# Verizons "Iphone Killer"
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808
**Category:** Shift518 Off Topic
**Created:** [October 23, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808 "2009-10-23T20:08:05Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/21 "2009-10-24T22:06:48Z")
hell fucking no i will not ditch them ive been with verion since i was 16…
i go through phones like no tommrow
I for one do not care abuot internet on a phone. dont have the time to be using that bs. I want a phone that can text/call. with a qwerty keyboard. I had the BB storm for a little bit (dropped it in a puddle 6 days after i got it… arrrgggg) and it was sweet for what i used it for.
Not switching. Att/nextel can BE LOW ME.
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### Author:  [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/22 "2009-10-25T09:04:24Z")
> [@MARDI GRAS!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mardi-gras/24826/37):
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> hell fucking no i will not ditch them ive been with verion since i was 16…
> i go through phones like no tommrow
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> I for one do not care abuot internet on a phone. dont have the time to be using that bs. I want a phone that can text/call. with a qwerty keyboard. I had the **BB storm** for a little bit (dropped it in a puddle 6 days after i got it… arrrgggg) and it was **sweet** for what i used it for.
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> Not switching. Att/nextel can BE LOW ME.
fuck that dude. the storm is the SHITTIEST phone i have ever used. they are fucking garbage!!!
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### Author:  [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/23 "2009-10-25T09:28:17Z")
I knew it would be shit phone with a screen that actually moves :lol Pretty dumb idea if you ask me.
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/24 "2009-10-25T09:37:06Z")
> [@5/20 Nyspeed BBQ @ Chestnut Ridge \*\*PAYMENT INFO INSIDE\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-20-nyspeed-bbq-chestnut-ridge-payment-info-inside/24869/10):
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> fuck that dude. the storm is the SHITTIEST phone i have ever used. they are fucking garbage!!!
Ehh sounds like someone dident know how to adjust their screen or properly close applications.
Anyone I’ve talked to who have used the storm and had issues with it having to do mutliple battery pulls etc dident know how to properly close an application cuasing the phones memory to dwindle and had bad a touchscreen responce because they dident know how to adjust the screen via the 2 screws under the battery cover.
The storm in its early stages sucked, it was slow and people had some issues… Since some software upgrades it has gotten a lot better…
Now after running the 5.0.230 software the phone is a completely different beast… Response is fast as hell, the phone doesnt lag when switching from portrait to landscape, flick scrolling is awsome, threaded SMS rocks and overall the phone is much quicker
The storm 2 is even a better improvment… every demo ive seen just completely blows the storm out of the water… the new technology being used in the touchscreen is going to be the biggest improvement
Its no iphone and im getting sick of the touchscreen, I’ll be going with a blackberry tour or the new curve when it comes out next week
Anyone ive adjusted the screen for or anyone who ive given a new OS to on the storm love it now
> [@\*OFFICIAL\* 06-07 Toronto Maple Leafs Season Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-06-07-toronto-maple-leafs-season-thread/18511/254):
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> I knew it would be shit phone with a screen that actually moves :lol Pretty dumb idea if you ask me.
It was acctualy a great idea, just the design was flawed…
The storm 2’s design is 10x better, now the phone is a closed unit, the screen itself doesnt move at all… it uses a technology that allows the glass to have some give in it when an electric current is passed thru it, when the phones off the glass is completely solid giving a better more accurate feel of pressing a button
Also now you can press mutliple keys at once allowing for much faster/responsive typing
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### Author:  [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/25 "2009-10-25T09:40:40Z")
> [@FS: Xbox Live Gold card](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-xbox-live-gold-card/24872/5):
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> Ehh sounds like someone dident know how to adjust their screen or properly close applications.
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> Anyone I’ve talked to who have used the storm and had issues with it having to do mutliple battery pulls etc dident know how to properly close an application cuasing the phones memory to dwindle and had bad a touchscreen responce because they dident know how to adjust the screen via the 2 screws under the battery cover.
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> The storm in its early stages sucked, it was slow and people had some issues… Since some software upgrades it has gotten a lot better…
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> Now after running the 5.0.230 software the phone is a completely different beast… Response is fast as hell, the phone doesnt lag when switching from portrait to landscape, flick scrolling is awsome, threaded SMS rocks and overall the phone is much quicker
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> The storm 2 is even a better improvment… every demo ive seen just completely blows the storm out of the water… the new technology being used in the touchscreen is going to be the biggest improvement
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> Its no iphone and im getting sick of the touchscreen, I’ll be going with a blackberry tour or the **new curve** when it comes out next week
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> Anyone ive adjusted the screen for or anyone who ive given a new OS to on the storm love it now
i don’t acctually own one. i just buy them from people at work. and everyone we have bought them from has said they have gone through like at least 3 or 4. And that it freezes, drops calls, the screen sucks, etc. I am just not a big fan of touch screen to begin with. My fat fingers always hit like 3 things at once :lol
they are coming out with a new curve??? the tour is fuckin SICK! and i have heard the storm 2 is awesome!
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/26 "2009-10-25T09:42:30Z")
> [@FS: CDT HD-62 Audiophile car speakers and tweeters](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-cdt-hd-62-audiophile-car-speakers-and-tweeters/24489/8):
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> i don’t acctually own one. i just buy them from people at work. and everyone we have bought them from has said they have gone through like at least 3 or 4. And that it freezes, drops calls, the screen sucks, etc. I am just not a big fan of touch screen to begin with. My fat fingers always hit like 3 things at once :lol
These people are running the old software/dont close applixcation properly and dont know how to adjust the screen…
I deal with it all the tiem at work and with a few friends who have the phone…
You need to really use the phone… the first 2 hours i had it i fuckin hated it… just took a little tweaking and some getting used to with the screen.
I give people my phone all the time and their like WOW its so fast and the screen feels so good compared to mine.
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/27 "2009-10-25T09:44:18Z")
> [@FS: CDT HD-62 Audiophile car speakers and tweeters](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-cdt-hd-62-audiophile-car-speakers-and-tweeters/24489/8):
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> they are coming out with a new curve??? the tour is fuckin SICK! and i have heard the storm 2 is awesome!
Yea the new curve looks somewhat like the tour, is a little smaller, is a lot faster and uses the trackpad the ATT bold uses over the trackball…
I love the trackpads over the trackball, much more repsonive and you dont have to worry about shit getting in ther…
And yes the storm 2 is a completely differnt beast then the storm… id get one but ive been getting very tired of the touchscreen in general…
I tried using my buddys iphone the other day and i was going nuts because im so used to some sort of feedback when pressing the screen to select something, and now i jsut want a physical keyboard
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### Author:  [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/28 "2009-10-25T09:47:42Z")
I currently have the Blackberry Curve 8900/Tour 9630(same phone besides a different style keys on the keyboard.) Best phone I’ve had so far, I love everything about it. I’ve had Blackberries for 2.5 years now and love them. I tried out the HTC Google G1 for a month or so and just didn’t like how big it was, didn’t like the touchscreen & slide out keyboard, so then I just got rid of that and got the current BB I have now.
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### Author:  [@swaiknow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/swaiknow)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/29 "2009-10-25T09:49:04Z")
> [@5/20 Nyspeed BBQ @ Chestnut Ridge \*\*PAYMENT INFO INSIDE\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-20-nyspeed-bbq-chestnut-ridge-payment-info-inside/24869/12):
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> Yea the new curve looks somewhat like the tour, is a little smaller, is a lot faster and uses the trackpad the ATT bold uses over the trackball…
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> I love the trackpads over the trackball, much more repsonive and you dont have to worry about shit getting in ther…
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> And yes the storm 2 is a completely differnt beast then the storm… id get one but ive been getting very tired of the touchscreen in general…
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> I tried using my buddys iphone the other day and i was going nuts because im so used to some sort of feedback when pressing the screen to select something, and now i jsut want a physical keyboard
doesn’t the omnia use a track pad as well?? i guess the tour 2 which is slated for like february is also gonna use the same style track pad as the omnia…should be sweet.
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### Author:  [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/30 "2009-10-25T10:39:24Z")
> [@\*OFFICIAL\* 06-07 Toronto Maple Leafs Season Thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-06-07-toronto-maple-leafs-season-thread/18511/250):
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> Verizon only has ONE thing over other networks. Signal strength in more places.
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> If you put a Sprint smart phone against a Verizon smart phone (two BB’s for example) in an area where BOTH have 100% strength, Sprint’s data connection will BLOW…VERIZON…AWAY. Period.
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> How do I know?
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> I manage ALL the wireless devices in my company (insurance).
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> I have a Sprint phone (Palm Pre) personal). I have a Verizon phone (3 BB Storms - work). I also have Cingular AND Verizon wireless devices (PC cards). I primarily use Cingular for my wireless devices because they are faster, however I’ve been buying/deploying Verizon devices because they connect in more places.
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> Verizon needs to stop advertising their speed and focus on advertising their ability to connect in more places. They are NOT fast.
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> **AT&T and Sprint blows Verizon out of the water when it comes to data network speeds.**
Again your personal experience with cellphones is opposite of what is commonly accepted, first it was Sprint’s service is great now its this.
[http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/3g-speed-test/](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/3g-speed-test/)
Article showing 12000 peoples results show Verizon as the fastest 3G network
[http://www.pcworld.com/article/167391/a\_day\_in\_the\_life\_of\_3g.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/167391/a_day_in_the_life_of_3g.html)
Heres another article showing Verizon with the fastest download speeds.
Another thing to note is that both articles mention that the bar indicator for service is almost totally worthless
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### Author:  [@black\_bb4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/black_bb4)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/31 "2009-10-25T10:41:07Z")
i can haz the new OS for bb storm?
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/32 "2009-10-25T10:50:13Z")
> [@MARDI GRAS!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mardi-gras/24826/43):
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> i can haz the new OS for bb storm?
Wait till tommorow… Version 5.0.0.328 is being officialy released tommroow
Should make the world of difference on your phone :thumbup
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/33 "2009-10-25T10:52:54Z")
> [@MARDI GRAS!!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mardi-gras/24826/42):
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> Again your personal experience with cellphones is opposite of what is commonly accepted, first it was Sprint’s service is great now its this.
> [http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/3g-speed-test/](http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/3g-speed-test/)
> Article showing 12000 peoples results show Verizon as the fastest 3G network
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> [http://www.pcworld.com/article/167391/a\_day\_in\_the\_life\_of\_3g.html](http://www.pcworld.com/article/167391/a_day_in_the_life_of_3g.html)
> Heres another article showing Verizon with the fastest download speeds.
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> Another thing to note is that both articles mention that the bar indicator for service is almost totally worthless
Depends on the phone/browser as well…
My verizon phones were slow as shit web browsing…
But tethered the speeds are pretty quick
ATT and Verizon are 2 fastest I’ve used…
We used to have sprint cards at work but they sucked, net speeds were horrible
verizon/att were pretty close at times but it all depended on the area
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### Author:  [@black\_bb4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/black_bb4)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/34 "2009-10-25T10:53:46Z")
cool thanks man :thumbup
i heard that when the bb storm 2 is released, original storm owners will be able to trade in their storm plus a fee (i want to say $50) for the storm 2. has anyone else heard this?
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 10:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/35 "2009-10-25T10:54:52Z")
> [@Test Drive: 2006 VW GTI](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/test-drive-2006-vw-gti/24860/9):
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> cool thanks man :thumbup
> i heard that when the bb storm 2 is released, original storm owners will be able to trade in their storm plus a fee (i want to say $50) for the storm 2. has anyone else heard this?
No I havent, but hmm in interested to see what the deal is… if this is the case i may be holding off on the tour/curve for awhile to play with the storm 2
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### Author:  [@black\_bb4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/black_bb4)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/36 "2009-10-25T11:16:01Z")
IIRC i saw it on crackberry a while ago… not sure if the deal is still available, but if it is, im going to have to hop on that as i hear the screen for the storm2 is lightyears ahead of the original storm.
i think the release date is oct. 29th
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### Author:  [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/37 "2009-10-25T11:41:45Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/24500/13):
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> IIRC i saw it on crackberry a while ago… not sure if the deal is still available, but if it is, im going to have to hop on that as i hear the screen for the storm2 is lightyears ahead of the original storm.
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> i think the release date is oct. 29th
Wednesday 28th :thumbup
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### Author:  [@black\_bb4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/black_bb4)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/38 "2009-10-25T11:50:30Z")
ahh okay thanks man
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### Author:  [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/39 "2009-10-25T13:41:39Z")
> [@5/20 Nyspeed BBQ @ Chestnut Ridge \*\*PAYMENT INFO INSIDE\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/5-20-nyspeed-bbq-chestnut-ridge-payment-info-inside/24869/20):
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> Depends on the phone/browser as well…
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> My verizon phones were slow as shit web browsing…
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> But tethered the speeds are pretty quick
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> ATT and Verizon are 2 fastest I’ve used…
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> We used to have sprint cards at work but they sucked, net speeds were horrible
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> verizon/att were pretty close at times but it all depended on the area
True the phone and hardware will always make the difference but thats not the networks fault.
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### Author:  [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)
#### Post date: [October 26, 2009, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizons-iphone-killer/247808/40 "2009-10-26T08:24:40Z")
i want to go with an android phone after the market has been saturated with them and theyve been tried and tested and have tons of crap out for them. 99% of the time i do not buy a product just because its new and nobody has one.
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