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I'm considering jumping to T-Mobile here in a few days, as my Sprint contract is ending. A friend of mine is selling his G1 for pretty cheap in good condition. That combined with the Even More Plus plans sounds like a better deal than being stuck in a contract again for 2 years.
I know the phone is crazy old, but it still seems to have great support for roms and such. I have no problems with rooting and flashing at all.
Also, for the people who are with T-Mobile right now, if I start a Even More Plus plan right now, would I be able to "upgrade" to contracted phone down the road, which would prompt me to the more expensive plan, should I ever get a real itch for a Vibrant or things coming out later this year.
I just got mine today lol i love it
My other phone is a tilt 2 tho
Really no point. On CL in my city g1s are 60 used 120ish new. It still has awsome support but remember, its close to 2 years old.... With technology going at the pace its at, think of it like comparing a 2010 mustang against a very well maintained 1985 mustang. Its definately a usable phone and will make you pleased, but won't compare with the advancements in speed, fuel economy, safety, etc...
If you asked this question 7-8 months ago, I would have totally recomended it. Now, not so much.
P.S. download the APN on/off widget or APNdroid to turn off data, so you can qualify for cheaper talk/text only plans. Data is roughly $20-30 more expensive, plus your phone will be functional under wifi. Plus battery lasts longer
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i would say the same as mej,
but totally.. now.. its not much worth. I would totally go for a nexus one if i had to buy a new phone
T-Mobile don't even sell G1s anymore, do they?
Anyways, if you're getting a contract, don't buy an old phone! Get a myTouch slide or wait for the Sidekick Twist.
I would just get the Vibrant right now, because I think if you come into your contract with a used G1 you can't get a new phone till you're up for an upgrade. Besides, the Vibrant(along with most of the other Galaxy S lineup) is top of the line right now. They are benchmarking higher video framerates than a EVO 4G. Plus it has 720p HD video recording, and HD video out so you can play back what you recorded on a hdtv. Also has a accelerometer and gyroscope, giving it a 6-axis g-sensor for epic gaming. Oh yeah, and it's the baddest phone T-Mo has right now, period.
I purchases my G1 2 months ago, best buy ever (paid 100 uk pound,around 130euro then, with 8GB microsd, ...).
Still no phone with a tilt keyboard yet (had a tilt, htc kaiser, much better then htc pro, but the G1 has a nicer touch screen (the tilt was also running android 2.1).
If your stuck on Tmobile, don't want to spend too much, and want a new phone before your contract ends, then go for it
Nowadays with a new contract you can get some pretty good phones for really cheap prices
I've had my G1 since I received it after preordering it. It's an EXCELLENT phone. However, it's age is showing. There are some things it simply cannot do and many things it cannot do well.
If you're going the as-cheap-as-I-can route in the short-term, a G1 may do the trick (And, if it were January of 2009, I'd say get the G1.). But, as it's been said before, if you're going to be locked into a 2 year contract, you'll really want to get hardware with enough power to last you those two years and not leave you wanting more.
Personally, if I were buying right now, it would either be a NexusOne or a Vibrant. Something with enough processing power and RAM for Android 2.2+
Good luck!
I got my G1 this past January... and while I don't regret it, there's no chance I'd buy this phone now. Every day I wish this thing had a Snapdragon in it. If you're really worried about contracts go with an unlocked phone for more money upfront - at least with T-Mobile, the plan will be cheaper, so it'll even out.
Again, the G1 is a great phone and I love the design/form factor, but for this day and age it's just not fast enough.
I don't believe you'll be able to take an Even More Plus plan and then go to an Even More plan right off the back, at least not with your same number...but, If you sign up for google Voice at the same time as getting the g1, give out that number to everyone as your new number, when you upgrade your to a contract(if you do), that GV number will still be the same and you'll just have to change the number under your GV settings.
Would I buy a G1 right now? If it was 0-50, maybe 75 with an 8 gig sd card. We've got 2.2 running on our phones now as a daily driver. it makes/receives calls, what more you need from a phone?
Zoltair Wright said:
the G1 is a great phone and I love the design/form factor, but for this day and age it's just not fast enough.
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^^ this i love my dream and i've had it less than a year but would trade up 2 a droid in a heartbeat (i still need that real keyboard even if the droids is crap)
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I'm considering jumping to T-Mobile here in a few days, as my Sprint contract is ending.
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I do have one question... why not stay with Sprint? Their plans are competitively priced with T-Mobile, and they have excellent Android devices. The Epic 4G is due out soon, which should be an amazing phone by anyone's standards. And it will have a hardware keyboard, like the G1...
If price is the most important, don't go with T-Mobile. Get an unlocked T-Mobile phone and take it over to Simple Mobile at mysimplemobile.com. They use the same 3G bands as T-Mobile but you get unlimited talk, text, and internet for a flat $60/month.
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I've had my G1 since I received it after preordering it. It's an EXCELLENT phone. However, it's age is showing. There are some things it simply cannot do and many things it cannot do well.
If you're going the as-cheap-as-I-can route in the short-term, a G1 may do the trick (And, if it were January of 2009, I'd say get the G1.). But, as it's been said before, if you're going to be locked into a 2 year contract, you'll really want to get hardware with enough power to last you those two years and not leave you wanting more.
Personally, if I were buying right now, it would either be a NexusOne or a Vibrant. Something with enough processing power and RAM for Android 2.2+
Good luck!
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He is not interested in a contract. He wants to get a used G1.
Well I Just bought one to hold me off until the "Project Emerald" phone comes out. It's better than using a non android phone. I think that using it as a temporary phone it will do the job.
Still an awsome phone but :] mTS 2 for 1 lol
If you don't care about having a fast phone, go for it. I just went from g1 to vibrant, and the vibrant is everything I wanted the g1 to be. The g1 is gonna give you a taste of what android can do, so you may end up wanting something better.
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well ive gone from a blackstone (WM) to a G1 and I love it. If you get the right rom it isnt slow and android is just great I love it....also devs are still making stuff for it all the time its great....
is it worth getting the MyTouch 3G with all the new android phones coming out? any cons to it? im coming from an HTC Fuze...
Not so much android 1.6 is kinda getting outdated. You should go for the Nexus one or the vibrant. Best android phones at the moment for T-Mobile
well im actually on ATT, but i see mytouchs goign pretty cheap, but doesnt it run froyo and stuff? i see stuff about cynogenmod?
I don't think it is worth it, in my opinion. I've actually recently sold mine after using it for about 2 months. It may be good first Android phone, for an average user that doesn't care of the latest and the greatest. I've moved onto a Nexus, then to a iphone(but that's another topic).
MT3G left me with wanting more. ie- bigger screen, faster cpu, better interface(2.2). Nexus was an awesome phone, but I had problems with it. At the moment, Samsung Galaxy S variants are the one I'd pick. One day, I'll have it.
hmm yeah i think immma get the captivate then..dont wanna drop $500 though lol
Theres a lot of things to consider:
Price:
How much are you getting it for?
Carrier and Plan:
If you're on AT&T, you won't get AT&T's 3G if you even have a data plan. With that in mind, you'd have to buy it unlocked or use another method to get your AT&T sim card to work on a TMobile deivice.
Needs:
Are you a big texter? I wouldn't recommend this phone if you are a big texter. Swype is a good substitute for a virtual keyboard, but all the other keyboards suck hardcore. As for everything else, I think it does a fairly good job.
Contract: How close are you to the end of your contract? If you're close, I would just get an Iphone 4 or a Captivate or some other AT&T phone.
Overall, like xdame said, it's a good first android phone for the average user. However, after using it, I do have a craving for a more high end device.
Looks like preorder for the G2 will start tomorrow and the phones will be for sale at stores October 6th. Anyone preordering or getting a G2? I am a bit undecided, i am thinking about possibly picking one up and playing with one alongside my vibrant and seeing which one I like more and selling/returning the other. I love the screen on the samsung but no led notifaction and the plasticy build quality are bummers, not to mention not much support from samsung. If you are getting one or not getting one, why or why not? Just curious, the samsung is my first android phone so I have no previous experience besides playing with my brothers G1 back in the day.
No thanks. I am so over slide-out keyboards now that I have been introduced to Swype...
fF
nope, more than happy with my Vibrant. slide out keyboards are old (imo) I had a slide out keyboard back in 2005...and it makes the phone too bulky (imo)
but i am Excited to see how the g2 performs.
why would i downgrade my phone?
I'm surprised nobody said "Vibrant gave me so much problems (because of my ignorance) so I'm preordering the G2 also!"
I'm not going to get it. Although it is a beastly phone from the specs that I've read, but I don't need a qwerty keyboard phone, unless it's slim like Samsung has done with the Epic. Also, I wander how the battery life is going to be.
Can't afford to have both, but I am surprised to see that there are so many with that much disposable income.
As I've been telling my customers... Don't fall for the hype. Stick with the Vibrant.
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i havent had a keyboard since a Nokia E71, not sure i really need it, thats why i figure i can take advantage of the remorse period and see if I like it/use it...i bought my vibrant from costco so im still within the return policy (90 days)
Not even that intereated in it. So its a beefed up htc Dream, fabulous if you need a slider with good specs, but I'm fine with my vibrant. I'm just as fast if not faster with swype then I was on the only decent qwerty phones ever back in my blackberry days.
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you'd have to be an idiot to preorder the damn phone considering how 99% of the vibrant owners on here got ****ed by tmobile.
want the phone on launch day? that'll be $249.99 + $18 upgrade fee + tax, minus $50 MIR 2 months later. so a solid $240 for us here in dallas.
then i get online and after a couple weeks see that everyone else was able to get the phone from costco, walmart, wirefly, amazon, etc for around $100 with no dumb ass MIR or upgrade fee.
oh, but i cant take my phone back and go buy it at costco or walmart because i've used my "upgrade" and the only place that can do an "override" to get my 2yr renewal pricing is a tmobile store.
l.a.m.e.
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Looks like preorder for the G2 will start tomorrow and the phones will be for sale at stores October 6th. Anyone preordering or getting a G2? I am a bit undecided, i am thinking about possibly picking one up and playing with one alongside my vibrant and seeing which one I like more and selling/returning the other. I love the screen on the samsung but no led notifaction and the plasticy build quality are bummers, not to mention not much support from samsung. If you are getting one or not getting one, why or why not? Just curious, the samsung is my first android phone so I have no previous experience besides playing with my brothers G1 back in the day.
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Like what someone said, why downgrade?
Plasticy build? I bet if they made the back cover metal it'd change your perspective. The glass and trim is excellent built quality. Sure the back cover is plastic, but that was the whole point for it being light weight. For those who have covers like me, I don't care if the back cover is plastic.
The G2 is all hype. It seems like big news because Tmo is actually advertising it like crazy, unlike the Vibrant that got little press. Either way....why downgrade?
the vibrant didnt get much press but the entire galaxy line is getting advertised out the ass. everyone i know that used to be a staunch iphone supporter is like "whoa whoa whoa now.. wtf is this galaxy s phone? have you heard about it? i wanna get one, i saw it on tv, it looks awesome!"
I see no need to update, personally I believe the Vibrant is 10x better looking then the G2, I like the fact that it's lightweight and not much out there can beat this AMOLED screen. I've went from a 1st gen iPhone to the G1, and now to the Vibrant, the G2 is not in my feature.
yeah i got my vibrant from costco, $250 with no contract I just really like installing different roms and such and am wondering if this phone wont take the vibrant spotlight being an htc and also having vanilla android on it
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yeah i got my vibrant from costco, $250 with no contract I just really like installing different roms and such and am wondering if this phone wont take the vibrant spotlight being an htc and also having vanilla android on it
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see what i mean? if i had known i would have been there with cash in hand and i would have been able to buy a second for $99 like everyone else was, then sell the damn thing unlocked and made a profit.
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Looks like preorder for the G2 will start tomorrow and the phones will be for sale at stores October 6th. Anyone preordering or getting a G2? I am a bit undecided, i am thinking about possibly picking one up and playing with one alongside my vibrant and seeing which one I like more and selling/returning the other. I love the screen on the samsung but no led notifaction and the plasticy build quality are bummers, not to mention not much support from samsung. If you are getting one or not getting one, why or why not? Just curious, the samsung is my first android phone so I have no previous experience besides playing with my brothers G1 back in the day.
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G2 is a downgrade from vibrant imo. the specs are not even at par with the vibrant. The only thing it got going for the G2 is that it will be released with Froyo. Once vibrant gets froyo either ota or from a Dev, it will run faster than it is now. I read somewhere that 2.1 is not using all the available ram since it only sees 384 ram and Froyo will be able to see all 512.
My vibrant is too awesome. Plus im really picky on how keyboards feel. I didn't like the droid, the epic 4g....actually, i only liked the one on my blackberry. Plus, there fewer physical weaknesses in the vibrants body in comparison to the G2.
Come on {OP} wtf is the point of you even posting this in the Vibrant forums, go post this somewhere else plz! stop trying to cause drama.
The only reason to make a switch to the G2 would be because it's fully compatible with HSPA+ or you just need a physical keyboard. Once froyo is running on both phones it'll be clear the Vibrant is the winner.
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I don't know why anyone would buy a phone at release unless it's just to play with a second toy. If you plan to use it as your primary phone, I would suggest waiting a few weeks to see what kinds of bugs or glitches pop up.
Tomorrow I'm going to T-mobile and I'm going to be upgrading to one of these devices. which one would you choose and for what reasons. thank you
well in a couple of weeks tmobile is going to start selling the vibrant 4g, but if you have to get a phone tomorrow go with the g2, samsung sucks. You will de regret buying a vibrant when less than a month later there is going to be a better version of the same phone out
That's kind of what I was thinking. The G2 is already 4G capable. The vibrants internal storage is nice, but coming from the slide anything is better.
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I would definitely go with the G2... I actually think on tmobile site its free with an upgrade but of course there is that lovely upgrade fee...
My sister has the vibrant.. She had some minor issues with it.. (I say operator issue) but the first phone wouldnt take pictures with less then a half a battery. But rooting it hmm easy but cant get the damn recovery to stick....
I have an upgrade due as well.. But holding out to see what other phones are coming out soon... Not much in the rumor mill besides vibrant 4g, and a few others not worthy enough of mentioning. => cliq2 hahaha sorry see... and the sidekick making a comeback... anyway my choice would be the G2!
Neither. Save your upgrade. 2 years is an eternity to get another break on upgrade pricing. If you're a 3D game player and need the extra processing power for those games then the G2 is a solid performer. If you need Adobe Flash support again the G2 is a solid performer. The only product I would get from Samsung would be a Nexus S or anything Google decides to support as a developer device. I'm regularly getting 5mbps DL speeds from the HSPA network and it is plenty fast for me ... in fact I have to monitor my data usage closely so as not to get throttled. I can't imagine I would need anything faster nor would it benefit me with the current caps in place by TMO. So hold off if you can, the Slide is a very nice Android phone and should hold you over until the next handsets are available (summer?). Just my opinion.
I picked the G2, and I'm not on contract so that doesn't matter. the installment plan works for me. some people probably wouldn't agree with it, but with my plan it works out to about the same per month as getting it for free on a 2 year contract (cheaper actually), plus no two year contract. obviously you have to pay for the device over a certain time period, but again. i'm not gonna go anywhere else. verizon is too expensive, and at&t is at&t. sprint is the only company i would ever give a second look.
back on topic, i picked the G2 over the vibrant for a few reasons. the number one and main reason being the 4G capability. I live in an area that has it and i'm anxious to see how it performs. secondly, the keyboard. i enjoy typing on it so much more than the slide. the buttons on the slide are a little too far apart for my taste. and lastly the stock rom is basic android, which makes me hope for more updates far into the future. the Vibrant is still on eclair, and with the vibrant 4G coming out next month, it doesn't make sense for Tmo and Samsung to support the device for very long, in my opinion.
I did like the screen on the vibrant a little more than the G2.
In conclusion, I'm going to be selling my slide. NJAZ, you are correct in saying that the slide is a solid android phone but the lack of internal memory and lack of support that it is getting doesn't make me fill confident.
Thanks everyone for your advice
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I picked the G2, and I'm not on contract so that doesn't matter. the installment plan works for me. some people probably wouldn't agree with it, but with my plan it works out to about the same per month as getting it for free on a 2 year contract (cheaper actually), plus no two year contract. obviously you have to pay for the device over a certain time period, but again. i'm not gonna go anywhere else. verizon is too expensive, and at&t is at&t. sprint is the only company i would ever give a second look.
back on topic, i picked the G2 over the vibrant for a few reasons. the number one and main reason being the 4G capability. I live in an area that has it and i'm anxious to see how it performs. secondly, the keyboard. i enjoy typing on it so much more than the slide. the buttons on the slide are a little too far apart for my taste. and lastly the stock rom is basic android, which makes me hope for more updates far into the future. the Vibrant is still on eclair, and with the vibrant 4G coming out next month, it doesn't make sense for Tmo and Samsung to support the device for very long, in my opinion.
I did like the screen on the vibrant a little more than the G2.
In conclusion, I'm going to be selling my slide. NJAZ, you are correct in saying that the slide is a solid android phone but the lack of internal memory and lack of support that it is getting doesn't make me fill confident.
Thanks everyone for your advice
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hey naut, jw, how much are you selling the slide for?
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In conclusion, I'm going to be selling my slide. NJAZ, you are correct in saying that the slide is a solid android phone but the lack of internal memory and lack of support that it is getting doesn't make me fill confident.
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I know you're going to love your G2! Wish I would have known it was coming out right after the Slide was released because I certainly would have preferred and waited to use my upgrade discount on the G2. Enjoy!
Well, the vibrant just got froyo. So the flash statement is gone, and the gpu is better than the g2. Either way, I would save the upgrade for the optimus 2x tegra 2.
G2, HSPA+ is a huge pro, flash on the camera (most people don't think about that) and stock Froyo really helps. But I hear it's a pain to flash in comparison to the vibrant.
Vibrant does have a way better GPU though, so if you'll be gaming on the device, that's the way to go.
I concur with what was said above, if you can wait for the vibrant 4G, do it.
no doubt about it, the hardware on the G2 is weak compared to the vibrant. though samsung is certainly not the best with updates, they arent as bad as sony or motorola (on non-Droid devices) the build quality is light and solid, and i love not having moving parts. the only reason a G2 is even in the same league is the fact that the G2 has a bit better dev support.
I'm thinking of getting the HTC One S when tmobile starts to sell it this month. It looks like a great phone and has all the features I want. Was wondering if anyone else is thinking of getting it.
Its nothing compared to the one s though. Better of waiting for the s3 since you'll be using it for two years.
There's nothing wrong with my vib oozing iced butter and bacon right now.I recommend waiting 4 more months and get the G3 or if tmo could get the htc one X that would be a consideration
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There's nothing wrong with my vib oozing iced butter and bacon right now.I recommend waiting 4 more months and get the G3 or if tmo could get the htc one X that would be a consideration
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I beleive that the X is going to at&t while tmobile gets the S...either way im getting one
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i'll probably get one. benchmarks show the S4 dualcore outdoes the T3 quadcore chip. no need to wait around for a One X. By that time, the SGS3 should be out.
I'm actually still waiting for a device for tmobile with a true hd display.. similar to that of the current galaxy nexus. From what I understand the oneX has one but I'm not aware of any plans for it coming over to tmobile. Also personally, I'm not a fan of how the camera protrudes out the back of many htc phones.
Even though I'm quite satisfied with my vibrant running ics passion (occasional gps issues aside).. I've started to notice the lack of power while browsing and the occasional lags more and more. I used my friends galaxyS2 (att) the other day and was blown away at the speed and was left wanting more out of my phone.
I get a sense that tmobile is really dragging their heels in getting better devices. If I didn't have a serious dislike of being on mobile contracts I probably would have jumped ship already. I can live without true 4g.. fake 4g (hspa+) seems plenty fast to me... even my 3g vibrant is probably good enough for what I use the phone for.
I don't know.. just babbling...
and hoping tmobile steps up their game and offers some nicer devices.
All I want is a phone with a 4.7 HD screen, removable batt and micro sd, seems to be hard to find...nothing around the corner, still on the vibrant, nothing in sight so far...Sprint's EVO One (ONE X sprint style) looks great, but it's sprint and their data speeds are crap and no one has them so you use up anytime minutes quick...
There's a few phones I keep seeing, like LG and couple of others, but for some reason the US can't get **** for phones, like the rest of the world does, or if they do it's on att or verizon, and no, I don't want to pay 150/month for my cell phone..
I want a phone with about a 4.3" screen, flash on the camera, removable battery, and Micro SD. Preferably with that new S4 snapdragon... that things appears to be a beast. But I'm looking for a phone that devs are going to get behind. After having been in the Vibrant community, it'd be really hard to live with a phone that didn't have good dev support. I would honestly be really happy with my wife's HTC Amaze 4g if the dev support was more like the Vibrant. That phone is a beast and I can only imagine how smooth it would run with a good rom like CM9 on it. (but it's my wife's so it's staying stock LOL)
The non-removable battery and no Micro SD is a deal breaker for me. I'm also surprised to see only 16Gb of internal storage in any new phone, especially this one.
I need a phone that blows my socks off the same way my Vibrant did after it was rooted and customized. If there are any regrets I'll be seriously disappointed.
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I just want a phone whose GPS works reliably and a good DAC. I mainly use my phone for those two things. I was hoping HTC would've nailed a good DAC (as I'm aware that HTC has the best GPS rigs), but it just wasn't meant to be.
I am going to wait for a better phone. The One S just doesn't do it for me. Sure its probably better than the vibrant but if I'm going to extend my contract, which has been up for about 8 months, I'm going to need a phone that I will be happy with for the next two years. When the next generation of phones which are almost here are offering far superior specs and capabilities, it makes no sense to upgrade to a mildly better phone. T-Mobile should see that and not insult us with "little brother" phones. If I'm paying for it, plus two years on contract, I want my moneys worth. I'm a big boy and I like big boy toys.
I would have loved to get the One S, but would never consider buying a phone with only 16GB and no microSD. I can't tell you how much I want to avoid buying anything from Samsung ever again due to anger over the Vibrant GPS problems and lack of update and other support.