Getting an iPhone - White or Black?

STINGN · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:46 am

JL Rockies wrote:

Droids are for Star Wars yo. New iPhone out this summer.

on the box for my droid it said "droid is a lucasarts patented word"

daspes · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:13 am

linewarbr wrote:

daspes wrote:

OS 4.0 (which will be released in June) will allow multitasking (running multiple apps). Running 4.0 beta on mine right now and love it.

Where did you get that? I want to try it.

http://developer.apple.com/

daspes · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 6:17 am

wecwbe wrote:

I wish I could get an iPhone but until they are supported by something other than the lousy AT&T network it isn't an option for me. I can really relate to the Verizon commercials about the minimal AT&T coverage map. I used to have a phone on the AT&T network but when I moved to my current house, I had to go outside and stand in the front yard to use it. :banghead:

The coverage is so marginal at my house, it won't work indoors (and no it wasn't the phone itself, several different AT&T phones from different manufacturers all had the same problem here). Apparently AT&T has spent all of their money covering urban areas and they don't care much about rural areas. Both Sprint and Verizon have strong coverage where I live.

I like how the Verizon commercials talk about AT&T's poor "3G coverage" and the AT&T commercials that are supposed to counter the Verizon commercials only talk about "coverage" and not "3G coverage." Really deceptive and obviously trying to cover up the fact that their network is clearly and profoundly inferior to their competition. It's hard to understand why Apple went with them. If you live in a city, AT&T is probably fine as long as you don't stray to far.

Just my :2cents:

By the way, I voted for black.

I had the same problem with Verizon at my last duty station in Washington. I would literally have to go 2 blocks down the road to check my messages or make a call with my BB. Their CS wasn't the best in my opinion either.

AT&T, never had a problem with. Always had good signal, coverage, and 3G or Edge no matter where I was.

wecwbe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 9:08 am

daspes wrote:

I had the same problem with Verizon at my last duty station in Washington. I would literally have to go 2 blocks down the road to check my messages or make a call with my BB. Their CS wasn't the best in my opinion either.

AT&T, never had a problem with. Always had good signal, coverage, and 3G or Edge no matter where I was.

Interesting. It sounds like Verizon has some poor coverage areas in some regions too. Maybe they are all bad somewhere. You mentioning customer service brought back bad memories of AT&T also. They made the same mistake on my bill every month for over a year. I called them every month and always got someone new who would say "wow, I've never seen that problem before but don't worry, I fixed it so it will never happen again." And of course my next bill would come and it would be messed up the same way. I've never been so happy to fire a company.

When I dropped AT&T I went to Sprint and it has been great. I get strong coverage everywhere except in remote wilderness and inside a few office buildings I go to that are covered in metal (and everyone from every carrier has problems).

daspes · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:51 pm

That is almost the same problem I had with Verizon. Except twice as bad.

When we bought the phones, the clerk screwed up and assigned us 4 #'s vice 3 (wife's and mine) so for months I would be getting 2 bills in the mail. Finally got that cleared up after 6 months (still fighting to get off the credit report). And every month, my bill would be screwed up. That happened until I dropped them and went back to AT&T.

wecwbe · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:30 am

daspes wrote:

That is almost the same problem I had with Verizon. Except twice as bad.

When we bought the phones, the clerk screwed up and assigned us 4 #'s vice 3 (wife's and mine) so for months I would be getting 2 bills in the mail. Finally got that cleared up after 6 months (still fighting to get off the credit report). And every month, my bill would be screwed up. That happened until I dropped them and went back to AT&T.

I guess in a way they all stink somewhere for someone. When I went with Sprint, they got confused and thought they gave me 3 phones instead of 2. I kept getting billed for 3. Finally, I got someone to fix it. Then I got my next bill. There was $200 early cancellation fee for the phone I never had. :banghead:

Sometimes you just can't win! Eventually I got it all straightened out and now everything is great. It sounds like things worked out for you too. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

talleybird_kk · **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:40 pm

warp2diesel wrote:

White phones are for very prissy women with no assets.

Hmmm....Home owner, business owner, and white iPhone 3Gs owner.... :goink:

(Oh, and did I mention I'm a GIRL?)

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