On Thursday, the iPhone came to Verizon. After years of rumors and guesswork, hordes of iPhone fans clamoring for a new network, it’s happened, and predictions of the effects are flying everywhere. Will this kill ATT? What will happen to all the Android phones on Verizon?
Well, we’re here to watch and report on just that. Our first tool: a live iPhone carrier tracker. Updated regularly throughout the day, the tracker will show you what percentage of iPhones we see in a rolling 24-hour period are ATT, and what percentage are Verizon.
What do you think? Will Verizon ever catch ATT, given the years-long head start? Is ATT in trouble, or Android? Let us know your thoughts either in comments or on our Facebook page.
If you’ve got an iPhone, let us know if you intend to switch (full disclosure: I have a 3GS and am still undecided about whether I’m going to Verizon. Also still under contract, so plenty of time to decide).
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So what exactly are you tracking here? And how does that correlate with AT&T vs Verizon market share?
We’re tracking device impressions throughout our network on a rolling 24-hour period, updating regularly. It should be a very solid correlation to an “iPhones in use” market share – assuming that both Verizon and ATT iPhone users have similar browsing habits.
Is this all iphones or just iphone 4s?
How about posting a graph of the change over time? My iPhone arrives from Verizon on Monday, the earliest time they could have fulfilled the order. Will we see an acceleration this week.
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Keep waiting. LOL. Who want or needs a 3g phone on an 4g network.
question. is the total of number iphones increasing or is ATT customers losing customers?
I have the same question. If all this tracks is the ratio between the two, we have no idea if ATT is actually losing customers. It could be at 50-50 and ATT could still have the exact same number of iPhone customers as the pre-Verizon days.
Kilam,
Obviously, the total number of phones is increasing because Apple is selling a bunch. Your question is still valid, though… are old AT&T iPhones being replaced and becomming service-free iPod Touch equivalents? That is a question that this survey can’t answer. My guess is that there are a few customer defections from AT&T to Verizon. (A small survey by Gene Munster suggested that 8% of all Verizon iPhone buyers are refuges from AT&T.)
Thompson
What about the unlocked iphones on T-Mobile??? If they aren’t represented, does this mean this stat doesn’t count all the jailbroken iphones?
Currently on iPhone:3G with AT&T, not in contract anymore, and strongly plan to switch to a non-Apple device on Verizon as soon as money permits (within 6 months). Yes, AT&T got a big head start on the smart phone world, but Verizon was able to learn from AT&T’s mistakes and avoid them at little or no cost to their growing customer base.
Non Apple device? That probably means Android, and considering Android’s multiple form factors (and the fact that the first LTE handheld device on Verizon will not be iOS, but Android), not a bad choice.
Non Apple device? That probably means Android, and considering Android’s multiple form factors (and the fact that the first LTE handheld device on Verizon will not be iOS, but Android), not a bad choice.
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Question 1) Is this counting previous models of iPhone too (which are only available for AT&T) or is it filtered to only count iPhone 4s?
Question 2) Is your methodology superior to that of the iPad counter that Chikita did last year? Because that thing sucked. (Although I realize that estimating an absolute number as opposed to a percentage is a whole different thing… and much harder from a sample set.)
Thompson
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Not a chance would I switch…..But then again I love Android and open systems and being able to use the web while in a call.
How about a stat on percentage of verizon phones running blackberry, android, and iPhone. This would be an interesting number to track over time.
I’m very interested to learn how this is affecting the market share of other smartphones on Verizon’s network. For example, is the number of Android phones on Verizon still climbing?
Terrific! Would be great if you added the line graph of the data. It would nicely chart how this battle evolves over time.
I hope you all realize the iphone for verizon just came out a week ago…and at&t has had the iphone for the last 3 to 4 years.
This study is invalid. You can’t base the number of iphone users on a product that came out a week ago for verizon and a product that came out 3 to 4 years ago for at&t.
Whoever thinks this is a valid study is dumb.
I broke 2 contracts with Sprint to get Verizon iPhones since at&t doesn’t work at my house
Would rather see 7 days of rolling data so the weekend influence would be smoothed better.
This is great Verizon is well over 6% and climbing doing the math it would put Verizon at about 1.5 mill iPhones. Looks most reports a wrong the phone is selling like hotcakes on Verizon.
This is great Verizon is well over 6% and climbing doing the math it would put Verizon at about 1.5 mill iPhones. Looks most reports a wrong the phone is selling like hotcakes on Verizon.
Does this ONLY track iPhones that hit Chitika’s network? Or somehow manages to capture something more thorough?
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