In a recent survey, around half of Verizon smartphone users said they planned to switch to the Verizon iPhone when it becomes available next week.
Market research firm uSamp recorded the responses of more than 700 current smartphone owners on the Verizon network. According to those responses, around 66% of BlackBerry users on Verizon plan to switch, and around 44% of Android smartphone users plan to spring for the iPhone 4 on their current network.
Altogether, 54% of the Verizon-using, smartphone-owning respondents said they planned to switch to the Verizon iPhone.
When asked why! they wo uld switch, respondents cited the iOS mobile interface (60%), the devices memory (43%), the camera (41%), the iPhone media features (51%), and the web browser (58%).
uSamp also said 26% of current AT&T iPhone users would switch to Verizon.
In Mashables own poll, we found that a great many AT&T iPhone users plan to switch to Verizon, too. With a sample size of more than 5,000 respondents, 30% said they would switch as soon as possible, and 15% said they would switch as soon as their current contract was expired. A further 23% said theyd switch when the next version of the iPhone became available on Verizon.
All this phone-hopping and network-switching is great news for Apple and Verizon; however, the new bandwidth requirements on Verizons network might put a damper on new Verizon iPhone users experience. The company plans to throttle download speeds for the top 5% of its users many or most of whom are likely to be on the new iPhones.
If youre a current Android or BlackBerry user on the Verizon network, do you plan to get a Verizon iPhone 4? Tell us why or why not in the comments.
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