LOL I'm pretty sure the Focus S was out before the 4s... but I digress.. they (vzw) can be described as "conservative" (thinking about DROID marketing barrage before they had the iPhone and &droid was not popular.. i.e. ero) .. its just not reality. They clearly gambled on moto droid... and why? Because they were losing their arse to the iPhone which they also turned down (arrogance again).
It's also not reality that the coverage is THAT much different between AT&T and vzw .. might look at the map again. Are there specific places where one carrier is better than another ? Absolutely ! I seem to remember fishing in SE Alaska where my brother had AT&T and I had vzw . he had service to call for help when the impeller when out on our boat. So yes in very specific instances yes there is a difference, overall .. not so much.
In addition.. vzw sells their network now based on LTE coverage not phone service or even 3g .. yep... pretty sure 99% of smart phone users dont need LTE (20 mbs) to their phone.. just ask all the users with an iPhone..
they seem to be getting along just fine...
I think this thread has run its course... I'm not sure why anyone would defend vzw on this particular forum.... but ok good for them again
maybe I'll buy some stock
Not.
vzw has been lucky at best with their phone platform decisions.. good network? sure but the gap is closing for virtually all users' needs to a phone..
Personally ... I hope MS and Nokia tell vzw to shove it... of course they wont but that would make me giggle...
as I said YMMV...
I understand this is basically a consumer forum.. and I suppose most believe my opinion is that of a 15 yr old kid mouthing off.. the reality is I'm an IT Manager that influences all decisions related to corporate devices. &droid will NEVER at this point have access to either our corporate network or our email system via EAS. WP7 yes. iPhone yes. Blackberry Yes (but who can justify managing BES servers given the functionality available on other platforms just ask Dell) So take those two options and suddenly things look very different from a carrier perspective especially when you start talking private (cloud) marketplace for LOB apps etc... not to mention things like Office, Sharepoint, Lync, OneNote, SCCM management etc...
Good luck with it vzw... wait til its popular first.. good for you.. IMO after expressing these concerns to vzw reps etc.. etc.. they dont care I'm supposed to buy what they sell end of discussion .. PURE ARROGANCE.
Again.. YMMV.. Good luck with it