iPhone coming to Verizon in February — Page 2

Thanks Dame...do you use the hotspot feature? I see the verizon iphone has it as well...which makes it even more confusing to choose.

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Interesting.

I've stuck with Verizon - so have been waiting for this announcment. However, given all of this discussion (and other discussions along the same line with co-workers), I'm leaning toward upgrading my Verizon phone to something else - but not the iPhone.

Thanks for the suggestions.

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I will - thanks!

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See Namo?!?! I didn't even say it!

colon dash pee

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I need a new phone. I've had an upgrade available since October, my 2-year contract ends this month, the screen on my Blackberry cracked last month, and now the speaker is broken and no sound comes out. I've been holding out because when I went to Verizon back in December, I was totally unimpressed with the selection.

I've had a Curve for 2 years now, but I don't use the majority of the features on it. They were never all that great, but ever since they started requiring a PayPal login to buy new apps, I haven't even considered getting one. I love BBM, but the iPhone texting is similar enough that I could adjust. I could never go back to normal texting again.

I've looked at the Droid X, but I don't know, I wasn't all that impressed. I think partly because I have an iPad already, so I'm already familiar with that system, and because I'd have to re-buy any apps. I know a lot of people who switched from Blackberry loved Droids, but I'd be interested to know- now that it's an option- how the Droid compares to an iPhone, on the same network. A lot of problems AT&T had with the iPhone were due to high volume usage, so I'm sure all Verizon phones will be effected as well in the coming months.

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I have been on the fence whether to get an iPhone or Droid, depending on the day that's the preference. Droid is winning by a slim margin because all my information (contacts, calendar, docs on the cloud) are on google. Yet the iPhone beckons now.

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It is, Dame. From what I've read Droid syncs well with a mac.

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My biggest issue with the #$%^(*@!! BlackBerry has been it's inability to communicate with google - both the calendar and contacts are all messed up.

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for those of you that do have verizon and were hoping to use your "new every two," you should read this.


Verizon Ends New Every Two and Early Upgrades - SmartMoney.com

That "new every two" is so aggravating. I'm eligible for it, and then some.

So - I've more or less decided to go with the Droid X. If I buy it from Verizon, the net cost will be $149.99, plus tax, coming to $164.61 (that's after the $50 new every two discount).

If I buy it from Amazon.com, it will cost me $79.99. No tax, no shipping. Same phone, same Verizon service, same everything else (and a better return policy with Amazon than with Verizon).

So even with the "new every two" discount it would cost me more than double to buy it from Verizon.

What a joke/ripoff.

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