I believe that certain iPhone functionality (face to face) requires wifi. Does your coworker have wifi at the farm house? Also, 4G makes a pretty huge difference if you plan to browse a lot via the phone carrier. Maybe the agent was thinking about these features?
The overall experience isn't there but the droids have some neat pockets of technology. I really miss SWYPE on my iPhone and iPad. Cheers. On Jul 10, 2011, at 12:53 AM, Joe Sporleder <[email protected]> wrote: > I forgot to mention - a co-worker went to a local Verizon agent (you know, > the mom and pop electronic dealers, not Verizon corporate stores or an Apple > retail store), and since that dealer isn't authorized to sell the iPhone, > told the co-worker and her husband that the iPhone wouldn't work at her farm > house. My blackberry and earlier Verizon phones worked fine at her place as > far as signal strength. On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being within a mile of > the tower to 1 being just about to lose signal and have a call drop, I would > say her location would be about a 4 or 5. I figured the iPhone wouldn't be > much worse or better at any particular location than any other Blackberry or > Android phone. Verizon has great tower penetration in many rural areas of > Kansas, including my area of Northern Kansas. Verizon inherited the towers > when they bought Altel and Altel inherited them when they bought Kansas > Cellular. No problem for me, I'll just go to a Verizon corporate store or > order directly from Apple online. I realize Apple has to limit whom sells to > control the buying experience and also to keep supply shortages from being > any worse than they sometimes are, especially with new iOS device rollouts. > > Joe > > On Jul 10, 2011, at 12:41 AM, Joe Sporleder wrote: > >> I've been trying to decide whether to go with a Verizon iPhone or forget >> about the iPhone and save some money with a regional provider and an android >> device and enjoy my many other products. My current Verizon Blackberry Curve >> is on the fritz - something is causing it to randomly restart, and it is >> becoming more frequent. I'm really leaning towards the iPhone and cutting >> expenses elsewhere to accommodate Verizon's higher plan costs. >> >> I have to wait until August 8 if I want to pay the $199/$299 upgrade prices >> for 16GB/32GB. Otherwise, it'd be the full price. I might be able to keep >> the Blackberry alive until then. I'm not sure I can make it until September, >> when the rumored iOS device updates are expected. iPhone 4S? iPhone 5? They >> don't exist yet (at least to the public), and an unforeseen problem could >> cause them to be delayed. >> >> The iPhone commercial that says if you don't have an iPhone, you don't have >> an iPhone. I just don't think Android is there yet, if they ever will be, to >> just making it all work together seamlessly. At least I'm grandfathered in >> to the unlimited data plan if I stick with Verizon. It would be nice to see >> a little more competitiveness with the data rates for the tiered plans. >> >> Joe >> _______________________________________________ >> iPhone-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk _______________________________________________ iPhone-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
