1/3 of all u.s. iphone4's are on verizons network

[PlatinumGold]

Final. End of story. Att's sucky network is not because of the popularity of the iPhone.

http://m.bgr.com/2011/07/07/verizon...l-u-s-iphone-4-handsets-analytics-firm-finds/

 

[poofyhairguy]

Att's sucky network is not because of the popularity of the iPhone.

Um, I bet most of the iPhones on "Att's sucky network" are 3GSes seeing as how they still sell them new and they have been out for two years.

 

[zerocool84]

Um, I bet most of the iPhones on "Att's sucky network" are 3GSes seeing as how they still sell them new and they have been out for two years.

I'm guessing he was referring to AT&T blaming it's crappy network on the iPhone for all these years.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I'm guessing he was referring to AT&T blaming it's crappy network on the iPhone for all these years.

How does Verizon maybe having 1/6th (conservative because its hard to find recent 3GS sales numbers) of the domestic iPhone market reflect anything on AT&T? Maybe in a year or so when total US iPhones in use are a 1/3rd on Verizon (or more, I suspect the Verizon iPhone 5 will sell the best) then AT&T loses that excuse...

 

[cheezy321]

Not being an AT&T defender. I am not happy with their service since I switched for the iPhone 4 and I plan on going back to verizon eventually.

However, this doesnt prove anything. AT&T had the first iPhone in 2007. Around 3 years after verizon got their first iPhone. and AT&T has 2/3rds of the iPhone 4's out there, not to mention the 3GS and 3G on their network as well.

For the most part, AT&T has been fine. I have found 1 dead spot in Scottsdale and 3-5 total dropped calls over the year plus that I have owned an iPhone 4. It all changed when I traveled to certain cities. In San Francisco the network was utterly useless downtown. Same thing happened when I was in Las Vegas. Also at most major sporting events. Anywhere there is a massive amount of people the AT&T network gets just destroyed.

 

[dguy6789]

All the iPhone did was help expose AT&T's lackluster network. It didn't cause it. AT&T's network wasn't at all prepared for smartphones when the iPhone launched while Verizon's was basically built for smartphones. It's pretty obvious when you look at the difference in 3G coverage between all of the carriers who was planning for data hungry devices and who wasn't.

 

[Anubis]

can I blaim the iphone for how slow VZWs network now is?

 

[Cobalt]

I think this article from BGR helps shed a little more light on the Verizon vs AT&T iPhone thing.. Some people don't understand that Apple hasn't been making a phone that long and has come a long way in antennae design, etc. I remember my service getting better and better with each revision. I personally never experienced many issues out of the ordinary with my 4, however I did have a case on it from day 1. And the service and call quality was better than my 3GS and 3G before it. I live in Chicago fwiw and I never complained about my service or dropped calls until the iPhone came along and I got one.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/16/why-i-switched-back-to-an-att-iphone/

 

[alent1234]

i was helping someone with a VZW iphone 4 yesterday and it was a lot slower than AT&T in hitting our mail server

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

They both rape us customers, screw them all

 

[Lyfer]

Whatever happened to paper, pencil, and a post stamp?

 

[zerocool84]

can I blaim the iphone for how slow VZWs network now is?

Verizon's network has always been slower than AT&T's network. It's just a part of CDMA but it's always been much more reliable.

 

[Anubis]

Verizon's network has always been slower than AT&T's network. It's just a part of CDMA but it's always been much more reliable.

yes its always been slower but its gotten an order of magnitude worse since the ip4 was released for vzw