Off to order my iPhone...

I'll probably be getting one in December when my vurrent Verizon contract is up. Returning to AT&T kind of makes my stomach turn, though.
 
I'll be getting one this year at some point too. My old Nokia is about ready to be used for target practice
 
Mark Wein said:
I'll probably be getting one in December when my vurrent Verizon contract is up. Returning to AT&T kind of makes my stomach turn, though.
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Jobs says that he has assurances from AT&T that they are going to improve the network.

....I'm out of contract on my 3G iphone and I don't know what I'm going to do moving forward. AT&T's data network isn't bad in my area (though when I drive out of the metro, it sucks) but as a phone & their voice network, it flat out sucks.

I'm not overly impressed with the Verizon data network that I've been seeing on blackberry devices but their voice network completely slays AT&T in my area.
 
I am but seeing as Verizon's reception sucks worse than AT&T's at my house, I kinda have to make a deal with the devil on this one. I think my house is lined with lead.

Plus AT&T's 3G network in State College and Harrisburg seems to be pretty good.
 
GergS said:
I am but seeing as Verizon's reception sucks worse than AT&T's at my house, I kinda have to make a deal with the devil on this one. I think my house is lined with lead.
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I love my iPhone as a consumer electronics/web device...I'm addicted to it. It drops call so frequently that I hate using it as a phone. On my 15 minute drive between work and home I hit 3 dead spots w/ zero voice (2 of the three also don't have data).
 
k4df4l said:
I love my iPhone as a consumer electronics/web device...I'm addicted to it. It drops call so frequently that I hate using it as a phone. On my 15 minute drive between work and home I hit 3 dead spots w/ zero voice (2 of the three also don't have data).
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In my hour commute there's 4 fairly large dead spots for AT&T so I rarely use my cell on the way to and from work. My friend has one of the Droid through Verizon and it's hit or miss if he can talk through those spots. He seems to have more luck, but at my house he has one bar of reception and I have 3....go me!
 
k4df4l said:
Jobs says that he has assurances from AT&T that they are going to improve the network.

....I'm out of contract on my 3G iphone and I don't know what I'm going to do moving forward. AT&T's data network isn't bad in my area (though when I drive out of the metro, it sucks) but as a phone & their voice network, it flat out sucks.

I'm not overly impressed with the Verizon data network that I've been seeing on blackberry devices but their voice network completely slays AT&T in my area.
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GergS said:
I am but seeing as Verizon's reception sucks worse than AT&T's at my house, I kinda have to make a deal with the devil on this one. I think my house is lined with lead.

Plus AT&T's 3G network in State College and Harrisburg seems to be pretty good.
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k4df4l said:
I love my iPhone as a consumer electronics/web device...I'm addicted to it. It drops call so frequently that I hate using it as a phone. On my 15 minute drive between work and home I hit 3 dead spots w/ zero voice (2 of the three also don't have data).
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We walked out on two phone contracts with AT&T a few years ago because the reception was so bad where we used to live. Verizon is great here but I'm growing to hate my Blackberry. The iPhone would probably work with my computers at the studio better, too....
 
...I use Virgin Mobile...$25 a month for 300 mins, and unlimited data/text/email/photos...my phone cause $20...works great...
 
GergS said:
In my hour commute there's 4 fairly large dead spots for AT&T so I rarely use my cell on the way to and from work. My friend has one of the Droid through Verizon and it's hit or miss if he can talk through those spots. He seems to have more luck, but at my house he has one bar of reception and I have 3....go me!
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Where are you in PA? I'm in suburban metro philly (which amazes me how spotty coverages is around here).

I drove out to Lancaster last year using the iPhone for GPS Maps....loved it when I got off the turnpike at the Lancaster exit and didn't have any freaking network at all. Luckily I guessed correctly through the next several turns/roads until I picked up data network again.:facepalm:
 
I have a couple of friends who work for Apple and the gimped one (he broke his shoulder) was out there on the floor trying to help people and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen. :grin: If you go to pre-order it you can only get it in black, even though I would have preferred the white one quite a bit. I can pit it up next Thursday morning and the store opens at 7 a.m., although the line is supposed to be pretty long... for the iPad launch he said that it stretched to Macy's which is quite a bit down the mall. :eek: When you show up you need to bring your old info if you're switching (accnt. #, SSN, and phone number you want to transfer) and they'll let you choose your plan right there in the store and set it up, activate you and you should be good to go to make out-going calls immediately, but it might take a couple of hours for incoming to be received. :)
 
k4df4l said:
Where are you in PA? I'm in suburban metro philly (which amazes me how spotty coverages is around here).

I drove out to Lancaster last year using the iPhone for GPS Maps....loved it when I got off the turnpike at the Lancaster exit and didn't have any freaking network at all. Luckily I guessed correctly through the next several turns/roads until I picked up data network again.:facepalm:
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I live between Harrisburg and State College. It's a gamble once you leave the 3G areas in those places..especially in between the ridges here. I was also having issues down around the Lancaster area with reception. Another area that surprised me was the Quakertown area....I visit a friend there and I ran into a few dead spots on 476
 
My five-year-old Motorola is dying, but I'm holding out til 8/5 for the free upgradez. Probably gonna get a Blackberry cuz fuck an iPhone. My wife has one and it's just not for me. I need more keyboard speed. You know, for sexting.
 
I have a Trac-Fone.

It does everything I need a cell phone to do.

Phuck paying that much every month for a telephone. I don't need to be connected to the internet 24/7. I probably only use about 20-30 minutes a month on my prepaid plan anyway.
 
iPhones seem useful for businessy type people who need to email etc on the go. Why do "normal" people waste their money on this shit? :embarrassed:
 
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