[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namolas:
This will be long winded. If you take the time to read it just let me say thanks in advance. If you don't then thanks for taking the time to peek in anyways.

We have been with Verizon for almost 13 years, started with Airtouch in 1998. We are VIP customers with our 3 line family plan, receive a 22% corporate discout, never ever been late on a bill and quite frankly I am absolutely fed up with Verizons crap. They have taken away every nicety we have ever had, Annual upgrades, 1 year contracts, NE2 credits, unlimited Data. They strip the extra accessories from our boxes, take extra months to release our phones so they can brand the hell out of the home buttons and lock down the bootloaders. Charge more money for the CDMA variants of phones and won't match their own online prices and force you onto share plans rather you like it or not. I'm sure there is more I am forgetting.....

I have purchased my,

-iPhone 4

-Thunderbolt

-Droid Razr

-Galaxy Nexus

-iPhone 5

-Galaxy Note 2

All full retail to retain my unlimited data. Recently I had a problem with the sim card/slot on my Galaxy Note 2 and after arguing for hours on the phone with Verizon they insisted that they only provide technical and warranty support for devices you extend your contract for and the fact the I payed full retail for the device means they have no obligation to help and connected me directly to Samsung.

I was pretty upset. Why am I putting myself through this year after year if this is how Verizon is going to treat their customers and I'm stuck paying full retail anyways and they won't offer support for those devices.

I went into the local ATT store here and they couldn't be nicer. They already have the GS4 in stock (unlike Verizon), the price is the same price as they sell it for online (unlike Verizon) and the employees couldn't be nicer even after I told them I would only pay full retail (UNLIKE Verizon) so we don't end up trapped like we were with Verizon for 13 years.

I'm 99% positive I'm ready to make the switch to ATT but I am completely baffled by the whole SIM card and GSM thing. We've never had the luxury of just swapping SIM cards on Verizon so I am not sure what I am doing here.

I am 100% ready to buy my GS4. I already have $1,300 set aside for the switch. GS4 for myself, older smartphone for my wife (no preference) and a texting dumb phone for my daughter. I don't mind paying full retail but also am not opposed in any way to Ebay or classifieds.

My real question for you guys is do we make the switch, Yes or No? But the more important question I have for this forum specifically is whats the best way to buy the GS4? Its really confusing. Do I just walk into ATT and pay full retail for one there? Do I want to buy an international version since I'm paying full retail anyways and would that be the octo-core and would that even work on ATT? Do I want to buy an unlocked on on Amazon and what would the benefit be or should I just be buying directly from Samsung? Peaople keep telling me to try straight talk but I would never do that if I can't use the newest phones like the GS4.

So many questions..... thank you guys for putting up with me and if anybody has any opinion on what phones I should/could use for my wife and daughter with ATT I would love to hear those too.