The Verizon iPhone

A few weeks ago I found this Steve Jobs twitter. I thought that it was very interesting that he was openly making comments about AT&T's terrible service, could it be to please Verizon execs? or does he actually mean it? We do not know. Today I'll focus mainly on some of the different media and press that has been out for a few weeks now about the release and the hype of the Verizon iPhone.
The first of those articles would be from eweek.com in which a writer says that the "Verizon iPhone roll out fell short of Hype" and listing 10 reasons why. From his 10 reasons, the most notable were "1. where is the 4G" which Verizon had recently announced that they had received, the next was "6. Steve Jobs absence says everything" which we later find out is due to his poor medical condition and his following medical leave of absence, and another is "4. No data and voice at the same time" which can be a considerable downfall to some, but the chances of one really using the two simultaneously is actually very small.

Another article that came out today would be about the record highs in sales of the Verizon iPhone, the article (which is posted on Phonedog.com) states that within two hours of the pre-sale starting for Verizon customers, Verizon had to pause pre-order sales due to the massive amounts of orders coming in. I was definitely one of those customers. I had waited until midnight the very SECOND that the phone was able to be pre-ordered to get it.

Other articles are testers using the phone side by side to the AT&T phone and testing the service; to no surprise, the Verizon call only dropped once in New York, whereas the AT&T phone dropped calls several times. This article was posted on Yahoo! Finance, stating that For iPhone, Verizon was almost Heaven. The prices for AT&T service and the Verizon service is roughly the same, so why not switch to Verizon?

** Exciting Update ** I personally am getting my iPhone Today! 3 days before the actual release! :) 


Links to Articles:
PhoneDog
Yahoo! Finance
EWeek

My Media Intake

Monday, January 17, 2011

• Phone: approx: 1 hour texting, about 20 minutes phone time
• Computer: 3 hours (including homework and entertainment, watching netflix)
• Television: 0 hours

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

• Phone: approx: 30 minutes texting, about 15 minutes phone time
• Computer: 0 hours
• Television: 12 hours (watching marathon of Bad Girls Club with friend)

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

• Phone: approx 2 hours texting, 1 hour and 20 minutes phone time (international phone call with family)
• Computer: 3 hours (simultaneously watching netflix and writing paper)
• Television: 0 hours

Thursday, January 20, 2011

• Phone: approx 20 minutes texting; 15 minutes calling time
• Computer; 9 hours (studying for mid term and writing paper)
• Television; 1 hour

Friday, January 21, 2011

• Phone; approx 2 hours texting; 20 minutes calling time
• Computer; 4 hours (studying and finishing paper)
• Television; 2 hours

Saturday, January 22, 2011

• Phone; approx 1 hour texting, 1 hour calling time
• Computer; 2 hours (watching netflix)
• Television: 0 hour

Sunday, January 23, 2011*

• Phone; 3 hours texting
• Computer; 5+ hours (some homework but mostly watching shows online)
• Television; 4+ hour

* This day was influenced by my being sick. 


I have realized that with being sick it has influenced me greatly with more media consumption. Not really being about to go out and do anything leaves me at home tied to my laptop as well as my TV (seeing that I am still sick today I have basically been on my laptop all morning while also watching TV, proving both activities to be very unproductive especially together) I also find it interesting that I spend more time on my phone texting than actually talking to people on the phone. I think that speaks to the dependence on technology for a means of easier communication than actual human interaction. I also think that it is kind of humorous that during the days that I am in school (MWF) that I find myself texting much more than the days that I am not in school. Whether it is during class (oops) in between classes, or just in general after I leave for the day, I find myself being more inclined to text during the days that I have class than the days that I am free. I have not quite figured out why. One unique thing about this week is the fact that I had gotten sick by the end of it as well as the fact that I usually watch nearly no TV and this week it seems like I have watched hours of it!

I think my routine is pretty typical for most people around my age group. I think that people typically watch TV more than I do. I have friends that have the TV constantly on in their house. I have 5 TVs at home (including one in my room) and I rarely turn them on unless I am inclined to watch a show or have absolutely nothing else to do. My computer usage might be higher than most peoples, but that is also influenced by the week and what I have to do. Sometimes when I am not in school I wont touch my laptop for days, but seeing that I had a paper due and was sick, that highly influenced by computer usage.