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Here’s some very bad PR for the Verizon iPhone. Jonathan Geller, aka Boy Genius of the excellent Boy Genius Report site, has recently decided to switch back to an AT&T iPhone after trying out the new Verizon iPhone. Geller’s backstory on this, and his reasons for switching back, is a nightmare read for Verizon.
He lets on that he had been dreaming about a Verizon iPhone ever since the device was first announced in 2007 and was ‘ridiculously excited’ to see the new VZW iPhone announced earlier this year – and had one delivered a few days after pre-orders opened up. And ever since then it seems the Verizon iPhone snatched defeat from the jaws of victory with at least this one very high-profile user; and an expert user who seems to have used more smartphones that I’ve had hot meals.
Here’s some of Geller’s reasons for making the switch back to an AT&T iPhone – if you’re one of the copywriters for those Verizon TV ads you may want to look away now:
In the end, my personal experience with Verizon’s iPhone in and around New York City ended up being about the same as it was when I was on AT&T. This, combined with other advantages AT&T’s network has, has made me finally decide to switch back. Literally moments before I wrote this article, I synced up my Verizon iPhone and restored it to my AT&T iPhone … I missed the ability to talk on the phone while data is still flowing (even though I hate talking on the phone). I missed AT&T’s extremely fast data speeds. I missed knowing that if I ever travel outside of the country, I don’t have to get a new phone (even though I hate flying — no, seriously, try me). I missed feeling like I’m in the digital age instead of the stone age.
But for now, if I’m going to drop just as many calls on Verizon’s network as I do with AT&T, there’s just no reason to give up all of the other perks AT&T’s iPhone 4 affords. I want to talk and surf the Web at the same time on a super-fast data network, and roam internationally, and enjoy the latest iPhone OS, and have my voice calls come through instantly, and hold conference calls with more than two other participants at a time… so I’m back with AT&T.
Of course Geller is just one user – but that’s a very damning verdict coming from a Verizon fan and an expert user. For more details and Geller’s full article on this, go here:
http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/16/why-i-switched-back-to-an-att-iphone/
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