[NTLK] Verizon and the iPhone

[Dennis B. Swaney]

On 11/01/11 08:56PST, anasazi4st wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> As many of you already have iPhones, I am curious as to your thoughts about this morning's Major Announcement: "iPhone Comes to Verizon" ( http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/verizon-iphone-no-longer-a-myth-available-in-february.ars ).
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> I am wary of starting such a discussion here as it is definitely off-topic (from our beloved Newtons)...but it's also been a few days since there's been any activity, so I thought I'd "kick the sleeping dog" and maybe start up some discussion.
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> What do you think? Are you more or less tempted to buy an iPhone now? Myself, I'd stick with AT&T for now...for one thing, there's no simultaneous phone/data use available on the Verizon iPhone (not possible on the CDMA network). And, Verizon's 3G is allegedly slower than AT&T's ( http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/11/5813972-five-reasons-not-to-buy-the-verizon-iphone-yet ).
>

All I can say is "Welcome!", and "Goodbye, Android!".

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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

Newton MP 2100
iPhone 3GS
iPad