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CNET Top 5 Reasons to Buy a Verizon iPhone

2011-02-07
hi I'm Hollywood in for Brian Cooley with a C net top-5 the top 5 reasons to buy a Verizon iPhone see recently Ryan Cooley brought you top 5 reasons not to buy the Verizon iPhone limited global roaming no simultaneous voice and data no 4G whatever hater if the presale numbers are any indication at all the Verizon iPhone is going to be a monster hit but if you're still on the fence here are five reasons you might want to take the leap coming in at number five no death-grip because of a slight redesign with the iPhone 4 those issues about holding the phone wrong and losing reception are now solved and you won't need an ugly rubber bumper to use with this model bonus at number four the Verizon iPhone can act as a mobile hotspot providing wireless Internet access to up to five devices yes it cost an additional 20 bucks a month but that's a lot less than a Verizon MiFi costs AT&T is rumored to be working on offering the mobile hotspot capability but right now they cannot match that feature and it is super handy especially if it's paired with number three Verizon's unlimited data plan for 30 bucks a month now granted verizon says the plan will only be available for a limited time but if you're a serious pandora streamer a podcast downloader or a Netflix watcher on your phone and you want to do the mobile tethering the unlimited data is a huge plus for as long as it lasts moving on to number two duh better voice calling in his top five reasons not to buy coolly noted that with CDMA technology you can't do voice and data at the same time that's true but on the flipside when the phone only does voice you're a lot less likely to get dropped calls because the voice isn't being crowded out by the data that's right I'm saying they can hear you now and finally the number one reason to buy a Verizon iPhone for God's sake people you've been waiting for years already it's like Santa came and it's Christmas morning finally finally you can open the present and have your very own iPhone on Verizon who cares if there's gonna be another version in six months go ahead scratch that itch alright that's it for this week everyone for more top 5 videos head on over it's a top 5 cnet.com I'm Molly wood and thank you for watching
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