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Poll time!!!<br>
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href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/half-of-verizon-smartphone-users-mulling-switch-to-iphone.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/half-of-verizon-smartphone-users-mulling-switch-to-iphone.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss</a><br>
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<p>Results of a uSamp survey of AT&T and Verizon customers
conducted last week reveals that 54 percent of current Android and
BlackBerry users on Verizon's network are likely to switch to a
Verizon-compatible iPhone 4 by the time the device <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/01/verizon-iphone-no-longer-a-myth-available-in-february.ars">launches
next week on February 10</a>.
That same survey suggested that as many as 26 percent of current
AT&T iPhone users could switch to Verizon next week as well. The
news comes just as <a
href="http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2011/02/verizon-says-the-first-two.ars?comments=1">Verizon
reported</a> blowing well past previous records set for first-day
handset sales in less than a day of preorder availability.</p>
<p>uSamp's data is derived from a "highly profiled panel" of over 700
smartphone users currently on AT&T or Verizon conducted between
January 28 and January 31 (before current Verizon customers were
allowed to preorder online February 3). Among Verizon customers with an
Android or BlackBerry device, one quarter are "very likely" to switch
to the iPhone 4 on launch, while another 29 percent are "somewhat
likely." In particular, two-thirds of BlackBerry users were either very
or somewhat likely to switch, according to survey respondents.</p>
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Paul Cartwright</pre>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Paul Cartwright</pre>
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