Comments on: New AT&T iPhone Commercial “Talk & Surf” Fires Back at Verizon

By: Patricia

Patricia — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:27:43 +0000

I have iPhone with AT&T. I am telling you… AT&T SUCKS!!!

AT&T is the worst network ever. That is why THE ONLY selling point for AT&T iPhone is the “talk and surf” at the same time. But if the network is so bad, NO talk and NO surf ever!!

I cannot wait for Verizon to have the talk and surf function. Verizon in my area is so strong that you can use iPhone in the subway.

I used to use Sprint for almost a decade. I was very happy with Sprint, but the smart phones from Sprint did not have multi-language functions (I speak several languages), so I switched to iPhone (and back then, only AT&T).

Verizon or Sprint, but NOT AT&T ever.

By: JK

JK — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 04:19:40 +0000

Isn’t T Mobile a GSM network?

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The iPhone Sucks at the Personal Hotspot | The iPhone Sucks — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:36:28 +0000

[...] connect to your sucky iPhone and decide to call the airline directly to schedule your flight… On AT&T only, obviously… After waiting 3 minutes for the phone to start ringing, you finally get connected to the airline, [...]

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:32:38 +0000

Not true with no Wifi on I can use my internet and talk on the phone with my Android Samsung Galaxy with T Mobile. The commericial says “on a IPhone” for a reason. My daughter has a My touch 4G and hers does the same thing.

By: Spaminator

Spaminator — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:27:48 +0000

I agree with multiple people here. My last 2 Verizon phones have been able to talk and surf at the same time with WiFi turned off. One was 3G, one was 4G, with no problems whatsoever. CDMA isn’t as limited as people have been led to believe. AT&T deals with half truths, like implying that their “fastest 4G” and their “largest coverage area” apply to their network simultaneously, when in fact you only get faster 4G than other networks in maybe 1% of the country, and the rest of the 97% of the AT&T network is slow 3G. It’s the same with “only AT&T lets your iPhone talk and surf at the same time” while Android phones have been doing that on Verizon for a few years now.

By: Me

Me — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:31:37 +0000

I just got an iphone 4 atat 2 days ago and i didnt even know about this

By: Ddd

Ddd — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:41:10 +0000

By: JKM

JKM — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 04:45:50 +0000

And if the ads are correct then only idiots and liars seem to be using the Talk and Surf feature at the same time:

1) Lady on the couch lying about the fact she’s never won before and using internet to answer a question she should answer on her own
2) Idiot that forgets his own damn anniversary.
3) Idiot that bets 5 bucks about a song he gets wrong and then lies about the restaurant fire.

By: Aaron Winchester

Aaron Winchester — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:22:55 +0000

Well most people want to talk and use 3G at the same time!

By: Aaron Winchester

Aaron Winchester — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 22:22:01 +0000

Yes as soon as you get an incoming call you will drop the data connection.
Cdma uses special call codes to connect to the net its like using dial up but way faster.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:36:44 +0000

I have a Motorola Droid with Verizon and I can talk and surf at the same time and I have my WiFi unchecked. I was surprised when I saw that commercial because I’ve been able to look things up on the web while on the phone. The one thing I have experienced is far better customer service with Verizon than AT&T. It went sour when Cingular took them over and to call AT&T and talk to one of their reps for company phone issues makes me cringe.

By: Gb

Gb — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 03:42:21 +0000

Well I disabled my wifi and I was still able to talk and surf using only 3G. I actually performed this feat for one of my AT&T counterparts…. WTF

By: Heather

Heather — Sun, 15 May 2011 05:28:14 +0000

I am able to search the web and check emails on my verizon iPhone whenever I use my bluetooth.

By: Basil

Basil — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:37:31 +0000

What about Tethering or using the Hotspot feature. Does this mean that on the Verizon Network that you will not receive calls, or that the data stream will be interrupted with the call? Just curious how that would work…. On my AT&T network, even though AT&T stopped offering unlimited data, we can talk, surf, and share internet with laptops, no problem….

By: Toni

Toni — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:18:55 +0000

The statement “talk and surf” isn’t really fair since you can surf on wifi. Does it really matter how your surfing? It led me to believe I couldn’t do it at all until I tried it and it worked. I think the commercial is misleading.