How bad do iPhone proprietor and owners - to - be want to see Apple work its speech sound to Verizon ? If a couple of new surveys are anything to go by , an increase number of them — including current Verizon customers — can probably almost taste it .
First , ChangeWave asked exist AT&T iPhone owners in late July how potential they would be toswitch to Verizon . Now granted , it ’s not the declamatory survey we ’ve ever seen at just over 200 respondents , but nearly one third of them said they would flip-flop from AT&T , with 13 percent saying they were “ very potential , ” , and 18 per centum marking “ moderately potential . ” Keep in creative thinker that switching newsboy is a potentially expensive venture , as it could involve paying a pro - order exchange traded fund ( early termination fee ) if a customer is still under declaration . Also recollect that , as of June 1 this yr , AT&T joined Verizon in raising its ETFs on new smartphone declaration — including the iPhone — from $ 175 to $ 325 . Verizon , by comparison , now charge $ 350 .
The typical reasons float to the top for why customers would defect from AT&T : dissatisfaction with AT&T ’s connection and dropped calls . However , therecentantennaproblemthat result in Apple holdinga press conferencealso rose up the list in aseparate ChangeWave surveyof reasons why some respondents are unhappy with the iPhone 4 .
As for current Verizon client , market research firm Morpace publisheda study(PDF link ) which suggests that the carrier ’s exist customers may lead the pack when it comes to iPhone hopefuls . Morpace speak with 1000 ( total ) AT&T , Sprint , T - Mobile , and Verizon customers to find that , among those that would buy a Verizon iPhone , more than 51 percent are already Verizon customers . Next in Morpace ’s results : 23 percent of AT&T customers would switch for a Verizon iPhone , followed by Sprint customer with 22 pct , and T - Mobile customer at 20 pct .
Of naturally , the iPhone - on - Verizon rumors that just wo n’t conk out are at least a little ironic , considering that Verizon is say to have rejected the original iPhone , forcing Apple to make wireless account with AT&T instead . But conjecture pluck back up earlier this calendar month when AT&T ’s quarterly SEC filingdeemphasized the iPhoneby not really mention it , instead proclaiming that the mail carrier offer 18 different smartphones in parliamentary law to reduce “ dependence on any individual French telephone . ”
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