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Yankees368 · 01-04-2012, 8:06 PM

I have defected, for now, to the iPhone. Expect a review.

TWX · 01-04-2012, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Yankees368

I have defected, for now, to the iPhone. Expect a review.

Welcome.

Looking forward to your review & thoughts! Are you using it on Verizon icon

?

Yankees368 · 01-04-2012, 10:09 PM

Since I want to be able to actually use my phone, yes, it will be on Verizon icon

:-)

TWX · 01-04-2012, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

Since I want to be able to actually use my phone, yes, it will be on Verizon icon

:-)

Haha. I just switched back to AT&T icon

because of coverage problems w/ Verizon icon

.

All they need to do is add 2 towers in my area (like they said they would 4 years ago) and they would be golden.

How are you liking it so far?

Yankees368 · 01-04-2012, 10:53 PM

Yea, Verizon icon

is very weird in Michigan. You would think they would be the best after gobbling up Alltel, but nope.
I don't get the phone until Friday, so I will know later this week.

JFB · 01-05-2012, 11:05 AM

Don't forget about the window for returns!

Yankees368 · 01-05-2012, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by JFB

Don't forget about the window for returns!

I don't think eBay takes returns

Maximum Signal · 01-05-2012, 1:53 PM

Vendors on ebay say no returns it is meaningless. As long as you paypal you can return the item . Just make sure you can confirm return delivery . any reputable vendor on EBAY will work with you on the return.

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Originally Posted by Yankees368

I don't think eBay takes returns

TWX · 01-05-2012, 2:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JFB

Don't forget about the window for returns!

Are you kidding?! He's going to love it

no returns necessary. jk

AnthroMatt · 01-05-2012, 2:21 PM

Have fun with iTunes!

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Yankees368 · 01-05-2012, 2:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthroMatt

Have fun with iTunes!

Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk

Ugh, I was at version 7 or something and I know it was going to force me to update so I went ahead and did it. Been putting that off for years.

Telekom · 01-05-2012, 8:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

I have defected, for now, to the iPhone. Expect a review.

Whoa baby! Serious stuff there. Dunno if we can absorb this.

Yankees368 · 01-05-2012, 11:25 PM

Arrives tomorrow, unless UPS decides to hold it hostage until Monday.

AnthroMatt · 01-05-2012, 11:30 PM

You'll like it. It's a solid device.

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viewfly · 01-06-2012, 4:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

I have defected, for now, to the iPhone. Expect a review.

I think I'm having a heart attack here. What was the motivation?

4 or 4S?

Good luck!

Sent from my iPhone 4S with TapaTalk.

Yankees368 · 01-06-2012, 9:55 AM

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Originally Posted by viewfly

I think I'm having a heart attack here. What was the motivation?

4 or 4S?

Good luck!

Sent from my iPhone 4S with TapaTalk.

Boredom and a crappy LTE network. 4S

viewfly · 01-06-2012, 11:39 AM

yeah, I have seen bits of news here and there that Verizon icon

's LTE goes down a lot. Growing pains I assume.

I hope the 4S works out for you, at least for a while. Most likely coming from Android you will find things that you like and some that you don't. It will get pretty personal on how you enjoy it.

Used to live in Ann Arbor. No clue how good ATT is there compared to Verizon icon

.

Enjoy and keep us posted, or ask some questions.

Yankees368 · 01-06-2012, 11:51 AM

Verizon

was great in Ann Arbor, actually. EVDO was over 2Mbits. Still running on Verizon icon

3G, but I'm ok with that. Should be a fun ride.

Gamer03 · 01-06-2012, 1:17 PM

I too ordered a iPhone 4s on Verizon icon

. Having to flip airplane mode on and off to get data back, and some other bugs hasn't been fun. Also using smart actions to get you halfway through the day on the battery shouldn't be necessary.

When 4G LTE works, it is awesome. Fast speeds and fairly low ping. But in a new market, LTE is a hit or miss. I think it will be better once they finish building out their network.

Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk

josephd · 01-06-2012, 4:03 PM

Good luck baaa baaa! J/K

JFB · 01-06-2012, 6:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

I don't think eBay takes returns

Oh, I thought you were getting it from the carrier.

Is it used?
Can you fill us in on the price and your experience of getting it activated in your account?

viewfly · 01-06-2012, 8:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gamer03

I too ordered a iPhone 4s on Verizon icon

. Having to flip airplane mode on and off to get data back, and some other bugs hasn't been fun. Also using smart actions to get you halfway through the day on the battery shouldn't be necessary.

Just got off the floor with nitro from the first heart attack. Feeling a second one coming on.

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Originally Posted by JFB

Is it used?

The resale value is pretty high on the iPhone...He will get his money back, minus a little fees.

Good luck to both of you. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have. I pretty much worked out whatever battery issues that came with the software upgrade. Pretty normal and good battery life.

Yankees368 · 01-06-2012, 10:07 PM

$510 used on ebay, these freakin things never lose value. So strike 1: iTunes. Simply syncing photos pegged my laptop at 100% CPU and blue screened it. So thats a good start.

viewfly · 01-07-2012, 5:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

$510 used on ebay, these freakin things never lose value. So strike 1: iTunes. Simply syncing photos pegged my laptop at 100% CPU and blue screened it. So thats a good start.

If the PC can't handle the load, maybe synch half your photos the first time. You can chose which ones in iTunes. And turn photo steam off until you get them first synced.

Never had this happen, but I can imagine it so.

Sent from my iPhone 4S with TapaTalk.

AnthroMatt · 01-07-2012, 7:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yankees368

$510 used on ebay, these freakin things never lose value. So strike 1: iTunes. Simply syncing photos pegged my laptop at 100% CPU and blue screened it. So thats a good start.

iTunes killed my computer too. It works just fine on a Mac, but I still think iTunes + PC is a bit of a mess.

While iTunes was doing any kind of sync operation it rendered the rest of my computer almost worthless. Even when just playing music it would regularly use 30-50% of my system resources, and I have 4GB of RAM on my computer, so it isn't under-powered.

TWX · 01-07-2012, 10:02 AM

Anthro & Yankees, what Windows OS are you both using?

AnthroMatt · 01-07-2012, 10:25 AM

Windows 7 here

TWX · 01-07-2012, 10:37 AM

hm. I've never had that happen to my computer running windows 7. Guess I'm just lucky so far. Hope the blue screen of death doesn't happen to me. *knocks on wood*

AnthroMatt · 01-07-2012, 10:39 AM

Yeah, I never got a blue screen, just a very bogged down computer.

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Yankees368 · 01-07-2012, 11:35 AM

Yea that was typical iTunes. I was not using photostream, I was just syncing photos via USB. Sent my CPU 100% and the rest of the computer was not usable, eventually the GPU overheated (as it does sometimes) and blue screened. But, that is just how iTunes operates on a PC.

01-04-2012, 8:06 PM	#1
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Defection I have defected, for now, to the iPhone. Expect a review. __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre > Blackberry Tour > HTC Evo 4G > Motorola Droid 2 > Motorola Droid X > Samsung Droid Charge > Motorola Droid RAZR > Apple iPhone 4S

01-04-2012, 10:09 PM	Original Poster #3
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection Since I want to be able to actually use my phone, yes, it will be on Verizon :-) __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre > Blackberry Tour > HTC Evo 4G > Motorola Droid 2 > Motorola Droid X > Samsung Droid Charge > Motorola Droid RAZR > Apple iPhone 4S

01-04-2012, 10:53 PM	Original Poster #5
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection Yea, Verizon is very weird in Michigan. You would think they would be the best after gobbling up Alltel, but nope. I don't get the phone until Friday, so I will know later this week. __________________ "'Current Sprint Service Can Not Be Used' What the hell does that mean?!?" Nokia 5190 > Samsung a460 > Sanyo 6200 > Sanyo 8100 > Sanyo 8200 > Sanyo 7400 > Samsung a900 > Samsung a900m > Motorola K1m > Sanyo M1> HTC Mogul > HTC Touch Pro > Palm Pre > Blackberry Tour > HTC Evo 4G > Motorola Droid 2 > Motorola Droid X > Samsung Droid Charge > Motorola Droid RAZR > Apple iPhone 4S

01-05-2012, 11:05 AM	#6
JFB Administrator Join Date: Jan 1998 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 4,133 Phone(s): HTC Amaze 4G Provider(s): T-Mobile Devices: iPod Nano 16GB, Sirius Starmate Replay Likes: 203 Images: 7 My Auctions	Re: Defection Don't forget about the window for returns! __________________ Joe Are you new to WA? Introduce yourself in our Welcome Forum! Find out how to get a FREE WA T-shirt --> HERE

01-05-2012, 11:25 PM	Original Poster #13
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection Arrives tomorrow, unless UPS decides to hold it hostage until Monday.

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01-05-2012, 2:21 PM	#10
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 9,194 Phone(s): HTC Vivid Provider(s): at&t Likes: 92 Images: 2	Have fun with iTunes! Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk

01-05-2012, 11:30 PM	#14
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 9,194 Phone(s): HTC Vivid Provider(s): at&t Likes: 92 Images: 2	You'll like it. It's a solid device. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk

01-06-2012, 11:39 AM	#17
viewfly Mobile RF Advisor Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 3,517 Phone(s): iPhone 4S 32Gb, Nokia 6131, Nokia 6230 Provider(s): AT&T GSM and it's predecessors since 1995 Likes: 106	Re: Defection yeah, I have seen bits of news here and there that Verizon's LTE goes down a lot. Growing pains I assume. I hope the 4S works out for you, at least for a while. Most likely coming from Android you will find things that you like and some that you don't. It will get pretty personal on how you enjoy it. Used to live in Ann Arbor. No clue how good ATT is there compared to Verizon. Enjoy and keep us posted, or ask some questions.

01-06-2012, 11:51 AM	Original Poster #18
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection Verizon was great in Ann Arbor, actually. EVDO was over 2Mbits. Still running on Verizon 3G, but I'm ok with that. Should be a fun ride.

01-06-2012, 1:17 PM	#19
Gamer03 Technology Aficionado Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Florida Everglades Posts: 9,098 Phone(s): Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX Provider(s): VZW Promo plan (4 line FS plan) w/15% off Devices: Slingbox HD;Kenwood DNX9960;Verizon 4G iPad 3 Likes: 98 Images: 74	I too ordered a iPhone 4s on Verizon. Having to flip airplane mode on and off to get data back, and some other bugs hasn't been fun. Also using smart actions to get you halfway through the day on the battery shouldn't be necessary. When 4G LTE works, it is awesome. Fast speeds and fairly low ping. But in a new market, LTE is a hit or miss. I think it will be better once they finish building out their network. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk __________________ My Carriers: Cellular One (TDMA) [1999-2000]>>AT&T (TDMA) [2000-2001]>>Cingular (TDMA) [2001-2003]>>Sprint [2003-2005]>>Verizon Wireless [2005 to present]>>Sprint SERO [2006-2008]>>AT&T [2008 to 2009]

01-06-2012, 4:03 PM	#20
josephd Tomorrow is another day. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: MA. Posts: 2,131 Phone(s): HTC Trophy Provider(s): Verizon Likes: 33 Images: 1	Re: Defection Good luck baaa baaa! J/K

01-06-2012, 10:07 PM	Original Poster #23
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection $510 used on ebay, these freakin things never lose value. So strike 1: iTunes. Simply syncing photos pegged my laptop at 100% CPU and blue screened it. So thats a good start.

01-07-2012, 10:02 AM	#26
TWX Mobile Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rogers City, Michigan Posts: 1,153 Phone(s): iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus Provider(s): AT&T Devices: iPad Likes: 55 Images: 8	Re: Defection Anthro & Yankees, what Windows OS are you both using? __________________ *- iOS & Android 4.0 User*

01-07-2012, 10:25 AM	#27
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 9,194 Phone(s): HTC Vivid Provider(s): at&t Likes: 92 Images: 2	Re: Defection Windows 7 here

01-07-2012, 10:37 AM	#28
TWX Mobile Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Rogers City, Michigan Posts: 1,153 Phone(s): iPhone 4S, Galaxy Nexus Provider(s): AT&T Devices: iPad Likes: 55 Images: 8	Re: Defection hm. I've never had that happen to my computer running windows 7. Guess I'm just lucky so far. Hope the blue screen of death doesn't happen to me. knocks on wood

01-07-2012, 10:39 AM	#29
AnthroMatt Big Meanie Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 9,194 Phone(s): HTC Vivid Provider(s): at&t Likes: 92 Images: 2	Yeah, I never got a blue screen, just a very bogged down computer. Sent from my MB865 using Tapatalk

01-07-2012, 11:35 AM	Original Poster #30
Yankees368 Compulsive Signal Checker Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: NYC Posts: 4,365 Phone(s): iPhones 4S??? Provider(s): Verizon, Sprint 2002-2010, Voicestream 2001-2002 Devices: S9 HD, 30GB iPod 5g, 2GB nano, Dell XPS M1530 Likes: 134 Images: 876 My Auctions	Re: Defection Yea that was typical iTunes. I was not using photostream, I was just syncing photos via USB. Sent my CPU 100% and the rest of the computer was not usable, eventually the GPU overheated (as it does sometimes) and blue screened. But, that is just how iTunes operates on a PC.

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