Sep 10
Whats Up With Verizons Pathetic Smartphone Lineup?
Posted in: motorola, Smart Devices, Today's Chili, Verizon Wireless
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Let me start with a Tweet:
“T-Mobile heart Android. Sprint heart WebOS. AT&T heart OS X. Verizon heart cellular base stations.”
Motorola’s launch of the Cliq today with T-Mobile (shown at left) stymied various tech pundits who were expecting to see an Android phone for Verizon Wireless, and officially pushed Verizon’s smartphone lineup over the edge into “absurdly pathetic.”
The nation’s number-one carrier, Verizon isn’t complaining. They’re gaining customers, making money and winning awards based on their top-notch network, which has only gotten better with their recent purchase of Alltel. Verizon has also been bringing some interesting, exclusive feature-phones to market, including the LG EnV Touch, Samsung Alias 2, and the new Nokia Twist and Samsung Rogue.
But as Sprint solidifies their WebOS dominance with the Palm Pixi, T-Mobile crushes on Android with the Motorola Cliq and two HTC phones, and AT&T keeps riding high with the iPhone, Verizon’s lineup of actual smartphones looks pathetic. Their hottest new handsets are the workaday BlackBerry Tour and HTC Touch Pro2, which aren’t awful, but neither are they exclusive; the Tour is available on Sprint and the Touch Pro2 arrived first on two other carriers.
So what’s behind Verizon’s weak showing in the smartphone arena? I’ve got some possibilities; give me your own.
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