Verizon’s Voyager and the iPhone
20 11 2007The day before Thanksgiving, Verizon Wireless will begin selling their latest and greatest new phone: the LG’s Voyager. Being the techy that I am, I have done a lot of research on this phone to see just how great this new “invention” is compared to the popular iPhone that came out last July.
It is a very neat little phone for non business people. If you are on the road a lot and do a fair amount of emailing and text messaging, this is not the phone for you.
In short, I am very surprised Verizon and LG put so much time and energy into this phone when it is NOT as good as the iPhone. Apple is such a smart company and hard to compete with, in my opinion. Plus, Verizon is not marketing the phone very well. How many months ahead did we know about the new iPhone? Atleast 6 months in advanced. I spoke with a business prospect right after the iPhone was released, and she said her son bought three: 1 for him, his wife and his BABY girl! He even waited in line to get one! Verizon is a good strong company, but they just do not have the creativity that some of the other companies have: like AT&T. I am so impressed with the way AT&T did their marketing campaign in San Diego. Of course, they spent over a Billion dollars to announce the “New AT&T.” However, everything they do: their phones, their billboards, their commercials seems to be a cut above Verizon. Verizon seems to be the giant chanting the same old thing, “Yeah the iPhone is cool, but we STILL have the best network! Beat that!” Well, I think Verizon Wireless has got to be a little worried if they don’t step up their creativity, marketing efforts and their overall message to compete with AT&T. If Verizon has the best network, why are their still millions and millions of AT&T customers? Because they have cooler looking phones and features, which causes an emotional buy!
So, I thought about buying the voyager as a Verizon customer, but I will stick with my Palm Treo for now. That is another thing about Verizon: their Treo! They have sold a very similiar design for at least 3 years now! For those who love a new and different look, they will be getting real bored of the same ol’ Palm Treo.
Posted by David
November 28th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
David: I appreciate your assessment. You know a lot more about this stuff than I do.
However, regarding AT&T – for years and years they were the big bully on the block. They were the only show in town. Thankfully they did a fairly decent job, but if they didn’t the consumer had no where else to go. Several decades ago the government split them up into a number of regional companies. Thus, dozens and even hundreds of other carriers began cropping up, giving the consumer lots of choices – just like choosing a painting company
This forced AT&T to compete for our business like everyone else.
Personally I have no respect for AT&T because they have aggressively marketed to homosexuals – with a vengeance. They spent millions advertising in exclusive homosexual publications and have resisted the appeals of Christians regarding this. I have assiduously avoided doing business with them.
They used to be a very conscientious company. Pop (Cath’s dad) worked for AT&T for years and retired from “the phone company.” When I was a kid and folk spoke of “Ma Bell” or the phone company they were talking about AT&T.
In recent years – as you have indicated – they’ve had to compete in the open market (and of course, they have tons of money) so have done a good job gaining back market share. When the government initially broke up their monopoly in the 70′s their prices were the highest. They’ve steadily lowered them in order to stay competitive.
(For the record, a couple other companies that initially ignored the appeals of Christians – especially regarding supporting abortion on demand and homosexuality – are Levi Strauss, Ford, American Express and K-Mart, through their Walden Bookstores. The difference is many of them eventually changed their practice after outcries [from Focus on the Family, American Family Assoc, etc.] and boycotts, etc.)
I didn’t mean to be so long-winded about this, but I well remember the arrogance of AT&T during those days when they glibly ignored our appeals.