Survey: Fewer Dropped Calls with VZN iPhone 4

[lamorpa]

The number of people who seem to have a significant portion of their persona invested in denigrating AT&T for the small difference in service coverage astounds me. It's as though each and every one of them wakes up in the morning with an assignment to use 'fail' and AT&T in some phrase, 3 to 5 times a day. To each their own, I guess, but I've got better things to do myself. I merely use my phone (at about 20-25% lower cost than comparable Verizon plans). (and no, I do not have an uncontrollable urge, or feeling of obligation to say 'Fail for Verizon' - who cares?)

 

[lasik124]

Its a shame that your numbers are wrong. Both plans are comparable to each other in price wise because I looked when I as up for a new phone. AT&T has failed in the aspect of improving service and their ads about dropped calls because I did have AT&T a while ago, the service hasn't improved at all. For example, in order for my friends Iphone to service in my basement, he needs to stand ontop of my table and put the phone to the ceiling. I comfortably get 4 bars sitting in my chair. I would much rather have a phone that can talk instead trying to search the web and talk. You can say Fail for verizon but they haven't really failed at anything yet. Most people like yourself, when they talk they talk they don't search the web too. So for the same price, Iphone data isn't unlimited while verizons still is, how can u not say a fail for AT&T. I wouldn't bash them if they didn't suck so much with service.

 

[lamorpa]

[citation][nom]lasik124[/nom]...[/citation]
Thank you. You demonstrate precisely what I was talking about: 1) The need to say 'fail' 2) The mistaken impression that one (you) person's experience can somehow be extrapolated to everyone (a truly self-centered conception). 3) I didn't know you set plan pricing for cell service providers. Believe it or not, I am not wrong. My service costs me quite a bit less (discounts, plan flexibility, etc.), though I won't make the mistake of holding a delusion that this somehow means that it is true for others (though it is true in general, as general comparisons have found).

 

[milktea]

I'm more interested in the customer satisfaction based on 'tier' group, from low talk time to excessive talk time. That should probably reveal some interesting data.

As for the study with 4000 iphone users... pointless.

 

[lasik124]

Why does it mater to say fail? please re-read what you type, you demonstrated precisely the people who act like they have the knowledge but have done little to research on the topic. 1) I can say fail as in failure to improve on prior network access not like "oh this phone is a fail = this phone sucks". So please figure out what other people are talking about first. 2) My personal experience happens across the nation, aka i have friends in college all over the place generally same areas and family that have both AT&T and Verizon, AT&T always faired less (as is was demonstrated by a network not personal experience if you actually read the article) and I am agreeing because that exact same thing has happened in a personal case. So please before you act like im some ignorant fool read the actual article, because if they did their survey on people like you, we would have nothing to go by because the figures would be all wrong. 3) Yes lol it saddens me to see people like you because if you go both into a new verizon or at&t account, their prices are exactly the same. and there are the same discounts like you--> family plans, student disscount, longevity discount etc. So really the prices are the same. The only argument you possibly could possess is the fact the Iphone4 for verizon can not work out of country, even through the Chip used in the verizon iphone is both GSM and CDMA capable. The Iphone by AT&T uses a GSM chip. For you lack of information I am going to teach you something quick so you can stop making usless posts. GSM is a more widely used chip type in europe and outside the country. It allows for simultaneous use of the internet and calling capabilities. It is also proven to have worse sound quality then CDMA. CDMA is considered to be growing along with LTE netwrok, while GSM considered to be a dying breed. AT&T = GSM. Verizon = CDMA. Now that you have that down, Verizon has more towers than T&T along with better signal strength in the USA. CDMA has better sound quality too. Hence not just a personal observation but it is facutal too. Go look and sign up for new plans. Base to base at&t and verizon are the same. Before you post next time, please get off your high horse and go do some researching before you make a dumb post like this again. It would save everyone the hassel.

 

[lamorpa]

@lasik124: It seems you were somehow unable to complete reading or comprehending my last post. Again: "I didn't know you set plan pricing for cell service providers. Believe it or not, I am not wrong. My service costs me quite a bit less (discounts, plan flexibility, etc.)." And it does. And it does again, in case you need to reply that it somehow does not, in some kind of alternate lasik124/verizon reality. I can tell. I price Verizon every time I roll over my contract. Be satisfied with (generally slightly, but seemingly large in your case) better service for the higher price you pay (as the same comparison studies find) And thanks for diatribe about voice quality (based on theoretical comparisons of bandwidth in the GSA and CDMA specifications), that's always one that CDMA carrier lovers always like to trot out, despite the fact that in actual use it is impossible to tell the difference. It's no different than the people who 'hear' differences in speaker cable. It only works in non-blind tests. (and again, though I'm sorry if it bothers you, my plan costs less on AT&T)

 

[retrig]

[citation][nom]soldier37[/nom]Your the idiot here pal, im sure your like the other 98% of people that complain every time a AT&T story hits, that never had them or an Iphone. Typical loserville.[/citation]
*you're
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[lasik124]

@lamorpa : again it seems like you still don't understand what I am talking about. I don't set the price I have looked at both. Seriously dude you must suck at finding sales, How do you come to realization that yours is so much less than mine? if you want to talk price, you need to start basic to basic, because what ur paying now on discounts, Verizon gives the same discounts. And yes there have been studies do some research like i have said before and stop posting dumba** remarks on here. And unless you somehow set your prices to on AT&T your prices are the same, Go to verizon and at&t website, start comparable plans you will see they cost the same, hence the reason why I looked at it as a ridiculous. Please go for your own sake, go and research difference between GSM and CMDA on the internet for a bit. There are plenty of articles backing up this case. Your plan does not cost less unless its in some special lampora/at&t world. Seriously go do the research before you post something again. You will see. *too btw how do u know what I am paying for and what discounts I have gotten with my plan lmao. Again you mocking my claim is quite funny based on what intelligence you have showed, failure to research and realize you dont know what you are talking about.period.

 

[lamorpa]

Sorry lasik124. Is seems you feel need to be right. OK, though the money I send each month to zero out the balance on my AT&T plan is less than the cost of any Verizon plan that I try to negotiate each time I comparison shop for cell phone service, I would 'pay equal to Verizon', somehow, so you can get a good night's sleep or something, I guess. And, since you don't seem to comprehend things the first time I state them, I'll repeat: I did agree that CDMA has better theoretical voice quality (that is what I stated in the words I typed and posted in my last comment that you could see when reading it), but in actual practice, in blinded, independent studies they cannot be distinguished, but in any case, I guess, for specially 'gifted' ears, there is a 'big difference.' CDMA is 'crystal clear'; GSM sounds like 'ducks quacking in a wind storm.' OK? Verizon 'must' equal: 'same or lower price', 'better voice quality', 'angels singing in the background,' etc. Just a general guidance: you can worry about your own intelligence if you feel it is threatened, I fine where I'm at.

 

[dstigue]

Wow troll fest. Besides customer service the biggest gripe I have with ATT is new customers don't get unlimited internet. That's a deal breaker for me. You can see well 98% of people don't use all the bandwidth anyway. Then to that I say why limit then? Obviously there is a reason. Cash grab and enough go over for them to profit. The other carriers aren't doing this and that's what scares me about T-Mobile deal.

 

[lamorpa]

[citation][nom]dstigue[/nom]You can see well 98% of people don't use all the bandwidth anyway. Then to that I say why limit then?[/citation]

Um, because bandwidth is not unlimited, and they don't want those 2% to use most of the available bandwidth, to the detriment of the other 98%? I'm having a hard time seeing how this is not obvious.

 

[eddieroolz]

I've stopped reading many comments as soon as I read "CDMA vs. GSM".

It's HSPA, pretenders.

 

[Guest]

4% really? that's it? im an AT&T user and i love my iphone buy i drop calls on a daily basis. to me, it seems more like a 15-20% range. although i didn't buy this phone for it's great call quality, it does get extremely annoying when i'm constantly having to call people back and explain. love everything about my iphone except for the phone part.