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if God carries a smartphone it's an iPhone 4 or so you might think with all the breathless hype that seems to be even more over torqued around the launch of this iPhone maybe it's the fact that the lost prototype triggered a response typically only seen in Central American Republic's around voting time or that it arrives in an era of smartphone and tablet fever but whatever the reason we're gonna cut against the grain this is top 5 reasons to pass on the iPhone 4 number 5 no 4G in spite of some numerical similarity in the naming the iPhone 4 does not run on a 4G network that might just be theoretically interesting if it weren't for Sprint's Evo 4G that phone does use the more advanced Network and AT&T and Verizon will light up their 4G networks and phones in the months ahead then we're all gonna be reminded why 3G isn't really broadband yet that's all your iPhone 4 will handle number 4 goodbye unlimited data AT&T is no longer writing new contracts with unlimited flat rate data so if you change carriers to come over and get an iPhone 4 you're gonna have to pay some kind of tiered pricing for data with all the complication and vigilance against overage charges that go with that I don't like it number 3 Verizon yeah yeah I know an iPhone on Verizon has been just around the corner about as long as Lindsay Lohan's sobriety but we really really think the iPhone could be coming to Verizon in less than a year and that's almost too good to imagine number 2 the flipside of number 3 two more years of AT&T and their new-hire 325 dollar early termination fee I know AT&T works fine for many of you but they didn't become the but of all wireless industry jokes by accident sure maybe 18t does handle several times more wireless data than any other carrier and it still isn't my problem fix your network but the time for that passed years ago now it's time for you and me to spend our wireless dollars ethically before we get to the number one reason you can yawn at the Apple fanboys as they stand in line let's take a quick peek at the two smartphones CNET thinks are as good or better than what the Apple guys carry the HTC Droid Incredible runs on Verizon and the Evo 4G found on Sprint okay at number one the top reason yet don't need to rush out and get all lathered up about iPhone for Apple lied all this world-changing stuff is kind of a crock that most of us who do this for a living came away from the iPhone 4 announcement thinking is that it sure to cameras lush display video calling multitasking HD video a4 cpu all tasty upgrades but I'd venture to say at least half of those are playing catch-up with the competition and the rest don't really change the playing field there are too many other great smartphones out there to make a unilateral decision so you can relax let God and the fanboys work out the bugs on the iPhone 4 while you wait to see what plays out on 4G networks whatever HTC and RIM have up their sleeves and maybe even look for an iPhone on Verizon oh by the way if you want the good news about the iPhone 4 check out another top 5 here on CNET tv.com top 5 reasons to rush out and get the iPhone 4 I see it both ways i'm brian coulis talk to you next time for another CNET top 5