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Verizon survey suggests carrier is a little self-conscious about the iPhone
Engadget Mobile —
... With phones like the Versa and Dare already on the market and a host of other interesting devices inbound for Verizon in the next few weeks, we'd say Verizon has enough juice in the marketing tank to fight off the iPhone for the time being -- but ...
Verizon Asks: Would an iPhone Keep Customers From Leaving? [IPhone]
Gizmodo —
... Verizon itself is a little short on hot phones at the moment. But a third question asks something more mysterious: "What could Verizon Wireless have offered you to keep you as a customer?" Of the seven suggestions besides "Other," six were things Verizon could actually give a customer right this minute. The seventh was "The iPhone." Is Verizon trying to see how much money they lost by not having an iPhone, or how much money they'll stand to gain by having one? [Boy Genius Report]
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Apple iPhone referenced as option to get Verizon customers back?
Phones Review —
... Wireless must see this as why else would they put out a survey that references the Apple iPhone? The survey asks “What could Verizon Wireless have offered to keep you as a customer?” and one option was gaining the iPhone.
So this obviously suggests Verizon is aware that if they could get Apple to allow them to sell the Apple iPhone their sales would increase. Wouldn’t it be nice to know just how many Verizon customers jumped ship when the Apple iPhone came out?
Source – BGR
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Verizon asks: "did you leave because of the iPhone?"
9 to 5 Mac - Apple Intelligence —
... We are going to try very hard not to jump to any big conclusions on this one. Verizon is asking a whole lot of iPhone questions to its departing customers according to BGR. Remember, ...
Linkpost | 3.5.2009
TechBlog —
... - Groups seek to break AT&T's exclusive grip. • Verizon Wireless grills exiting customers about the iPhone - In a survey, they ask if you're leaving to get an iPhone. • ...
Verizon Wireless: Do You Want The iPhone?
GEARFUSE —
... answers is raising some eyebrows. Can you guess? I’ll give you a hint: it rhymes with iClone. Yes, Verizon Wireless is gauging how badly the iPhone is hurting its subscriber base. It’s simply dying to know if it could have kept you around if VZW offered the iPhone. Chances are, a lot of people with cellphones are catching on to how popular that silly iPhone 3G is and want one - badly. I guess we’ll have to wait and see if Apple and VZW are going to play ball one day. Link
News: Mix: Verizon Poll, BlackBerry Apps, Windows Mobile, Melinda Gates
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
Verizon Wireless is running an online survey for customers who cancel service, in which they are offered iPhone-oriented answers to several questions. For both “What is the Primary Reason you chose your new carrier?” and “What is the Primary Reason you disconnected your line of service with Verizon Wireless?” one of the optional answers is “Wanted the iPhone;” the iPhone is also listed as an answer for the question “What could Verizon Wireless have offered you to keep you as a customer?” BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has announced further details of its App Store ...
Verizon Wireless survey grills exiting customers about Apple iPhone
MacDailyNews —
... Verizon account," Hodgkins reports. "The coup d’etat was the question that posed, 'What could Verizon Wireless have offered to keep you as a customer?' Among the optional answers, iPhone." "This is not fodder to spurn yet another resurgence in the 'Verizon is getting the iPhone' rumor but it does suggest that Verizon is not turning a blind eye to the iPhone and is trying to gauge the negative effect, if any, the iPhone is having on its churn rate," Hodgkins reports. Full article here . MacDailyNews Take: Steve Jobs eventually will get old... I like our chances. - ...
Dear Verizon: Let Me Fix That Survey For You [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network —
... So Verizon is finally acting like they “get it,” specifically asking people who leave their service if “the iPhone” has anything to do with it. ...
Verizon Wants To Know Why You Broke Its Heart
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
[image] A reader over at the BoyGeniusReport.com clued them in on a survey he was asked to take upon canceling his contract with Verizon. Some of the screen shots sent to BGR show that the iPhone was a selectable option for leaving. The survey even uses the iPhone as one of the answers to pick when asking "What could Verizon Wireless have offered you to keep you as a customer?" Deeeeespraaate! [image] What is the survey obviously pointing out to us? That Verizon is seriously kicking it's self in the behind for not taking the iPhone deal when it was first offered to them, and ...
Verizon Contemplating iPhone After Exiting Customer Reviews.
Planet iPhones —
... The most recent sign of this, discovered by BGR, is shown quite blatantly in Verizon’s Service-Cancellation-Survey. Three of the… ...
