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In less than 24 hours, Verizon and Apple sold out of their pre-order stock of iPhone 4 handsets. The actual number of handsets put aside for the pre-order was not disclosed, but Dan Mead, president and CEO of Verizon Wireless, confirmed Verizon had the most successful first day sales in the history of the company.…
In a bit of news that doesn’t surprise me much, a new study from BillShrink finds that a quarter million U.S. users are paying too much for their wireless service because they miscalculate how much voice, data and text messages they use per month. The report found that people waste about $336 per year. Part…
The Verizon iPhone will be available to the masses next week, and pre-orders have already begun for existing Verizon customers. It seems like good news for everyone, unless you’re a Verizon employee. It doesn’t look like a hard rule or anything, but the carrier is advising its employees to put customers first when it comes…
Customers that snagged a pre-order last night are reporting that their iPhone 4 order status now says shipped and their credit cards have been charged. Tracking details are not yet available, but the turn around time on preparing these orders for shipment is fast. Before you start stalking the Fedex or UPS delivery person looking…
A memo on Verizon’s website confirms the wireless carrier will begin throttling its highest data users as a way to manage network traffic. The memo points to new ” optimization and transcoding technologies” that will help the wireless carrier better manage its network. While most of the network optimization involves data compression, the wireless carrier…
iPhone 4 pre-orders for Verizon customers went live slightly before 3 am and we were right in the middle of this iPhone-fueled buying frenzy. Thankfully, Verizon was prepared and the servers handled the initial load with ease. The process for ordering was exactly as was expected. You need to verify your status as a Verizon…
The Verizon iPhone 4 reviews are hitting the news wire and the overall response to Apple’s CDMA variant of it popular smartphone is overwhelmingly positive. As expected, the hardware is nearly identical to the current GSM version sold by AT&T and other carriers worldwide. The biggest difference between the two handsets is a slight re-positioning…
The Verizon iPhone 4 is so close that you can almost taste it. Tonight, pre-orders will start for existing Verizon customers at midnight PST, or 3 a.m. EST. However, on February 10, everyone will get their chance to nab the CDMA iPhone. But it won’t be Apple and Verizon alone dishing out the smartphone –…
You can almost smell the fear in AT&T as the day many of us have been waiting for draws near. Tonight at midnight PST and 3 a.m. EST, the Verizon iPhone will go on pre-order for existing customers. Next week, on February 10, the general public can stake their claim on the CDMA Apple smartphone.…
Apple confirmed the Verizon iPhone will be available for pre-order starting February 3rd. This initial pre-order is available for Verizon customers to pre-order the iPhone 4 from the Apple Store and Verizon Wireless. A limited number of handsets are available and orders will be filled on a first come, first serve basis. A second pre-order will…