The day the world has been waiting on has finally arrived.  The iPhone will move to a cellular provider with better phone service.  Hardy har har.

AT&T has maintained exclusive rights to the iPhone for four years now and many customers have considered their phone experiences to be just shy of hellish.  Between dropped calls, no service, horrible customer service, and having an outdated phone in a matter of months, many customers are ready to go.  According to John Hodulik of UBS AG in New York, 2.3 million people will leave AT&T headed to the Verizon homeland.  Verizon is projected to to sell 13.3 million iPhones in 2011, where AT&T is projected to sell only 8.8 (half of their 2010 sales).

Verizon has the most customers with 93.2 million.  AT&T falls into the #2 spot with 92.8 million.  With Verizon projected at the increased number of sales, there could be a larger gap placed between the two providers.  With the increasing popularity of the Android market, many have suggested the AT&T tap into this to offset the upcoming downshift in power.

There’s no doubt the iPhone shift will cut a hole in the AT&T market.  But can they make it through?

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