I’d like to get into this argument but, since the only mobile phone service that I can get a signal at either my home (in Maryland) or my cabin (in north central PA) is Verizon Wireless, having an iPhone would be a useless proposition for me.
It’s always boggled my mind that in the Baltimore area Cingular/ATT has swiss cheese for coverage while Verizon Wireless coverage is pretty much flawless in the area.
I still believe Apple went with the wrong service provider.
Apple didn't have much choice. Apple went first to Verizon with the offer of the iPhone. Verizon, which is notorious for crippling their phones' capabilities, refused. They were not interested.