“With the Apple iPhone launch less than two weeks away, Verizon sees its services and not a new iPhone-killing handset as the way to compete against rival AT&T, said CEO Ivan Seidenberg,” Marguerite Reardon reports for CNET News.
“When asked if he thinks the company will take a hit from subscribers ditching Verizon Wireless’ service for AT&T’s he said he believes that Verizon is in a very good position. Verizon Wireless has long enjoyed strong customer loyalty with one of the lowest churn rates of any major wireless operator in the country,” Reardon reports.
MacDailyNews Take: You’ve got about 9 days left of enjoyment, Mr. Seidenberg.
Reardon continues, “‘The iPhone will add excitement and stimulation to the market,’ he said. ‘If we have done our job, then we will be a beneficiary. I hope it does reasonably well.’ But a ban imposed earlier this month by the International Trade Commission on handsets that contain some 3G, or third-generation, Qualcomm technology could throw a monkey wrench into Seidenberg’s plan, if the issue isn’t resolved.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Adam W.” for the heads up.]
@ChrissyOne
I’m bored now… your too easy!
@ChrissyOne
I’m bored now… your too easy!
@ChrissyOne
I’m bored now… your too easy!
When you talk about customer satisfaction with wireless carriers, it’s not about who you like best, It’s about who sucks less. I don’t know a single person who loves their wireless company.
They all make you sign a contract, then treat you like sh*t because they know it will cost you dearly to leave. Nobody who wants an iPhone will stick with their current carrier out of loyalty.
My current plan (4 phones – $130 a month) with Verizon ends in December.
I’ve resisted several offers of free phones, extra minutes, etc the past 2 months. Each offer included a new 2-year extension.
My Verizon plan is up midway through December.
Do you hear me, now?
The sad thing for Verizon is — they passed on the iPhone —
They didn’t want it.
@ pudding&pie;
“I’m bored now… your too easy!”
Next up, Contractions, 101.
Your – as in, your dog.
You’re – as in You Are as smart as one.
Please someone tell me how Verizon will be a ‘beneficiary’ of the success of a competitor’s superior product?
die Verizon and take your shity customer service with you!!!
I’m dropping 5 phones and moving to AT&T and picking up 5 iPhone with the works….ASAP!!!!
ChrissyOne: “Would you like to explain how 50 million people could afford a RAZR?”
Certainly. It’s a nice looking phone that costs nothing when you get it with a plan.
50 million people did not buy a RAZR at $499. 50 million people will not buy an iPhone at $499.
ChrissyOne = Commie, terrorist lover
@ Gilbert
Damn, you must have read my manifesto. >.<
@ChrissyOne
‘bullshit was equity THEN you’d be a rich man(?), until then keep dreaming.’
I like that!LOL
Gilbert=Mary
@ ChairmanMao
Did you ever make it with anyone?
@ Peter
The RAZR started out at 600 bucks. It didn’t stay that way forever. Neither will iPhone.
And they will sell a lot more than 50 million of them.
“Oh, didn’t you hear? Tommy thought he was being clever by posting a link to my MySpace. Took some heavy detective work, considering it’s the very first Google hit …”
If you’re that slim blonde girl you’re very pretty, but, OMG, the site’s not. The design made me ill, and it autoplays some really weird music, like you’re a serial killer or something. Plus it killed Safari. I was just applying the 10.4.10 update to my Mac, so I looked at it on a Windows box in Safari for Windows. It froze it and I had to force-quit.
@ChrissyOne
‘And they will sell a lot more than 50 million of them.’
thanks for that, for you are the voice of reason! We are humbled by your insightful truth…
@ Stefano Jobso
Actually I designed it just to kill your computer.
The music is audio performance artist Joe Frank. Listen, it’s really good.
@ SJ
Thanks! I’m here all week.
What’s w/all the cr*p directed at ChrissyOne?
ChrissyOne is one of the more intelligent posters at MDN.
I have Verizon now – quite happy with it. Will buy an iPhone and convert to ATT. Will just let old contract expire. Not even gonna try to get out of it. So in that regard, Verizon will do quite well by me. They get their monthly and don’t even have to provide me service.
I do wish they had been the one to partner with apple. Still, I’m switching.
@ Jake
They’re just upset because they don’t understand the big words I use. Like ‘troglodyte’
I’m not leaving Sprint for several reasons.
1) A phone isn’t that important to me.
2) I carry my laptop with me all the time.
3) I’ve got EVDO access for my laptop which blows away EDGE networking.
@ChrissyOne
or ‘hysterectomy’
“s: Achilles is right. ATT’s coverage in rural area are poor. If I drive down south or west one hour from where I live, Verizon is the only reliable carrier.”
as a cingular customer for 12 plus, i encountered endless no coverage areas in the southeast. the final straw was having to look for a phone booth (very difficult these days) in the mall, while watching verizon cell phones being used.
i really like the iPhone but not if the carrier is unreliable.