Has anybody got a Verizon 4G phone yet?

[Darth Biscuit]

We just recently got 4G here in Wilmington and I'm wondering if it's worth upgrading... I love my X, but I do a lot of surfing on it, and would love the extra speed.

My son is due for an upgrade in May so he could have my X and I could get a Thunderbolt... :D

Looks like the only two 4G phones they even have now are the Thunderbolt and the Samsung Charge... :(

When's the Bionic coming out?

[TerriblePizza]

I have the Thunderbolt and was using the 4G while I was in Charlotte/Kannapolis/Concord area.

Believe me, its blazing fast. I was getting 12-15 megs per second speeds.

But, if you use data intensive apps, it WILL kill your battery. But if you just using occasional data its not so bad.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I'd heard it was a battery drain... that speed is impressive.

[Coacht1223]

I just purchased the Samsung Charge from Verizon thier first 4g phone and have had nothing but problems and thier customar service is the worst. It appears to me that they releast the phone before they worked out the moble hot spot issues, it has'nt worked since i took it out of the box. Its been one week and they still have not corrected the problem. So all those commercials that talk about support and show hundreds verizon employees their for you is a not true. So if you use your moble hot spot like I do keep your 3g there is not that much differance in speed.:mad:

[Darth Biscuit]

Hmmm... first post to say that huh? You don't happen to work for AT&T do you?

[DirtyMagic97]

Hmmm... first post to say that huh? You don't happen to work for AT&T do you?

If he does, the spelling errors alone will keep me from going to AT&T.

[PanthaSan]

What's wrong with have a cell phone that only makes/takes phone calls?

You crazy kids and all your fancy doo dads.....:D

[Kitten Diver]

nothing if this was 2001 old man. Experience streaming pr0n in 4g on a droid/iphone and tell me its not worth it.

[d-dave]

Well when your smart phone has more horsepower than your laptop...yeah I'm going to be using my phone and the fastest data would be nice =)

Though I'm on a nearly two year old Moto Droid and a seven year old Toshiba laptop with a beastly Celeron laptop! I wish someone would hire me for a summer job!

[The Saltman]

FYI

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/05/verizon-to-swap-unlimited-data-plans-for-tiers-shared-family-plans.ars

The days of unlimited data at Verizon will soon be over, the company said during the Reuters Global Technology Summit this week. Verizon CFO Fran Shammo confirmed that Verizon would make good on its promise to ditch its $30 unlimited data plan option this summer, and tried to soften the bad news by saying the company was planning to roll out "family" data plans that could be shared among several devices.

Verizon has long made it clear that the future of its 3G network is tiered. Late last year, Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg told investors that the company would eventually swap its unlimited option with several data plans somewhat similar to AT&T's tiered plans. AT&T got rid of its own unlimited data plan last year and began offering either a 2GB tier for $25/month, or 200MB for $15 per month. "We're not sure we agree yet with how [AT&T] valued the data," Seidenberg said at the time, though he did not elaborate on which options Verizon was taking under consideration.

If you want to get grandfathered in with a 4g phone you better get one soon.

[Darth Biscuit]

We got my youngest son a cell phone yesterday at Verizon and I was talking to the manager and he said that if you have an old Alltell legacy plan (I do) that we should be good. $20 unlimited data plan... he said that they weren't gonna change that for old Alltell customers.

[The Saltman]

if you have already signed a contract you're son will be fine. But once this goes through if you get a new contract alltell or not this will apply. I really doubt that after this thing goes through if you decide to get a new phone that they will let you keep it unlimited.

[Kitten Diver]

If this is the case my time with data phones is done.. Until I get to a company where my plan is covered.

Paying by the use for internet? What the fug is this 1996?

[Darth Biscuit]

So if you renew after your contract is up... you'll be switched to one of the limited plans? My current contract my 3G Droid X is on will be up in Sept 12.