Anyone else pre-ordering the Verizon iPhone 4 tonight?

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Castiel

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Based on the opinions of guys in this forum i decided to pass and keep my Droid X. I hope a Droid X2 or something similar is coming soon.
 

OBLAMA2009

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Based on the opinions of guys in this forum i decided to pass and keep my Droid X. I hope a Droid X2 or something similar is coming soon.

maybe you should get iphone 4, keep it in new condition, and when droid atria or bionic come out, sell it and buy two of those?????
 

purbeast0

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Posting from my new iPhone so far so good ...even for a seven month old phone heh
 

foghorn67

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My parents got theirs. My pops is pretty excited. Anything to rescue him from his Storm 1.
 

IcePickFreak

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Says the guy with a three line signature about his computer.

Do you actually use your computer?

Yeah lol WTF is with that, posting your computer specs in a computer related forum. He's sure to miss out on the 50 replies of "WTF?!?! What r ur computer specs???!" when posting a computer related question.. in a computer related forum (did I say that already?)

I think some people actually do spend more time arguing about a phone then actually using it, other than connecting via 4G network (3G is so 2009 lawl) so they can post about their phone on a forum. Despite internet forums with thousands vehemently arguing over phones, I have yet to see anyone give two shits in the real world about who uses what phone, or what someone elses phone can or can't do.
 

foghorn67

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Yeah lol WTF is with that, posting your computer specs in a computer related forum. He's sure to miss out on the 50 replies of "WTF?!?! What r ur computer specs???!" when posting a computer related question.. in a computer related forum (did I say that already?)

I think some people actually do spend more time arguing about a phone then actually using it, other than connecting via 4G network (3G is so 2009 lawl) so they can post about their phone on a forum. Despite internet forums with thousands vehemently arguing over phones, I have yet to see anyone give two shits in the real world about who uses what phone, or what someone elses phone can or can't do.

I actually don't think that. Some folks get passionate about it, but I don't believe they only got a phone just to argue about phones.
 

pm

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Despite internet forums with thousands vehemently arguing over phones, I have yet to see anyone give two shits in the real world about who uses what phone, or what someone elses phone can or can't do.

Oh, they do where I work. We had a couple of guys who built their own cell phones from pieces. Whenever anyone gets a new smartphone, they demo it to everyone over lunch. When a guy near me rooted his Nook, he gave us a demo. Where I work (Intel Corp.) we are all a bunch of geeks and everyone is interested in everyone else's phones. We don't really debate them, but we do definitely geek out and talk about them.
 

Pliablemoose

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My parents got theirs. My pops is pretty excited. Anything to rescue him from his Storm 1.


LOL, read an article that reviewed who exactly was getting the iP4 on V, a massive number of them were coming from the Storm I & II, BB's in general, and Droid X's.
 

purbeast0

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LOL, read an article that reviewed who exactly was getting the iP4 on V, a massive number of them were coming from the Storm I & II, BB's in general, and Droid X's.

i was coming from a flip phone, dumb phone.

but i was also waiting till CES to see if an iPhone was being announced or not, and if it wasn't, I was going to go Android.

i'm stlil having issues w/my iPhone and using the verizon backup assistant to get my contacts transferred to my new phone. it is supposed to be sending me a text message with a code to enter, and that text message is not coming thoguh. according to vzw forums, there are others having this same issue.
 

purbeast0

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gscone, I ordered this yesterday when it was $6 on sale.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180621302850&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

heard some good reviews of it on the vzw forums. i got it to hold me over until I found one I really want and like, but I'll see if this one is possibly that one.

my wifes upgrade date was march 8th and i called in verizon today and they moved her upgrade date back to today. so i went ahead and ordered her a 32gb iPhone 4 as well as her valentines day gift. i just ordered her the pink version of that case i ordered as well, off of ebay, for $8 shipped.

i was also surprised that the expected ship date on her phone was the 18th of this month, so there is already a back order and it hasn't even been 8 hours since they were taking orders for this. my order # was 51,xxx.

however, when i preordered mine on the 3rd, it said the expected ship date was the 10th, and it ended up shipping the 4th. so who knows.
 

Castiel

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So i just looked to see if Verizon is offering the Iphone with a 1 year plan and its a 2 year or month to month so forget it. I don't do 2 year phone plans
 

vi edit

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So I had my first hands on experience with iPhone today at the Verizon store. I used to have an LG Dare and could text okay on that. The capacitive touch actually gave some feed back on button pushes. But the rest of the phone was a laggy, buggy hunk of junk. I moved over to an Env3, which I think is almost the pinnacle of texting.

Using the iPhone was a horrible experience. I couldn't find a way to flip it to landscape so the keyboard was small, the absence of feedback makes for multiple button hits, and the auto correct/substitute was just annoying.

Same thing with actually trying to type in a phone number.

I'm just sort of frustrated with these new touch phones...Droid, iPhone, whatever...physical buttons simply are not replaceable by touch screens for phone and texting purposes. But I love them for almost everything else.

If Apple could give me a touch screen with a flip open keyboard i'd be in heaven.

:)
 

Pliablemoose

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So I had my first hands on experience with iPhone today at the Verizon store. I used to have an LG Dare and could text okay on that. The capacitive touch actually gave some feed back on button pushes. But the rest of the phone was a laggy, buggy hunk of junk. I moved over to an Env3, which I think is almost the pinnacle of texting.

Using the iPhone was a horrible experience. I couldn't find a way to flip it to landscape so the keyboard was small, the absence of feedback makes for multiple button hits, and the auto correct/substitute was just annoying.

Same thing with actually trying to type in a phone number.

I'm just sort of frustrated with these new touch phones...Droid, iPhone, whatever...physical buttons simply are not replaceable by touch screens for phone and texting purposes. But I love them for almost everything else.

If Apple could give me a touch screen with a flip open keyboard i'd be in heaven.

:)

http://www.boxwave.com/products/keyboardbuddycase/apple-iphone-4-keyboard-buddy-case_3968.htm
 

kaerflog

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So I had my first hands on experience with iPhone today at the Verizon store. I used to have an LG Dare and could text okay on that. The capacitive touch actually gave some feed back on button pushes. But the rest of the phone was a laggy, buggy hunk of junk. I moved over to an Env3, which I think is almost the pinnacle of texting.

Using the iPhone was a horrible experience. I couldn't find a way to flip it to landscape so the keyboard was small, the absence of feedback makes for multiple button hits, and the auto correct/substitute was just annoying.

Same thing with actually trying to type in a phone number.

I'm just sort of frustrated with these new touch phones...Droid, iPhone, whatever...physical buttons simply are not replaceable by touch screens for phone and texting purposes. But I love them for almost everything else.

If Apple could give me a touch screen with a flip open keyboard i'd be in heaven.

:)

You're just not used to touch screen.
Just like everything else, pratice makes perfect.
There are people that can type insanely fast on the iPhone.
I myself can type very very fast.
I can type the fastest on the iphone and that includes many many smartphones that I have used.
 

vi edit

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You're just not used to touch screen.
Just like everything else, pratice makes perfect.
There are people that can type insanely fast on the iPhone.
I myself can type very very fast.
I can type the fastest on the iphone and that includes many many smartphones that I have used.

If you can, that's fine. I simply don't agree. And that's fine too. I messed around with a Droid X and my accuracy and speed was significantly faster on that. Part due to a larger screen, but mainly due to it not being as sensative. Touch screens just aren't a replacement for physical buttons for me no matter how much I'd like them to be.

It's a personal preference, you don't have to try and convince me otherwise.
 

TheStu

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If you can, that's fine. I simply don't agree. And that's fine too. I messed around with a Droid X and my accuracy and speed was significantly faster on that. Part due to a larger screen, but mainly due to it not being as sensative. Touch screens just aren't a replacement for physical buttons for me no matter how much I'd like them to be.

It's a personal preference, you don't have to try and convince me otherwise.

Rotate the phone to landscape orientation, bam, landscape keyboard. Should be available system wide.
 

tvdang7

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You're just not used to touch screen.
Just like everything else, pratice makes perfect.
There are people that can type insanely fast on the iPhone.
I myself can type very very fast.
I can type the fastest on the iphone and that includes many many smartphones that I have used.

lol well then i challenge you . I will be using swype :)
 

vi edit

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Rotate the phone to landscape orientation, bam, landscape keyboard. Should be available system wide.

I tried with 4 different phones. None of them did it. Maybe the big honking power adapter/security device Verizon slaps on the back of them messes with the sensor and it can't detect you flipped it.

Don't know. Still won't fix the overly sensitive screen.
 

kaerflog

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If you can, that's fine. I simply don't agree. And that's fine too. I messed around with a Droid X and my accuracy and speed was significantly faster on that. Part due to a larger screen, but mainly due to it not being as sensative. Touch screens just aren't a replacement for physical buttons for me no matter how much I'd like them to be.

It's a personal preference, you don't have to try and convince me otherwise.

Lets put it this way.
Do a search on youtube on iphone speed typing and you'll see plenty of people that can type insanely fast.
If alot of people can type fast on the iphone and you can't, the fault lies on you and not the phone.

I have a HD2(4.3"), Vibarnt(4") and IP4(3.5") that I use on a regualr basis and by far I like typing on the IP4 the best despite having the smallest screen.
Oh and I've been using a iPhone regualrly since Nov so by no mean I'm Apple bias.
 

Castiel

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Just found out you cannot get a 1 year contract with the Iphone. Only a 2 which is a major DEAL BREAKER for me.