wow there is A LOT of misinformation in this thread...first Verizon sold OVER 100,000 droids, how much did wal mart, best buy, amazon, and all third party retailers sell, I know someone who sold 75 droids the first day and he is a third party retailer I bet you will see alot more. Also if we are going to compare to the iphone lets also throw in the droid eris as its the cheaper verison of the google phone, which I am sure sold pretty well. Also what extra fees is verizon throwing in? a 30 dollar data fee? Navigation is free (in fact vz nav dosent even run on the droid) Exchange email is included with the 30 dollar data fee, and tethering is a extra charge no matter what carrier you go to.. OH and the doubling cancellation fees dosent start till the 12th so that cant be it...and also if you arent willing to live out a contract then maybe you should stay away...people like someone I know who has had verizon 5 times this year and swtiched back to att 5 times to get the iphone and has made money EVERY time is the reason for the etf going up. Its a contract people, live up to it
Don't get so uptight, it's just a discussion.
Fees wise, I was going by what I read online and from first had experience with a co-worker about the fees that Verizon stores are tacking on to consumers:
$30 Unlimited data plan... this is expected by many except it's not unlimited, it's reported they limit it to 5gb like the mifi cards etc then start charging overage fees. I can't believe it's true, the same info went around about sprint, but it was confused with the data card limits, not phone limits.
Reports of a $30 Tethering fee above the normal monthly charges and I didn't even think tethering was offered yet from vzw on the droid. Again, we all know that the sufficiently motivated will tether whether it's allowed or not and with apps like PDAnet, we're not going to pay for the privilege of tethering
$15 or more for the Exchange email account sync service, what I don't get here is that the $30 data plan does exchange just fine, but in the TOS with vzw, it's not included and you are to be charged extra for the software service. *Just did some reading over at verizon website, this fee is for enterprise customers only, but reps are mistakenly adding it to the consumer accounts it seems.
Regardless of navigator being on the droid or not, people have reported seeing a charge for it on their bills and online account activity
Are these fees a business billing goof? Misinformed reps at the stores? Will Verizon make good to the people who have been charged accidentally? Would ATT/Sprint/etc without a bunch of hassle to the customer?
Maybe all this stems from verizon's contract wordings and lots of confusion. I've heard the verzion customer service is top notch, so I'm sure customers can call to get clarification, but I think the reps at the stores are confused or weren't trained.
I'm not bashing verizon, just basing my statement on what I have read and what I know a co-worker was told the fees would be when he got a Droid. He respectfully declined all the extras knowing it was not necessary, but unsuspecting people will just pay. ATT has their own extra fees and every cell company that I have dealt with has business account fees over consumer account charges.
Bottom line to me: I want the droid to succeed, I want all android phones to just evolve and blow the others away. The platform has such promise and I just don't want people to be scared away.
*one more edit:
Yes, I agree, it's not being reported properly cause I don't believe it takes into account authorized retailers sales yet.
