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As the Verizon iPhone gets ever closer to release, some survey results paint a frightening picture for the purveyors of other smartphones on Big Red. In an online survey of 700 users of BlackBerry and Android users on Verizon, a total of 54% are considering to switch to the Verizon iPhone 4. By comparison, only 26% of AT&T customers in a similar survey planned to switch carriers for the handset.
The numbers are broken down by those very likely to switch (25%), and those somewhat likely to switch (29%). Of those, 66% were BlackBerry users, and only 44% are Android users. This is particularly sad news for RIM who used to rule Verizon's smartphone lineup. We should point out that this is only a survey, and many respondents are likely to shy away upon realizing they are under contract and will have to pay full, or nearly full, price for the iPhone.
Verizon will clearly have a big seller on their hands, as indicated by the pre-sale numbers. But will other smartphone users flock to stores to trade in their old and busted BlackBerrys?
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cpuking2010
February 05, 2011 at 4:13pm
Good, maybe they'll leave Android alone; and Verizon will stop killing it's usability!
chrisld85
February 06, 2011 at 10:52am
Verizon phones are to problematic! and there customer service is awful, They are trying to be to big as a company instead of investing in the quality of there products. I understand Verizon doesn't make there phones but they are suppose to stand behind there products they sell...right? I am happy with Blackberry and Sprint... I wanted to point out that the reason I switched from Android was because I didn't like the security flaws of it being open source (tired of the malware & rebooting) and the constant foreclosing of apps, The constant battery drainage & its long awaited updates that are associated with it. Another happy non customer of vzw.
bjoswald
February 04, 2011 at 11:43pm
I couldn't be happier with my Andoid phone. I don't know what these people are smokin'.
nmanguy
February 04, 2011 at 5:45pm
If Apple keeps up their sales, then maybe Android smartphones will drop down in price to get competetive! Yay! $73.50 full-retail-price Droid^5 here I come.
