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chris
07-23-2009, 05:58 PM
AT&T CEO: iPhone Exclusive Will Not Last Forever (http://www.everythingicafe.com/att-ceo-iphone-exclusive-will-not-last-forever/2009/07/23/)
flabyboy
07-23-2009, 06:02 PM
thank god for that!!!
mori
07-24-2009, 10:09 PM
yeah lets go to verizon where the services u getting from ATT will cost u double...lol

internet humm maybe 49.99
texting humm maybe 40.00


yeah thats exactly what i wanted to pay more for the same .
FlwrPwer
07-25-2009, 06:27 AM
This would be awesome. AT&T coverage sucks in my area and I get more dropped called then I care to think about. Sometimes it takes 5-6 calls to continue the conversation and by the time I get through, I forget where we were.

Please, please, please go to Verizon!!!!
Swagger
07-25-2009, 08:35 AM
I vote for a CDMA version on Sprint.:ok:ok Mark
BrownGem
07-25-2009, 01:41 PM
A T T needs the competition. We are being charged premium prices to enjoy the iPhone. Still chaps me a bit that a texting plan is not included in Data charges. Plus you can't drop the data plan as you can for other phones. I vote for Sprint too. Great coverage in my area. I would not be surprised if plans from other carriers would be more expensive as well. If I remember correctly I looked at getting a BlackBerry (can't remember which BB) from Sprint. The data plan could not be excluded on the BB and was more expensive than data for other phones. I opted to get the Treo.
Swagger
07-25-2009, 01:53 PM
A T T needs the competition. We are being charged premium prices to enjoy the iPhone. Still chaps me a bit that a texting plan is not included in Data charges. Plus you can't drop the data plan as you can for other phones. I vote for Sprint too. Great coverage in my area. I would not be surprised if plans from other carriers would be more expensive as well. If I remember correctly I looked at getting a BlackBerry (can't remember which BB) from Sprint. The data plan could not be excluded on the BB and was more expensive than data for other phones. I opted to get the Treo.

The reason Sprint could not drop the data plan on your BlackBerry is the BlackBerry uses BlackBerry's sever. The charge is mandatory from RIM. Sprint does now include that charge with Everything plans and does not charge you any extra.

I agree with you on the extra texting charges when you are already paying for unlimited data. Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile charge you the extra texting fee. When did texting stop being data? I am very surprised some greedy law firm has not filed a class action suit about this. Mark:dft007:angry

BTW: Everything with Sprint means Everything.
acosmichippo
07-25-2009, 01:59 PM
what sucks about that is that we current iphone owners can't just cancel our contract and switch - we'd have to buy a new CDMA iphone... which may or may not have other new features. Unless we're talking so far into the future where Verizon has switched to GSM...

the best part is that ATT will finally have some competition, and may feel pressured to give us a break in the monthly fees... here's hoping.
BrownGem
07-25-2009, 02:16 PM
what sucks about that is that we current iphone owners can't just cancel our contract and switch - we'd have to buy a new CDMA iphone... which may or may not have other new features. Unless we're talking so far into the future where Verizon has switched to GSM...

the best part is that ATT will finally have some competition, and may feel pressured to give us a break in the monthly fees... here's hoping.

Sprint has world phones. Why can they provide GSM in other countries only? Is it possible they could have a dual network stateside?
acosmichippo
07-25-2009, 02:47 PM
Why would they do that and not utilize it?
Napoleon_PhoneApart
07-25-2009, 03:08 PM
Sprint has world phones. Why can they provide GSM in other countries only? Is it possible they could have a dual network stateside?

Love the avatar, BrownGem!

Ah, NGC 2818, my old stomping grounds...:dft012:wink
BrownGem
07-25-2009, 03:43 PM
Thanks NPA :)
jarofclay73
07-25-2009, 04:49 PM
I like this idea of the next-gen iPhone being a 4G LTE phone for both AT&T AND Verizon: http://gizmodo.com/5322475/rumor-says-verizon-working-double-time-on-lte-4g-for-apple-device
evolution83
07-26-2009, 02:24 AM
I can only imagine what the iPhone would look like if Verizon were to get a hold of it. They'd have their logo printed on it somewhere and possibly restrict even more services than Apple already does.

I'm happy with AT&T so far. I haven't had any problems on my end and my bill runs cheap in the $80 dollar range. Only thing I'd like to see is CHEAPER prices for their packages. So, I say go ahead and move to Verizon or other carriers so that AT&T has some competition. Get those damn package deals lower so everyone can enjoy them.
kdarling
07-26-2009, 11:08 AM
Verizon allows Skype and Slingplayer over 3G, which is more than ATT does.

Prices are the same, except ATT has rollover minutes.
scandalex
07-26-2009, 11:59 AM
what sucks about that is that we current iphone owners can't just cancel our contract and switch - we'd have to buy a new CDMA iphone... which may or may not have other new features. Unless we're talking so far into the future where Verizon has switched to GSM...

the best part is that ATT will finally have some competition, and may feel pressured to give us a break in the monthly fees... here's hoping.

Hip, long time no see. :D
This would suck no matter what phone you were currently using if you were going to CDMA from GSM; it's not specific to just the iPhone.
Swagger
07-26-2009, 01:37 PM
Hip, long time no see. :D
This would suck no matter what phone you were currently using if you were going to CDMA from GSM; it's not specific to just the iPhone.

Since you sold the iPhone and seem happy about it. What phone did you choose to replace it with? Mark
acosmichippo
07-26-2009, 09:24 PM
Hip, long time no see. :D
This would suck no matter what phone you were currently using if you were going to CDMA from GSM; it's not specific to just the iPhone.

Right. My point was that it's not possible to just jump ship on AT&T.
Maaz
07-27-2009, 11:51 AM
Doesn't everyone in the world have an iPhone by now?
evolution83
07-27-2009, 12:03 PM
Doesn't everyone in the world have an iPhone by now?

No, some people are still opposed to it and use Blackberry devices. I managed to get a friend to buy an iPhone after he said he hated it and wouldn't buy one. Now, he loves it. I can understand the misconception people have about the phone as I felt the same way, but you really can't mock something until you've tried it.
argeleri
07-27-2009, 07:31 PM
So the question comes to mind... if AT&T loses exclusivity, would apple create a CDMA version of the phone for sprint/verizon? Sorry if I'm ignorant here but I thought all the iphones that apple built were GSM?
Swagger
07-27-2009, 09:03 PM
So the question comes to mind... if AT&T loses exclusivity, would apple create a CDMA version of the phone for sprint/verizon? Sorry if I'm ignorant here but I thought all the iphones that apple built were GSM?

They are but that doesn't mean they couldn't make a GSM version. Mark