Unless you’ve been buried under a rock, you, know that Verizon now offers the iPhone 4 on their CDMA network. This has been something that millions of Verizon customers, many of them BlackBerry users, have been waiting for since the original iPhone was released on AT&T back in 2007. Several former BlackBerry users that I know personally have recently made the switch from the BlackBerry to the iPhone, however, at least one of them, after just one day, is ready to switch back.
The iPhone 4 is basically just like an iPod Touch that you can make calls from…
One of my co-workers who ordered their iPhone just after 3:00 a.m. the day that it went on sale to existing Verizon customers, got their device via UPS yesterday morning. Barely 24 hours later, this, BlackBerry defector that was particularly vocal about switching off of their BlackBerry and over to the iPhone, says that they already know that they want to switch back.
“Don’t get me wrong, this thing is way better than the BlackBerry at playing games and stuff, but, the iPhone 4 is basically just like an iPod Touch that you can make calls from and do GPS stuff that I won’t really do anyway. I knew that I would be sacrificing BBM, but, it really isn’t worth it because there isn’t really much new stuff that I want to put on the iPhone that I don’t already have on my iPod Touch, plus it has 1/4 the space… I know that I’ve only had my iPhone for 1 day, but, I think that I am switching back to my BlackBerry… “
There is no doubt that the iPhone 4 is an incredible device, however, there are things that you can do on a BlackBerry that no other platform offers. Before you jump ship, really think about how you use your BlackBerry and what you will have to give up for the benefits of the iPhone 4 that you may gain…
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