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Originally Posted by testacon
To answer that question I'll amend my earlier statement by saying, "Who in their right mind is going to sign a 20+ month contract for a WP7 device? <Start Sarcasm> I hope all 100 people are happy with their choice... <End Sarcasm>
The Verizon iPhone is such a downgrade compared to AT&T's version, minus antenna design. I wonder if Verizon sales will be telling customers, simultaneous data and voice didn't make this iOS release but a future update is in the works...
Whoever stays with AT&T after all those supposed millions jump to Verizon will probably have significant throughput increases, then will sit back and watch Verizon's network crumble after they get slammed like AT&T did a few years ago.
Don't get me wrong, I don't like AT&T or Steve "The Douche" Jobs either, I'm just calling it as I see it. The iPhone on AT&T is superior in round 1 with Verizon, maybe the playing field will level out in round 2, but I wouldn't commit to 20+ months with Verizon's version if I were to get an iPhone.
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I humbly disagree. I don't understand how the ATT version is superior to VZW's in any way. The specs are the same.
1) VZW has better coverage than ATT. I think they have more customers (need to verify) and if not it's damn close. VZW does sell smartphones where people use data just like ATT, so to say that the iPhone was the reason ATT sucks isn't fair, because Android and WP7 use just as much data and radio and VZW doesn't drop calls every 2 seconds or move to "E" every other block. ATT might be able to claim "simultaneous data and voice" but that's ONLY on 3G and ATT's 3G is so spotty you can't really utilize that feature half the time anyways.
2) CDMA iPhones have ESNs which can and will be blacklisted, this will significantly cut down the theft rate and the phones will be more easily insurable as well. You can steal an ATT iPhone and ATT won't do anything about it. For some reason GSM networks never blacklist IMEIs and CDMA networks have no problem banning ESNs. I know you will still probably be able to flash it to cricket at some point, but not being able to use it on VZW or Sprint (they don't add ESNs) will deter theft.
3) The VZW version has mobile hotspot and I am not sure if ATT's version of iOS 4.2.5 will have the same feature (although you can tether on a jailbroken device, they can catch you and charge you for it)