Really? I actually have been with Verizon Wireless for 17 years (we're talking bell atlantic mobile) and I have had no issues with them.
Even about a month ago my new schu740 had its front screen cracked and despite the fact that I was out of warranty, it was my fault, and i have no insurance - they replaced it without question!
Sure they're a tad expensive, but I ALWAYS have service and the calls are clear! Not something I can say about those other guys.
you really should see life outside of that proprietary operating system. its nice when i get a new phone and it isnt the same phone i had before except in a different look.
course it's also really nice when my service doesn't blow. Not to mention, I don't have a problem with the updated Verizon GUI. To me it looks a lot better then the ugly Motorola interface or what Sony Ericson is putting out.
Sadly, an iPhone would be nice - but I couldn't afford it anyways from ATT
Verizon is pretty excellent service-wise, sucky phone-wise. Still, I can look pretty smug and gloat at people showing their iPhones off when I can make a call and they can't.
Back in Kansas City, I had a Sprint phone for one year. As soon as I'd step in the house, calls would drop. Spent a lot of time standing on the sidewalk to talk on the phone. After that miserable year I went back to Verizon -- have been with them for about 12 years, since they were Cellular One at least in KC. Again, no problems.
Now I live in New Jersey and I think nobody in the NYC metro area has cell coverage as good as I had it with Verizon in KC. Usually I can talk on the phone in my basement apartment, but I've had calls drop four times before I gave up due to lost signal, and several pix/txt messages refuse to completely send until I restart my phone.
I'm also not a fan of the UI, but last time I had a Motorola phone the phonebook system annoyed me to no end. Rumor is that they now let you store multiple numbers under one contact instead of having "Bob Home" "Bob Work" "Bob Cell" all as separate entries. I'd switch to Cing^H^H^H^HAT&T for an 8525 but now I have too many Verizon friends to give up the In Calling.
"How would you know if you have been with the same company for 17 years?"
Just from everyone else's experience that I've heard that I know who has T-mobile and ATT. I just had a friend recently switch from TMobile to Verizon because the echo effect was unbearable when talking to him.
I've had very little to complain about the UI. And next year with Verizon's "openess" I'll be able to take other unlocked CDMA phones and use it without the Verizon GUI so really it's not a big deal.
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Really? I actually have been with Verizon Wireless for 17 years (we're talking bell atlantic mobile) and I have had no issues with them.
Even about a month ago my new schu740 had its front screen cracked and despite the fact that I was out of warranty, it was my fault, and i have no insurance - they replaced it without question!
Sure they're a tad expensive, but I ALWAYS have service and the calls are clear! Not something I can say about those other guys.
In all honesty, they probably only did that BECAUSE you've been a customer for so long.
I'd say that is a bias remark.
you really should see life outside of that proprietary operating system. its nice when i get a new phone and it isnt the same phone i had before except in a different look.
course it's also really nice when my service doesn't blow. Not to mention, I don't have a problem with the updated Verizon GUI. To me it looks a lot better then the ugly Motorola interface or what Sony Ericson is putting out.
Sadly, an iPhone would be nice - but I couldn't afford it anyways from ATT
Verizon is pretty excellent service-wise, sucky phone-wise. Still, I can look pretty smug and gloat at people showing their iPhones off when I can make a call and they can't.
"Not something I can say about those other guys"?
How would you know if you have been with the same company for 17 years?
Back in Kansas City, I had a Sprint phone for one year. As soon as I'd step in the house, calls would drop. Spent a lot of time standing on the sidewalk to talk on the phone. After that miserable year I went back to Verizon -- have been with them for about 12 years, since they were Cellular One at least in KC. Again, no problems.
Now I live in New Jersey and I think nobody in the NYC metro area has cell coverage as good as I had it with Verizon in KC. Usually I can talk on the phone in my basement apartment, but I've had calls drop four times before I gave up due to lost signal, and several pix/txt messages refuse to completely send until I restart my phone.
I'm also not a fan of the UI, but last time I had a Motorola phone the phonebook system annoyed me to no end. Rumor is that they now let you store multiple numbers under one contact instead of having "Bob Home" "Bob Work" "Bob Cell" all as separate entries. I'd switch to Cing^H^H^H^HAT&T for an 8525 but now I have too many Verizon friends to give up the In Calling.
"How would you know if you have been with the same company for 17 years?"
Just from everyone else's experience that I've heard that I know who has T-mobile and ATT. I just had a friend recently switch from TMobile to Verizon because the echo effect was unbearable when talking to him.
I've had very little to complain about the UI. And next year with Verizon's "openess" I'll be able to take other unlocked CDMA phones and use it without the Verizon GUI so really it's not a big deal.