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Just thought id let anyone know whos interested htc hero is .01 with a new line of service on amazon.com . Just picked up 2 for my parents and have them both rooted already using universal androot.
Got one off Amazon for the gf last week
1c? is this just for new upgrades?
At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone. What is sad is that Sprint does not have a more current android phone without the dumb 4G tax.
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At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone. What is sad is that Sprint does not have a more current android phone without the dumb 4G tax.
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the hero is only a year old next month. it's still a decent phone. tbh the evo will be considered outdated as well by x-mas. the thing that worries me is the fact sprint has not announced their fall/winter lineup yet. i really hope the hero2 or updated desire is coming.
i do not want nor need a 4g phone. the $10 coolness fee is a joke and 4g kills your battery big time.
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the hero is only a year old next month. it's still a decent phone. tbh the evo will be considered outdated as well by x-mas. the thing that worries me is the fact sprint has not announced their fall/winter lineup yet. i really hope the hero2 or updated desire is coming.
i do not want nor need a 4g phone. the $10 coolness fee is a joke and 4g kills your battery big time.
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Yeah. I'd be perfectly fine with a phone with faster specs, without 4g. If I need 4G, I can use wifi >.>
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At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone. What is sad is that Sprint does not have a more current android phone without the dumb 4G tax.
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Technically you could always sell the phone and use the money towards a better one. Would love a non-4G phone to come out, gah.
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1c? is this just for new upgrades?
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this is only for new customers, not for renewing customers . A good deal for a new customer non the less since best buys best price right now is 99 bucks. My parents and my girlfriend just switched to sprint and recieved this for a penny. This phone maybe outdated to some advanced users here but my parents and gf dont qualify as advanced and they love their new phones.Also a side note sprint canceled their referal program but I played stupid and asked if we both get a 25 dollar credit for the referal and they did it for me when activating my parents but said they no longer honor the program when activating my gf, so I guess it depends on who you speak too.
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At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone. What is sad is that Sprint does not have a more current android phone without the dumb 4G tax.
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im a premier customer and get upgrades every12 months .Correct me if im wrong but arent we all premier customers with the hero since monthly charge is at least 69 dollars . Therefore theyd only have to use the outdated phone for 12 months
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im a premier customer and get upgrades every12 months .Correct me if im wrong but arent we all premier customers with the hero since monthly charge is at least 69 dollars . Therefore theyd only have to use the outdated phone for 12 months
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True but we're still stuck with no phone options...where's a moderately sized up to date phone without 4g ...the hero owner is the new version of a 'g1 owner' lol
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True but we're still stuck with no phone options...where's a moderately sized up to date phone without 4g ...the hero owner is the new version of a 'g1 owner' lol
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sounds like sprint is in a damned if you do damned if you dont situation. They rolled out the evo and the epic and raced to do it with 4g coverage and now we want a phone like the evo and epic minus the 4g.lol
what the heck? no way im paying $350 on a 2 year upgrade with them for that phone. yeah i know about the $100 mail in rebate but that takes months to get back. what the hell was sprint thinking? i was going to buy an epic today but there's no way i can afford that.
any better deals around the net that can be charged to my sprint bill via "vat"?
its $100 on amazon with new contract.
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its $100 on amazon with new contract.
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i don't need a new contract, im due for an upgrade tomorrow.
fixxxer2008 said:
i don't need a new contract, im due for an upgrade tomorrow.
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Best Buy instant Rebate?
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Best Buy instant Rebate?
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yeah but i called best buy tonight, they can't charge the fees to my sprint bill at all. you have to pay before you get the phone. im sort on cash, i need it charged to my sprint bill like the sprint stores do.
Neither Radio Shack nor Best Buy deals with rebates. They are also easier to deal with if you happen to need an exchange within your return window.
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I did it at my local sprint store, got it charged to my bill and all that it is possible, just will have to wait a few days, if memory serves me right, when they do that, the phone has to come from sprint directly instead of walking out of the store with it.
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I did it at my local sprint store, got it charged to my bill and all that it is possible, just will have to wait a few days, if memory serves me right, when they do that, the phone has to come from sprint directly instead of walking out of the store with it.
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no if i do it at a sprint store it gets charged to my bill and i walk out with the phone, i confirmed that tonight. problem is i have to wait for the $100 mail in rebate to come back to me. adding $350 to my bill is not something i can do.
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Neither Radio Shack nor Best Buy deals with rebates. They are also easier to deal with if you happen to need an exchange within your return window.
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but can they charge the fee to your sprint bill instead of paying for the phone directly at purchase?
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yeah but i called best buy tonight, they can't charge the fees to my sprint bill at all. you have to pay before you get the phone. im sort on cash, i need it charged to my sprint bill like the sprint stores do.
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I completely understand i charged this to my dad and paid him back but still waiting on that damn rebate which still isnt here and i got it Launch Day AUG 31.
So save up the money so that you CAN afford it?? I guess I am crazy, but I don't buy something that I cannot afford.
It's $199 at Sam's Club with an upgrade. I never knew you could charge the phone to your bill. Seems kinda silly.
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Umm if they charge ur bill wont u need to pay it then? Will u be ale to afford it then?
I got my epic at best buy tho my wife got it for my bday but after all bills were doe and there was enough
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So save up the money so that you CAN afford it?? I guess I am crazy, but I don't buy something that I cannot afford.
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i totally agree with u. Im a college student and low on cash, all i did was save up and cut my spending on other things so that i could afford it. If u cant afford the phone then dont get it, u can get a free phone or cheaper phone if u cant afford it.also i believe if u charge to ur bill u still have to pay it at end of month, so why not just put it on ur credit card its the same thing...
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I completely understand i charged this to my dad and paid him back but still waiting on that damn rebate which still isnt here and i got it Launch Day AUG 31.
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Really? I got my phone on September 2nd, but I didnt send my rebate in until the 25th and I recieved my rebate check on October 26th.
To bad free phone friday is over, I called them and told them my wife and I were switching to Verizon for the free Incredible (we were outta contract) and the nice lady shipped an Epic and an Evo to us free of charge to stay and renew, plus I got to stay on SERO, well SEROP at least
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To bad free phone friday is over, I called them and told them my wife and I were switching to Verizon for the free Incredible (we were outta contract) and the nice lady shipped an Epic and an Evo to us free of charge to stay and renew, plus I got to stay on SERO, well SEROP at least
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JESUS, I wish I knew about this trick when I laid down 350 - TP2 trade in a month ago.
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I completely understand i charged this to my dad and paid him back but still waiting on that damn rebate which still isnt here and i got it Launch Day AUG 31.
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lol.. i just got my rebate check on wednesday.. had to pay my wife back
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what the heck? no way im paying $350 on a 2 year upgrade with them for that phone. yeah i know about the $100 mail in rebate but that takes months to get back. what the hell was sprint thinking? i was going to buy an epic today but there's no way i can afford that.
any better deals around the net that can be charged to my sprint bill via "vat"?
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try 400 after taxes... save up and buy it at radio shack.. instant rebates are the way to go!!!
he probably wants to charge it to his bill because mommy and daddy pay it
must be nice
Just saw $99 EVO's at Target
Radio Shack has the Evo for $99 as well, I'm thinking about buying one again..
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Radio Shack has the Evo for $99 as well, I'm thinking about buying one again..
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Again? You gave it up already?
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Is that just for the device or do you have to have a contract?
probably a contract, new signed 2 year, which is what sprint is offering on them i think? cause im trying to talk my mom into getting one... ive almost got her switched from AT&T...
if thats the device, no contract... im going to rob a kid on the street, outside of a bank, for that hundo, and have me an EVO lol...
not getting my hopes up lol
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probably a contract, new signed 2 year, which is what sprint is offering on them i think? cause im trying to talk my mom into getting one... ive almost got her switched from AT&T...
if thats the device, no contract... im going to rob a kid on the street, outside of a bank, for that hundo, and have me an EVO lol...
not getting my hopes up lol
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Im quite sure its with contract. You can't get a hero for $100 off contract, let alone an Evo.
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Again? You gave it up already?
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Got two when they 1st came out...sold one to my sister and the other one on Ebay for 700 dollars...
then went back to the hero..
but I think it's the time to switch, the hero is starting to become an old brick...
We'll be seeing new phones next year. Other than HTC Shift. Hopefully will have Gingerbread installed and dual-core. Slightly smaller screen, like HTC Incredible. That's my hopes.... plus my anniversary not till Feb anyway, so I need to wait....
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We'll be seeing new phones next year. Other than HTC Shift. Hopefully will have Gingerbread installed and dual-core. Slightly smaller screen, like HTC Incredible. That's my hopes.... plus my anniversary not till Feb anyway, so I need to wait....
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This. I'm waiting for the Shift. Supposedly going to have a $149.99 price point.
Any tricks to a early upgrade? Mine is in March, the 1st to be exact. My account is premier so technically the March date is already early at 1 year mark. Though is I was to get the $99 EVO they would prob drop support a month after I got it, kind of like the Hero Sorry for the rant
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Any tricks to a early upgrade? Mine is in March, the 1st to be exact. My account is premier so technically the March date is already early at 1 year mark. Though is I was to get the $99 EVO they would prob drop support a month after I got it, kind of like the Hero Sorry for the rant
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You could be a douche and threaten to cancel your contract and bash the hero and make up make believe problems some reps it might work some it might not. I use to work for t-mobile for 2 years if we got tired of hearing a person ***** we would just give them an upgrade early all the time lol.
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And the way the radio shack deal works is if you trade them your hero its 99 and no trade its 199. Best buy its 199 hero trade gets you 40 bucks if no water damage. Sprint its 250 w/ 50 dollar mail in rebate. I was more than happy to hand them my hero
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LOL, I wouldnt be lying if I complained about the Hero! This one I have now is my 4th phone I rooted this one from the gate, as soon as I activated I sat down at the PC and put Fresh 2.4 on it A week later I was on CM6, funny the other day I was doing some PRL and radio stuff and used Fresh 2.4 to do it. I ended up flashing Deca's latest kernel out of curiosity, it gave this rom a new life Might stay with it until GB is ready
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LOL, I wouldnt be lying if I complained about the Hero! This one I have now is my 4th phone I rooted this one from the gate, as soon as I activated I sat down at the PC and put Fresh 2.4 on it A week later I was on CM6, funny the other day I was doing some PRL and radio stuff and used Fresh 2.4 to do it. I ended up flashing Deca's latest kernel out of curiosity, it gave this rom a new life Might stay with it until GB is ready
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I might have to give that a try. It always seemed to have more lag than others at the end. Maybe a new kernal is all it needs to be great again.
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I might have to give that a try. It always seemed to have more lag than others at the end. Maybe a new kernal is all it needs to be great again.
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I have it overclocked to 748, it runs pretty smooth. I dont use a task killer but have autokiller set to aggressive. I also removed stuff like twitter and facebook, they dont get things pushed like email, b ut rather check for updates all the time, eating my battery! lol On day 3 with Fresh 2.4 and no complaints, so far
RadioShack is now $99 dollars with no trade in as long as you order it online. just a heads up.
Early upgrades? My sister was able to bash the hell out of her Blackberry 8830 or w/e over the phone with Sprint, and they sent her the newest Blackberry model for free and took $15 off our monthly bill for the remainder of our contract.
I tried calling Sprint last night to get my phone swapped with a LG Optimus S, only to be told I would have to use my insurance to get it. I told him all the problems I was having (random rebooting, phone taking too long to connect a call, dust under screen, unresponsive presses to wake it up, freezing), which are apparently a widespread problem with the Hero model. After being told to use my insurance, I told the guy that I bought the insurance in case I damaged the phone, not to get a phone that is not defective. Any tips to getting swapped to a different model? I've heard people getting swapped Evo's
I had a agent tell me a couple months back that with the insurance you can switch phones when making a claim. I dont know if she was just trying to sell me some insurance, or if that is true. Last time I had insurance was with my Instinct, it was a $50 deductible. Funny when I broke my Instinct the deductible had just went up to $100 a week earlier, I was never informed though Long story short sprint paid for it, I had a new Instinct 2 days later.
Yeah I went from one lame azz phone to another lame azz phone, just what I wanted! From a sry Instinct to a sry Hero
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I had a agent tell me a couple months back that with the insurance you can switch phones when making a claim. I dont know if she was just trying to sell me some insurance, or if that is true. Last time I had insurance was with my Instinct, it was a $50 deductible. Funny when I broke my Instinct the deductible had just went up to $100 a week earlier, I was never informed though Long story short sprint paid for it, I had a new Instinct 2 days later.
Yeah I went from one lame azz phone to another lame azz phone, just what I wanted! From a sry Instinct to a sry Hero
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Yeah I'm calling Sprint back tonight, and possibly going to have my sister call them. I'm going to keep calling them until I get a different phone >.< What makes me mad though, is the first rep I talked to before getting switched to Multiple Phone Exchange (something like that) told me that she was able to get someone who had a Hero and the same problems as I had switched to a LG Optimus S, a few hours before I called. I had also asked her if I could switch to an Evo and pay the difference of $20, and she said "that's not the way it works"
I am looking for a cheap Hero to replace my wife's flip phone, so if any of you upgraders want to get rid of your's let me know.
Just got done doing planogram in my store and it looks like the EVO 4g phone has been bumped down to $99.
Nice! Never thought about the fact that my phone would one day become almost entry level
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I just got mine for 200 2 months ago what a shame. 3d looks so sick
Free at target for new customer or add a line. Dang I just add my daughter line with the Samsung Epic for $49.99 which I thought was a good deal, oh well she's happy with her Epic. But dang free for the Evo is a steal IMHO.
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Free at target for new customer or add a line. Dang I just add my daughter line with the Samsung Epic for $49.99 which I thought was a good deal, oh well she's happy with her Epic. But dang free for the Evo is a steal IMHO.
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yeah i work at target my co worker had brought one a week before it went free lol he was sorta mad but he got it for 99 i think
Free from Best Buy and Radio Shack too
I feel like i been robbed. i left metro a couple months ago and paid 200 for mine also. Should have been just a bit more patient but my wife had the shift.. Maybe i was a lil jealous... lol
Is the perfect gift to my brother birthday.
Ok, so I have a question....
I added my wife's best friend to our plan about 2.5 weeks ago and she got the Nexus S. She hates it (reception issues). She is going to return it and get the Evo 4g (my wife has this phone, and so she knows it works and likes it). I was wondering if anyone had any idea how to return it to the sprint store, then go get the evo from best buy (LOL). This way, she gets 200 dollars back and has to pay 0.
The only way I can think of is to cancel the line altogether, then open a new line at BB, but she just started giving that new number to everyone and I don't think she wants to go through it again.
So if I have an upgrade I can go get a free evo? My brother has been wanting me to flash my evo to cricket and sell it to him and get another Evo. I won't be getting the 3d anytime because I have a tablet now and the EVO does enough for me. Don't see the point in having a really nice 7 inch tablet and really nice evo3d.
Nice to know!
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the evo is also free at http://wireless.amazon.com with new account. i bought it night before last and should be here any minute
I got mine free last week at best buy, with a 1 year upgrade, since they took away my Premier Gold status.
Nice, I'll go buy another one right now since it's so cheap , oh but I'm only half way through my 2-year, so I'll buy another one next year when it's $50!
I am trying to talk my girlfriend into getting an Evo, but she is Crackberry faithful, and thinks the Evo is too big to fit in her pocket at work. She is the last hold out in a house full of Androids.
I just scored one for my wife for $75 from Sprint Corporate. I have no idea how it arrived at that price so don't ask! ;-)
I just bought an Evo 3G yesterday for $150 at a Sprint store. Can I get a $50 credit from them or do I have to completely return it and buy another one?
Well that was easy. Called the store and they put a $50 credit on my account, took about 3 minutes.
Of course lol
Gotta be a sign that something better is coming out. If they're dropping prices this much for an EVO trying to rid quantity, a new phone upgraded EVO must be around corner. And no the 3d isn't it.
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So I called T-Mobile and got approved for an early upgrade since i've been a customer since 2004.
The only thing is I found out they no longer bill in a 3 month cycle but make you pay upfront for the phone.
I'm looking at the Galaxy S2 and I don't have $300 upfront to pay for the damn thing.
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So I called T-Mobile and got approved for an early upgrade since i've been a customer since 2004.
The only thing is I found out they no longer bill in a 3 month cycle but make you pay upfront for the phone.
I'm looking at the Galaxy S2 and I don't have $300 upfront to pay for the damn thing.
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You might as well just say screw T-Mobile and buy one off eBay for $150-$200 more lol.
Thats what i've said..
Only good thing about getting it through T-Mobile is the warranty.
They should retain that billing feature for good customers...I've been with them since 2004.... am I really going to bail on them over a phone? Stupid...
Literally paying 300 is almost 3/4 of my paycheck... I mean yea right... I'm not right. I'll just use my Galaxy S... Thing works fine anyways.
Or you can get one off craigslist for 300 with no contract like I did.
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I agree. The payment thing was great for them. It made people MORE likely to jump into a new phone and extend their contract. Pretty stupid business decision on their part.
But they've been going downhill for a while.
I'm thinking that its about time for this business model to die anyway. I hate being tied to a carrier, and I want a phone that actually gets upgrades.
The only thing that made the 2 yr. upgrade worth it was the fact that the phone was automatically cut in half. $600 retail, down to $250. They simply early upgraded me for being a customer since 2004... so cool..
But what I don't have is $300 to spare on a phone... or if I decide I don't want to be tied to a carrier (which doesn't matter because I can't use a T-Mobile phone or Verizon or on ATT 3g band)
I thought it was very convenient to go into the store, have to pay around $80 upfront, then have the remaining balance split up over a 3 month period... so people who don't have excess money to spend that often can go ahead and get an upgrade every so often..
In either case, this has just made me double think, and I will keep my Vibrant probably for another year or two now. Nothing wrong with it, could use better battery life though.
I am going to wait for if and when GS2 will show up for free with an eligible upgrade on Amazon or Wirefly. Get the 1800 mah epic touch battery for the time being if you are concerned about battery life.
So save $100 each month and after 3 months you can pay up front for it? I don't see what the big deal is.
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Or you can get one off craigslist for 300 with no contract like I did.
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Craigslist has SGSIIs for $300?
You must live in a nice place.
In my area I see them for about $350-500. So yes, they are going for around $300 on craigs.
Any any case, what does the price of this phone have to do with the topix of tmobile no longer billing monthly for phone upgrades?
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Craigslist has SGSIIs for $300?
You must live in a nice place.
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In my area I see them for about $350-500. So yes, they are going for around $300 on craigs.
Any any case, what does the price of this phone have to do with the topix of tmobile no longer billing monthly for phone upgrades?
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OP was complaining about them not splitting the price of the phone up and I mentioned that for 300 he could get an sgs2 off contract. Dude you quoted was just surprised you could find them that cheap I guess.
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I have a business account and whenever I purchase a phone they just add it to my bill. I don't have to pay upfront.
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...could use better battery life though.
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I made the same decision except I might go for the sgs3. I bought the 1800 mah Anker battery on Amazon (sorry, my links are still disabled) and I'm really happy with it. I get about 20 hours moderate use running ics passion v12 at 1000 MHz on conservative.
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I made the same decision except I might go for the sgs3. I bought the 1800 mah Anker battery on Amazon (sorry, my links are still disabled) and I'm really happy with it. I get about 20 hours moderate use running ics passion v12 at 1000 MHz on conservative.
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20hours? Hmm I get like 2 days if I really stretch it. I also don't use my phone excessively or for games often.
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Trying to get your post count up?
Would be nice if they brought back the 3 month billing split for New equipment. It made it nice and easy to split it across three billing cycles...
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Yes!
LOL!!
Back to the OP, I'm annoyed that TMo didn't offer the SGS2 to me for $100. They were running a special on "new customers" only, but wanted to charge me $349 to "upgrade" my line. I've been with them for over 6 years and 5 lines on the account.
Goes to show how they take care of their existing customers. Glad I didn't upgrade my contract as I'm thinking of going to Verizon and getting the Galaxy Nexus as soon as one of my other line's contract is up.