Anyone hurd about it? Or no what it is? If its 50$ a month for everything unlimited then I am deff going to stay with tmobile. My bill is 105$ for my g1 and that's only 600 anytime mins with unlimited data pack. If that's the case this is really going to be cool!
I hope so. I pay over $180 for my Dream and my girls Sidekick.
I think its going to be something like that, i haven't seen anything announcing an exact price yet but I've seen the documentation that makes it appear this is the idea of it. Should be cool. I don't know how you guys are paying over $100 though unless you got some crazy family plan, I have 1000 anytime, unlimited nights and weekends plus G1 plan and my bill doesnt come to $80 for my G1, my MyTouch is on my dealer line so that's only $20 =)
What's project black?
Not to be an asshole or anything, but I pay $110 for my girlfriend and my Palm Pre's (which we will soon be getting Hero's).
1500 minutes shared, unlimited mobile to mobile, data and text. Plus ~1.5mbps download speeds all over Des Moines.
T-Mobile had horrible coverage and speed out here so I switched, and love Sprint. This is for people on the edge about thinking if they want Sprint or not.
I give you 6 months tops before your kicking yourself for using sprint, have fun paying when your bill gets higher and higher with no explaination.
I have ulimited mins, data, free roaming, messaging for 110 but almost twenty of it is taxes, thank obama for the tax hike. it used to be under 100. I'm on a customer loyalty plan since I been with tmo since '03
50 a month is better than my 89 a month though, ill have to check this out.
phatmanxxl said:
I give you 6 months tops before your kicking yourself for using sprint, have fun paying when your bill gets higher and higher with no explaination.
I have ulimited mins, data, free roaming, messaging for 110 but almost twenty of it is taxes, thank obama for the tax hike. it used to be under 100. I'm on a customer loyalty plan since I been with tmo since '03
50 a month is better than my 89 a month though, ill have to check this out.
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Been with Sprint 2 years, and quite the opposite happened. From $150 before, now to $110. In a sense, unlimited minutes as well, i've used 25 minutes of my 1500 due to the new unlimited mobile-mobile.
been with tmob for 7 years now... paying right at 60 for unlimited data/sms/mms/1600 minutes/free nights n weekends.
Hmm seems to me that t-mobile is scamming me then lol. A lot of it has to deal with taxes which sux but its what ever. I changed my plan so its 10$ cheaper lmao. Sux because where I work they had to cut hours big time so now I don't have enough cash to pay my bill so I'm gonna probrally get a late charge. I really hope that project black is what I think because its going to save me a lot of money.
lol not to be a ***** but... Not only did I get a FREE G1 but my plan is only £35 ($57) a month, one of the most expensive UK tarrrifs with 800 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and Unlimited Internet. 3G Is pretty much standard in the UK, I don't have HSDPA yet though... unsure weather the G1 supports it =/
brummiesteven said:
lol not to be a ***** but... Not only did I get a FREE G1 but my plan is only £35 ($57) a month, one of the most expensive UK tarrrifs with 800 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and Unlimited Internet. 3G Is pretty much standard in the UK, I don't have HSDPA yet though... unsure weather the G1 supports it =/
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Wow. thats a good deal.
Ihave been on EVERY netowork there is in the USA in the past 13 years.
By a FAAAAAAAAR margin, Tmobile is the best I have had. 3mb download/500kb upload anywhere I go, Never 1 dropped call, never an overage....
Sprint, verizon.... I would sometimes get no signal at all. ATT/cingular.... what a joke lol
My bill is $67 a month. I have G1 data/text plan, 300 anytime (i hate talking on the phone. despise it) unlimited night,weekends and my faves. Considering I hate talking on the phone, and when I do I only talk to a few people, the my faves thing saves all my minutes lol.
Woah! You guys pay way too much for your mobiles!
As said before in the UK I pay £30 a month (48 usd) with a free G1 and with £140 of allowance (220 usd) a month to spend on any mix of mins/txts/pic messages and unlimited data (good UMTS/HSDPA where I live too).
How come it is so expensive over there for mobile phone tariffs?!
philje123 said:
Woah! You guys pay way too much for your mobiles!
As said before in the UK I pay £30 a month (48 usd) with a free G1 and with £140 of allowance (220 usd) a month to spend on any mix of mins/txts/pic messages and unlimited data (good UMTS/HSDPA where I live too).
How come it is so expensive over there for mobile phone tariffs?!
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that's the trend of the US market, for a while now.
Competition for products and commodities raise prices for everyone. Some people think that all 4 major carriers somewhat conspire to keep prices high, but relatively the same on all carrier to milk us customers for all our money.
Is there some kind of middle body to regulate prices? We have Ofcom here and they keep all the telecoms companies in check.
There has recently been a big thing over here with Ofcom saying that we pay too much for our phone services and the mobile networks seem pretty competitive with each other and always driving each others prices down and mobile deals up.
There are some real deals to be had still here with mobiles. My partner is only paying £20 a month for a free Nokia E71 with 200 mins, unlimited txts and unlimited internet which is dirt cheap really!
Phil
brummiesteven said:
lol not to be a ***** but... Not only did I get a FREE G1 but my plan is only £35 ($57) a month, one of the most expensive UK tarrrifs with 800 Minutes, Unlimited Texts and Unlimited Internet. 3G Is pretty much standard in the UK, I don't have HSDPA yet though... unsure weather the G1 supports it =/
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the prices of tmobile UK certainly does sound good...but! what you get for some things kinda blow.
if you really look at the fine print... tmobile UK unlimited data for android actually has a data cap of 3gb per month
while the data for tmobile US for android has 10gb cap per month.
i can easily use up that 3gb.
with all the browsing, radio streaming, downloading I do from my phone, I can easily blow through 3 or more gigs in a day. thank god for unlimited data
there are other smaller carriers who are cheaper than the big dogs. criket, boost, metro pcs to name a few
I know criket has an unlimited voice and text for $45 (tax included) a month, only thing is they use kyocera, lg and moto. just ugly cheap phones, no good smartphones, but you can flash other cdma smarphones to use on criket. I heard the process is a pain though.
How can anyone pay over $100/month for a single line? My bill is $185/month, and that's with 5 lines on the family plan, 700min shared anytime, unlimited text on all 5 lines, and 2 lines on it have unlimited data.
brian_v3ntura said:
the prices of tmobile UK certainly does sound good...but! what you get for some things kinda blow.
if you really look at the fine print... tmobile UK unlimited data for android actually has a data cap of 3gb per month
while the data for tmobile US for android has 10gb cap per month.
i can easily use up that 3gb.
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They don't do anything if you go over 3GB. Its a "Fair Usage Policy". If you were maxing it out and affecting other users (if that's even possible) then they start moaning and try and get you to pay another £5 for the 10GB fair usage policy but in effect they can't actually do anything, they can't cut you off or charge you extra, just ask you to cut down or upgrade (which of course the average customer would feel like they are obliged to).
@phillje123 : Our contracts used to be like the American scheme, fortunately in the early 00's Pay As You Go (Prepay, whatever you want to call it) hit the UK and Europe big time and everyone was purchasing payg phones instead of contracts. This forced the phone companies to dish out free phones and a load of minutes/texts to try and get people to go back to their contract.
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with all the browsing, radio streaming, downloading I do from my phone, I can easily blow through 3 or more gigs in a day. thank god for unlimited data
there are other smaller carriers who are cheaper than the big dogs. criket, boost, metro pcs to name a few
I know criket has an unlimited voice and text for $45 (tax included) a month, only thing is they use kyocera, lg and moto. just ugly cheap phones, no good smartphones, but you can flash other cdma smarphones to use on criket. I heard the process is a pain though.
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like i said....nothing is unlimited.
tmobile US still has their android phones capped off at 10gigs
Blarg, I'd be happy to take American prices. Instead in Canada we get it the worse.
$30 for data, if you're lucky you got it during the 6gig promo deal, if not you get 1gig of data for $30 a month.
Cheapest voice plan is $17.50 which gives you 150 minutes but that is the EPP plan, cheapest advertised plan is $25 a month.
We all get charge S.A.F. 6.95 and 911 $0.50 fee on top of all of our plans.
There is no such thing as free long distance.
We pay for incoming and outgoing minutes
Call display and voice mail are not included in our plans and are $12 extra.
If you're lucky enough you can all retentions and for $65 cdn get, 250 minutes, unlimited after 6pm calling, 100 LD minutes, 1(or 6 if promo is running) gig of data, voice mail, call display, saf/911 fee and unlimited text.
Then our overages on data are: First 60MB overage is $0.50, then remaining overages drop to $0.03 per megabyte. So for the first GB over it'll be a charge of $58.20 to a max of $500.
Oh did I mention all of your phones come with 3 year contracts?
If you're not lucky enough to get in while teh 6gig promo is on, this is what you can expect to pay.
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At last, O2 have joined the civilised world (maybe as a result of sustained lobbying by members of various forums such a this) and has launched an "unlimited" bolt-on browsing package!
This supplements the inclusive data allowances already forming part of O2 tariffs, namely:
512kb for high-street Tariffs (100kb if inclusive munites are less than 600 pcm), and
1Mb for online Tariffs,
In addition, a package is available for use with data cards.
Ok - to the "unlimited" data bolt-on...which O2 have dubbed "O2 Web" - the data card option is known as "O2 Max".
So, why the quotes surrounding 'unlimited'? Well, it's not actually unlimited....a fair use policy of 200Mb applies, only time will tell whether this will be sufficient, but it's hardly unlimited. I've read posts by Orbit users stating that 20Mb per day is not unusual, this would take people past 600Mb per month, so this allowance looks somewhat stingy in that case.
The good news:
- at £7.50 per month this is better news for O2 customers,
The bad news:
- 200Mb still is not competitive (when compared to, say, T-Mobile web'n'walk, which has a 1Gb Fair Use limit),
- "O2 Web" is available only to 'April 2007 or later' Tariff customers. Everybody else is warned that a Tariff change may be required.
Further details are to be found at http://www.o2.co.uk/mobilestariffs/tariffs/consumerdatabolton.
As a pre-April 2007 O2 Customer myself, I'm going to give Customer Services a call and "see what I can do"...
Obviously this is for the iPhone, the total cost (including full term line rental and purchase price) of which btw will be £900, which is insane. £900 for a mobile phone that doesn't even have 3G or let you install any software applications on it, lol!
All I can say is thank god for T-Mobile
I use between 200 and 600MB of data per month, mostly from remote desktop (terminal services) sessions to my home PC from work, with my phone (HTC Universal) acting as a 3G modem
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That is way below the 1GB+ that T-Mobile allow on my WnW PRO plan.
This move from O2 is a lot better than Orange, and definitely better than nothing, but nowhere near as good as T-Mobile. 200MB is quite pathetic in this day and age. But with O2's crappy network, you'll be lucky if you can manage even 10MB in a month <G>
sl9 said:
Obviously this is for the iPhone, the total cost (including full term line rental and purchase price) of which btw will be £900, which is insane. £900 for a mobile phone that doesn't even have 3G or let you install any software applications on it, lol!
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Actually, no. iPhone users get a "special" contract which prompted many customers (myself included) to barrack O2 about how they were going to translate this 'unlimited' provision to existing non-iPhone customers. The "O2 Web" package is a bolt-on to existing voice/text Tariffs.
sl9 said:
All I can say is thank god for T-Mobile
I use between 200 and 600MB of data per month, mostly from remote desktop (terminal services) sessions to my home PC from work, with my phone (HTC Universal) acting as a 3G modem
That is way below the 1GB+ that T-Mobile allow on my WnW PRO plan.
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Yeah, 200Mb looks paltry by comparison, hopefully they'll see the light at some point when customers continue to drift away.
sl9 said:
This move from O2 is a lot better than Orange, and definitely better than nothing, but nowhere near as good as T-Mobile. 200MB is quite pathetic in this day and age. But with O2's crappy network, you'll be lucky if you can manage even 10MB in a month <G>
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Already done 10Mb in a month - paid for it too! I don't use the same volumes as you, but I for one am relatively happy at this development.
I just called O2 about applying this to my account (currently i have the 5mb bolt on which costs £4). However they cant apply this to my tarrif as I have an old tarrif
The thing is I dont want to switch tarriffs as none of their current tarrifs come any where near my exisiting tarrif. Did you have any luck apllying the bolt on to your 'old tariff' ?
s4vva said:
I just called O2 about applying this to my account (currently i have the 5mb bolt on which costs £4). However they cant apply this to my tarrif as I have an old tarrif
The thing is I dont want to switch tarriffs as none of their current tarrifs come any where near my exisiting tarrif. Did you have any luck apllying the bolt on to your 'old tariff' ?
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Yes. Absolutely. The nice young lady transferred my "old" Tariff to the (identical) "new" Tariff - without re-starting my contract - and is then exchanging my 4Mb bolt-on for the 'unlimited' bolt-on. She's ringing me back in the next 72 hours to confirm that the changes have been applied.
andrew_green said:
Yes. Absolutely. The nice young lady transferred my "old" Tariff to the (identical) "new" Tariff - without re-starting my contract - and is then exchanging my 4Mb bolt-on for the 'unlimited' bolt-on. She's ringing me back in the next 72 hours to confirm that the changes have been applied.
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the problem I have is there is no 'new equivelent', at the mo I get...
1000 mins
150 texts
1 mb browsing
all for £35 per month, WITH A £15 monthly discount, so the whole shabang costs me £20 per month!!!!!
and right now I pay £5 per month for the data bolt on. O2 have been trying to get me off this tarrif for years.
s4vva said:
the problem I have is there is no 'new equivelent', at the mo I get...
1000 mins
150 texts
1 mb browsing
all for £35 per month, WITH A £15 monthly discount, so the whole shabang costs me £20 per month!!!!!
and right now I pay £5 per month for the data bolt on. O2 have been trying to get me off this tarrif for years.
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Ah. That could be your problem then. No wonder they won't touch it...
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Ah. That could be your problem then. No wonder they won't touch it...
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yeah I know, it is a great tarrif, dont know how much longer they will let me hang on to it
has anyone gone over this 200 mb limit, what happens? do you get charged or do they stop any data after this limit.
i would totally subscribe if o2's gprs was even half decent. i cant update any weather applications/windows live due to the http problems, i can just about browse the web (slowly) if i enter wsp:// before every site i want to access.
whats up with that?
O2 GPRS
Actually I get a decent GPRS connection at home and EDGE (yes I know its no were near HSDPA speeds) in London. I've been able to get mail through MS Exchange and browse web at decent speeds on opera mobile - bbc news only takes a few seconds to load with all the pics and flash, etc!. Although i totally agree, I've only been using it for a week or so and the only reason I'm not over the limit already is because I try and connect over wifi where possible. I reckon in this day and age they should have edge as a minimum everywhere and 1gb or 2gb minimum...my monthly email (without images, just text) goes over 200mb, loll. Isnt web'n'walk only available for contact customers? I heard that vodafone don't charge you over a pound for upto 15MB usage, but there was a way to get around that so it would end up being £1 for 2 weeks or something, but you have to reset some setting daily :s
robboy said:
has anyone gone over this 200 mb limit, what happens? do you get charged or do they stop any data after this limit.
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Didn't realised about the fair usage policy and downloaded a file more than 300Mb. Received a call from o2 next day and got warning letter in few days later.
O2 didn't say that there's a fair usage policy in their web on "unlimited" when i signed a new contract with them.
hey i got actual unlimited data on o2!!! i was monitoring my data because i wasnt hitting a limit or getting a message from o2. apparently when the guy unblocked something at customer service he removed the 200mb thing on my a/c
Better not be 200MB, I decided to go with O2 on the basis theirs was unlimited, looking in the T&c of the bolt on theres no mention of a 200MB limit and I was assured that it was infact unlimited as long as you don't try and use it for a modem. (which is fair enough)
I could have gone with Vodafone and got pretty much the same amount of minutes and texts with 500mb of browsing for the same money but I didn't want to risk getting a large bill if I went over.
Just got my T-Mobile bill, WOO!!!
(Happy for a bill? Yes this is madness! )
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Unlimited minutes, unlimited data, unlimited texts for $58.90 / month. MAN I LOVE ANDROID AND TMOBILE!
Where do you work? Discounts?
AAA Discount
Available to all AAA members as far as I know. Just call up T-Mobile and ask about it and boom!
What percent? and by any chance does anyone happen to know the discount for intel? Im gonna have that sooon
_-..zKiLLA..-_ said:
What percent? and by any chance does anyone happen to know the discount for intel? Im gonna have that sooon
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http://www.web.aaasne.com/sne/wireless/index.php
(Ignore the New England thing. I'm in California. Just did a quick Google for details page.)
And grats on Intel!
Paul22000 said:
AAA Discount
Available to all AAA members as far as I know. Just call up T-Mobile and ask about it and boom!
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As a AAA member for 11 years I just called them regarding this - the discount is on plan add-ons. So for my EMP plus plan it doesn't apply as insurance is my only add on and it doesn't apply to insurance. But, if you have a standard voice plan with a text and data add on it would apply to the text and data add-ons.
krohnjw said:
As a AAA member for 11 years I just called them regarding this - the discount is on plan add-ons. So for my EMP plus plan it doesn't apply as insurance is my only add on and it doesn't apply to insurance. But, if you have a standard voice plan with a text and data add on it would apply to the text and data add-ons.
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I'm not sure what you mean by addons but it should apply to any voice line that is on a contract. So the only restriction is that it doesn't work for Even More Plus plans =\
I just called TMO about this and they said I would have to renew my contracts for my line and my wife's line (Family plan) for two years. Not sure that's worth it for me.
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I'm not sure what you mean by addons but it should apply to any voice line that is on a contract. So the only restriction is that it doesn't work for Even More Plus plans =\
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Yeah - for my EMP plan it's only add-ons since the regular plan is already at a "discounted rate". For standard plans under a 2yr contract it should work assuming they aren't already at a discounted rate (as explained by t-mo).
I think I win.
It's "only" 2000 minutes, but I still think I win.
Unlimited Family Messaging for $9.99. I win. =)
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I think I win.
It's "only" 2000 minutes, but I still think I win.
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Does that include a data plan?
superGOAT said:
I think I win.
It's "only" 2000 minutes, but I still think I win.
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lol I may work for the same company here's mine but AT&T because I have no T-mobile in my boondocks of vero beach besides 0 bars of edge
-Charlie
600 minutes, 1200 texts, unlimited data: 02 UK:
Probably not the winner but I am happy!
My tariffs - Online simplicity 20 : 09 Feb 10 - 08 Mar 10
17.02
My monthly extras 0.00
What I've used
* Calls
* 0.00
* Messages
* 0.00
* Mobile internet browsing and downloads
* 0.00
Discounts -5.11
Total before VAT 11.91
VAT 2.08
Total new charges 13.99
Total amount due
£13.99
The AAA plan will work for addon's I pay 19.99 for unlimited data and $4.99 unlimited text. I would get 14% off $25.
My calling plan is already too low($49.99 unlimited calling), so the discount won't apply. No 2 yr contract extension since the discount only applies to data and text(other addon)
The number to call is 1-877 453-8824 Premier Discount Migration Department
oklahomatulsa said:
The AAA plan will work for addon's I pay 19.99 for unlimited data and $4.99 unlimited text. I would get 14% off $25......
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Then the discount for EMP plan will be $5 total.
my bill came for 101.12 for 2 months of service
@dahui9 how in the hell did you get such a cheao bill with data?
Any secrets on how to save?
Having att & tmobile is killing me with like 200 + on 2 cell phones.
Wife have the iphone i have the n1
GNOve said:
my bill came for 101.12 for 2 months of service
@dahui9 how in the hell did you get such a cheao bill with data?
Any secrets on how to save?
Having att & tmobile is killing me with like 200 + on 2 cell phones.
Wife have the iphone i have the n1
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Wow...I pay $161/mo for 4 people. 1800 minutes/Unlimited Messaging/Fave 5 [no longer offered]/Two data plans/all phones have insurance. My mother and father-in-law pay me $40/mo each so my wife and myself pay around $80 for our phone service. She has a MyTouch and I have my N1.
I also might mention that I have unlimited messaging for families for $9.99/mo . This usually costs $35/mo. I got it on a promo about 4 years ago.
I just callled and got my AAA discount for my 1000 minute plan, Unlimited text, data, caller tunes, and insurance, 14% off and your bill changes to the 27th.
It can take up to sixty days for the discount to show on you bill.
I have a co-worker that ordered two droids via the Verizon website and he only paid 106 dollars after tax. He took ad vantage of a buy one get one free deal. Buts whats interesting is that they gave him an additional hundred dollars off the price for no known reason. A Total price of 106 and he got two excellent phones.
I am extremely excited for friday to come around so I can get the EVO, that being said I have been on here alot today, and have watched alot of youtube videos.
But all of the people on here complaining about the $10 extra charge being a "deal breaker for them" is hands down the most stupid thing I have ever heard.
People the $10 extra charge is for 4G/Unlimited 3G.
This phone is like the iPhone and allows you to use ALOT of data. I don't understand how people see a phone with a 4.3 inch screen, 1ghz processor, 4G, and a list of other features and will willingly pay $200 for it, but then $10 extra month is unquestionable.
Look at what you are getting from Sprint. Sprint is IMO the best company, their prices are dirt cheap, and they truly give you everything you want.
Look at the pricing for the EVO
EVO
$79.99 per month
You get
unlimited mobile to mobile
unlimited texting
unlimited data
free calls after 7 P.M.
free turn by turn navigation from sprint
450 minutes
For $79.99
Now
the iPhone on AT&T is still $10 more expensive every month, and now Verizon and AT&T are making people get a data plan on certain phones that are not considered "smart phones"
I have a problem with paying an extra $10 per month. I already pay them $160 per month (about) for my family "unlimited" plan. 4G isn't even in my state! I planned on buying the phone out of contract... they are not subsidizing my phone in any way.
You can say "well you should be thankful it's not xxxx amount because that's what yyyyyy carrier charges you". Yeah well I'm not with yyyyyy carrier I'm with Sprint. If Sprint is going to nickel and dime me up to yyyyy's price I'll just switch because it pisses me off (been with sprint about 9 years).
If I keep my Touch Pro 2 I don't have to pay this surcharge.... if I buy this new phone that they want people to buy it will cost me an extra $120 per year for the same service i'm already getting. Most I've burned through is about 10 GB's per month under my current "unlimited" plan and never been charged extra.
Make sense to you? Not to me.
$10 more for AT&T??
Way more...
- First off, the iPhone 3GS is $299 with 2 year contract (you CANNOT get upgrade pricing after 12 months like we do on Sprint.)
- Secondly, when comparing nearly identical offerings on Sprint vs AT&T, I just got $185/mo, NOT including taxes.
That's more than double. Just select iPhone and basically all the highest options (other than highest voice,) and that's what you already get on Sprint.
tadda said:
If Sprint is going to nickel and dime me up to yyyyy's price I'll just switch because it pisses me off (been with sprint about 9 years).
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buh-bye. Good luck paying $180 on any other carrier, for what we get for $80.
I did not say one word about either the Iphone or AT&T.
My point is this.... I can keep my current phone (hd 2 nice but I'm sick of winmo) and not pay the $10/month surcharge. So when I buy a new phone out of contract I am paying Sprint an extra 120/year FOR NOTHING. THEY ARE DOING NOTHING MORE FOR ME NEXT MONTH THEN THEY ARE DOING FOR ME TODAY YET I AM PAYING THEM MORE.
Don't get me wrong... phone is awesome and I want it, but this 10/month thing pisses me off. It's the principal of it not the amount.
ScrapMaker said:
$10 more for AT&T??
Way more...
- First off, the iPhone 3GS is $299 with 2 year contract (you CANNOT get upgrade pricing after 12 months like we do on Sprint.)
- Secondly, when comparing nearly identical offerings on Sprint vs AT&T, I just got $185/mo, NOT including taxes.
That's more than double. Just select iPhone and basically all the highest options (other than highest voice,) and that's what you already get on Sprint.
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nah its not double more
you can't be biased when you compare is.
The 3GS 16gb model is $199, the Evo only comes with 8gb
450 minutes are $39.99
Unlimited texting is $20.00
Data is $30
that is a total of $90, what other charges were you adding on lol, I see your point tho sprint is cheaper
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I have a problem with paying an extra $10 per month. I already pay them $160 per month (about) for my family "unlimited" plan. 4G isn't even in my state! I planned on buying the phone out of contract... they are not subsidizing my phone in any way.
You can say "well you should be thankful it's not xxxx amount because that's what yyyyyy carrier charges you". Yeah well I'm not with yyyyyy carrier I'm with Sprint. If Sprint is going to nickel and dime me up to yyyyy's price I'll just switch because it pisses me off (been with sprint about 9 years).
If I keep my Touch Pro 2 I don't have to pay this surcharge.... if I buy this new phone that they want people to buy it will cost me an extra $120 per year for the same service i'm already getting. Most I've burned through is about 10 GB's per month under my current "unlimited" plan and never been charged extra.
Make sense to you? Not to me.
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Thats the problem right here...
And you and many others don't see it.
You are wrong!!
List me all of the features you have on your plan, (how many lines, what phones, and what plans you have)
And I guarentee it will be cheaper on Sprint. Than on AT&T and verizon or tmobile.
You will consider leaving sprint after 9 years and paying an ETF, but actually figuring out the costs and features you get on sprint v. the other carriers is unquestionable, correct?
Please list your features, untill you do that and show everyone how the other carriers are cheaper, you don't have a fair point.
mjz147 said:
nah its not double more
you can't be biased when you compare is.
The 3GS 16gb model is $199, the Evo only comes with 8gb
450 minutes are $39.99
Unlimited texting is $20.00
Data is $30
that is a total of $90, what other charges were you adding on lol, I see your point tho sprint is cheaper
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The only way to compare is to have unlimited ANY MOBILE calling... AT&T doesn't have this option, so you'd have to put on unlimited calling.
You also need to add corporate messaging/etc, because Sprint has all that included. Yes, not everyone needs that, but for those who do, it adds up.
Also, you must add unlimited route navigation.
I think you get the idea. It's hard to do a pure apples-to-apples comparison, but even when you get close, it's drastically more expensive on AT&T.
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The only way to compare is to have unlimited ANY MOBILE calling... AT&T doesn't have this option, so you'd have to put on unlimited calling.
You also need to add corporate messaging/etc, because Sprint has all that included. Yes, not everyone needs that, but for those who do, it adds up.
Also, you must add unlimited route navigation.
I think you get the idea. It's hard to do a pure apples-to-apples comparison, but even when you get close, it's drastically more expensive on AT&T.
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Ya, i didn't put that in ur right tho about those other charges, good call
$10 a month. Putting that into perspective, that's one time out in a Thai restaurant. IMHO I can live without thai food for a day and just put those $10 toward Evo which I will use EVERY DAY of the month... can't complain here
Geez... again I don't think you see my point. Let me try to rephrase a little bit.
If this $10 surcharge was across every single data-plan regardless of phone I would not be complaining, I would take my lumps and deal with it.
This $10 is for owners of the HTC Evo 4g only. That is my problem.
Example:
So if you lived in my area where there's no 4g, and had an EVO 4g your bill would be $10 more than mine with a Touch Pro 2 even though we're both on the same Simply Everything Plan using the same EVDO/3g network. (pretend I only have one line)
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Geez... again I don't think you see my point. Let me try to rephrase a little bit.
If this $10 surcharge was across every single data-plan regardless of phone I would not be complaining, I would take my lumps and deal with it.
This $10 is for owners of the HTC Evo 4g only. That is my problem.
Example:
So if you lived in my area where there's no 4g, and had an EVO 4g your bill would be $10 more than mine with a Touch Pro 2 even though we're both on the same Simply Everything Plan using the same EVDO/3g network. (pretend I only have one line)
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Simple answer: Think of it as an "EVO 4G" fee.
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Simple answer: Think of it as an "EVO 4G" fee.
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I guess if that's the way you wanna see it that's the way you will see it. Unfortuantely I don't see it that way. Again... if it was across the board for everyone on the simply everything plan I wouldn't even be posting right now.
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I guess if that's the way you wanna see it that's the way you will see it. Unfortuantely I don't see it that way. Again... if it was across the board for everyone on the simply everything plan I wouldn't even be posting right now.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ATampT-caps-phone-data-usage-apf-499602515.html?x=0&.v=7
Again, not happy about the +$10, but it's hella better than that...
It all boils down to you're gonna pay for it because....you WILL pay for it. Sprint knows it's still a better deal. Is it fair? Maybe not -- but you're still buying the phone...
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I guess if that's the way you wanna see it that's the way you will see it. Unfortuantely I don't see it that way. Again... if it was across the board for everyone on the simply everything plan I wouldn't even be posting right now.
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You can choose to whine about it, but I doubt very much you will pass on the EVO 4G because of $10.
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I have a problem with paying an extra $10 per month. I already pay them $160 per month (about) for my family "unlimited" plan. 4G isn't even in my state! I planned on buying the phone out of contract... they are not subsidizing my phone in any way.
You can say "well you should be thankful it's not xxxx amount because that's what yyyyyy carrier charges you". Yeah well I'm not with yyyyyy carrier I'm with Sprint. If Sprint is going to nickel and dime me up to yyyyy's price I'll just switch because it pisses me off (been with sprint about 9 years).
If I keep my Touch Pro 2 I don't have to pay this surcharge.... if I buy this new phone that they want people to buy it will cost me an extra $120 per year for the same service i'm already getting. Most I've burned through is about 10 GB's per month under my current "unlimited" plan and never been charged extra.
Make sense to you? Not to me.
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Hey Tadda why don't you go to your facebook page and cry. Don't buy the F****N phone and stay the **LL off this board.
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the 10$ extra isnt for 4G..
Sprint looks at it like this, You just bought a bad ass phone, and your gonna wanna see what it can do. so your gonna start using WAY MORE DATA now.. 10$ for unlimited data.. or 30 from AT&T .. your choice..
And if you wanna see the price difference go to att.com and look at the prices. Stop arguing like a bunch of girls.
Are we still on this $10.00 a month?
Let's see AT&T so far has removed for new users the unlimited plan. Charges $15 for 200MB or $25 for 2GB. It's like they are pushing for people to find their local Starbucks to do their surfing.
$69.99 - Unlimited everything mobile to mobile + 450 mins anywhere. No roaming.
$10.00 for 4G phone which in return gives 5GB(cap) that has not been really enforced when you go over a few GB's or 4GB Unlimited. Can't have a WiMax Hotspot and CAP the speeds.
Free Telenav Sprint NAV turn by turn usually a $10.00 a month feature on AT&T.
So for $79.99 you get all of that and then some.
AT&T for the most part charges:
$69.99 unlimited talk
$20.00 unlimited text
$30.00 Unlimited capped data at 5GB not $25.00 for 2GB
$10.00 for TeleNav
So for $129.99 a month you get AT&T.
If you want to get apples to apples then we can go to the Simply Everything plan which is $99.99 and it gives you unlimited everything + $10.00 4G and you have $109.00 with Unlimited Calls to Mobile and Landlines.
With Verizon you have:
$69.99 unlimited talk
$20.00 unlimited text
$29.99 unlimited data - not to include enterprise data such as blackberry
$44.99 unlimited Enterprise Data
As you can see the Sprint has no caps on data like the other two. So how can one really complain about the pricing. It's a BIG difference and to have all these people and mags complain about $10.00 is a JOKE!
I hope to be happy with my Sprint Service. I don't like change often but I am willing to make the leap.
What your not considering is what if you DON'T NEED unlimited voice minutes? It's great that Sprint is cheaper when comparing unlimited plans, but I for one, only use 200-400 mins a month total between 2 lines. So a 550 family plan with AT&T is just fine, I don't need unlimited with Sprint or even the 1500 minutes there giving us with the Evo's. I would rather pay Sprint less, since I will be using less. But they force you into a Everything plan for smartphones.
All carriers have their ups and downs.
AT&T has the fastest 3g network, but poor coverage/prices
Verizon has the largest 3g network, but poor prices
Tmobile has...umm..good prices
Sprint has good network, good prices, poor phone choices.
With Sprints Evo tax, we save ~10.00 dollars a month switching from AT&T with our current 2 x 3gs's. That is not a lot of money to save, especially since AT&T's data speeds are about twice as fast as Sprints in this area. So the Evo tax is a big deal. We have a pre-order in, I am extremely excited, we will test them out, and if we both like them, we will switch. But if they disappoint like the Pre's did, then they go back and we will keep our iphones.
Now if Sprint didn't charge the Evo tax, we would save 30.00 a month. With that kind of savings, we could accept a few snags here and there and would for sure dump AT&T.
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the 10$ extra isnt for 4G..
Sprint looks at it like this, You just bought a bad ass phone, and your gonna wanna see what it can do. so your gonna start using WAY MORE DATA now.. 10$ for unlimited data.. or 30 from AT&T .. your choice..
And if you wanna see the price difference go to att.com and look at the prices. Stop arguing like a bunch of girls.
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I think that's Sprint's point too.... This phone WILL use more data
I realize many people sign 2 year contracts because they see "free phone" and think the carrier subsidizing the phone somehow works out in their interest over the course of 2 years of paying $80-100 per month. But, considering the attractive prepaid/pay as you go/no contract options available now, why don't people take the time to do some simple math and realize paying $300 for an unlocked phone and $30-50 a month thereafter is much cheaper than getting a free phone and an expensive contract plan?
Thoughts? Personally, the notion of signing away your life for 2 years just to get phone service is absurd.
Not necessarily, I'm on contract for three years but I got my skyrocket for 200 new. My plan is only 50 tax in and has everything I need, including unlimited texting, 6 Gibson of data, 500 daytime, evenings & weekends after 6, call I'd, voicemail and unlimited network calling. Mind u, some people are paying more for less, but that doesn't mean that EVERYONE is paying 100 per month. Most people can't afford the 600 upfront for a good smartphone, and carriers know this
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Not necessarily, I'm on contract for three years but I got my skyrocket for 200 new. My plan is only 50 tax in and has everything I need, including unlimited texting, 6 Gibson of data, 500 daytime, evenings & weekends after 6, call I'd, voicemail and unlimited network calling. Mind u, some people are paying more for less, but that doesn't mean that EVERYONE is paying 100 per month. Most people can't afford the 600 upfront for a good smartphone, and carriers know this
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That's not bad, really, but contract plans in the U.S. tend to be more expensive. Like, T-Mobile's standard 5GB contract plan with however many minutes and unlimited messaging is $80 a month, and you're throttled after 5GB down to dial up speeds, as far as I know.
I mean, you can find fairly new smartphones on the Internet (ebay, et al) for $200-400. Expensive, sure, but cheaper than a 2 year contract in most cases, even with a subsidized phone. Consider paying $200 or $250 for a subsidized phone, and you're still locked into a contract. Seems kind of out there, especially with the Draconian data usage policies all carriers here are implementing.
Pretty good deal, but I wouldn't commit to a carrier for 3 years (at least not in the states) because the landscape can change so much. I especially wouldn't commit to the same phone for 3 years now that they're releasing more powerful ones by the droves (sure, you can get an upgrade, but that leads to a contract extension anyway).
I just did it because the ''free'' HTC Desire HD when it was just released and I took an contract where I could change it after 3 months and that resulted that I right now pay € 22,79 before inflation correction this was € 22,50.
So for about € 600 I have unlimited mobile internet with a fup and € 20 credit each month which I can call 100 min with, but my contract is fishy, I take that € 20 to the next month if I not use it, but most time it will just get lost so my family often borrow my phone because I don't use much off those mins.
But when I took my contract the HTC Desire HD had still a new price between € 500 and € 550 so if we go calculate then I just pay about € 100 for the mobile internet and call mins.
So that would make € 4,16 for each month. That is really cheap as aslong i'm in my country i have internet, if i'm in another country I can use call and sms from within that € 20.
But in October 2012 my contract will end so I will not make it new but end it and then I will just use no sim card or a prepaid for being reachable. Because mobile contract are not cheap anymore in my country.
But this contract is my second where I have high end smartphone for free with and pay around € 600 after two years, my first was with iPhone 3G but that contract cost some more, but still in € 600 I guess something like € 650 maybe, but I forget it.
These contracts are so made that if you go over your bundle that you will pay much more, so that's why you get phone for free, but they will also charge you more if you send a text message to another country, for example, if I send a text message when I log on to a german network it cost me € 0,13 and goes off from my bundle, but if I send that same text message from my provider inside my country then it cost me € 0,39 and that is charged extra.
So i'm smart and whenever I send my gf a text message who is staying in another country, then I log my phone on the German network, it has saved me alot already.
This is almost like asking why do people go to mcdonalds?
I have both a postpaid contract account (standard 2yr in US) and a prepaid account with the same carrier. (TMOUS) (long story, don't ask)
I FEEL (note the caps phrase, please) that not only is customer service better on the postpaid account, but the data speeds are faster (comparing SIM to SIM not, device to device).....
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This is almost like asking why do people go to mcdonalds?
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Yeah, it is, considering the abundance of other options.
Probably because most carriers try their damndest to prevent people from getting on postpaid no-contract plans. I'm currently fighting with T-Mobile over this and have since left for AT&T which had no issue giving me a postpaid plan without a contract (since I bought my device outright).
Contract worked out cheaper for me.
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Probably because most carriers try their damndest to prevent people from getting on postpaid no-contract plans. I'm currently fighting with T-Mobile over this and have since left for AT&T which had no issue giving me a postpaid plan without a contract (since I bought my device outright).
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Oh boy. I'm curious now--what'd T-Mobile do? I haven't heard many horror stories about their postpaid stuff, but to be honest I haven't heard much about T-Mobile lately at all.
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Oh boy. I'm curious now--what'd T-Mobile do? I haven't heard many horror stories about their postpaid stuff, but to be honest I haven't heard much about T-Mobile lately at all.
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I left T-Mobile for a month to go to Sprint because coverage was terrible at my home (I've since moved). Sprint wasn't much better, so I canceled during my 30-day trial and went back to T-Mobile.
In the intervening month I was with Sprint, T-Mobile had canceled their Even More Plus (postpaid no-contract) plans and brought their current plans instead. I told them specifically I didn't want a contract, that I had my own devices and didn't need subsidized or financed phones. The rep agreed to all of this and signed me back up on what should have been the closest approximation of what I had before (500 minutes, unlimited SMS, 5GB internets).
Except it wasn't. It was a two-year contract on both lines, even though I never got a subsidized device out of the deal. So I called them and complained about this and tried to get them to fix it. The only thing they were willing to do was to give me a cheaper option by condensing my two lines into a family plan. I was not happy but I saw little choice outside of paying two lines' worth of ETF fees.
After that I didn't really have many complaints. The service was great, speeds were wonderful and the price was pretty damn low. So I didn't press the issue of being set up on a contract without my initial consent.
But then in November, T-Mobile began to heavily compress all JPEG images on the internet when using mobile data.
I don't just mean minor compression to save a few bits here and there. This was major, significant compression where JPEG filesizes would be reduced by 350%. The end result was, of course, incredibly poor image quality all across the web--and even in the Android Market. The transparent image-compression proxy caused apps like Google+ to force-close when viewing pictures.
This looked awful on my old Nexus S 800x480 display. It looked far, far worse on my Galaxy Nexus's 1280x720 display. Naturally I called and complained. Long and loud. Nothing ever changed. Nobody ever even attempted to solve the issue--indeed, if it was even an issue and not just an underhanded way to try and conserve bandwidth.
After over a dozen calls to customer service and tech support spanning nearly ten hours of phone conversations, a huge number of factory resets done on both devices to placate their reps, and two SIM card replacements, I was done, fed up with the lot of them. Went to AT&T and transferred both lines over. Now T-Mobile's trying to charge me ETFs.
Thought I would share my tale of win when getting my galaxy note. Slight wall of text but worth it.
my t-moble renew (been with them now for 12 years) was up so i was going to get a deal from mymobilephones.net for the galaxy note, it was:
100 cross-network mins + Unlimited texts + 750MB Mobile Internet Browsing • 24 months
£ 21.00 a month + free phone
but a bit worried about their reputation so i call up t-mobile uk customer services and explained I wanted this deal matched because I dont care about talking minutes and ask if they can match it directly. what should of happened was them saying no, sorry we cant.
but this is what happened...
her best offer was:
1000 cross-network mins + unlimited texts + unlimited internet (full monty which im sure is speed capped at 1mb?)
24months
£36 a month + free phone
1 hour 30mins later I’m screaming down the phone because this stupid foreign women isn’t listening to me, keeps talking over me and she keeps offering me deals above what I’ve explained to her and doesn’t understand all I want is a yes or no answer if they can match the deal and instead she calls me a liar and precedes to tell me there is no such deal available online anywhere.
so I ask to be put through to retentions, which she does; it just takes her 15 minutes to do it. she then hot swaps (transferring to someone else without explaining anything to the person your transferring too) me to retentions with me still on the line and then again transfers retentions to another retentions adviser. at which point they both take the p1ss out off said customer adviser calling her all sorts (they are British) i announce im still on the line and apology’s are made blah blah blah. a few mins later I’m told they cant match the price and im cool with that and go through the cancellation process.
done.
5 mins later get a call from the manager of the retentions department, full of apology’s for this instance and others over the years (every time i call them up i end up through to retentions due to bad 1st/2nd line support) and tells me that they can match the deal for me since ive been with them for so long, valued customer etc etc. the deal he offers me is:
300 cross-network mins + premium numbers + Unlimited texts + 750MB Mobile Internet Browsing • 24 months
£ 21.50 a month + free phone (black galaxy note)
get that all set up, ask if I can have white version and told only black is available which is fine. arrange delivery, gives me his email and am told whenever and whatever i need i am to contact him directly and bypass 1st/2nd line support.
get off phone, very happy and satisfied with not only the service from the two members of the retentions department but also I got the deal I wanted and more.
5 mins later another call, am now told the white is available from the suppliers and i can have it.
Being delivered tomorrow.
it pays to complain it seems
It does indeed.
Nice deal. I had an experience with Vodafone a few years back where I was in desperate need of sending an email without wifi access and no mobile internet on my call plan, called them up and after about an hour of free phone call had 500MB internet added free for the remainder of my contract term.
Simply cause I needed it, I asked, and after being passed through about 10 people that thought I was mental asking for data but not willing to pay, someone eventually decided, why not, let's give him it.
Hi flumps, very nice story. I must say I would love to have the same deal here in Belgium but unfortunately the competition here is not working. The Mobile providers just divide the customers and no such nice promotions are available.
For a galaxy note to actually be free, I would need to have a 45-50€ subscription and only 1 or 2 mobile providers have this options. All the rest will ask you to pay 500 € for the phone plus a 2 year contract.
But I am glad for you and I wish you all the luck with your new G.NOTE.
PS: Just one question, what is it about the white G. Note, so many people are asking for it?
I am more of a traditional guy (black suite, etc.) so I thought the blue would be better and have more demand, but apparently people are favouring the white version instead. I know it is hard to explain, but I would love to hear your side of the story.
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It does indeed.
Nice deal. I had an experience with Vodafone a few years back where I was in desperate need of sending an email without wifi access and no mobile internet on my call plan, called them up and after about an hour of free phone call had 500MB internet added free for the remainder of my contract term.
Simply cause I needed it, I asked, and after being passed through about 10 people that thought I was mental asking for data but not willing to pay, someone eventually decided, why not, let's give him it.
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awesome! i had a similar thing with t-mobile at the beginning of this contract. 3g was slow, after 2hrs of being passed to god knows how many people im told it was because i didnt have a internet booster which doubled the speed. in the end i got that for free for the remainder of my contract, i swear they must have so many notes on my account because of the problems ive had over the years with 1st/2nd line support lol
Johev said:
Hi flumps, very nice story. I must say I would love to have the same deal here in Belgium but unfortunately the competition here is not working. The Mobile providers just divide the customers and no such nice promotions are available.
For a galaxy note to actually be free, I would need to have a 45-50€ subscription and only 1 or 2 mobile providers have this options. All the rest will ask you to pay 500 € for the phone plus a 2 year contract.
But I am glad for you and I wish you all the luck with your new G.NOTE.
PS: Just one question, what is it about the white G. Note, so many people are asking for it?
I am more of a traditional guy (black suite, etc.) so I thought the blue would be better and have more demand, but apparently people are favouring the white version instead. I know it is hard to explain, but I would love to hear your side of the story.
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wow, is it really that bad there for competitive pricing? i feel sorry for you, that must really suck! so does that mean they are all part of the same parent company or is it simply one sets a price and the others follow i suppose kinda like petrol stations?
500 for the phone? thats what it costs off contract anyway isnt it!? damn. thats harsh
well, about 15 years ago while living in japan, white gadgets were the big thing and still are there and ive been in love with white tech ever since. i had the G1 in white back when they were open to developers and loved it! i dont know, i just think some gadgets look nicer in white, to me it makes a nice gadget into a sexy gadget,it instantly becomes more desirable to me white just seems more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. its kinda hard to quantify now i think about it!
Awesome, it is good to complain at times especially when they give you attitude. Don't they get it, the customer is always right
yeah, im pretty happy with the result and to be able to use premium numbers included in the call plan is amazing. i didnt even know they did this. going to save me £££s when im out and about. and also the price of £21.50 is including VAT.
flumps said:
my t-moble renew (been with them now for 12 years) was up so i was going to get a deal from mymobilephones.net for the galaxy note, it was:
100 cross-network mins + Unlimited texts + 750MB Mobile Internet Browsing • 24 months
£ 21.00 a month + free phone
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I got this exact deal from a carphone warehouse store last nigh - and have my note in hand now.
Very impressed.
The guys instore told me it was already on ICS though
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I got this exact deal from a carphone warehouse store last nigh - and have my note in hand now.
Very impressed.
The guys instore told me it was already on ICS though
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awesome!
I must say most of the time, the customer is always right...
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Good deal.
I'm on a nice deal from Saunalahti myself.
Got it 2 years ago with an HTC Desire.
3000mins of talk to certain operators a month, 100mins to other operators a month for 2yrs, unlimited internet in everyway. Txt msg cost 0.069€ a pop.
All that for 4.90€ a month.
Then the Desire for 15€ a month.
Best thing is I can continue the plan for the same price in a couple of months when it ends although excluding the 100min thingy bcuz that was only for 2years but I don't care lol 99% off my calls go to those certain operators so..
Heres the internet speed Most of the time download varies anything between 8M and the total max aka ~15M. Up seems to always stay between 2-3M
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When I read those stories I feel so bad about our carriers here in colombia. I've been a customer for about 5 years and when I wanted to buy the Galaxy Note I had to pay $550 american dollars with a $50 dollars plan and 2 year contract (180 cross network minutes and 3GB data plan).
If you want to buy the phone with no contract it will cost you $1003 dollars. There's no such thing as "free phone with a plan" unless you're buying a feature phone.
So congrats on the deal you got from your carrier and enjoy your phone!
Well those are really bad conditions. In Switzerland you pay about 600 $ without a contract. I feel sorry for you.
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Nice win mate, I got mine on the one plan from 3 and loving it!
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at last a thread that didn't have the words "brick" & "ICS" in the same sentence...
interesting story from OP..
i had a similar one of my own... i've been eyeing SII eversince it came out last year but my mobile contract is not up till April this year. however i was really tempted to just shell out the money and buy the phone outright (it was selling for about $750 bucks)
however my better judgement prevailed and decided to wait it out until my contract finishes.
it was the longest 10 months as I patiently wait till my contract was up for renewal. April came and I started asking my network provider on what promos they have... by this time however I had a change of heart and already had my eyes set on the note however i didn't want to sound too eager... after they gave me the list of phones i can get for free i started asking about the note and i still need to pay a whooping $350 bucks (mind you I am on a $60.00/month plan) i told them i will call them back
after spending a few nights pondering if shelling out $350 bucks for the note is worth the thought occurred to me to test how my network provider value and reward their loyal customers (i have been with them for close to 10 years now)
so called them up after a week and told the person that i was being offered by another telcom a $400 mobile voucher if i sign up with them for the same plan i had with my current provider... and guess what!!! they matched the offer in a heartbeat and told me they'll give me the note for free plus a few more goodies including a desktop dock & battery charger and extra battery so long as i stay with them... sweeeeeeeet..
i must say this is the sweetest deal i've had... had a beast of a phone for free with goodies... good things really do come to those who wait... hehehe
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at last a thread that didn't have the words "brick" & "ICS" in the same sentence...
interesting story from OP..
i had a similar one of my own... i've been eyeing SII eversince it came out last year but my mobile contract is not up till April this year. however i was really tempted to just shell out the money and buy the phone outright (it was selling for about $750 bucks)
however my better judgement prevailed and decided to wait it out until my contract finishes.
it was the longest 10 months as I patiently wait till my contract was up for renewal. April came and I started asking my network provider on what promos they have... by this time however I had a change of heart and already had my eyes set on the note however i didn't want to sound too eager... after they gave me the list of phones i can get for free i started asking about the note and i still need to pay a whooping $350 bucks (mind you I am on a $60.00/month plan) i told them i will call them back
after spending a few nights pondering if shelling out $350 bucks for the note is worth the thought occurred to me to test how my network provider value and reward their loyal customers (i have been with them for close to 10 years now)
so called them up after a week and told the person that i was being offered by another telcom a $400 mobile voucher if i sign up with them for the same plan i had with my current provider... and guess what!!! they matched the offer in a heartbeat and told me they'll give me the note for free plus a few more goodies including a desktop dock & battery charger and extra battery so long as i stay with them... sweeeeeeeet..
i must say this is the sweetest deal i've had... had a beast of a phone for free with goodies... good things really do come to those who wait... hehehe
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damn, that is good! you win thats for sure! lol
whats the desktop dock like?
I had the Dell Streak and it drank to much water so claimed it under insurance but only got $355 + some of my own $$ gave me a grand total of $475, the Note here in OZ ranges from $749-$849 outright, still needed to add more $$.
I have a work number and my wife has a personal account with Vodafone so couldn't upgrade till Feb next year, in the ending I went with a Mobile Payment Plan of $30 a month over 24 months under my wifes account.
I Slamed in my work SIM into my new Note which basically gives me unlimted data (fair use), calls to other mobiles and landlines.
One of best main deals at Vodafone is the $59 plan with $5 for the Note per month - Unlimited Vodafone to Vodafone/ 3; unlimited Standard/ International TXT/SMS; $750 of included credit for Standard calls - landline and other mobiles, 13 & 1800#, International calls, voice mail and 1.5GB of data per month (add $5 p/m data pack for extra 750MB, $10 p/m data pack for extra 2GB, $15 p/m data pack for extra 4GB or $25 p/m data pack for extra 8GB). We are selling both the Black (blue) and White versions.
Had my Note now for over a month and love it hardley use my iPad 2, leave that at home now for my Wife.
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damn, that is good! you win thats for sure! lol
whats the desktop dock like?
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unbranded dock... does the job but fairly simple similar to this picture... i was pretty much happy with the fact that i got the note for nothing....
anything extra is already a bonus...
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unbranded dock... does the job but fairly simple similar to this picture... i was pretty much happy with the fact that i got the note for nothing....
anything extra is already a bonus...
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damn straight, might have to invest in one of them. i bet it comes in handy when charging
yes it does... the only problem is i always forget the spare battery.... lols!!