a Survey Shows That iPhone 5 Will Be a Success

The survey of PCWorld or Macworld shows that a 4G LTE iPhone 5 will be a success. According to a survey by plenty of consumers are planning to purchase or upgrade to the upcoming iPhone 5 mainly because of the 4G LTE wireless technology.

Macworld and PCWorld did the survey last March and had 1248 respondents, composing of 592 people who read PCWorld, 271 who read Macworld, and 385 who read neither of the two. The results showed that the 4G LTE iPhone 5 will most likely be purchased by 70% of Macworld readers, 15% of PCWorld readers, and about 40% of those who read neither publication.

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The majority of the respondents who expressed plans of purchasing the 4G LTE iPhone 5 will possibly prefer the AT&T model. Based on the results, 41% prefer the AT&T model. On the other hand, 29% prefer the Verizon model.

In terms of carrier, 62% of Macworld readers prefer AT&T. Conversely, 36% of PCWorld readers will opt for Verizon.

Some consumers said that they will probably change carriers in the following year. Particularly, 10% of the readers of PCWorld and Macworld and almost 30% of non-readers of both publications said that they might switch.

Also the survey shows that AT&T and Verizon are almost in the same level in terms of customer satisfaction, with 64% of Verizon users and 62% of AT&T users claiming that they are very satisfied.

Although there has been much excitement, Apple still has not officially announced the release date of the much-expected iPhone 5. Moreover, information regarding the revolutionary iPhone 5 is inadequate.

The majority of analysts think that the iPhone 5 will be released between summer and fall, together with a slimmer form factor and Qualcomm processor. While a lot of consumers believed that the iPhone 4S was a letdown because it was not integrated with 4G LTE, carriers and analysts have been shocked, in a positive way, by the iPhone 4S' strong sales. Since the LTE-lacking iPhone 4S was a success, it is expected that the LTE-equipped iPhone 5 will be even more successful.