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I am thinking of either upgrading to iPhone 4S, or to get another iPhone 4S from Verizon (currently I am using AT&T).

Is it said that Verizon's reception in general is slightly better than AT&T? Or does it depend largely on the location?

(The area I use is Bay Area San Francisco. It was somewhat inconvenient before that when I was using iPhone 4 in subway (Bart), I can receive phone calls or data only about during 10% to 15% of the trip if the ride is from Millbrae to San Francisco (a 35 minute ride), and heard that Verizon might work better.)

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Verizon is way better than AT&T in the Bay Area. – Martín Marconcini Oct 5 '11 at 5:15
Why not Sprint? – Kalamane Oct 5 '11 at 5:30
I don't have experience with Sprint (tho I have with T-Mobile and it's nowhere near as good as Verizon, at least between Bay Area and Nevada), that's why I didn't say "Verizon is better than AT&T and Sprint" ;) – Martín Marconcini Oct 5 '11 at 5:59
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Maybe you can crowd source your answer. That's a long trip on the subway and you can look for people using their phones when you lose your signal. Ask them which carrier they have and how it holds up. There may be certain locations along that route where no carrier's service would work. – bg2011 Oct 5 '11 at 11:24
that should work, although I think hardly do I ever see a person talking on the phone -- so that probably means that the connection either doesn't exist or drop too easily. But Verizon store said it should work ok -- and mentioned -- if it can't you can always cancel the plan within 30 days – 動靜能量 Oct 5 '11 at 14:53

closed as too localized by Philip Regan Oct 5 '11 at 12:27

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