Returning iPhone for Thunderbolt!

I bought the iPhone on Friday and have determined that I will be returning it to the Apple Store. I wanted to try it out because I have not ever had an iPhone. I currently have the original Droid and love the option to root my phone and completely customize it. I will say that I like the easy iTunes setup and clear screen, however this phone seems ancient since it came out last summer, compared to what is coming out shortly...the HTC THUNDERBOLT! I dropped three calls yesterday in the Columbus, OH city limits...three!!! I do not blame AT&T for all the dropped calls, I believe this is more a flawed device than a terrible network. I rarely drop calls with my Droid and I've had the iPhone for 3 days and it dropped three. I mean, come on! I will be returning next week in favor of the Thunderbolt, which has a giant screen and 4G. I only got the iPhone to play around with, knowing that Apple has a nice return policy allowing 30 days with no restocking fee, unlike Verizon's crap 14-day policy with $35 restocking fee, what a joke. Why would annoy have bought an iPhone at Verizon when you can play with one for free for 30 days from Apple.

Others, what are your thoughts? Agreed?

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EdW_VZW

Thank you everyone for your input. Equipment purchases through Verizon Wireless customer service over the phone, via our official website, or at our corporate store location have a 14-day Worry Free Guarantee Return Policy with a 35.00 restocking fee for returning an upgraded device. You may return your iPhone if desired and when the HTC Thunderbolt becomes available, you can upgrade to this device. Also, we apologize that currently the Thunderbolt availability date has not been released. You can sign up for an email alert of when the HTC Thunderbolt would be available.

The link to sign up is: http://phones.verizonwireless.com/htc/thunderbolt/

Also, listed below is a link to the Apple website explaining their return policy if your equipment is purchased through their official online store or corporate store location. http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespolicies.html#topic-21

Thanks,

Edw@vzwsupport.com

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PJNC284

uhm...you still have only 14 days to return it, otherwise you'll have to pay full retail for the Thunderbolt.

AZSALUKI

close.....but i didn't bother getting the iphone. i knew since last fall that the thunderbolt is what i will be getting.

john5481

iPhone is much better than the HTC. Good luck keeping the battery above 20% for more than 3 hours and enjoy your overpriced 4G data package that isn't available everywhere yet

john5481

Also Apple has a 14 day return policy for the Verizon iPhone

AZSALUKI

john5481 wrote:
iPhone is much better than the HTC. Good luck keeping the battery above 20% for more than 3 hours and enjoy your overpriced 4G data package that isn't available everywhere yet

thanks!!! i will!! i'm in 4g and have owned an htc for 9 months with zero issues. i will enjoy the 15mbps download speeds and built in skype (not an app) that i can use without wifi....and simultaneous voice and data (again, without wifi).

dallen3

Hey **bleep**, no they don't. I talked to the Verizon Rep at the Apple Store, since you buy it at Apple, you go be their 30-day policy. So don't tell me what the policy is, go read Apple store's policy, it overrides what Verizon's is. Besides, i won't keep it 30 days anyway, I will return it the day before the Thunderbolt anyway. Have fun with your slow @$$ 3g phone that is 8-months old.

agarcia34

dallen3 wrote:
I bought the iPhone on Friday and have determined that I will be returning it to the Apple Store. I wanted to try it out because I have not ever had an iPhone. I currently have the original Droid and love the option to root my phone and completely customize it. I will say that I like the easy iTunes setup and clear screen,however this phone seems ancient since it came out last summer, compared to what is coming out shortly...the HTC THUNDERBOLT! I dropped three calls yesterday in the Columbus, OH city limits...three!!! I do not blame AT&T for all the dropped calls, I believe this is more a flawed device than a terrible network. I rarely drop calls with my Droid and I've had the iPhone for 3 days and it dropped three. I mean, come on! I will be returning next week in favor of the Thunderbolt, which has a giant screen and 4G. I only got the iPhone to play around with, knowing that Apple has a nice return policy allowing 30 days with no restocking fee, unlike Verizon's crap 14-day policy with $35 restocking fee, what a joke. Why would annoy have bought an iPhone at Verizon when you can play with one for free for 30 days from Apple.

Others, what are your thoughts? Agreed?

You do know the Thunderbolt is just like the Evo that's been out for a while now.So when you get your Thunderbolt your gonna feel the same way cause the Evo has been out easily 6 months by now.All HtC did was slap another name on it.My last phone was the Evo but I would chose the iphone over it anyday.The Thunderbolt is not gonna have the sprint TV which came in handy so many times.

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AZSALUKI wrote:

john5481 wrote:
iPhone is much better than the HTC. Good luck keeping the battery above 20% for more than 3 hours and enjoy your overpriced 4G data package that isn't available everywhere yet
thanks!!! i will!! i'm in 4g and have owned an htc for 9 months with zero issues. i will enjoy the 15mbps download speeds and built in skype (not an app) that i can use without wifi....and simultaneous voice and data (again, without wifi).

Have fun paying up to $80 bucks a month for that speed! Rumor has it that the VZW 4G tiering will range form $20 for 2 gb up to $80 for 10gb! SOme are even saying it may go as high as $120

iphonenut

People are too funny on these forums. I hear more people complain about those droids more than IPhones. One thing for sure soon as he get that Thunderbolt there will be another droid based phone that will be better than the Thunderbolt. These Droid phones come out every other month.

PJNC284

Android is just too complicated for a lot of people and they don't have the willingness to take the time to get used to it or customize it to their liking. And it's rougher around the edges but the ceiling for potential is much higher than iOS will ever be.

kscwv

but exactly how much computing are you going to be doing on your phone, the more they put inside the more battery life will drop. besides a few games, apps to tell me where to eat and some interent surfing its used for entertainment like songs, movies, and pictures. I think the iphone is the best for all of these so far..and thats coming from a droid, droid2, and droidx owner. but its also just my opinion

tdelong08

This has hardly anything to do with the original post... It's just a reply to other posts I read on here. I owned a DROID 1 before I switched to the iPhone 4.

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I probably switched ROM's once or twice a week just to see what was out there. Yeah, it was fun to customize the crap out of the phone, but I think the UI on my DROID was very clunky. Keep in mind, I'm not speaking for every Android device out there. I thought that there were way too many updates. If there were an Android powered phone that could stay in existence for as long as each iPhone model does then I would start to give Android a lot of credit. There will always be the ongoing war between iOs, Android OS, and Windows OS and I think Apple will always be many steps ahead of their competition with their seamless OS and sleek physical features.

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iphonenut

I totally agree..you can do just as much with an IPhone when it's jailbroken.

lou61166

tdelong08 wrote:
This has hardly anything to do with the original post... It's just a reply to other posts I read on here. I owned a DROID 1 before I switched to the iPhone 4.
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I probably switched ROM's once or twice a week just to see what was out there. Yeah, it was fun to customize the crap out of the phone, but I think the UI on my DROID was very clunky. Keep in mind, I'm not speaking for every Android device out there. I thought that there were way too many updates. If there were an Android powered phone that could stay in existence for as long as each iPhone model does then I would start to give Android a lot of credit. There will always be the ongoing war between iOs, Android OS, and Windows OS and I think Apple will always be many steps ahead of their competition with their seamless OS and sleek physical features.
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Now if Apple would stop overcharging for their hardwre all would be good,i do enjoy my Windows based PC's,more bang for the buck,but owning a 4th gen ipod touch,and never have any isues.

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alfieferenzo84

goodluck with 3hrs of battery

AZSALUKI

alfieferenzo84 wrote:
goodluck with 3hrs of battery

3 hours of actual use is ok with me. i get close to three hours of actual use now, and plenty of standby time to get through the day on one charge. from looking at the iphone battery threads, it appears that iphones only get 4-5 hours of actual use, plus standby...so iphone has a much better battery, but either way, you have to charge it every night (or at least, i will). plus i keep a spare so on days i'm using it very heavily, i can just change that battery out. i bought 2 cheapies on ebay for $20 total. i keep one at the office, and one in my car. then if i have to, i pop out the battery and switch them. i prefer this to having it plugged in so while i know that battery is better for iphone, i prefer to be able to just switch them out, than to have to plug it in. no phone will make it through a full day for me if i'm using it very heavily.....and on light days, any phone will get me through a day. if i could have my way, they'd put the iphone battery in an android and i'd be set....lol.