So who has gone to VZW from AT&T and are you happy you did?
I'm debating paying the ETF and switching to VZW. I picked up a 5 on the 21st (preorder from apple). Paid the "early upgrade" from AT&T - so a 32gb cost 550 (300 + 250). Since it's from apple, I have 30 days to return. A 5 from VZW would be new customer price - 300, but my ETF would be about 250 - so cost wise a wash.
With AT&T - get simultaneous voice/data (which I actually make use of). With VZW, would have facetime over cellular (without jailbreaking or expensive share plan where I lose the nation+canada option I'm on) - since I don't have a need often for this, it's not a dealbreaker. Neither LTE is in my area yet (northern MN), but VZW LTE is getting much closer - probably about 10 cities in MN, vs only Minneapolis for AT&T LTE so far. With AT&T still having EDGE in parts of the country, I'm not holding by breath for AT&T LTE up here any time soon. But not sure how soon VZW LTE will show.
I travel to Canada fairly often, so the LTE capability in Canada with the AT&T might be a bonus, but would need to get a prepaid SIM to do it (say on Rogers or Bell). Brings up the sim unlocked problem. Could get the 5 unlocked via a service for like 15-20. VZW model is sim unlocked out of the box (could still use HSPA in Canada with it).
So just curious if some are in similar situations...
I'm debating paying the ETF and switching to VZW. I picked up a 5 on the 21st (preorder from apple). Paid the "early upgrade" from AT&T - so a 32gb cost 550 (300 + 250). Since it's from apple, I have 30 days to return. A 5 from VZW would be new customer price - 300, but my ETF would be about 250 - so cost wise a wash.
With AT&T - get simultaneous voice/data (which I actually make use of). With VZW, would have facetime over cellular (without jailbreaking or expensive share plan where I lose the nation+canada option I'm on) - since I don't have a need often for this, it's not a dealbreaker. Neither LTE is in my area yet (northern MN), but VZW LTE is getting much closer - probably about 10 cities in MN, vs only Minneapolis for AT&T LTE so far. With AT&T still having EDGE in parts of the country, I'm not holding by breath for AT&T LTE up here any time soon. But not sure how soon VZW LTE will show.
I travel to Canada fairly often, so the LTE capability in Canada with the AT&T might be a bonus, but would need to get a prepaid SIM to do it (say on Rogers or Bell). Brings up the sim unlocked problem. Could get the 5 unlocked via a service for like 15-20. VZW model is sim unlocked out of the box (could still use HSPA in Canada with it).
So just curious if some are in similar situations...