Motorola Q
Attention Verizon:
If the Q does not launch this month, I am leaving you.
This is not meant as a threat, because I know the concerns of one little customer mean nothing to you.
It is more like a pledge.
I have had it with your ridiculously poor lineup of phones. Every other wireless company gets the new phones before you do. I must gaze enviously at the handsets of my friends on Cingular, T-Mobile, etc., with their RAZRs, SLVRs, and the like - LONG before VZW has something similar. You gypped us all by refusing to offer anything that mates with iTunes, despite its overwhelming worldwide popularity. Yeah, good call. Diss all those users. I'm not saying you shouldn't have looked at other formats, but that you should have been INclusive of the iTun...
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This is not meant as a threat, because I know the concerns of one little customer mean nothing to you.
It is more like a pledge.
I have had it with your ridiculously poor lineup of phones. Every other wireless company gets the new phones before you do. I must gaze enviously at the handsets of my friends on Cingular, T-Mobile, etc., with their RAZRs, SLVRs, and the like - LONG before VZW has something similar. You gypped us all by refusing to offer anything that mates with iTunes, despite its overwhelming worldwide popularity. Yeah, good call. Diss all those users. I'm not saying you shouldn't have looked at other formats, but that you should have been INclusive of the iTun...
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I know your angst and couldn't have agreed more ... that is, until I decided to do something about it. Writing such a post will have more affect if you send it directly to Verizon ...
www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/contact/index.jsp
What you need to know is that Verizon is the 500lb gorilla on the street. Period. Their coverage is the largest, most widespread and most reliable network in this country. To date, nearly every major manufacturer (with all really originating in Japan) has inked a deal with Verizon to provide exclusivity for their newer models. Cingular and T-Mobile, all carriers actually, require separate software and thus create stringent testing.
In fact, if you understand how the "matrix" of the wireless indust...
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www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/contact/index.jsp
What you need to know is that Verizon is the 500lb gorilla on the street. Period. Their coverage is the largest, most widespread and most reliable network in this country. To date, nearly every major manufacturer (with all really originating in Japan) has inked a deal with Verizon to provide exclusivity for their newer models. Cingular and T-Mobile, all carriers actually, require separate software and thus create stringent testing.
In fact, if you understand how the "matrix" of the wireless indust...
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If it does not come out by the end of April, and you go somewhere else, are you expecting to never see a delay in the release of a new phone?
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The other companies get the newest phones with the latest technology far quicker than Verizon. That is a fact. It is also a fact that Verizon's inability to get products to market in a timely manner is hurting confidence in their stock.
I never indicated I expect things to be perfect elsewhere. I'm just sick of Verizon's bs.
I never indicated I expect things to be perfect elsewhere. I'm just sick of Verizon's bs.
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Amen to that! 😁 I have been a customer for 14 years and I will be honest. They have almost forced me away. Cingular and the Moto A1200 is about to be my out. I am at least going to try Cingular. I live in the bay area and I heard the service is better than Verizon. We will see!
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IMHO:
1) The Q will probably launch this month.
2) It will be very, very cool.
3) It will be a crappy phone.
4) It will be a marginal PDA.
5) It will have terrible battery life.
6) It will still be very, very cool.
So ask yourself - is having a cool but marginal phone/pda worth the wait?
BTW - Verizon is a 500lbs gorilla in marketing their brand. Most of their perception in coverage is based on when they were the domanant carrier in analog coverage. In the digital carrier world they are 2nd in the number of cell sites, 3rd in Spectrum.
1) The Q will probably launch this month.
2) It will be very, very cool.
3) It will be a crappy phone.
4) It will be a marginal PDA.
5) It will have terrible battery life.
6) It will still be very, very cool.
So ask yourself - is having a cool but marginal phone/pda worth the wait?
BTW - Verizon is a 500lbs gorilla in marketing their brand. Most of their perception in coverage is based on when they were the domanant carrier in analog coverage. In the digital carrier world they are 2nd in the number of cell sites, 3rd in Spectrum.
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