Verizon takes shots at Android

[refused9150]

With one particular phone having a lot of hype around the release date, there will always be people out there to tell fans that they are wrong. One instance that continually comes to mind in this area is the iPhone. Recently it seems that the T-Mobil... Read more

[JetsHERO]

They are now running scared, CDMA is old news. I`m pretty sure some of our esteemed trolls here on this board work for Verizon, whats the matter? Jealous of Android?

[K.Krstnsn]

oh ya... verizon bread n butter are ****ty ass LG phones... they do nothing they are ugly and they have really really really bad names...

chocolate, envy....

CDMA was old news 5 years ago. oh but wait... they have the largest 3g network in the nation according to thier billboards.

[MrFoxhound]

While most of this is just Verizon in-house e-mail(notice that this is a corporate e-mail to be read by sales staffs), the biggest and most valid point they have is that they offer turn-by-turn GPS while the G1 does not. Outside of this being corrected(which has already been seen by programs like AndNav, and I'm sure more in the future), they have no room to talk because their handsets are boring and too small. I like the G1 a lot more than the iPhone I had(returned after one day) because the price is right and the open community means programs will be coming and never stopping, also the devleopers walking away with 70% profit from their programs means that the prices will be cheaper than other phones with similar markets. When considering a new phone, however, Verizon wasn't even on my radar and I never even looked into them. Turn-by-turn is really all they have on the G1.

[Lukster]

CDMA on a iphone running windows is there only hope.. really some arguments are valid and point towards t-mobile more than the g1 itself, but i think its morso to hurt t-mobile. And they will have to bash the g1 phone along with the plan and service to have a better effect.

I think they will be eating their words when alot more develops over time on the android os, and i think they know this the same.. reason for bashing!

[RaQHoliday]

I sincerely hope the Blackberry Storm backs up all the ish they're talking... cuz if it doesn't, this is quite laughable.

[Driguez]

All i got to say is WOW. Most of their points, any of us can have a rebutal on hand. Only thing i agree is Turn by Turn, of course all of us are expecting it will be readily available sooner or later, AndNav being the first already on the market. Jeez the phone has been out, what? 2 weeks?

[androidguy]

I think Verizon should have done a comparison with the LG phones they sell I'm sure they would have beat the G1 ROFL!!!

[ndbigdave]

There are some legitimate points made by the e-mail/flyer - and in fairness to Verizon, T-Mobile does the exact same kind of things.

I worked for two different T-Mobile locations and we were given "competition binders" so that we knew about the other guys phones, plans and current promotions.

I dont think there is anything wrong with it.

I do wish to point out that Verizon has yet to really have that super hot "it phone" yet. They will try with the storm and have had success with their Voyager, but I love the capabilities of my G1.

[datarat]

While Verizon makes some very real points with this, the thing that they DON'T address is that the G1 isn't static, it isn't locked into it's code at the time of release, and because it has the potential to be updated. Verizon locks and cripples their phones, and once you've bought it you have to be pretty brave to attempt any modifications.