I have the iphone on at&t and my dad has verizon. He keeps saying how he read on cnet that the iphone will becoming to verizon in December. And he also says he is gonna get a droid because it has more apps than the iphone. If someone could find a article on how the iphone is not coming to verizon, and how the iphone has more apps than the droid, would be greatly appreciated. I would love to put him in his place 😁
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sorry but the iphone will be coming to verizon but.... in jan.
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Unfortunately for your arguement, the iPhone is going to Verizon in early 2011. However, iPhone does have more apps, but Android had nearly as many, and 57% of them are free. AND Android is the fastest growing OS. The Droid X and Samsung Fascinate both have more features than the iPhone 4. So, unfortunately for you, your dad will have the option of an iPhone or a Droid and will most likely have the Droid as it is a better phone.
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Oh, and he will have an Unlimited Data option...
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i know the original Apple/AT&T exclusivity contract was for 5 years. AT&T paid $10 M to Apple to be the exclusive provider for 5 years.
June 29th, 2007 - June 29th 2012 is 5 years.
Perhaps the original agreement has been modified?
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FreddNov 11, 2010, 11:26 AM
Until we see something direct from Verizon or Apple, it is all rumor.
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Until Steve Jobs states that they are getting it then your view on it should be, not as this time. Everyone has to remember that other companies overseas use CDMA and that everyone can speculate till Steve Jobs say's other wise.
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That's what i said until they release info on apples website, they got nothing. I love how everyone is claming the iphone is coming to verizon yet the company that makes the phone apple has not said a thing. 🙂
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epikNov 3, 2010, 9:58 PM
You hit the nail on the head.
The iPhone may very well hit Verizon in January. No one knows definitively, except the big wigs at Verizon and Apple. Anyone else is speculating.
Also, a new iPhone on Verizon rumor seems to come out every few months. This is, literally, the third one this year.
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MennoNov 3, 2010, 2:28 PM
and iPhone also had a year headstart not to mention they built their app distribution into an already well known and advertised platform.
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I agree, Apple has a higher quality of apps compared to android, I have both phones and I feal more secure using my iphone apps than android
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MennoNov 3, 2010, 2:43 PM
Then you don't know how to read permissions.
A good chunk of your apps on apple can read your private data, and you have no way to tell which ones can do it
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sure, its cool that i can read permissions using an android device, but id rather my app not crash...
there's a reason apple has an approval process, because it forces the developers to make apps that work
and for the people who are PREDICTING that apple will release a verizon iphone soon, its all conjecture until verizon, apple, or at&t say something OFFICIALLY... stop speaking out of your butt and stop repeating rumors
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MennoNov 3, 2010, 5:17 PM
I have an ipod touch, I have apps, even APPLE apps (like the browser) crash on me all the time.
Also, apple's "approval" process is pretty bad when they allowed a tethering app through that billed itself as a light game.
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and which device would you say is better as far as apps that work? honestly...
and yes, they did let that one through, but at least they have an approval process...
and sure, android has had a great start with apps, a faster pace than apple even, but if it were not for apple's marketing and execution, do you honestly think 'apps' would have become as popular as they are? do you think google would even started working on a mobile operating system?
im not crediting apple with anything extraordinary except their credit due, they took the smartphone and revolutioned it and made it more popular than even expected.
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epikNov 3, 2010, 10:01 PM
Yes they did. The market as you see it today is greatly influenced by the iPhone. And Apple practically invented the word "apps," at least in the context of phones. Before that, we installed programs, software, and even applications on our Windows Mobile phones.
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MennoNov 3, 2010, 10:06 PM
Android was in development before the iphone, so yes they would still develop it (though it most likely would be different)
And do you really think iOS 4.0 would be what it was (and the iphone4 would be what it was) without an actual Competitive platform going against it? Android and iOS improve eachother.
Apps slipping by the approval process isn't a super rare story. There seems to be at least one a week.
Both platforms are the same as to how apps work. Well coded apps work well, poorly coded ones don't. And yes, poorly coded apps are alive and well on iOS.
You don't get it. I'm not trying to "smash" the iphone, I'm saying competition is a good. Petty posturing by either side goes nowhere.
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i do get it, we're saying the same thing, i think that got lost in translation, i believe competition is the best thing, i think apple would be stuck or not giving people exactly what they want without competition.
and im not trying to smash android, but i did originally refer to the amount of buggy applications on the marketplace
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