Verizon Not Interested in iPhone 4, Pushing Android Smartphones Instead
Based on a meeting of Verizon Wireless employees, Verizon will be promoting its latest Android devices in the upcoming “Rule the Air!” ad campaign, including the soon to be released Droid X and Droid 2. As of now, Verizon says that it is not interested in the iPhone 4 — even if many of its customers are.
Based on Verizon’s success with the Droid and Droid Incredible, as well as other Android-based smartphones, the company is looking put most of its efforts into promoting the new Android devices coming to Verizon. Included in these devices are the Droid X, with a release date of July 15 for $200, and the Droid 2, which will be released sometime in August.
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As a result of Verizon’s push of Android devices, it looks as though the rumors of the company finally getting the iPhone are once again false. Though it may happen eventually, Verizon says that they are just not interested in the iPhone 4 at this time.
Via DroidLife, Photo via Engadget
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androids are gay would much rather have an iphone.
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Yeh…I really wish my Android had a faulty antenna and could not be used as a phone without paying more for a case. I also really wish my Android had switched volume keys, yellow spots on the screen, faulty proximity detectors and so on and so forth….
Bad decision and at this point I may be jumping ship for the simple fact that i phone has a better built in protection for its users.
What problem do people have if a telecommunication company is trying to increase the market for it's smartphones. iPhone is exclusive to AT&T and has served as a major factor for growth of AT&T (and vice versa). T-Mobile/Sprint/Verizon are trying to push Android based devices further, and it's a good move. I'm no Apple “fanboy” or a “hater”, but for me, my Incredible does the task done better than iPhone 3G (based on my past experience).
What does “better built in protection for its users” mean? Does it come with a body guard? Or do you mean that you will be safe from incoming phone calls as long as you hold the phone in your hand?
Strange that the ays probably buy more than 50% of iPhones sold…
And I'm saying that as a gay guy myself. And no I don't have one because I don't care for them, but my partner has an old 3G.