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To: Neeka who wrote (113518)	2/16/2002 8:07:26 PM
From: techlvr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Verizon reps are getting it together. I went into a AAA store today and found a Verizon salesperson outside. He was very knowledgeable about their services and phones, including the probable startup time for the 1X system in the LA area, GPS phones (one model only now, and not 1X), and 1X phone (not color and only one model available so far with several others due shortly after the LA launch. Contrast that with Costco today, talking with the PCS salesperson, who knew the term "3g" but had never heard of 1X, and had to refer to her info sheet to see about the status of their GPS launch. She did know the 3G phones, and that there was a color one available, but had to refer to her sheets to find the name. She said that her understanding was that the network was running now, but only for voice, and that the data portion was what was due to come online in June. I am sitting here waiting to buy 5 phones (4 replacement and 1 new) as soon as one of them has a GPS and 1X color phone available. How many people like me are there out there hurting current sales figures but ready to make large purchases when they go to the next step. Shake a leg, guys!

To: Neeka who wrote (113518)	2/16/2002 8:17:05 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

<How could I have upgraded when the services that are available today were only a distant dream yesterday?> The teen/young-adult mania has been a huge replacement business even though it's been simply a voice business [and SMS]. It's the phone functions and design which have driven that replacement business. You are being [excessively] sensible. That definitely puts you in the old and wise category [and, sorry to say, fuddy-duddy]. Okay, so you are a 39 year old pretending to be 50 [individuals do vary]... <g> My point is not to prove you are geriatric. It's to describe the fanatical upgrade frenzy in the youth market which is going to really take off with the services we've been waiting patiently [and sensibly] for. Not to mention all the great new gadgets which everyone will want. Also, that the cellphone culture is getting older, which compounds the frenzy. Mqurice