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I'll add my voice to the

Kennedy Brooks — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:34 -0500

I'll add my voice to the Pleas[e] ...Please Verizon: take all the lessons from AT&T's fumbling and the clear message about the public's Willingness To Buy - there is NO WTB QUESTION here - and build a network to support all of us AT&T Users who are ready to jump. 2 points from me: [1] I had a V1 iPhoney and spiked it after the umpteenth dropped call one busy Friday afternoon and [2] I just spent the week in San Francisco with my BB Curve - still with AT&T - and the EDGE service - as well as my colleagues' 3G iPhoney service - was abysmal. Network 'Busy' signals, 'call failed' messages with multi-bars showing, and dropped calls were constant: 2-3 such annoyances for every call made/attempted. AT&T should just quit pretending, because they have obviously quit trying to run a network that functions, let alone 'provides service', in SF.

Verizon: this is your chance to skim the cream of AT&T's customers and put T back into the primordial garbage dump from which this miserable excuse of a mobile operator has reared its ugly head.

Apple: you need to do the deal with Verizon because continuing AT&T's monopoly will drive everyone away to other handset hardware and the iToons tie-in won't be enough to overcome the inadequacy of AT&T's support of your otherwise wonderful device. The problem is that there is no telephoney app in the App Store. You need it, to complete the offering and maintain your market power. Announce the deal before Xmas so nobody will be tempted to buy anything until the Verizon deal is live. I'll wait, and I suspect many others will too.

Verizon is the best carrier

marty mcdaniels — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:59 -0500

Verizon is the best carrier in the world. If verizon gets the iphone, att wil go bankrupt and will be gone forever. if it wasnt for that phone, they would have been gone years ago. verizon will get the iphone in 2010. byebye att.. all of your customers will go to verizon since they coverage is SO much better…. i cant wait till they get it, i will wait in line for a month if i need to, to get it. i will be the 1st person in the world to get that phone. i promise. I hope they get it soon. Verizon had 5X att coverage. come on verizon get the phone. we want it, we need it, we cant live without it. i wonder how much it will cost? im hoping it will be FREE with a new contract. what do u all think about that? think they will make it free so they get all the other companys customers. verizon might have 200 million customers soon. maybe if they do, i can get a job with them. then i can get the iphone for free. please please get that phone, as u can see it will change my life.
Marty

I completely agree with you

Ohmygosh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:46:08 -0500

I completely agree with you Mr Kuan. I too have Verizon, and I love the service, however I don't like the phones they have to offer. I currently have the Verizon Storm, and its NOT worth the money!! . I'd wished that I never got it, it never works when you need it the most. . Therefore if the IPhone comes to Verizon Wireless, >> oh happy day <<

Readers: I've created a

Ian Lamont — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:02:26 -0500

Readers: I've created a related prediction:

Verizon iPhone or new iPhone model announced before April 2010?

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I want the iphone too, and

Patti — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:01:20 -0400

I want the iphone too, and I'd rather stay with Verizon (because of the service) but if Verizon doesn't produce an iphone by the time my contract runs out, it's going to be Bye Bye Verizon.

In April 2010 for sure guys

Uv — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:22:06 -0400

In April 2010 for sure guys

is it out in verizon stores

maddie — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:46:28 -0400

is it out in verizon stores now? cuse i'm getting my first phone this year.

Gizmo I feel your pain my

Marlon — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:05:33 -0400

Gizmo I feel your pain my brotha.. I'm not sure if you've made the switch but I google this topic at least 4 times a week searching for some concrete news. I'll tell why I haven't the switch is because the price plan for AT&T is preposterous. They're locking their customers in for a 2 year plan, with no insurance on the phone, & an inferior network. It's really tough but I'm exercising patience and not giving in until it finally occurs. And it will eventually happen.. my prediction would be the summer to fall 2010. The next phone for VZ that I'm waiting on is the Pre schedules for 1q 2010. This is the next decent phone coming this yr..

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Verizon is the best network

Matt — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:01:24 -0400

Verizon is the best network out there. the iphone needs to go to verizon; apple would make so much more money. AT&T sucks

Man I am only seconds away

Gizmo — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:46:38 -0400

Man I am only seconds away from sealing the deal with getting the Iphone. When is verizon going to bring the Iphone home for its customers? Currently I have verizon for family and business, but now its time to get my personal phone and I thinking about getting the iphone. Send your thoughts!

Hmmm I had no problem

Robbie L — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:13:27 -0400

Hmmm I had no problem dropping verizon for att just for the Iphone!!!!!! It was by far the best phone I have EVER had, never had a proble with att either just I moved and they didnt cover my area! I had to move to verizon and they have such GAY phones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I tried every blackberry with best buys 30 day trade and they can not AT ALL compete with APPLE IPHONE!!!!!!!!!! COME ON VERIZON GET WITH THE PROGRAM. I Will be with VERIZON for life if you can seal the deal. If not I am gone as soon as I can!!

I really hope the iphone

Corry B — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:34:46 -0400

I really hope the iphone comes out sooner than later for Verizon. I am very happy with the phone selections for Verizon. especially the new ones out. But unfortunatly everybody wants the iphone and AT&T is all about their iphone cause with out that they sure the heck wouldnt have any customers:) please CELL PHONE GODS Bring one home for Verizon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Judged negative. Lots of

Ian Lamont — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:54 -0400

Judged negative. Lots of people want a Verizon iPhone, but no such announcement was made by the end of June.

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I have a Verizon cell phone,

Marley stone — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:54:23 -0400

I have a Verizon cell phone, and just ADORE the i phone. That would be awesome. I have thought about switching to AT&T, but, if Verizon were to have i phones, I would have to spend a bunch of money to switch back. I there is too many dead zones in AT&T, and verizon can help with that.
*Really hope Verizon comes to i phone*

I have a Verizon cell phone,

Marley stone — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:54:18 -0400

Verizon iPhone announced by June 30, 2009?

Yi-Wyn Yen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:21:05 -0500

Rumors that an iPhone is coming to the Verizon network are brewing again.

The ITExaminer.com notes, "Deep throats in Apple claim that Iphones for Verizon Wireless will be announced soon.

While the deal is so secret that Apple will not even hint that it is happening, the outfit had been trying to find EVDO and CDMA Engineers for months in their online Iphone job postings. While EVDO could cover a wide range of 3G skills, it is more likely that Apple is specifically after the Verizon Wireless standard."

Prediction: Apple announces by June 30, 2009 the availability of an iPhone on the Verizon Wireless network. A Verizon iPhone does not need to be on sale at the time of the announcement.

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