pttyndal WINGS!!!!! 35217 Posts user info edit post |
haha epic indeed 2/10/2011 10:11:56 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41753 Posts user info edit post |
HOLY MOTHER OF FAILED PRODUCT LAUNCHES
It is front page news how few people showed up in NYC and San Francisco. http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/02/10/verizon.iphone/index.html?iref=allsearch
"Dozens" lined up at the Raleigh store http://www.wral.com/business/video/9090446/#/vid9090446
Mall of America Apple Store http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-iphone-4-launch-at-mall-of-america-embarrassing-video-10132705/
This speaks for itself. Note the poles to the right wrapped back and forth with no one at them.
Quote : | "The carrier had prepared for long lines by outfitting stores with metal barricades and putting plenty of employees inside. But in New York and San Francisco, the crowds in front of Verizon and Apple retail stores numbered 10 to 20 people, much smaller than the mobs that snaked around Apple stores during the summer launch of iPhone 4." |
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/11/verizon-iphone-idUSN1028137620110211?pageNumber=1
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20110210/verizon-iphone-lines-inversely-proportional-to-verizon-iphone-rumors/2/10/2011 10:39:15 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
I just bought one on Verizon. Pretty awesome. 2/11/2011 8:39:19 PM |
darkone (\/) (;,,,;) (\/) 11610 Posts user info edit post |
Why buy a phone that will be updates in a few months? 2/11/2011 8:49:46 PM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41753 Posts user info edit post |
2/11/2011 11:02:28 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
^^ Why buy anything electronic that will be updated in a few months?
I had Sprint, but got no coverage where I lived and worked. I get a 17% discount with Verizon, and really, the iPhone with the data pak is the best deal with Verizon. Droids are limited to 2GB limits on data. The iPhone is not, yet it doesn't cost me anything.
So no, I'm not going to wait 8-12 months for a new iPhone, because lets be honest, something new is always around the corner. Might as well bite the bullet and go with it when you can. 2/11/2011 11:18:07 PM |
neodata686 All American 11577 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "8-12 months for a new iPhone" |
But don't they usually come out in June/July? So 4 months?
And they'll actually be LTE/4G? I'd wait. Get yourself sucked into a ~2 year contract with outdated technology.2/11/2011 11:58:38 PM |
merbig Suspended 13178 Posts user info edit post |
^ I really don't care, in case you weren't able to tell. Again, with my previous provider, I DON'T HAVE COVERAGE. And by coverage, I mean, I CAN'T MAKE CALLS. Why wait 5 months? For what, something that might come out in 5 months? I'm done shooting myself in the foot. The phone is great, and I'm satisfied with it. I have no doubt the next one will be better, but if I always wait for the latest and greatest, I will always be left waiting.
At the end of the day, when it comes down to it, it's a phone that can browse the Internet and play music. The next one will be able to do the same thing as this one. It may be able to download a little faster, but to be honest, it's not going to make much of a difference. I'm not going to be downloading large files or tethering it to my laptop. 2/12/2011 12:05:41 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41753 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Droids are limited to 2GB limits on data. " |
Incorrect. The Droids still have unlimited data.
They are going to phase in tiered plans but probably not until 4g or until they start to have trouble managing 3g traffic.2/12/2011 8:21:21 AM |
pttyndal WINGS!!!!! 35217 Posts user info edit post |
yeah, not sure where the Droids being limited came from. And other than speculation, there is nothing definitive that Verizon will get another iPhone this summer. The Verizon iPhone 4 has the chip needed to be a world phone support so there's speculation that the next one could be CDMA/GSM but that's just speculation. I'd almost bet against an LTE version being released until at least next year. 2/12/2011 9:08:56 AM |
bcvaugha All American 2587 Posts user info edit post |
I think people have grown tired of lines and prefer to preorder. I would have but have been in hong kong. Think I might switch to vzw upon my return AT&T coverage is scant n Randolph county. 2/12/2011 4:03:07 PM |
TGD All American 8912 Posts user info edit post |
^ Exactly -- why go stand in line when you can order it on Verizon's / Apple's / Best Buy's / Walmart's website?
Glad to finally be rid of this damn BlackBerry... 2/12/2011 5:44:50 PM |
bcvaugha All American 2587 Posts user info edit post |
Got one, coverage is SO much better here. 2/15/2011 7:38:14 PM |
egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
Decided today that I will renew my contract w/ Verizon and wait til iPhone 5 comes out (it'll be my first smartphone)
thanks, kiljadn! ] 3/12/2011 3:05:28 PM |
rbrthwrd Suspended 3125 Posts user info edit post |
why renew a contract if you are waiting for a new phone, just go month-to-month 3/12/2011 4:25:57 PM |
egyeyes All American 6209 Posts user info edit post |
I'm going month-to-month until I get the iPhone so I can get a renewal credit/discount & get the phone at the 2-yr contract price ] 3/12/2011 4:31:24 PM |
pttyndal WINGS!!!!! 35217 Posts user info edit post |
Played with the iPhone 4, the iPad 2 and the Xoom at Verizon this afternoon. Came away unimpressed. 3/12/2011 6:29:43 PM |
scotieb24 Commish 11088 Posts user info edit post |
Got the wife one yesterday. Like it so far but it has been less than 24 hrs. Got the $30 discount for waiting until the end of her current 2 yr contract. 3/17/2011 9:35:00 AM |
se7entythree YOSHIYOSHI 17377 Posts user info edit post |
say the iphone 5 isn't released until september. our contract (small business with 7 iphone 3GSs on at&t right now) is up on june 26. we are all DYING to get away from at&t, especially since we're not in a big city & verizon's coverage is a million times better out here...but i'd hate for us to all go get iphone 4s just to have a new one released a few months later. what should we do?
i'm more temped to wait it out. we've been 2 years w/ at&t, just now got 3g, we could probably stand to wait another 3 months...but boss/dad might have different thoughts on that. 3/17/2011 10:07:27 AM |