“One million iPhones in 74 days—it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season.”
I’ll bet they can’t. Think what Apple could have done if they were partnered with a better cell network (AT&T is usually rated the worst of the big 5 national carriers, though Sprint sometimes claims that distinction).
NewMexiKen would like to get an iPhone, AT&T notwithstanding. My Verizon contract runs until January 8, 2008, but VzW does pro-rate the cancellation fee. Guess how much they pro-rate it?
A whopping $5 a month.
[And the reason the contract was renewed last January was because I upped my monthly minutes.]
The one good thing about changing carriers is that if you used Verizon’s free phone (the one they give you every two years when you renew), even the bad AT&T coverage is better than Verizon’s signal on the free phone. While free phones are nice, I couldn’t get reception in our house at all. Now I get okay reception with AT&T, and if we walk down the street the reception is actually pretty decent — which it never was with my free phone Verizon coverage.