[UPDATED] Verizon Wireless to K.O. AT&T?

I've been a Verizon Wireless customer for nearly 7 years now. The one major complaint from many devoted Verizon customers was the lack of phones. Every 'cool' phone introduced was passed up and signed to another carrier or "dumbed" down to Verizon. If a carrier was selling 'Phone A', then Verizon got 'Phone A' a few months later calling it 'Phone B', but lacked Wi-Fi or any other usable feature.

When the iPhone was first introduced January 9th, 2007, it created a frenzy in the tech world. Even today, 3 years from the introduction, the iPhone is still the phone to beat. Many phones have attempted and failed, and only a mere few have attempted and stood next to it. but not a single phone has yet surpassed the iPhone, except for the iPhone 3G and then the iPhone 3G S.

Any phone that had a real fighting chance against the iPhone was either brought to Sprint or T-Mobile. Verizon assumed that their coverage and service would speak for itself and the type of phone didn't matter.

But Verizon seems to be a different company today than it was in 2007, both more open-minded and shall I say, even "cool"? Even though Verizon has the largest 3G coverage and the most subscribers of any carrier, they needed to do more, and now they have!!

The past few months, Verizon has beefed up their phone line-up. Samsung Omnia II, Blackberry Storm 2, HTC Droid Eris, and the Motorola Droid. The Motorola Droid is the closest phone to rival the iPhone. But with the lack of apps on a newly developed Google Android OS, it still falls a little short.

As I'm sure you all have seen, Verizon and AT&T have been at each others throat lately with ads slamming each other. The fight isn't over yet, but it may be over soon. On January 27, Apple may introduce the iPhone 4G for Verizon debuting in June 2010, with an iPhone 4G LTE coming in 2011. Now if the rumor holds to be true, it would be a massive blow to AT&T since the only thing keeping the company afloat is the bragging rights of having the iPhone exclusively.

The #1 Network to carry the #1 Phone? I think so!!

[UPDATE] It seems as though Apple decided to keep today's (1-27-10) press conference only to debut the Apple iPad. Hopefully we'll hear news about a new 4G iPhone for different carriers (Sprint, T-Mobile, & Verizon) at Macworld in February. Stay tuned.