Verizon Salespeople Just as Slimy as the Rest

[Clete2]

I agree. I have found very few good apps in the app store. Most of them are garbage, lame games or repeats of other apps. The app store is overrated IMHO.

I don't think the app store is overrated. I just think that there shouldn't be 100 fart apps and mafia games. They're all the same crap regurgitated with different names.

In categories other than games, I find that the first few pages of apps are phenomenal.

 

[Konz]

a) Full 3G was identical rates 900kbps/190kbps to my iPhone
b) Tactic feedback was unnatural and strange
c) Method to organize and delete Apps was archaic and allows duplicates
d) Keyboard was worthless. Autocorrection was inferior.
e) I like the Android Market but it doesn't have critical Apps (Evernote, 1Password, OmniFocus)

a) Who said it was faster? It covers more area... zero coverage is a lot slower than full coverage though, FYI.
b) Then turn it off? Geez, talk about nitpicking BS here. (haptic feedback, btw)
c) No... just no. You can delete them via the Marketplace (by viewing a list of all your DLs) or through the Applications tab in Settings.
d) It has intelligent autocorrection with multiple choices. Intelligent meaning it learns which words you meant to type after you select them a few times... only a psychic could be superior to that.
e) Just opinion, can't really argue there.

Says the guy with the scam link in his signature. Who gave you permission to use the MacRumors logo there?

Rofl, nice catch... can we have him banned now or what? That's a lot more sleezy than the OP's story

 

[bbplayer5]

This story sounds made up. Just saying.

 

[bbplayer5]

I spent a very detailed hour with the DROID and will not be switching.

a) Full 3G was identical rates 900kbps/190kbps to my iPhone
b) Tactic feedback was unnatural and strange
c) Method to organize and delete Apps was archaic and allows duplicates
d) Keyboard was worthless. Autocorrection was inferior.
e) I like the Android Market but it doesn't have critical Apps (Evernote, 1Password, OmniFocus)

The salespeople gave me space and were not slimy.

In my area the droid is so much faster is almost laughable

Tactical feedback can be turned off if you dont like it

Opening the Market and selecting an app to uninstall is difficult? Wow..

Keyboard is just as good as the iPhone with autocorrect, PLUS you get multiple possibilities if you mess up a word... Not what iPhone wants you to type. SUPERIOR. The slide out keyboard takes getting used to, but I love it now.

Critical apps? Never even heard of them. They cant be that critical.

 

[Clete2]

Rofl, nice catch... can we have him banned now or what? That's a lot more sleezy than the OP's story

Haha nice!

Anyways, not all salespeople lie. I was a salesperson for Sears (in electronics) for over a year and I didn't lie to my customers.. I was honest with them.

I could never work for AT&T or Verizon for the primary reason that I would have to be biased towards one or another. With a neutral company, you can say the truth.

 

[stab244]

I guess that sales rep didn't get the memo comparing the Droid to the iPhone...

 

[Clete2]

The problem nowadays, as I was discussing a few days ago with a former, long-time employee of Sears, is that many companies no longer care for their employees. Without going into detail, basically they don't pay their employees anything and they cut benefits as much as they can. This is why they lost all of their long-time employees and are hiring 15-year-olds who don't know anything.

 

[jabingla2810]

I recently switched over to Verizon from the iPhone because of coverage issues and while I was in there I overheard the salesperson talking to a teenage girl completely ripping the iPhone a new one. The best lie I heard from him was that Steve Jobs has the power to press a button to render every single iPhone in the world useless if he so desires. I immediately cancelled my contract and went right back to the iPhone.

Thats rediculous on so many levels.

I honestly dont know where to start.

I believe that you may have switched over to droid, and then came back.... but other than that..... actually I cant be bothered.

 

[VenusianSky]

All professional sales people are "slimy", in general. They have to be. It is part of their job to do whatever it takes to make a sell, include lying. It is how they make a living. Just like a politician lies to win votes so that they can have a job, or a better one.

 

[Plutonius]

Are you sure the iPhone has wifi ? I also saw on a map in a recent advertisement that the iPhone only works in a few cities (5% - 7% of the US) .

Note - Just assume that all salespeople lie to one extent or another and that all advertisements exaggerate.

 

[redman042]

Just a few clarifications of my OP.

First, I did not say ALL Verizon salespeople were slimy, or that they are more slimy than AT&T (which is most definitely NOT true). I'm just pointing out that Verizon is not above "pushing the limits" (or beyond) with their sales pitches. Even that official Verizon sales sheet (which compared the Droid to the iPhone) that went to all their store managers, and ended up on some of the gadget blogs, pushed the truth in many areas. Yes, I know this is industry standard, and you'll also see similar tactics at car dealerships, electronic stores, you name it. It's called "looking out for your own interests".

Anyway, the main point of my post was just to rant a little about disinformation being given to unknowing customers. No, I was not planning to intervene that day. I just felt like it. But it's as much the customers fault for not doing his own research as it was the salesman for not speaking truthfully. The good news is that, if he goes ahead and buys a Droid, he'll be getting a great phone on a great network. But if he was presented with a true, factual comparison between the phones, he might make a different choice.

I do stand behind my comment that iPhone apps are leaps and bounds ahead of Android, and that Android's open nature has not helped app quality or selection one bit, EXCEPT that there are a couple of specific things you can do on the Android that you can't on a non-jailbroken iPhone (and more to come I'm sure). If you are one of those users that really needs or wants one of those specific functions (like Google Voice, Sega emulators, etc.), and you don't want to jailbreak, go Android. At least you'll be making a fully-informed decision. Don't go Android just because it is open, assuming all apps will be better in the long run. Because right now, I can rattle off the names of at least 20 extremely polished, capable, and inexpensive iPhone apps that have no equal on any other phone. Yes, the App Store is loaded with fart apps, but it also has a lot of very amazing apps too. Most of you know this is true.

I make it a point to help less-informed friends and family make good choices. I don't play the Apple fanboy, and in some cases I've actually steered people to a Blackberry based on their descriptions of what they are looking for. I just want people to be informed.