Where are the 4G QWERTY phones?
dwayneindetroit

I am eager to get 4G service but there are no Verizon 4G phones with QWERTY keyboards for Verizon.  What gives?

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What the heck is a 4G qwerty phone going to do that a 3G can't do?
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dwayneindetroit

All the same stuff....faster.

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Talk and text, I don't think so. Maybe you're talking about a smartphone??
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Grothka
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They are, they want a 4g phone with a physical keyboard. I honestly don't see the draw but whatever.
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dwayneindetroit

The draw for the QWERTY keyboard is easier data entry.  I don't know if it's the size or shape of my thumbs but I get almost 50% keying errors when keying on screen.  I've try iPhone, LG and Samsung screens.  It just doesn't work well for me.

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badbul
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You need to put your thumbs on a diet ! :robotvery-happy:

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dwayneindetroit

I thought it was a given that I meant smart phone if looking for 4G....but, yes, an Android smart phone.

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Spiral
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dwayneindetroit wrote:

I am eager to get 4G service but there are no Verizon 4G phones with QWERTY keyboards for Verizon.  What gives?


I guess with only 1 4G phone out at this time you really only had a 50% chance of finding it with a QWERTY keyboard.  Ask this question when there are 10 or more 4G phones release on Verizon and maybe someone can give you an answer.

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ZipTurtle
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I guess with only 1 4G phone out at this time you really only had a 50% chance of finding it with a QWERTY keyboard.

 

Must be new math.... Where is the other 50%??

 

With only 1 4G handset, and that 1 not having a physical QWERTY keyboard means there are 0% that do have one or put the other way, 100% of the currently avaialble 4G handsets don't have QWERTY physical keyboards.

 

Using a virtual keyboard take a little practice, but I am much faster using that than a physical keyboard nowdays.  They key is to make sure you use the keyboard calibratation tool.  This adjusts the keyboard to your typing and makes it more accurate.  That along with the hints that popup as you type, gets most of the words right easily.

 

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DrCheap
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Sprint has two 4g phones with physical keyboards already out.  If they roll out 4g in my area before there is a solid release date on a verizon 4g phone with physical keyboard then I will almost certainly be switching to Sprint.

 

No reason on Earth that Verizon could not roll out their own version of the Samsung Epic 4g in short order, and that phone would keep me with VZW.

 

 

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dwayneindetroit

That's, unfortunately, not an option for me.  Sprint has 4G phones with a physical keyboard and an offensive premium fee for 4G BUT there is no 4G service in my area.  Verizon has 4G Service in my are but no phone with a physical keyboard.

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PJNC284
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Sprint now charges the "premium" fee to ALL smartphones so it isn't just limited to 4G.  Guess that was so the people couldn't complain that they had a 4G phone in a non-4G area and still had to pay extra.

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dwayneindetroit

Wow.  I guess that'll teach us. 

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uncre8tv
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Add me to the list of people waiting for a 4G QWERTY.

 

I use my phone heavily for business, and could use the added speed of 4G. I will pay for tethering and data and a fat plan (I already do all that for 3G) but I cannot effectively use the touch-screen keyboard for business. And I hate losing most of my screen while replying to emails. I've grown to like the Android interface (girlfriend has an Droid2) but will stick with my TouchPro2 until Verizon offers a 4G LTE, or until I can convince the girlfriend that Sprint customer service is worth suffering through for the much better 4G selection and extremely better pricing for fully loaded plans like ours.

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SrulDog
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Seriously Verizon, this is ridiculous.  Every other carrier has a 4G qwerty.

 

I sure hope Verizon is not holding out in order to sell more Droid 3 devices - which i have read will not have 4G.

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Personally, I would not be is a hurry to buy a Verizon 4G device from everything I read on this forum about problems with the 4G network.
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EdW_VZW
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Thanks for your feedback. As we just released the HTC ThunderBolt, and we will be having new 4G devices available in the new future. We do offer a way to sign up for email alerts to be informed on when new devices and products will become available.

 

Please use this link to go to the website, then scroll down to the lower left hand of the screen. The link is:

http://search.vzw.com/?market=53520&q=email+alerts&p=null&ss=null&b2eFlag=N

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...as opposed to the "old" future.
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dwayneindetroit

I'm signed up, Ed, but a month after the Thunderbolt roll out, there is still just the one offering.  My current service is poor and I thought, with the size of Verizon's network, there would be many more offereings by now.  I'm, frankly, a little disappointed but not completely surprised since Verizon tailed off Android advertising quite a bit, in favor of iPhone.

 

So here we customers sit, impatiently waiting for somebody to provide better service or for Verizon to provide a better phone option.

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rcschnoor
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dwayneindetroit wrote:

I'm signed up, Ed, but a month after the Thunderbolt roll out, there is still just the one offering.  My current service is poor and I thought, with the size of Verizon's network, there would be many more offereings by now.  I'm, frankly, a little disappointed but not completely surprised since Verizon tailed off Android advertising quite a bit, in favor of iPhone.

 

So here we customers sit, impatiently waiting for somebody to provide better service or for Verizon to provide a better phone option.


I don't know, I see about 3-4 Thunderbolt commercials for every Verizon iPhone commercial. It seems to me that they are still going strong on Android.

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