Comments on: Rumor Has It: AT&T Losing iPhone Exclusivity this Wednesday

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:35:20 +0000

I think your just a f*ckin retard mr “tmoney” your obviously are in some place in the ghetto where you don’t get good cellphone coverage. I’m in the army and travel all over the us, comparing service with some of my friends I almost always have the best/most reliable. So continue using your ghetropcs because your credit scores so terrible that AT&T won’t let you in without a $750 deposit, which you’d probably have to rob a bank to consider getting. Johns got some good points.

By: Robert Converse

Robert Converse — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:35:06 +0000

Tomorrow will be very interesting…

By: Robert Converse

Robert Converse — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:30:33 +0000

Living in the Northwest is a challenge, having the iPhone is a kick, but the service I get from at&t is pathetic. We gotta have a choice, I wish Apple would listen to it’s customers.

By: TMONEY

TMONEY — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 04:06:49 +0000

You are a Douche Bag.
AT&T is crap and there service is over priced…I am an RF Engineer…in terms you can understand I make cell service work and was an AT&T contractor for way too long.

By: KiterDog

KiterDog — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:48:03 +0000

I am one of the “loyal” T-Mobile customers. My friends and family are on T-mo, so if I moved, calls to them would cost me dearly. Also, I am on a family plan, where each member of the family has a 2 yr contract with subsidized phone. The contracts end about 6 months apart. Cancellation fee/contract is about $200. So yes, after 6 years I am still with T-mo, but not exactly vuluntarily. I now bought the Nexus One from Google and I am getting everybody off contract, mainly so I could get the iPhone, if I still want it. There is a new one every year, so I don’t worry about it getting outdated too much. But after getting Nexus One, I don’t really want the iPhone anymore. It now looks old and clunky…

By: Dean

Dean — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:15:15 +0000

While there is an incentive to open the iphone up to more carriers in the US (to sell more and make it, theoretically 3x more popular) consider this- AT&T is PAYING apple $432 per iphone subscriber because of their exclusivity.

If Apple opens it up to other carriers they’d be losing this income.

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By: Alex Stone

Alex Stone — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:34:57 +0000

Apple would be smart to just re-hash the iPhone to make it compatible with any network and release it as a contract-free standalone phone. No more of this i”iPhone plan”, just get your phone and take it where you want.

I’d gladly pay $500 for a non-subsidized iPhone that I could take anywhere.

By: Champs

Champs — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:29 +0000

If you want simultaneous voice and data on any phone, there’s this neat networking technology called WiFi.

How would anybody sell another iPhone 3GS if a substantial change to the product was announced five months in advance of the actual release? If Apple wants to start selling unlocked phones, Nexus One style, that’s great — except that you’re stuck with mutually incompatible 3G services from every US wireless carrier.

By: Alex Stone

Alex Stone — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:32:03 +0000

I’m totally the opposite. My experience with Verizon’s network and customer service has been the worst. Even worse than Sprint who has no coverage in my area at all.

I’ve had to deal with Verizon a few times, on behalf of my girlfriend having constant billing problems and every time, the Verizon rep was rude and surly. And that was BEFORE he realized I was calling from an iPhone, at which point, they become offensive.

And when she finally got tired of dealing with Verizon and switched to AT&T, the reps in the Verizon store were beyond unacceptably rude. I’ve never filed a complaint before (because I understand employees can have a bad day), but every call to a Verizon rep has warranted one.

As for my AT&T loyalty, I’ve been a customer since the CellularOne days and frankly, my service has been great. I’ve always been in heavily covered areas (minus a subway here or there), have never experienced a drop call (even when pulling up data during my call), and have always favored AT&T’s selection of phones over others (except my brief engagement with Helio – I dug the Ocean) and my calls always sound super crisp and clear. I never have to ask the other person to repeat themselves.

My theory is that Verizon isn’t particularly better, but a majority of their customers are using basic SMS and voice and they haven’t really experienced a massive jump in data use. Even with the top Android phone in their stable, they still aren’t seeing a fraction of what AT&T sees in data usage.

My prediction is that Verizon gets the iPhone and gets their network pounded, too.

I’m hoping AT&T has spent this head start well and is ready to rollout new technology to solve the problems they’ve had.