up my Verizon service where I never ever had a dropped call for AT&T where, even though the map says I have service, I have to walk down the street and find service, never in the same place. And even when my phone says I have service (ie, the bars are good), my calls are repeatedly dropped. Bummer
November 21st, 2009 at 10:45 pm
I can’t wait, i am a verizon customer and hoping that some day they will have the IPhone.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:47 pm
i refuse to go with AT&T….
November 21st, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Verizon and Apple please make it happen…….
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
Verizon,
I am going to leave if you don’t get the iPhone soon. I can’t wait any longer…..
November 27th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I migrated to AT&T when the iPhone first came out while keeping my Verizon acct. open. The toughest choice for me is the love for the iPhone (even the new Droid does not match it) and my hatred for the horrible service of AT&T.
The problem is that I am concerned that a Verizon iPhone would be a rip off as Verizon is the king of all of these silly add ons that require an additional fee.
Verizon should soon realize that they will gain a flock of new customers and have old ones return if they can off the iPhone with similar rates to current AT&T plans.
Unfortunately, I don’t see this happening. There has yet to be an “iPhone Killer” to hit the market and with te recent upgrades to the 3g and further enhancements, I don’t think there ever will be.
Note to Verizon: You messed up by not grabbing this phone when u had the chance. Don’t screw it up again.
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December 3rd, 2009 at 11:01 am
Check out the new HTC Touchpro 2. Combined w/ Verizon service I find it better than the iPhone. Gave ATT two chances and they just plain suck. I’m done with them.
December 13th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
The i Phone is the most superior product on the market. I would think that Verizon rejected it because it completely overshadowed their LG brand. My husband and I would love Verizon to get the i phone. Q1 2010 would be awesome, what a dream……
December 13th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Hi Glen, I’ve wanted to test the Touch Pro 2, but they never have in store. ATT service does suck.
December 13th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I would love to have an Iphone on the Verizon network, I just hope that when it becomes available to me the internet would be faster than on my storm. Don’t get me wrong I love my storm but i’d really rather have the apps that come with apple
December 14th, 2009 at 8:47 am
I am want an iPhone so bad. I wanted one since the first day they came out, But I HATE AT&T. I am with Alltel who was bought by Verizon and if Verizon got the iPhone that would make me very happy. I have been holding off on making the official switch to Verizon since I heard there was a chance of them getting the iPhone because that is the phone I would get.
December 18th, 2009 at 11:33 am
A VERIZON IPHONE WOULD BE A MONSTER!! IT WOULD TAKE OVER!
I have verizon right now, about 3 months ago my contract was up with them and i wanted to try out the I Phone so i knew i had 30 days to try it with no contract, it only took me 3 days to HATE AT&T!!!!! i ran back to my LOVE VERIZON!!! im still month to month with Verizon, im gonna resign a contract with verizon i just want wait so i can do it with the iphone. SO HURRY VERIZON and make the deal NOW!!!
December 21st, 2009 at 7:23 pm
I would LOVE to take my iPhone (that wasn’t purchased thru AT&T to a better carrier, one that you received more bang for your buck!!!!!! I travel all over the US, really tired of no service. They charge too much for a service that doesn’t work in most areas! It’s costing and letting me loose too many $’s and clients!? IT’S TOO FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!???
December 26th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
If you purchased an iphone that was unlocked, could you use it with Verizon Service? I have used, AT&T, Nextel, Sprint and Cingular. Verizon by far has the best coverage and service.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:47 am
I have an iTouch, and would love to have an iPhone. I was at Verizon yesterday to replace a lost phone, and was told that Verizon will be getting iPhones in August 2010. I’ll wait. I bought a cheapo Samsung sway to tide me over. I have no interest in switching to AT&T.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:49 am
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I came close to buying the Droid, but decided to wait. I hope that it’s really true that the iPhone is coming to Verizon.
December 29th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
I would love to see the iPhone work with Verizon. Verizon’s coverage is so much better, ATT has these commercials out with that guy who downloads himself on ATT’s network and when he does it on the VZW network he comes out with no head?
If the iPhone came out for VZW Apple would make trillions. I carry my LG DARE and iPod touch around with me everywhere I go, the iPhone was made for fools like me, but I’m on the VZW plan.
January 2nd, 2010 at 5:39 pm
I am staying with Verizon because I have way to many M2M minutes to switch. I love my droid but would switch in a heart beat for the iphone.
January 5th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
I am indirectly associated with verizon and sell their phones and services and i am in LOVE with their coverage but I absolutely DREAD the charges and “smart” alternative phones to the iphone!! I WANT THE IPHONE NOW! and i cannot have one until APPLE AND VERIZON make a DEAL!!! PLEASE SOMEBODY OF IMPORTANCE AND POWER READ OUR MESSAGES!! Give the people an iphone for whatever service they want and be SURE to include VZW!!
January 6th, 2010 at 6:42 pm
I know, AT&T says they will be just as good as Verizon. To get that same coverage that same coverage Verizon has, they will have to spend at least over $500 Billion which will put them out of business. The iPhone needs to switch to Verizon. Verizon has already made their coverage perfect. They have over 100 workers going around the country looking for weak signal. Lets fight to get the iPhone to Verizon. AT&T is also doing evils with their wireless company. While Verizon continues their small home phone service, AT&T is cutting hundreds of jobs across the country with their land line service. I must say AT&T land line service is THE BEST. But for wireless…go with Verizon. Help out AT&T with their land line service and save hundreds of jobs. But help yourself bye switching your cell phone to Verizon.
January 13th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Ok so I decided I would check with my local verizon since I am up for an upgrade to see if verizon will be getting the iphone (which I want). The rep told me she has heard that from the customers but not from the company itself. When she asked if I looked at some of the new phones I asked for a link to see what was coming to verizon she said do a search on palm. So without confirming it she was saying the palm pre is coming to verizon. I did a search and it seems that the palm pre is coming this month to verizon. Still holding on for the Iphone which is rumored for a 3Q 2010 release with verizon. Even though I really want the Iphone I will NOT go back to AT&T.
January 16th, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Although I would really LOVE to have the iPhone, I REFUSE to switch to AT&T. I’ve been with Verizon for about 12 years, and I get coverage EVERYWHERE! 95% of my friends and family have Verizon, and all love it. The other 5% have AT&T and the iPhone. Guess what, they hate it (the service). Shocker. All I hear from them about AT&T is dropped calls, dropped calls, dropped calls. I mean, I don’t even know what a dropped call is ’cause I don’t think I’ve ever had one with Verizon.
Would I buy the iPhone if it went to Verizon? YES! Do I think it will happen? Only if Apple uses their common sence and makes a deal with them. I mean, think about it. More people use Verizon than AT&T–proven fact. If Apple was smart, they wouldn’t renew their contract with AT&T and go to Verizon to get DOUBLE the sales on the iPhone then they ever would have with AT&T.
I am a fan of Apple, don’t get me wrong, but somethimes I just want to smack some sence into the buisness workers.
I’m going to keep my hopes up for the iPhone and Verizon, but until this big switch happens, I’m sticking to my LG Dare and soon to be Blackberry Curve.
January 16th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
I also think that it would be a good idea if you could buy the iPhone from the Apple store, and then hook it up with whatever service you have. That would be a smart alteritive if they refuse to let Verizon sell it, right?
January 18th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Is it just me or it seems like everyone you talk to would switch from AT&T to Verizon, if Verizon carried iphone?
January 18th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
VerizonUser.. In a perfect world we would be able to match the best (selling) phone with the best (selling) service provider, verizon… but of course they wanna make us suffer..lol
January 18th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
My predictions if verizon offers iphone.
Everyone who left verizon for AT&T iphone will return to iphone in 2 years or sooner.
AT&T in desperate attempt to compete with verizon will reduce monthly service fees.. they will fail..(most people will pay a little more for better service)
btw. AT&T has the best phone(iphone)and their service fee is cheaper than verizon.. and they claim to have good service.. then why is it that verizon has more customers than any other service provider.. humm.. I think thats because we consumers aren’t stupid.. we recognize bad ’service( dropped calls) when we experience it..
Any other predictions ppl?
January 18th, 2010 at 10:01 pm
I know someone who works at ATT and he said they announced it today that the Iphone is going to Verizon.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:47 am
I have a treo 755p and am a happy Verizon customer. However, and this is a MUST: assuming the iPhone would function freely and at least as well as I see it does with AT&T, without features and apps being hampered by some proprietary Verizon scheme, I would very likely move to an iPhone. The “apps buzz” is really appealing I must say. Again, I would NOT switch to an iPhone if its appeal was dampered by functionality compromises. I’m sticking with Verizon in any case.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:39 pm
I love verizon signal! I hate At&t but my boyfriend can’t live without the Iphone so I switched.. but if Verizon got the Iphone OMG! there is no doubt I would go to Verizon! there customer service is 100% and there roadside is 100% better! I HATE At&t.. PLEASE PLEASE Verizon get the Iphone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 2nd, 2010 at 12:34 pm
FFS Verizon go for the fatality and put AT&T in their place
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:07 pm
I have had Verizon for all of my cell phone using life. (about 3 years) and never had a phone of mine worked properly. My family is on Verizon and wouldn’t switch over just so I could get the iphone, but if Verizon gets the iphone, I will not hesitate in getting it to replace all the other pieces of junk I have been using. Also I needed a new ipod anyway so why not have it all in one? PLEASE HURRY with getting the iphone in stores, Verizon! I know many other people like myself who would get it right away!
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:05 pm
So here is where all the Verizon cry babies cry. Look people just accept the fact that Steve and ATT have already a relationship establish and converting the iphone to CDMA would be to cost effective. Besides CDMA thats so 90’s. The whole world has GSM. Why would Steve ablige to creating a device that only a mere number users would use in a global scale. IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE. Besides ATT is investing Billions into their network, which means more iphones to come in the future. Oh and the ipad, do i need to say more?? just go to ATT and get it. if its not an iphone than its not worth having a phone. go back to prepaid
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:30 pm
I am currently an ast. Manager at a Verizon store in Phoenix and I hate to point it out but posting 427 is right. The iPhone will never be with Verizon. Our upper managemet has told us to respond with “that what our customers our saying but I havent heard anything from the company” in other words they want the speculation of it being true but its all a cover up. Being an ex-apple manager for 5 years it all comes to pride and loyalty with Steve Jobs. If only Veruizon had not declined the initail offer for the iPhone than we wouldnt need the need to have this blog.
February 4th, 2010 at 4:13 pm
I would love for Verizon to come up with an IPHONE i love verizon my service is great and now with the new plan of unlimited for $69 i love it even more.AT&T is the worste service i ever had service drops all over the place….
February 7th, 2010 at 1:06 am
i get iphones for $40 – $80 then have my friend hack it or somthing and now its on sprint …lol
to get a free or cheap i phone go to …
Dave
February 13th, 2010 at 2:02 am
FWD:FWD: Verizon iPhone Please!
Please sign this petitiion. The goal is set high and it has just been created but any signatures would be appreciated. Only 1-2 minutes of you’re time and we could get the iPhone on verizon.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/verizoniphone/
February 13th, 2010 at 1:13 pm
I’m a Verizon Customer at the moment and I’ve had both AT&T and Verizon and I can truly say Verizon has way better coverage AT&T does. I get signal in the mall’s bathroom something AT&T wouldn’t do that’s to start off. And I’ve had the iPhone and the Motorola Droid and nothing beats the iPhone. Don’t get me wrong I love my Droid and I love the GPS and the keyboard but the Applications suck. I’ve been having my hopes up since the day I got Verizon to get an iPhone it would be the best thing that’s ever happened. If right now Apple is getting tons of money because they have it connected to AT&T all that is going to double up if they have an iPhone on Verizon because you’ll have an awesome phone and the best network what else can you ask for? But what really pisses me off is that cellular companies are so stupid, Verizon had the chance to get an iPhone and get more customers and they refused it. It’s all confusing and stupid but with all that in mind, I want to say PLEASE BRING THE iPHONE TO VERIZON IT’S ALL I WANT!!!!!