Verizon planning a major anti-AT&T/iPhone campaign?
According to Engadget, Verizon is preparing a major ad campaign starting during tonight's Yankees-Angels game. You'll remember the fun "There's a Map for That" campaign? Well, apparently this "iDevice iDoesn't" campaign is much more hardcore. This little war can only be good for consumers.
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it iWouldn't if it was in Verizon too.
Smells of desperation. I guess Apple turned them down again.
Lot of people feel that Verizon may be better but actually they are more expensive. A direction Apple really don't want to go. Also a direction I don't want to go also. AT&T prices not really bad just gotta deal with the service or network. Here in Houston I never had any problems.
I'm curious what they're going to claim the iPhone can't do that Verizon phones can. Honestly, the only thing I think the iPhone is missing is multitasking. Once the battery can handle that, it will be as close to perfect as anything can get.
the iPhone doesn't do Flash, which means it doesn't give you the entire web and let's not forget AT&T doesn't offer tethering!
I conclude that you've never used tethering on a Verizon BlackBerry. If you have, I think you'd know that it's not a desirable feature, but instead a mere financial burden to be removed from your plan ASAP.
Verizon has phones that can:
1. View Flash content.
2. Tethering.
3. Watch live streaming TV.
4. Multitask.
Off the top of my head. However, the list of things that the iPhone can do that none of Verizon's phones can, or do better than any and all phones carried by Verizon would be a much much longer list.
Still, as an iPhone user, I wish my phone could do those 4 things. Hopefully if Verizon abuses them badly enough they will address some of them.
The #1 thing the iPhone doesn't do for me is offer network connectivity on weekday afternoons in one of the biggest cities in the U.S. AT&T service is simply atrocious here in NYC. Considering that I'm paying $40 more than I would be with any other phone, I feel like the biggest sucker in the world. Unfortunately, it didn't get this bad until after my 30-day return period was up (or maybe I just didn't realize it). I'm advising everyone else to stay away from this crock.
This makes me a bit upset as a Verizon customer. I have stayed WITH verizon (meaning paying them buckos bucks) waiting for them to eventually get the iphone. Why would they want to sour a potential relationship with apple? Anytime I have talked to the reps they will say things about how the iphone is coming soon to verizon. I know they don't know or are talking out of their a**es but still there was a feeling that they recognized it would be an eventual need.
Don't put it down, pick it up!
I have a verizon touch screen phone (lg dare) and it is not anything close to an iphone. Still, I stay with them for service considerations. But how will this make it more likely for the iphone to come to verizon?
Unfortunately, this implies that the exclusivity deal Apple has with AT&T is going to continue past 2010. Perhaps well past 2010. :(
The only smartphone that can do anything significant that the iPhone can't is the Pre. Integrated contact/appointment management and notifications will be the focus. Every other smartphone can do this but the iPhone.
Almost every other phone out there has some kind of integrated home screen for notifications, appointments etc. "at a glance." This has been the standard for many years now. WinMobile, Pre, Symbian and Android all have it.
In retrospect, (and IMO of course), Apple was probably not very smart to buck that trend and not only not include it in the iPhone but design the thing specifically so it would be very very hard to include it.
Again Seth you're being a douchebag. "good for customers"
Get off of Verizon's dick.
I hope the iPhone stays locked in the US for as long as it exists and that it remains on AT&T, and AT&T alone.
I continue to question why I read your overly opinionated website. Try to stay neutral for once.
Ass.
look like someone forgot to take their lithium today
While I do agree that Seth Weintraub does have the unprofessional knack of giving his opinion in articles, he does have a point. He's not talking about Verizon, idiot. He's talking about Apple's iPhone SOFTWARE. Apple is crippling the OS, and these events could lead apple to refine the OS. That's what Seth was talking about. Get off your high horse and actually read into the articles. You're the douchebag.
Ass.
Why would Verizon want to burn any potential there was for them to get the iPhone on their network?
Lol @ an entire cellular network company advertising against just a SINGLE phone. Shows the power Apple and the iPhone has.
The 90's called they want their slogan back.
The only comment on this website that has ever deserved a thumbs up.
This is the old MS-Vista move revisited. Once again, the corporate response is not innovation, but a multi-million dollar advertising campaign.
No wonder these guys are looking to kill net neutrality - they lack the ability to be technical innovators, and instead hope to get ahead through advertising.
Since no one does 'dishonest' better than FOX, so they'll be right at home.
For the last time, Apple won't consider VZW until they roll out LTE. VZW wants to have 30 cities by the end of 2010 but I wouldn't expect any anouncements until Jan 2011 with launch mid-year 2011. That way everyone can bitch about lack of LTE coverage in their area. Funniest part is VZW's initial launch will only be 3 to 4 meg! LTE in it's current form is capable of Ethernet speed but VZW doesn't have the backhaul/transport capability for such speed, that will be a few years down the road, probably 2015 or so, so stop worrying about it for now. It's going to be years.............years!
My biggest problem with Verizon (and the reason they passed on the iPhone originally and why they likely won't have in the near future) is that they want their system locked down to make more money. Their phones are severely crippled in terms putting music and ringtones on them. They won't forgo their stupid app store and let customers put whatever media they want onto their phones without taking their cut. Also, I like the fact that with 3G phones I can pop out the SIM card and put it into whatever unlocked I want to. Verizon won't allow this freedom to their customers because then they won't be able to keep locked down.
+11tybillion
I laugh at people who complain about the iPhone not being customizable when Verizon phones are even more locked down and crippled. Apple will never let Verizon load some crappy OS/App like VCast on their iPhone!!
I'll trade my BB tour for an iPhone ANY DAY.