The point
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"If you haven't caught the theme of this review, let us spell it out -- this is very much the iPhone 4 that people have come to know and love. It's not the next generation Apple device, it's not a wowee-zowee LTE experiment, and it isn't a revolution in mobile computing. What it is, however, is a big chance to give a large portion of America's smartphone users a crack at a phone they've likely been lusting after for some time." Endgaget
All I have been saying is to give consumers the option. Finally. no more 'When is Verizon getting the iphone?' posts. It took three years, but we finally made it.
"If you haven't caught the theme of this review, let us spell it out -- this is very much the iPhone 4 that people have come to know and love. It's not the next generation Apple device, it's not a wowee-zowee LTE experiment, and it isn't a revolution in mobile computing. What it is, however, is a big chance to give a large portion of America's smartphone users a crack at a phone they've likely been lusting after for some time." Endgaget
All I have been saying is to give consumers the option. Finally. no more 'When is Verizon getting the iphone?' posts. It took three years, but we finally made it.
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I'm a fan of the new T-Mobile commercial that says no choice is still a choice. If you can only choose between the two largest providers that have eerily similar rate plans, it's not really a choice now is it?
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AT&T and Verizon are the best cell phone networks in the country in terms of coverage, and none 4G speeds. All these advertismnts about 4G is usless at this point, cause neither of the carriers have enough 4G coverage for it to even matter. Sprints coverage isnt nearly good enough for apple to consider, and T-moble well lets just say the majority of thier customers cant even prnounce Iphone (Ipone) let alone even use it on a us carrirs network. Granted im sure some t-mobile customers would be legit users, but most would be flex pay (prepaid) thier just isnt enough incentive for apple to offer a Iphone to t-moile or sprint...yet, I hope for those customers that will change, only becuase I want them to enjoy such a great product.
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Sprint's network is nothing short of fantastic. With roaming agreements there's no place I've been that you can't use the service. Trying to justify Apple's approach is just plain stupid.
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Sprints footprint with roaming is larger than AT&T's also has a much better dropped call rate than AT&T.
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No, its not plain stupid. How many customers does sprint have? And how many does verizon have?
i'm not saying that sprint will never have the iPhone, but it makes financial sense for Apple to go with the largest providers first so that they can make the most money.
i'm not saying that sprint will never have the iPhone, but it makes financial sense for Apple to go with the largest providers first so that they can make the most money.
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It is plain stupid. Sprint has 49.9 million subscribers...all of whom will consider an Android, Windows 7, or webOS phone instead.
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Tell me why it would be monetarily beneficial for apple if sprint was to have the iPhone instead of verizon.
Verizon has approximately double the consumer base and the plain fact that the masses have been clamoring for the Verizon iPhone for 3+ years (read:instant marketing and demand) means that Apple stands to profit more from a Verizon iPhone than a Sprint iPhone.
At the end of the day this is about money, not network quality, not 3g footprint, not what carrier has the best 4g technology and not what carrier is the best value. This is about 2 of the largest companies involved with the wireless industry entering a partnership to make the most damn money they can.
Verizon has approximately double the consumer base and the plain fact that the masses have been clamoring for the Verizon iPhone for 3+ years (read:instant marketing and demand) means that Apple stands to profit more from a Verizon iPhone than a Sprint iPhone.
At the end of the day this is about money, not network quality, not 3g footprint, not what carrier has the best 4g technology and not what carrier is the best value. This is about 2 of the largest companies involved with the wireless industry entering a partnership to make the most damn money they can.
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Exactly. Of course there should be Sprint and T-Mobile variants of the iphone. Let's hope it happens soon.
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So why should Apple even care who has their elitist product? Sounds very snobby to me that only certain carriers are allowed to even touch their phone. Should Samsung, Motorola, or LG say "only Verizon is good enough for our phones"? I would think the more carriers they can get their phones on, the more money they would make. If other phone manufacturers had the same attitude as Apple, you would only have 2 carriers in the US (or only 1 carrier prior to 2-3-11). There is no reason why T-Mobile or Sprint or US Cellular can't have an I phone. It's a monopoly (now duopoly) strategy from Apple. I don't know their logic behind it either. And believe me, making a CDMA phone doesn't require "billions and billions of dollars" that people clai...
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I would love to see all carriers sell the iphone. The idea of the government forcing Apple to sell the device on all carriers is distasteful to me, however.
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Antitrust laws? Are you serious? If the iPhone was the only smartphone in the world, and adjusted their scheme so that no other manufacturer could compete with smartphones then you'd be correct.
I don't think you understood what i was trying to say, this isn't eliteism, this is business.
By making the iphone an exclusive (coupled with their marketing campaign) they drive demand up. by releasing now with verizon (which is something that people have been BEGGING for for years, when was the last time you heard a huge clamor about the sprint iPHone? {except for this website}) Apple is poised to make a ton of profit. After all the profit opportunites are exausted then we will start seeing the sprint/tmobile/us cellular iPhones bein...
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I don't think you understood what i was trying to say, this isn't eliteism, this is business.
By making the iphone an exclusive (coupled with their marketing campaign) they drive demand up. by releasing now with verizon (which is something that people have been BEGGING for for years, when was the last time you heard a huge clamor about the sprint iPHone? {except for this website}) Apple is poised to make a ton of profit. After all the profit opportunites are exausted then we will start seeing the sprint/tmobile/us cellular iPhones bein...
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Apple built this phone through marketing designing it to be more than a device. its a status symbol now. and its a proven fact that status symbols can and will sell in large quantities. By limiting the amount that get sold in any given fiscal year by only being on one carrier is a way to keep demand high. Would people still care about the iPhone if you could get it on any carrier at the start? Of course not, because then it wouldn't be a status symbol, it would just be a smartphone.
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thats funny cause verizon customers said the same thing untill the Iphone was announced for Verizon.
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