Would you get an iPhone if it was available for your network?

[MJinZ]

the serious haters youre referring to (who wouldnt buy iphone, even though it is the best smartphone, just because they hate apple) are like 1% of users. most people arent haters or phanbois, they will just get the best phone they can, which is iphone

Oh man, you're a comedian right? Best phone...

 

[Deeko]

exactly right. if they were on verizon they would double iphone sales overnight and if they were on all four networks they would have 95% of the smartphone market

95% of the market? From where did you get this number? I don't have hard numbers to back this up but I seriously doubt they even have 95% of AT&T's market.

 

[MJinZ]

No one gives a shit about where you live. Many people are happy with their Android phone, there's no reason to switch from my Droid to an iPhone.

I brought my Droid with me and a USB cable with my Netbook. Spent a whole day doing random shit in random places with full speed 3G Internet, full computer operations (remoting in to the office and doing some work etc).... all while the Netbook achieved around 10 hours of battery life and kept the Droid fully charged.

Meanwhile, I drove around with Google GPS turn by turn navigation to the random places I had to be.

 

[A5]

If I could have gotten a 3GS last year on Sprint, I probably would have. Now that the EVO is coming out (and I live in a 4G market), I would not. iPod Touch is a pretty neat PMP, though. Can't wait until it gets OS 4.

 

[Raduque]

oh so 54% of you wouldnt buy iphone if it was on your network?????? i got news for you, where i live 90% of people already have iphone and thats literally the only reason they are on att.

when 4g arrives and people start exptecting real internet there will be a shakeout of the semi-smartphones (bye blackberry and windows) and everyone will get iphone 4g pro with a physical keyboard

Did you just seriously call Blackberry and Windows Mobile "semi-smartphones"?! Blackberry, and Winmo before it, DEFINED "Smartphone". Android re-defined it. The iPhone is a semi-smartphone.

It's a great device, but it's not exactly a "smartphone".

As for the OP's poll, I didn't vote. I had an iPhone on ATT for a while, then I jailbroke/unlocked it and used it on Tmobile. I still kind of miss it, and if I could buy one for about $200 (just an 8gb 3g, not a 32gb 3gs or something) I'd do it again.

What Apple should do is what Google did: Sell it unlocked with both ATT and Tmo's 3g frequencies, for about $500. Also a Verizon/Sprint version that you could take to either carrier.

 

[Narmer]

Hell no. The phone is too locked down for my taste. And iTunes sucks multiple cocks at once.

 

[hanoverphist]

the serious haters youre referring to (who wouldnt buy iphone, even though it is the best smartphone, just because they hate apple) are like 1% of users. most people arent haters or phanbois, they will just get the best phone they can, which is iphone

(iphone isnt the best, thats just your opinion. it doesnt do what i want it to, so the "best" for me is different) im just sayin.

exactly right. if they were on verizon they would double iphone sales overnight and if they were on all four networks they would have 95% of the smartphone market

Look at the damage the iPhone can do in sales by just being on 1 carrier. Can you imagine the sales if it was released on Verizon? Or maybe even on all networks?

It would have a stranglehold on the smartphone market.

most of that "new business" on different carriers would be current iphone users fleeing like rats from a burning ATT ship. i dont think the shares would change much at all with all the choices available now, as well as ones that are on the way.


i wouldnt get an iphone if it hit verizon unless they changed some of the features to match what i want in a phone. ive used my brothers iphone quite a bit, but really its just like playing with an itouch, and i like the zuneHD interface much better. also, pretty much every phone has a better camera than the iphone.

 

[Deeko]

most of that "new business" on different carriers would be current iphone users fleeing like rats from a burning ATT ship. i dont think the shares would change much at all with all the choices available now, as well as ones that are on the way.

Their market share would go up - there are some people that want the iPhone but aren't willing to leave their carrier. However, you're correct that a lot of people would then leave AT&T for other carriers. Also, due to the iPhone being AT&T exclusive so long, a lot of people on other carriers have become loyal to other smartphone systems - Android, BB, etc. So while their marketshare would increase, it wouldn't be proportionate to what they have on AT&T.

 

[MrX8503]

most of that "new business" on different carriers would be current iphone users fleeing like rats from a burning ATT ship. i dont think the shares would change much at all with all the choices available now, as well as ones that are on the way.

You have to think though, the iPhone alone is enough to get people to STAY on ATT's network despite how much they dislike it.

On top of that the iPhone is able to get people to switch carriers, this is a powerful indication of how well it would do if it was released into the wild.

If a single phone could propel ATT to this many subscribers, I wouldn't underestimate iPhone sales if it were on Verizon, Sprint, or Tmobile.

Currently the iPhone doesn't offer enough for me to switch, but IMO I think it has the most polished mobile OS. Everything on the 3GS is faster, smoother, and its physics engine when scrolling or panning is unrivaled. A snapdragon processor of today is needed to even keep up with a year old 3GS, that is saying something.

I'm looking forward to Froyo and its 400% speed boost, which hopefully fixes a lot of the choppiness that Android OS is experiencing.

 

[theeedude]

I would ditch my network if iPhone was available for it. If AT&T is choking on it, I don't think T-mobile can handle all the extra traffic either.

 

[murphy55d]

Nope. Love my Droid.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Boy Genius is reporting a contract has been signed and 10 million cdma iPhones are being built.

 

[Deeko]

Boy Genius is reporting a contract has been signed and 10 million cdma iPhones are being built.

*sigh* please keep these rumors in the "iphone coming to verizon" thread. Its tiresome enough hearing about it on the tech sites + in that thread....

 

[Sheep]

A year or two ago I probably would have said yes to a (jailbroken) iPhone on Sprint. That was before Apple/Jobs apparently lost their minds and morphed into self-proclaimed tech messiahs who can do no wrong.

 

[QueBert]

Did you just seriously call Blackberry and Windows Mobile "semi-smartphones"?! Blackberry, and Winmo before it, DEFINED "Smartphone". Android re-defined it. The iPhone is a semi-smartphone.

It's a great device, but it's not exactly a "smartphone".

Really? it can access an Exchange mail server, read and edit DOC files, can view PDF's, teather, has Google Maps, a VNC client so you can access work computers remotely. And an endless selection of apps you can download. What exactly isn't "smartphone" about the iPhone? I suppose the Android is more of a "smartphone" because Apple doesn't make it right??

 

[rh71]

still can't get myself to commit to a data plan.

 

[MrX8503]

A year or two ago I probably would have said yes to a (jailbroken) iPhone on Sprint. That was before Apple/Jobs apparently lost their minds and morphed into self-proclaimed tech messiahs who can do no wrong.

Dude, if the device is a great product, don't worry about the business. You'll just lose out on great devices.

I don't care if Apple, HTC, or Motorola makes it, if its a sweet phone, I'm gonna buy it.

still can't get myself to commit to a data plan.

You should commit sometime soon, because at this rate, a data plan is only going to cost more over time when smartphones take over. The best thing to do is try and get grandfathered in.

 

[Sheep]

Dude, if the device is a great product, don't worry about the business. You'll just lose out on great devices.

I don't care if Apple, HTC, or Motorola makes it, if its a sweet phone, I'm gonna buy it.

My "tech messiah" comment was in reference to Apple's "my way or the highway" arrogance--the whole "we know what users want more than users do" attitude which only works to a point, their attitudes towards jailbreaking, app development by their rules and their rules only and censoring things they arbitrarily don't like (unless it's made by a huge corporation in which case it gets a pass). Those are all things that ultimately WILL affect the quality of the product. All of those things may be fine for those who can't or aren't willing to learn, but as someone who loves tweaking his devices to their fullest, I don't need Uncle Steve watching out for me so that the evil hackers don't ruin my magical experience.

I'm jumping ship from Palm (despite webOS, flaws and all, having hands down the best usability of ANY current smartphone OS) and will gladly go back in a year if Palm releases more solid hardware...the Pre just isn't cutting it hardware-wise anymore. The EVO 4G is just too shiny to resist.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

I have AT&T and the only smartphone I would consider on their network is the Nexus 1. Although I have to admit the Nokia N900 is pretty interesting.

 

[boomhower]

With iphone OS 4.0 looking the way it does, most likely. I would have to see how it actually turns out but most likely. Considering Sprint will never get it, it doesn't really matter.

 

[MrX8503]

Those are all things that ultimately WILL affect the quality of the product.

Different strokes for different folks. But as of right now Apple's App store not only has substantially more apps, but the quality of the apps are a step above Android's.There has never been an app ecosystem that has tied developer to the consumer on the mobile space like the App store has created.

WinMo has been out for years and there still isn't an app ecosystem to be found. Also the apps that are available are not only crappy, but expensive.

Android is doing a fantastic job of catching up on App count, but the quality of the apps are just embarrassing. If there needs to be some kind of app monitoring in place, then so be it.

There's absolutely no reason that an entire fleet of Android phones are needed to take out a single phone that was released back in 2007. Luckily Google, seems to be competent enough to compete and I await the release of Froyo.

 

[zerocool84]

Different strokes for different folks. But as of right now Apple's App store not only has substantially more apps, but the quality of the apps are a step above Android's.There has never been an app ecosystem that has tied developer to the consumer on the mobile space like the App store has created.

WinMo has been out for years and there still isn't an app ecosystem to be found. Also the apps that are available are not only crappy, but expensive.

Android is doing a fantastic job of catching up on App count, but the quality of the apps are just embarrassing. If there needs to be some kind of app monitoring in place, then so be it.

There's absolutely no reason that an entire fleet of Android phones are needed to take out a single phone that was released back in 2007. Luckily Google, seems to be competent enough to compete and I await the release of Froyo.

Good god no please no app monitoring. I don't want it to be like Apple where they can dictate what can be an app and deny apps that are great and make the phone better. Apple even goes so far as to deny political satire comic apps it doesn't like. Apple goes too far. I'm surprised they even let the Opera browser in the app store.

 

[QueBert]

App monitoring is a good thing, sure some things won't get approved that probably should. And yeah some things that probably shouldn't get by do. But the overall quality is so much better than even the best of the best WinMo apps I had. I paid $30 fucking dollars for a caller ID app, and I paid $40 for a calendar replacement on my Motorola Q. Same apps on the app store would have probably been better quality wise and much cheaper. The Android apps I've seen look amateurish UI wise. The lack of elegance is bad, and I hope it's something I start seeing now I have an Android phone

 

[bucwylde23]

I'd definitely consider the iPhone if it hits Verizon. I just bought my first Android phone, but i've used my brother's iPhone and other than the multitasking I had no problem with it.
Now that the iPhone will have a form of multitasking I would have no problem getting one.

 

[randomlinh]

The iPhone 4G/iPhone OS 4.0 combo is the first iPhone I would really want for myself. universal inbox, true multiple exchange acct support (wanted this because gmail syncs through it, and I have a couple google accts and one exch acct), multitasking, and of course the time wasting apps (they can be fun while stuck somewhere). And the design looks awesome, love it.

But as of now, it's either stick it out w/ my Pre and see what HP can push Palm to do, or get an EVO.