Carriers Pushing Samsung Phones More Than Apple iPhones

[acerace113]

To be honest the carrier stores where I live don't have any iPhones on display, not even dummy models...
I think it's wrong to push people to get a certain phone, what if they don't like the phone? They might be stuck with it for the next 2 years.


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[the_tech_eater]

No that would be BB. I know VZW doesn't even have a single BB in store. You have to order them

Negative. The local vzw store has several.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

To be honest the carrier stores where I live don't have any iPhones on display, not even dummy models...
I think it's wrong to push people to get a certain phone, what if they don't like the phone? They might be stuck with it for the next 2 years.


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They do have a return window.


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[the_tech_eater]

They do have a return window.


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Verizon's is only 14 days.

 

[WeAreAllUnique]

Verizon's is only 14 days.

Using a device every day all day for two weeks seems to be sufficient enough time to be able to discern if the device is going to work for you. I can usually tell after a day or two if this device is going to work for me.


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[acerace113]

They do have a return window.


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My carrier has a limit of 50 MB of data usage for returns.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Using a device every day all day for two weeks seems to be sufficient enough time to be able to discern if the device is going to work for you. I can usually tell after a day or two if this device is going to work for me.


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'Nuf said...

 

[Skatophilia]

That's the only thing I can think of at this point. I'm honestly surprised there still part of mobile nations honestly. There's just nothing happening there.

There are many new things that BlackBerry has been accomplishing as of lately and are continuing to grow.

 

[Speedygi]

Blackberry has a niche for business users wanting physical keyboards. I think they have that down pat, which isn't bad...

Problem is that even these business people are being fed iPhones at work..

 

[HAWK]

Blackberry has a niche for business users wanting physical keyboards. I think they have that down pat, which isn't bad...

Problem is that even these business people are being fed iPhones at work..

Yeah I personally can't see blackberry ever becoming on par with the phones now a days.


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[agarwal.apar]

Looks like the margin on Samsung phones are higher than Apple's

 

[Flow39]

Blackberry has a niche for business users wanting physical keyboards. I think they have that down pat, which isn't bad...

Problem is that even these business people are being fed iPhones at work..

Exactly. The company my dad works for has slowly started transitioning away from Blackberry to iPhone. They have been giving them the 5c, and there is almost unanimous positive reactions.

 

[Tomaburque]

Sprint is quietly offering iPhone 4 and 4s high value customers free upgrades to 5s but I think that's because they have to move a certain number of units they are contractually required to buy. I know the salespeople don't care, they just want to sell a line and make bonus. What's really gonna be a challenge for the carriers and for Apple are the next generation of $200 "good enough" smartphones which will help free people from the need to enter into a contract because they cannot come up with $650 at once.

 

[tigerinexile]

The bloatware explanation makes the most sense.

Apple phones are more expensive, but they run nicely with just their own stuff on it... (Unlocked iPhones are the best of all worlds now.)

 

[Flow39]

The bloatware explanation makes the most sense.

Apple phones are more expensive, but they run nicely with just their own stuff on it... (Unlocked iPhones are the best of all worlds now.)

For sure. Bloatware is a big drawback of buying a carrier-locked Android phone. Bloatware is useless and takes up a lot of space. The iPhone doesn't have any bloatware from carriers, which I love. I gotta agree, unlocked iPhones really are the best

 

[the_tech_eater]

For sure. Bloatware is a big drawback of buying a carrier-locked Android phone. Bloatware is useless and takes up a lot of space. The iPhone doesn't have any bloatware from carriers, which I love. I gotta agree, unlocked iPhones really are the best

Well from the carriers point of view, bloat ware is a gift from God(and Google) lol

 

[Spencerdl]

This does not surprise me at all. Every time I go into a carriers store I see the iPhone stands in the back of the store. Maybe because the iPhone sells itself. Verizon definitely pushes Android devices more than other device manufactors

 

[Derrick4Real]

carriers have been urging smartphone buyers to go with Samsung (and others) rather than the iPhone.

Their opinions mean nothing to me. I don't ask for them and I've never been offered them. I wear headphones in stores which is the universal symbol for "salesmen don't come talk to me." I know what I want. I do my research and demo phones. I'm not going to be sold a phone. They'd have an easier time selling Ice to an Eskimo.

 

[HAWK]

I have a friend that works for telus ( a Canadian carrier ) and I asked her this morning why they do not push iPhone and have demos in store and she said its because Apple does not allow third party companies to promote their phones or tablets without being certified to do so by apple. Apple likes running their own commercials, and if you are to have a stand displaying apple products they want to approve it. Some companies ignore their policy and display them anyways but it is a rule they have in place so people do not display or promote the phones wrong. I can see this as being true because apple is a very picky company. Wal mart, best buy, and big chains obviously have went through the process of having it approved for display


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[the_tech_eater]

I have a friend that works for telus ( a Canadian carrier ) and I asked her this morning why they do not push iPhone and have demos in store and she said its because Apple does not allow third party companies to promote their phones or tablets without being certified to do so by apple. Apple likes running their own commercials, and if you are to have a stand displaying apple products they want to approve it. Some companies ignore their policy and display them anyways but it is a rule they have in place so people do not display or promote the phones wrong. I can see this as being true because apple is a very picky company. Wal mart, best buy, and big chains obviously have went through the process of having it approved for display


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That's interesting!