iPhone 4 comes to Verizon Wireless
Say your Hail Mary’s, praise Allah and feed the poor: your prayers have been answered!
Verizon Wireless announced today that the Apple iPhone 4 will be coming to the Nation’s Most Reliable Network. Pre-orders for existing customers can be made online staring Feb. 3rd, 2011, with general orders opening up on Feb. 10th. (Perhaps Verizon/Apple will put out some awesome commercials during the Superbowl, reminiscent of Apple’s infamous release of Macintosh in 1984.)
While details of the data plans and tethering charges have not yet been released, the cost of the phone is as follows:
- 16GB – $199 w/ 2-year contract
- 32GB – $299 w/ 2-year contract
Verizon declined to comment on pricing plans, utilization of data during calls, download speed and tethering pricing. Though not uncommon for Verizon to be nearly as secretive as Apple, it would have been beneficial to offer existing AT&T customers a great incentive to switch.
A quick review of Verizon’s Getting Ready Guide for existing customers reveals one big hiccup for me; all existing voicemail’s will be lost upon transfer to the iPhone. While everyone else may not be the virtual pack-rat that I am; there must be more than a few people out there that hoard their voicemails with the same fervor of Scrat in Ice Age.
Don’t get me wrong, though; I am stoked for the iPhone to come to my favorite network. Perhaps the biggest point to consider though– is it worth extending a contract now with the iPhone 4, or is it best to wait until June when they will probably release the iPhone 5?
Source: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/iphone.jsp
I really don’t like that the voicemails will be lost upon switching, that’s almost a deciding factor for me. But I’m in favor of waiting. Maybe until June for the iPhone 5, but maybe later than that. I think I would rather wait until all (or most of) the bugs are known, and some fixed. I want to know what people like about it, and what they don’t, before I would spend that much money on a phone, plus switching to a more expensive data plan.
Plus, I love my current phone, even lacking the “thrills” that are so common in the newer phones they are coming out with. I think I would be happier just getting the new iPod Touch that seems to have the same features that the new iPhone on Verizon has. That would save in the monthly costs and still allow me to have all the fun of the iPhone. But that’s just me. I can see why people would want both devices in one.