If you currently aren’t a smartphone user, and instead still use one of the older “feature phones,” as they are called, then you may be interested in this deal. For those feature phone users that are looking to get into the smartphone market, Verizon is doing a special deal for users in the last 2 months of their contract or that are off-contract. These…
Big news folks. A tweet from @evleaks today has very strongly hinted at an upcoming Verizon promotion. With summer fast approaching, it looks like Verizon is going to be running an iPhone 5 promotion starting sometime in mid-May, possibly next week. The iPhone 5 is currently available from Verizon starting at $199 with a 2 year contract. Stay…
A new set of rumors have cropped up today regarding Verizon, AT&T, and prepaid services. A company that writes software that carriers can use to allow users to have dynamic pricing plans from their mobile devices, known as ItsOn, is said to be partnering with Verizon and Vodafone. According to the rumor, ItsOn will begin going directly to customers as…
Verizon’s planned bid to buy Vodafone out of their joint venture has run into a rather substantial price disagreement. According to Verizon, Vodafone’s 45% stake in Verizon Wireless is worth $100 billion, whilst Vodafone claims that the stake is worth more than $130 billion. Vodafone’s execs claim that selling their stake could result in a $10 billion…
AT&T is sure on the rise, announcing that it has had 1.2 million subscribers added in Q1 of this year, while the competition, Verizon, only added 677,000. Verizon also recently made the announcement that 4 million of its 7.2 million new smartphone users came in the form of iPhones. AT&T will most likely be announcing its number of iPhone…
Wells Fargo Securities analyst Maynard Um has today suggested that the current slowdown of iPhone sales may not be confined to Apple, arguing that it is instead a trend visible in the smartphone market as a whole. Recent Verizon figures show that its iPhone activations were up 25 percent year on year, whilst its other device were only up by 3…
Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster estimates that Apple sold 35.5 million iPhones in the first quarter of 2013. The investors note, released today argues that Verizon’s 4 million iPhones sold in the same quarter is bang on expectations, and that Apple’s overall iPhone sales should also fall in line with expectations. Sales of the iPhone 4/4S…
It’s that time of year again. We’re approaching the last week in April and companies everywhere will be announcing their first quarter financial results, to show exactly how great (or bad) business has been in the first three months of the year. Verizon is first up, and it’s seen a huge increase in the number of iPhones sold year-on-year. It sold 4…
While T-Mobile is pushing its new “Un-carrier” plans that appeal to customers and make them happy, it appears as if Verizon is taking a much different approach. Just last week, Verizon confirmed that it was ending its early upgrade program. Today, an online petition calling for an end to Verizon’s contracts (and urging the carrier to take on a T-Mobile…
Many Verizon fans were upset at today’s news that the carrier was shutting down its “New Every Two” upgrade plans. Fortunately for Big Red fans, it wasn’t all bad news today from the carrier. Verizon has just confirmed that, starting April 21st, customers will have an option to buy a new device and make monthly payments in addition to their plans with…
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