Verizon services are way to expensive. Data price for iPhone is $30 while the Data price for Verizon is over $40 plus extras.

For all of us that do not want to use AT&T....Droid is the answer with Verizon

Verizon services are more expensive that AT&T, which is the result of an over extended campaign strategy. Overall value goes to the iPhone.

I don't know a single iPhone user that hasn't complained at some point or another regarding the AT&T service. The actual phone hardware is great, but the service is horrible. The Android-based phones with a little less capability but a world better of service will undoubtedly capture some business.

Android trumps iPhone's distribution just as smart phones are moving to main stream.

As long as iPhone remains exclusive with AT&T, the #2 carrier in the US and Verizon the #1 carrier and all other major carriers make Android their lead product against the iPhone, Android will take share from iPhone.

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If Apple continues to buckle to AT&T's unwillingness to let us use streaming video, Android will CREAM iPhone share! Qik and Flixwagon only work on jailbroken iPhones, and the security issues of jailbroken iPhones make that an increasingly risky choice.

I just bought the Droid and it works GREAT! I rather pay a bit more for the Verizon service and know that I will not lose or miss calls. The unlimited data plan is only $29.99 not $40.

Sorry sleepinghalo but you are wrong. Find a new argument. Verizon services are not more expensive and the media package is not $40. I know this because I'm currently paying for the Droid and I must say that it is completely worth it. In fact this has just been typed from my phone. All in all this is a great product. I have found no reason to think otherwise. Even iPhone users that have played with this phone have yet to pull out any show stoppers on me. Oh yes, it also mounts as a 16gig hard drive.

What I'm seeing is this is more Droid vs. AT&T. As soon as iPhone moves to other carriers, the debate is over, since we all agree the iPhone is still the best phone out there. In the end, if you want the best phone, you'll go iPhone. And after spending 10 min playing with a Droid, it is obviously a good device, but I still like my iPhone... even with AT&T...

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Most people who haven't purchased the iPhone yet are waiting for it to be on the Verizon network. Current iPhone users love their phone, but tend to hate their service. So until the iPhone is on the Verizon network, I think the Droid will definitely do the job!

Yes, of course it will. There will always be early adoptors who will opt for something new just because it is new, regardless of whether or not it is better. Surely the readers of this site know better than to underestimate the competitive gullibility of a certain segment of the buying public.

The droid will not affect the iPhone at all. The bottom line is the iPhone is sleekest best put together smart phone on the market. It is more than just the hardware, it is the software that for all its flaws is still the simplest and easiest to use with an app selection second to none.
Moreover there are intangible factors and the brand itself that attract a majority of people to the iPhone, and when they get an iPhone it is not uncommon for people to celebrate it or flaunt it. Much like how the majority of people who own iPods use the lousy white headphones that come with. Those headphones are iconic and communicate to people that their user has an ipod. To those who care about sound quality they communicate the user is willing to sacrifice quality for looks, and a statement.

I doubt anything will make me switch from iPhone.

Here, here! To Ryan and June. They explained why I just made the jump to the DROID ERIS from the iPhone classic.

Eventually Apple will create a new iPhone which will work on all carriers. When that happens any lost market share from Droid-like competition we be re-gained. The Apple-AT&T partnership, if continued, will not be in the best interest for Apple. The only NEW sales of iPhone are from happy iPhone owners who will buy the latest new version. Waiting too long by Apple is giving Motorola, Samsung, HTC and others time to catch up.

Yawn, another iPhone killer. Next.

The question realy is not will it take share, the question is will android users be closed to the iPhone months or even a year from now when IT is on other carriers.

That's the real danger for Apple

If their product is currently better is also not the question, it's will it still be better with Android's rapid OPEN development... and even if the iPhone is still better, will people care enough to switch to it (again when iPhone is available to all)?

Android is open where Apple is very closed development wise, and will either steal hearts and minds... or frustrate the user...

It will be fun to watch!

Does anyone know if DROID will be offered at Sprint?

I have seen DROID at Verizon and while I would prefer an iPhone it looks pretty good.

Also: I am stuck to a Sprint agreement, Sprints android phones aren't very good,I am tierd of waiting on the Apple-ATT partnership to end, can't stand ATT, and oh yeah Christmas is coming and my daughter wants a new phone.

It may attract an initial following - after all $100 million in advertising will 'buy' some marketshare. But overall the market leaders will continue to be the iphone & Blackberry.

My husband left Verizon for AT&T so he could get an iPhone, but I waited it out. I'm not disappointed - I love the Droid! The only difference I've noticed is the weight, and I don't mind because I like the slide out keyboard. And I don't have dropped calls all of the time like he experiences with AT&T!

We are talking about today and the near future. Right now those of us who were holding out because we prefer Verizon and our cheaper service costs will get the Droid. I've had mine about a week. It was hard to do it and I'm getting a lot of teasing from friends because I've been a Mac user, evangelist, and Apple consultant for many years. But an iPhone is not a Mac and AT&T is not Verizon.

I am totally in love with my Droid which I bought to replace a one year old BB Curve which I hated. Perhaps the question should be will the Droid kill BB and RIM? The phone does everything I want it to do and my plan with Verizon went down by $35.00 per month when I dropped the BB while I gained more services and capabilities. For me it's a total win. When the someday, maybe, if scenario ever happens and iPhone comes to Verizon I will consider making the switch. I never have the service outage issues that my iPhone/AT&T using coworkers have and the internet speed blows the doors off the AT&T service. Our side by side comparisons at work are making my AT&T coworkers envious.

Things change, for now Droid is an acceptable alternative product for those who prefer Verizon to AT&T and it's high prices and bad national service and performance. Is Droid better than an iPhone? Maybe not but it's more about the carrier than the device for many of us.

Droid can also go on multiple devices from different manufacturers. That will help it eat into iPhone's marketshare as well.

When you spend $100 million in advertising and promotion....

Everyone is always looking for the next product that will topple Apple.
First we had all of the hailed iPod killers(with the most advertising money coming from Microsoft for their Zune music player). Now we have all the iPhone killers. I don't think anybody really knows if the Droid will win the hearts & minds of people yet because it hasn't come out. But if history is any teacher than betting against Apple is usually a bad bet.

i-phone has no "dominance" except within a narrow niche. until appl reverses brand and lets people make their own decisions it will continue to be the flag for the avant garde wannabes while commodity-based tech ends up dominant.
the >real< question is what will happen to the advertising industry as a goog based droid becomes the dataminer.

I'm a diehard Apple freak. Over the years, I've looked at iPhones longingly but have always held back. A couple of days ago, I bought a Droid. So far, it's absolutely sensational. In truth, it's not the actual phone (or its apps) that matters but instead the network it uses - as many people have discovered given all the dropped calls they experience with their iPhones. Verizon beats AT&T, in my opinion.

I switched from the Blackberry to iPhone and I frankly am amazed at what a game changer it is. I'm now hooked on applications like NeuroMobile and can't ever imagine switching to another phone. Android-based phones will need to address the iPhone applications advantage in order to compete.