Comments on: The Verizon iPhone Is Coming: Are You Ready?

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:28:16 +0000

It means absolutely nothing to me. Verizon only covers 1/4 of Oklahoma along one Interstate highway, and only offers their LTE service in Oklahoma City, and nowhere else! My area of the state is completely covered by two GSM carriers (CellularOne & T-Mobile) and 3 CDMA carriers (Pioneer Cellular, US Cellular, and Sprint) , neither of which is AT&T or Verizon, so I would be far more interested in an iPhone that is open to use on ANY carrier.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:29:49 +0000

If you’re going to troll, at least put a little effort into it. iPhone has had multitasking since 2007, and it has been available to 3rd party apps for 8 months now. “Real” apps are native C apps, like Unix, Mac, Windows all run. Apps that are written in the same language as the operating systems themselves. iPhone is the only phone with native C apps. That is why it has video editing, multitrack audio editing, and other desktop-class tasks: it runs desktop-class apps.

As for “real techies” … if you mean Gizmodo readers, then yes, please move on. Plenty of gadgets out there for you to play with while the rest of us get things done with our iPhones.

By: Hamranhansenhansen

Hamranhansenhansen — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 02:21:13 +0000

Verizon’s smartphone sales, which were already small, completely tanked last summer when iPhone 4 was introduced and there were finally credible rumors iPhone 4 would come to Verizon. So for Verizon, the “damage has already been done”. But the upside for them is there are many surveys of Verizon users that show iPhone will outsell all other Verizon smart phones very quickly. That is the leverage that forced Verizon to finally capitulate to Apple’s demand that iPhone be sold unmolested. Quite simply, Verizon’s users want iPhones much more than they want smartphones.

By: David

David — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:20:39 +0000

Do you think Verizon’s service and reliability will not suffer when millions
more jump to them? It will. AT&T’s will probably get better with a lighter load. Also depends upon where you live and work.

By: ameyer13

ameyer13 — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 23:17:48 +0000

The iPhone has an incredible feature I have been using that just blows my mind! I am watching TV from my phone and having a more enjoyable time on the bus today! I have a DISH Sling Adapter at home which streams the media, but all I have to do is keep my phone on me. I do work for DISH Network, but as a consumer I must say that this technology is over the top!

By: Austin

Austin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 22:38:12 +0000

I really hate the verizon network. I don’t know what could ever make me switch over, unless the VZ iPhone was way faster and cheaper, and the network somehow gained an ounce of customer service.

By: thenewperson

thenewperson — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 21:16:28 +0000

I really wonder what your definition of outdated is. And what is it with the use of the word “real”? Real techies, real apps… what the heck are those? Is there a way to find out what is fake or real? And btw, the iPhone multitasks and I’m pretty sure it runs “real” apps, whatever those are.

By: Elle

Elle — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:42:25 +0000

Yawn. The iPhone is outdated. Real techies have moved on to bigger and better things that actually allow you to multi-task and run real apps

By: Steve Patel

Steve Patel — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:03:35 +0000

I think I am going to wait until June/July and wait and see how everything pans out. There will also be a lot more options then.

By: Leonardo

Leonardo — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:29:39 +0000

You guys don’t really know what high prices and shaky service are. We wish we could have those prices and services in Brazil.
BTW… the iPhone’s sale will probably bigger than androids I guess.