BlackBerry Storm now available from Verizon Wireless
0. phoneArena posted on 21 Nov 2008, 13:45
Verizon has unleashed a Storm onto the US and with the launch of the first ever touch screen BlackBerry device, they tend to get busy with the high numbers of anticipated sales....
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85. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:39 0 0
I own a cell phone store and used to sell Verizon, ATT, and TMobile. I dropped ATT. For your pricing options, Both Verizons and ATTs Family 1400 plans are $89.99 a month. Both company's data plans for each respective phone costs $29.99 a month. Messaging for ATT is as follows: $5 for 200 messages, $15 for 1500 messages, $20 for unlimited messages. Messaging for Verizon is as follows: $5 for 250 messages, $10 for unlimited "IN" messaging (mobile-to-mobile) and 500 messages, $15 for unlimited "IN" messaging and 1500 messages, $20 for unlimited "IN" messaging and 5000 messages. Looking at that, I'd say they are pretty damn similar. They're pricing is going to be almost identical. The 2 biggest differences in Verizon's favor is Coverage and Customer Service. Now it would be nice if both sides stopped acting like children about this when they aren't as knowledgeable as they think...
87. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:48 0 0
@ 84 You need to go back to school or learn to hit the "Check Spelling" Button Immediately!!
89. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 19:55 0 0
BES service on those two lines = $40. total price $229.99 Still not a bad price, but I've had sprint service before ...
95. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 20:19 0 0
Hey go suck a nut nobody said sprint was the best however you are a brain washed tool....... Welcome to the rat race you might last 6 months when you cant hit quota because of all your charge backs. Anybody can tell lies and hustle people into blowing their hard earned money. Keep sucking the international pipeline kid if it wasnt for vodaphone Big red would be nothing. At least sprint remains the largest Indepent US owned wireless carrier.
114. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 22:12 0 0
whos says it doesn't get corporate email? If corporate email means enterprise then yes it does. Just a heads up vz boy
117. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 22:23 0 0
Cost of Company name change $15 billion, cost of letters to customers explaining the policy changes $1 milion, Cost of the new everything plan $ 2,000 a month ( to make up some of the money that is being lost every second they are in business) number of customers leaving 51.5 million, new customer base after new comapny buys and cancels all current everything plan 5, My commission check after signing up 51.5 million new customers ...... PRICELESS...
119. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 22:27 0 0
I agree with you right up till you said Sprint is the largest independant US owned wireless carrier, I guess the fact that ATT is totally independant and US owned. Nice try
129. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 23:19 0 0
They have no choice but to lower their prices on everything. When you continue to lose customers and money, quarter after quarter because your customer base has no faith in you, you have to do something to try and compete. The company is obviously struggling for a reason and its NOT because they offer great service at cheap price ;)
131. (unregistered) posted on 21 Nov 2008, 23:23 0 0
to number 6 Touch Pro on Sprint , family plan 1500 minutes, unlimted text, data package 129.99
139. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 00:00 0 0
Not sure I get what you mean by that. I have shopped my local VZ and I will be honest, I wan't impressed. Now all sales reps have bad days and maybe that was the case with this guy. When I went in I told him that I was thinking about switching and I mentioned that it would come down to price. When we compared plans and price and figured that it came out dead even, he actually told me that it would not be worth switching. When I asked him about network and that I needed a PDA with a really fast internet conection he told me that VZ service in my area was not as good as what ATT had in the area and actually told me where the local ATT location was and even suggested the I Phone. Now I work at the ATT store that he directed me to and was kinda of dumb founded at his reponce. I actually for a minute thought about hiring him cause he did such a good job selling me a competitors service but then came back to reality and realized what he had just done. I appreciated his honesty but questioned his loyalty. I will have to say that in my area ATT does have the superior network as we have 3G and VZ does not. Im pretty sure that is not in the VZ sales handbook to push customers to ATT. Thanks though
152. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 07:30 0 0
WOW! someone is actually defending Sprint?! That network sucks! They even sold their towers so they could pay the bills! They loose millions of customers at a time! That should tell you something. And on a "common ground" point of view...at least Verizon and AT&T doesn't roam like Sprint, you either have service or you don't, none of that roaming charges crap. I may have Verizon but I'd go to AT&T as a secondary before going lower than that. Words of wisdom, go big or go home.
154. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 07:34 0 0
Yeah and not to mention Sprint's false advertisements. Like "largest 3G network"..."#1 business network"..."most powerful network" all crap. Verizon clearly has the largest 3G network, and JD Power ranked Verizon the highest overall, so Sprint's claims seem a bit short.
166. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 09:21 0 0
vzw is in now way hurting neither is att for that matter. i havent seen tmobiles 4 q numbers they r making money too. even metro pcs is making money. so sprint actually is loosing money in a market that thier competitors are making money by the buckets. only a few industries make more money than the cell phone industry
170. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 11:11 0 0
Words of wisdom.....from a moron, 155. Sprint has no roaming charges. You get to roam for free. So know what you're talking about before you spout misinformation. And who the hell cares if they own their towers or not? They own the spectrum. That's what's important.
173. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 12:26 0 0
According to their coverage map they have a lot of roaming...is that charged to the customers or not?
175. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 12:31 0 0
I stand corrected #173...that must be new. I know someone who had Sprint and they roamed like crazy (and was charged). About a year or so ago they have dropped Sprint for Verizon and she loves it.
184. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 14:51 0 0
wtf r u talking about, umm sprint..$99 a month..UNLIMITED EVERYTHING..dork
185. (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 14:53 0 0
and the simply unlimited covers roaming chargers now.
189. fanboy (unregistered) posted on 22 Nov 2008, 16:12 0 0
dont forget 2 off the worst networks sprint/nextel....and about to go belly up... Yeah its only the now networks, because tomorrow there gone....lol
