Desperation is a stinky cologne - Verizon goes all anti-iPhone
Posted August 25th, 2008 by GenghisPhlip
Well well well… It looks like Verizon has decided to fight back against the full on assault they have been taking from the iPhone 3G. They have given their employees a briefing about the new iPhone’s failings so that they can better answer questions about why Verizon does not carry the phone. The propeganda that they handed employees revolved around what they called the four big “myths” about the iPhone.
Their claims against the iPhone 3G range from a debunk of the “twice as fast” claim to “iPhone data plan covers all data.” They also took the time to comment on the lack of audible turn-by-turn GPS navigation. Apparently, Verizon has not figured out that the GPS functionallity is just an app away and that Apple is currently shopping that to the highest bidder.
One author’s favorite Verizon “mythbusting” point was that the iPhone 3G “will be twice as fast only where AT&T has 3G coverage!” His comment: “like, you can only run trains on train tracks? OK, so it’s really a dig at AT&T’s 3G coverage, but you get my point”. We get your point indeed.
The page shown here was reportedly distributed within Verizon. Of course there is the possibility that it’s a fake but it seems pretty real to me. What do you think?
Desperation is a stinky cologne
August 26th, 2008 at 11:28 am
looks like a big ‘ole basket of sour grapes to me. I especially like how they make it look like they were given the option of carrying the iPhone but turned it down. That’s funny. It makes me laugh.