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Tech Test Drive: Is Verizon or AT&T iPhone best? Well, it depends

Verizon iPhone? ATT iPhone? Or neither?

Readers of this column, along with friends and co-workers, are asking me those questions a lot lately. They’re upgrading from older smartphones or getting their first-ever such devices, and they want to make the right choices.

Well, the right choice for one person isn’t necessarily the right choice for another. And while I am generally inclined to recommend an iPhone — I think Apple still has the best handsets overall — I’m impressed with many of the Google-based Android handsets available from all major carriers including T-Mobile and Sprint Nextel.

I’ve spent the past couple of weeks using a loaner Verizon iPhone alongside my employer-issued ATT iPhone and, frankly, often can’t tell them apart. To keep from getting confused, I put one in a black Outfit Ice case and the other in a blue version of the Griffin Technology protector.

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Verizon iPhone 4 Sales Are ‘Best in History,’ CEO Says

Clearly annoyed by reports of its empty stores, Verizon Wireless chief executive Daniel Mead told the Wall Street Journal on Friday that Verizon sold more iPhone 4s during its initial launch than any other phone in the carrier’s history.

In fact, more than 60 percent of all Verizon iPhone 4 sales so far occurred online, Mead said, explaining the empty Verizon Wireless stores on launch day.

“It was a conscious decision to spread the launch over three phases,” Mead told the WSJ. Launched in stores on February 10, Verizon held two sold-out, online pre-sales of the iPhone 4 on February 3 and 9. Days later it was also available at BestBuy.com and Walmart.com.

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