AT&T iPhone sales unaffected by Verizon launch

well obviously.. no one wants a non gsm iphone

Every time I consider jumping back to Verizon, they do something stupid. I haven't been a customer since the original iPhone and they still manage to infuriate me with their GOTCHA billing and business practices.

The latest was a postcard a couple days ago about bogus premium SMS charges. They said that they contacted me because they thought I was billed by these scam premium SMS companies, and they'd like to refund the charges. But to do so, I need to file a claim with the date, the number and the amount, which they'll verify against their list of scam premium SMS companies.

Now they already have this information, so what they're saying is "we know we owe you money, but unless you ask for it back and prove to us that you have us dead-to-rights, we're not going to give it to you".

It's crap like that Verizon, that makes me happy to settle for less-than-perfect coverage on AT&T as opposed to doing business with you.

when my contract is up in June, I'm gone from AT&T. Not their fault, just insufficient coverage for the price I pay. Since I get 80% coverage, they should only charge 80% of what someone with full coverage gets.

I'm waiting for the next phone and my contract to be mostly up and then I'm jumping ship from AT&T.

On another AOL site, @HuffingtonPost: New AT&T Phone Contracts Dive In 1Q - "NEW YORK -- AT&T subscribers are still buying iPhones, but with Verizon now selling the phone too, it seems to have lost its power to draw new subscribers to AT&T.

AT&T, the country's largest telecommunications company, reported Wednesday the addition of 62,000 net new subscribers on contract-based plans in the first quarter, a record low. A year ago, the figure was 512,000."

Perspective, I guess.

The shoe that hasn't dropped is expiring contracts. What percentage of AT&T's customer base is waiting out a contract in order to make the jump?

This might be too optimistic on AT&T's part. The iPhone 3GS was introduced in June 2009 which means that the 2-year contracts are about to expire. Many with iPhone 3's skipped iPhone 3 GS because they were locked into 2-year contracts but bought the iPhone 4 a year later (June 2010). This means that from June 2011 until the 2-year anniversary of the Verizon getting the iPhone, there is going to be a steady trickle of people whose contracts with AT&T are expiring who never had a chance to pick Verizon...which huge spikes in June 2011 and June 2012.

Based on my boss's glowing recommendation of Verizon's service of AT&T, I'll probably switch my entire household in June from 3GS's to 4's and AT&T to Verizon.

If I were AT&T, I know when and where I'd concentrate my iPhone advertising dollars.

Why would you even buy a smart phone and not have it on a much faster network...if you know anything about cell band technology and you live in an area where AT&T is not throttled by overuse there is no reason why you shouldn't have AT&T. I live in the Tampa, FL area and I have no problems and I know I get faster download and upload speeds than Verizon Droid/iPhone users.

Suprising, considering that everyone I know on AT&T is have around a 75% call drop rate, including me. ( Long Beach, CA ).

Guess the rest of the country doesn't hate AT&T as much as the TUAW staff, despite your best efforts.