Most iPhone users love AT&T?

[schweb]

Most iPhone users love AT&T - Jul. 23, 2010

Despite a very vocal group of detractors, the vast majority of iPhone users love AT&T.

That's the key finding in a survey released this week by Yankee Group, which reports that 73% of iPhone users are very satisfied with AT&T's service. That rating compares favorably to how non-iPhone smartphone users feel about AT&T, and even to how non-iPhone users feel about other wireless providers.

 

[LGgeek]

Most iPhone users love AT&T - Jul. 23, 2010

You have to be kidding, more like most iphone users hate AT&T. I wonder how much AT&T paid them to do the poll, most likely polled 30 AT&T employees with free iphones.

I talked with 8 people I know that have iphones none of them were polled. Everyone I know that has an iPhone can't wait until they can move to a new provider.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

I have the iPhone and AT&T..and personally I'm totally indifferent about my service..it works when I need to use it and that's enough for me..I've had Sprint and Verizon in the past and those have worked too..

Regards

 

[iggibar]

I wonder how much Verizon paid you to be a troll...
I've been with at&t for some time now, which was upgraded from tmobile, which was upgraded from verizon. I don't plan on ever leaving at&t for a company that limits where you can use your phone by only having the craptastic cdma! There's a reason why verizon phones don't hold their value, once your contract is done, you can't sell it to someone else the way you can with a phone that runs on sim cards. I was pleased to hear one article stating that apple is in talks with tmobile over the iphone. I was very pleased with tmobile, but the iphone won me over. Don't plan on moving, especially because I never have at&t cell phone coverage problems!

 

[rfe959]

I'm very happy with AT&T. I'm no troll, just an Apple lover.

 

[iggibar]

I'm very happy with AT&T. I'm no troll, just an Apple lover.

no trolls here

 

[bobtomay]

wouldn't by any stretch of the imagination say I love AT&T, but I don't really have any issues with them either except the monthly price for two phones.

7 years with a few different freebie Nokias and yep a few dropped calls.
2 years with the 1st gen iPhone - never a dropped call except when the person on the other end stepped into an elevator.
1 year now with the 3GS - still no dropped calls.
Works great with the built in bluetooth in my car - both the phone and the iPod portion of it.
Turn the key in the car and within about 5 seconds my book starts up where it left off.

Overall, the iPhone has been vastly superior to any of those Nokias work paid for.

Wife has an issue with her 3GS - lousy 3G coverage sitting at the desk in her office at work - switched her phone back to the Edge network - not a dropped call since.

 

[Eric559]

There's a reason why verizon phones don't hold their value, once your contract is done, you can't sell it to someone else the way you can with a phone that runs on sim cards

Why not?

 

[schweb]

I'm sure a lot of how satisfied you are depends on where you live and how the coverage is there.

 

[iggibar]

Why not?

Verizon wont let you activate a new line on an old phone that was previously activated by someone else. It's like having a sim card from one person, and not being able to replace it with your own.
Pulled off of WiseGEEK,
"The CDMA equivalent, a R-UIM card, is only available in parts of Asia but remains on the horizon for the U.S. market. CDMA carriers in the U.S. require proprietary handsets that are linked to one carrier only and are not card-enabled. To upgrade a CDMA phone, the carrier must deactivate the old phone then activate the new one. The old phone becomes useless."

 

[cwa107]

Why not?

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing.

 

[roeiboot]

was with Verizon ~9 years.. only issue i had was with upgrading slightly sooner than eligible.

we switched a little over a year ago.. (my wife and i) and so far very happy, no more than an occasional dropped call which we also had with Verizon service. what was very nice is that when we travelled to the Netherlands (where i am from) i was able to buy a $20 SIM card with 300 minutes & unlimited internet, so could keep in contact with all left behind in the US + share stories/pictures on the fly.

so... as you can guess, i am very pleased with AT&T so far..

 

[Eric559]

Verizon wont let you activate a new line on an old phone that was previously activated by someone else. It's like having a sim card from one person, and not being able to replace it with your own.
Pulled off of WiseGEEK,
"The CDMA equivalent, a R-UIM card, is only available in parts of Asia but remains on the horizon for the U.S. market. CDMA carriers in the U.S. require proprietary handsets that are linked to one carrier only and are not card-enabled. To upgrade a CDMA phone, the carrier must deactivate the old phone then activate the new one. The old phone becomes useless."

I activate previously owned phones all the time. As long as you have a Verizon phone that is not stolen/non-pay then you can activate the phone as a new line with no contract. Not sure about that information you posted but it is done all the time. That is why you see Verizon/Sprint phones being sold all the time on eBay and Craigslist that are legit.

 

[cwa107]

I activate previously owned phones all the time. As long as you have a Verizon phone that is not stolen/non-pay then you can activate the phone as a new line with no contract. Not sure about that information you posted but it is done all the time. That is why you see Verizon/Sprint phones being sold all the time on eBay and Craigslist that are legit.

Yeah, I sold my old RAZR V3ms for a good chunk of change. I'd be surprised if someone would buy them if they were useless.

 

[schweb]

Yep you can activate used phones on Sprint and Verizon, but it's certainly not as easy as swapping a SIM on a GSM carrier since you have to call and have it done by a service rep.

But there's nothing preventing it.

 

[Eric559]

Yeah, I sold my old RAZR V3ms for a good chunk of change. I'd be surprised if someone would buy them if they were useless.

Yup!

I think CDMA phones are becoming even more popular now because a lot of people flash them over to low-cost carriers such as Cricket or MetroPCS.

Sorry off topic but schweb it's actually a lot simpler than swapping SIM cards (in some cases). If you lose your phone instead of having to get another SIM card at the store or have it shipped to you, you can simply program a older VZW/Sprint phone yourself and not have to talk to a service rep. [*228 option 3]

 

[iggibar]

That's weird. From when we were with verizon, I remember clearly that you weren't allowed to activate used phones, especially ones that weren't branded for verizon. When did all this change? And why is there SO much info saying that what I said before? It wasn't that long ago. I won't lie, I'm slightly confused!
I just recently had a friend who has been with verizon for, what seems to be forever, and he wanted to keep his old phone(the one that has a tv-styled pop out antenna) on a new line, but they wouldn't let him use is old phone. Are there specific models that can/can't be re-activated?

 

[schweb]

Oh I'm not sure you can use a non-Verizon phone, but you can activate a used one.

 

[iggibar]

Seems like I got some researching to do...

 

[KoDorSean]

Personally my AT&T service in the Denver metro area works great. Once I get into the mountains I lose all signal. My buddy with a droid on verizon just laughs at me with his full signal with 3G.

When I go to wyoming I have a small signal with the edge network while again my friend with verizon once again laughs at me with his full signal with 3G.

Bottom line once the iPhone opens up to verizon I'll be off AT&T faster than a girls undies on prom night.