Verizon iPhone cometh -- Will you be switching?

[Kyle Gibb]

http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-announce-iphone-jan-11th

Before we flame Apple, remember that competition breeds innovation =]

 

[Icon]

Flame Apple? Why would we do such a thing?

Seriously, what is up with this iPhone junk making its way to an Android site/blog. The wretched thing is like the worst case of hemorrhoids ever. No matter what you do, it will just not go away. I thought this would be my safe haven, a place where I could go and not here about it....but I guess I was wrong. Why was this not kept on TiPb.com and left off the AC?

 

[MisterEich]

I'm excited, my brother is dying for an iphone and he's not up for an upgrade for a year. I'm going to get one with mine and sell/trade him it for his DX and $300. Hello Galaxy Tab.

 

[blopez24]

I'm excited, my brother is dying for an iphone and he's not up for an upgrade for a year. I'm going to get one with mine and sell/trade him it for his DX and $300. Hello Galaxy Tab.

Galaxy Tab off Best buy? cause i know they have it for 299 on activation unless im mistaken.

 

[Joelist]

Remember, true friends don't let true friends get iPhones.

 

[tthomsont44]

Hate to say it but the X will be going for a phone that can actually do corporate email.

 

[DroidXcon]

Hate to say it but the X will be going for a phone that can actually do corporate email.

Why dont you just get Touchdown , problem solved, i get all my exchange mail faster than i get it on my work computer

 

[MisterEich]

Galaxy Tab off Best buy? cause i know they have it for 299 on activation unless im mistaken.

That's what I'm thinking.

 

[TheANARCHY]

A fair warning to all of you who wish to take this plunge...

I had AT&T w/iPhone for the last 2 yrs prior to going with Verizon where I live in NC last September. It CAN be a nice piece of hardware, but if you are accustomed to having your phone your way and doing what you want with it, you will be sadly disappointed with it. I used it for personal and limited work use and IMO it couldn't do either very well in combination. And you will find the rotten apple is very, very, very self contained and doesn't give you the freedom that you have now w/ Android and Google.

But it only my opinion and opinions are subjective so take it or leave it.

 

[DroidXcon]

A fair warning to all of you who wish to take this plunge...

I had AT&T w/iPhone for the last 2 yrs prior to going with Verizon where I live in NC last September. It CAN be a nice piece of hardware, but if you are accustomed to having your phone your way and doing what you want with it, you will be sadly disappointed with it. I used it for personal and limited work use and IMO it couldn't do either very well in combination. And you will find the rotten apple is very, very, very self contained and doesn't give you the freedom that you have now w/ Android and Google.

But it only my opinion and opinions are subjective so take it or leave it.

I wonder what its like going from an android to a iphone, Now Multicon, no widgets. no 3D app drawer. stuck moving left to right within quadrants no pull down notification bar.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Competition is only good for the business...I'm not too concerned about it. It was only a matter of time

 

[TheANARCHY]

Competition is only good for the business...I'm not too concerned about it. It was only a matter of time

Exactly

 

[Guamguy]

Me too.

The flip side of it, AT&T is now betting it big with no less than three Android superphones of its own and a total of 20 model releases for the year. I believe that AT&T hasn't jumped into Android completely because of the iPhone exclusivity. Now with that out of the bag, so AT&T might be the Android carrier of the year.

 

[Baconator]

YA now AT&T can focus more on Android!

 

[DenverRalphy]

If, or when, iPhone arrives at VZW... I really hope and pray VZW doesn't pull the same crap AT&T does to appease Apple. ie... market apps only (yes it can be subverted but still)

 

[blopez24]

If, or when, iPhone arrives at VZW... I really hope and pray VZW doesn't pull the same crap AT&T does to appease Apple. ie... market apps only (yes it can be subverted but still)

I think it will be the same way with Verizon as with AT&T. Apple will control every aspect of updates market everything. I don't think Verizon has any power when it comes to this for the fact that apple can release it's phone to any carrier. I think apple will run the show.

 

[menschmaschine5]

Apple certainly will run the show. The no non-app store apps is definitely an apple thing. Jobs and Apple want to have the final say of what you can do with the iphone to keep them running smoothly.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Apple will still have basically all control, no doubt there. But I do think Apple will be caving in just slightly on certain things like advertising. Someone stated earlier that Apple doesn't want to lose ANY marketshare, so it's more willing to work with partners with the iPhone, and I tend to agree with that sentiment.

 

[Hearthatvoiceagain]

Just a thought, which is slightly off topic, I don't know if any of you have seen the interview with Matias Duarte over at engadget. One of the things he talks about is that as of Honeycomb Android no longer needs to have physical buttons, they can be done in software, this would make it much easier to use a iPhone that had been hacked to run Android.

This may comfort anyone who jumps ship to the iPhone only to realise that iOS is a sucky POS.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

I'm not a huge fan of the "one button" concept of iOS -- it's TOO simple for me, and in some cases is actually a little annoying. I'm all for Android supporting it, but I certainly hope we don't see a slew of new devices that don't have the standard array of Android soft/hard buttons we're used to.