Sunday, November 1 2009
marco gets realistic about AT&T and Verizon networks:
So it comes down to your needs. For me, my phone is a personal computer most of the time, and it’s occasionally used to make or receive phone calls. Most data is downloaded over WiFi, with occasional small transfers over the cellular network. Network flakiness hurts me less than device flakiness. For me, therefore, the device is much more important than the network, because I’m using the device much more than I’m using the network.
If you make a lot of phone calls, use a ton of cellular data, or frequently travel to Vermont, and will accept more shortcomings and limitations in your device to ensure the use of a better data network, you should consider Verizon. But if your phone is more of a pocket computer than a mobile telephone, the iPhone is the only way to go.
Most non-techie iPhone users I know complain about the network; they have, however, complained about their cell network since pre-iPhone, and they’ve never liked their cellphone very much.
But when it comes to techie iPhone users, many of them agree on these two points:
- AT&T’s voice network sucks
- They’d prefer not to have a voice plan at all.
