LG Dare

[Howlin' Wolf]

iPhone killer!

[rossid]

I smell a Verizon rat in the forum. :P

[ibanez_player]

the whole thing just screams, "I'm an iPhone ripoff and I'm not even original enough to change all the icons or even slightly redesign the layout!"

[Howlin' Wolf]

the whole thing just screams, "I'm an iPhone ripoff and I'm not even original enough to change all the icons or even slightly redesign the layout!"

iphone rip off?!?

Have you seen the reviews that the iphone has gotten?
www.phonescoop.com
www.phonearena.com

oh, and the dare is the american version of LG's Prada which came out months before the first iphone was released. LG actually took apple to court for infringing on the copyright of the design of the Prada.

so enjoy your dropped calls, lack of a good camera and MMS, and slow network!

[Corrine]

Personally, I don't like the iPhone. Why would I give up some of my most basic functions that I use all the time, like taking video and the ability to send multi-media messages, just to have "the latest thing"?

[Valpo]

I'm a Mac and Verizon person

I know several people who have the iPhone and love it. I actually haven't met anyone who doesn't. But I loooove Verizon

[Howlin' Wolf]

I'm a Mac and Verizon person

I know several people who have the iPhone and love it. I actually haven't met anyone who doesn't. But I loooove Verizon

then let me sell you a dare!

[mindyhere]

Oh yeah - I want this one! I'm verizon (I love it too!) and won't switch providers just for an iphone.

I have to wait for April to upgrade though, and I'm too cheap to pay full price for one before then.

But yeah - this one is on my list. I'm looking to get away from the phone number "keyboard."

[cheewiee]

Until someone comes out with a full fledge browser (Like Safari) on a phone, nothing is going to kill the iPhone.... I would rather have a slow connection on a full browser then a fast connection on a browser light...

And with the App Store, and all of the development going on, iPhone, is poising itself to be a blackberry killer...

[Howlin' Wolf]

the dare has a full html browser.

[mcgreen311]

the dare has a full html browser.

Nobody cares, Verizon minion.

[Howlin' Wolf]

Nobody cares, Verizon minion.

in 4 months, we will own your puny little my circle and Chad will be behind the test man with a hard hat and some timberland work boots on.

[cheewiee]

the dare has a full html browser.

Its still just an iPhone wannabe.... Nothing really innovative... Still following the trend set by someone else... With the apps store, and the 3G, its going to take more than an iPhone Clone to kill the iPhone...

[Howlin' Wolf]

Its still just an iPhone wannabe.... Nothing really innovative... Still following the trend set by someone else... With the apps store, and the 3G, its going to take more than an iPhone Clone to kill the iPhone...

iphone wannabe?

LG's prada came out before the iphone. The Dare is the american version.

AT&T's 3g network is a joke. so is the iphone battery life.

[cheewiee]

iphone wannabe?

LG's prada came out before the iphone. The Dare is the american version.

AT&T's 3g network is a joke. so is the iphone battery life.

Yea, but you can't use the dare overseas... and GSM phones are much easier to unlock, and using on other carriers than CDMA....

I am looking forward to the day my wife no longer works for sprint, and I can get an Unlocked iPhone and use it on Tmobile.

[Howlin' Wolf]

Yea, but you can't use the dare overseas... and GSM phones are much easier to unlock, and using on other carriers than CDMA....

I am looking forward to the day my wife no longer works for sprint, and I can get an Unlocked iPhone and use it on Tmobile.


you can use the dare overseas. just not in Europe. Besides, who wants to use their phone overseas and incur massive international roaming charges?

Verizon is going to LTE in 2010.

The way sprint is hemorraging customers and laying off employees. youre wish may come true sooner than you think.

[Tracey]

Personally, I don't like the iPhone. Why would I give up some of my most basic functions that I use all the time, like taking video and the ability to send multi-media messages, just to have "the latest thing"?

Murray says that's big big big NO NO!!! :eek: :D

[cheewiee]

you can use the dare overseas. just not in Europe. Besides, who wants to use their phone overseas and incur massive international roaming charges?

Verizon is going to LTE in 2010.

The way sprint is hemorraging customers and laying off employees. youre wish may come true sooner than you think.

Show me a cell carrier that doesn't hemmorage customers...

I would still have tmobile, except until now,with the Suncom aquisition I didn't get great service in Charlotte.

[Howlin' Wolf]

Show me a cell carrier that doesn't hemmorage customers...

I would still have tmobile, except until now,with the Suncom aquisition I didn't get great service in Charlotte.
VZW


http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-wireless-touts-lowest-churn-rate/2007-11-09

[cheewiee]

VZW


http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-wireless-touts-lowest-churn-rate/2007-11-09

1% of your customer base per quarter isn't hemoriging???

[Howlin' Wolf]

not when we add anywhere from 1.6 to 2 million customers every quarter.

Sprint's total customer base actually drops every customer. They lose more than they add.

[BurningSon]

Personally, I would rather have a flip phone than a full screen phone. I'm with Alltel right now, and trust me, I'd rather be with them and go to Verizon than to ever go back to AT&T. I had them for 6 months and will never go back to them. Crappy phone quality, never had a good connection to a tower unless I was home, and had dropped calls all the time. AT&T is not the best company out there.

[rossid]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37547/118/

According to a report published by Gartner, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile combined are home to 84.4% of U.S. cellphone users, which added up to 272.1 million at the end of Q4 of 2007. If Gartner is correct, then the market is pretty much set with a pattern that indicates that size matters in the current business environment. AT&T Wireless, the largest U.S. cellphone carrier with 70.1 million users, posted the strongest growth in this group, adding 14.9% or more than nine million new customers over the course of the year. Verizon Wireless, second in the group, achieved 11.2% growth (to 65.7 million users), Sprint Nextel with 48.5 million users saw its user base climb 0.7% and T-Mobile 28.7 million customers saw a 14.6% jump.


So there were 272.1m as of Q4 2007:

ATT 70.1m

Verizon 65.7 (you are right they look strong especially if they are growing - mycompany has a discount plan which I might choose for my 14- and 16-year old)

Sprint Nextel 48.5

T-Mobile 28.7

Quick count leaves about 59.1 and where is my company's carrier U.S. Cellular? Around number 11.

[cheewiee]

http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/37547/118/

According to a report published by Gartner, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile combined are home to 84.4% of U.S. cellphone users, which added up to 272.1 million at the end of Q4 of 2007. If Gartner is correct, then the market is pretty much set with a pattern that indicates that size matters in the current business environment. AT&T Wireless, the largest U.S. cellphone carrier with 70.1 million users, posted the strongest growth in this group, adding 14.9% or more than nine million new customers over the course of the year. Verizon Wireless, second in the group, achieved 11.2% growth (to 65.7 million users), Sprint Nextel with 48.5 million users saw its user base climb 0.7% and T-Mobile 28.7 million customers saw a 14.6% jump.


So there were 272.1m as of Q4 2007:

ATT 70.1m

Verizon 65.7 (you are right they look strong especially if they are growing - mycompany has a discount plan which I might choose for my 14- and 16-year old)

Sprint Nextel 48.5

T-Mobile 28.7

Quick count leaves about 59.1 and where is my company's carrier U.S. Cellular? Around number 11.
T-Mobile just bought suncom out... So they will be jumping up a bit...

I have had them all, ATT, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile, and hands down, T-Mobile, has the best customer service, they usualy have some of the more innovative equipment...

But right now, I pay 15 bucks a month for 500 mins, unlimited internet/texts cuz my wife works with Sprint... So I love the Centro, i am ok with the shoddy sprint coverage... (For now)

[Howlin' Wolf]

Personally, I would rather have a flip phone than a full screen phone. I'm with Alltel right now, and trust me, I'd rather be with them and go to Verizon than to ever go back to AT&T. I had them for 6 months and will never go back to them. Crappy phone quality, never had a good connection to a tower unless I was home, and had dropped calls all the time. AT&T is not the best company out there.

Verizon is buying Alltell. You will be joining us very soon, my friend.

[cheewiee]

If there is to be an iPhone killer, it will be one running the Android OS...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080818/tc_nf/61401