Many are shocked at the small lines that greeted the Verizon iPhone on launch day. But if you stop and think about it, there should really be no surprise.....viz.
1. There was just a month warning that the iPhone would be available on Verizon. How many people REALLY are due for a contract renewal right now?
2. Verizon didn't offer any "early renewal" options for customers like AT&T did for the iPhone 4 (of course we now all know why)
3. Continuing from above, those said customers and in the very beginnings of their two year contract with AT&T and can't switch without serious penalties.
4. The fact that there "may be" a Verizon iPhone 5 in June......many people are gonna wait. (if it doesn't happen, there will obviously be another iPhone 4 sales surge for Verizon then)
5. The iPhone 4 is considered a old phone in todays market, why not wait a few more months? (see above)
6. The Verizon iPhone was offered in four stores on launch day. Those being Apple, Verizon, Best Buy, and Wal-Mart. So no big lines necessary.
7. The AT&T iPhone 4 was only available at the Apple stores at launch, then AT&T stores a week after. (Hence the long lines)
8. The majority of AT&T iPhone customers renew their contracts in June right when the latest and greatest iPhone comes out. Verizon customers don't have that opportunity, but will now if Apple renews the Verizon iPhone at the same time as AT&T's (with I believe they will)
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I personally feel that Verizon customers switching to the iPhone will be a constant stream of contract renewers throughout the year. I predict that two years from now when the iPhone 7 comes out in June 2013, the lines will be super long and huge because of the usual AT&T contract renewals and the now available Verizon iPhone 4 contract renewers.
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