Stop hating on VZW for crippling phones.
And the cool thing about verizon is that they are good about investing money back into their network, which benefits everyone.
Ask sprint customers what happens when you give away the farm....
chocolateman85006 said:
I am a former VZW customer, and by no means a fanboy of VZW, but it's not right to single them out for crippling phones. Sprint and at&t (who I have now) are just as guilty as crippling phones. For that matter, is there any american cell phone company that doesn't cripple phones?
They all cripple them, but Verizon goes too far at crippling their phones. While it might not matter to me as much, but to others, it's a big deal. Verizon has their own UI on all of their phones, and it's supposed to make switching between phones easier. But the Verizon UI has made Motorola phones run much slower than with the Motorola UI on them. But also, for those who want full bluetooth, that ...
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they need to upgrade their phone processors or that OS or something. get with the times!
i understand that they want to make money off ringtones, games etc. great, the average cust will buy them off the phone, but if you are smart enough to make your own, you should be able to use them. as for the BT on VZW, omg.... i've lost sooo many sales b/c of vzw's crippled BT. stop nickel and diming the cust. these compaines make millions if not billions a year (cept maybe sprint 🙂 ).
Besides, the majority of the revenue comes from completely open GSM phones. the CDMA market is just a little extra to their portfolio.