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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At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone.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.

farfromuman said:
At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone.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 tbh the evo will be considered outdated as well by x-mas.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.

fixxxer2008 said:
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 tbh the evo will be considered outdated as well by x-mas.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 >.>

farfromuman said:
At this point they should be paying you $100+ to sign a 2 year contract with the outdated phone.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.

fixxxer2008 said:
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 This phone maybe outdated to some advanced users here but my parents and gf dont qualify as advanced and they love their new phones.Also a side note sprint canceled their referal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.

farfromuman said:
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

xjayman said:
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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dariFRESH said:
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

Received the letter with the Premier changes

I didn't see anyone mention that they had received the dreaded letter documenting the changes to the Premier program on 4/1/11, so I took a picture of the one I just received.

I got mine today also, lucky for me I have been with Sprint for over 10 years so I have the gold status ... kinda a bummer for anybody that doesnt have 10 years or over the $$$ limit.

Yeah I got mine. Sort of sucks I loose the yearly upgrade now. I was with nextel since around 2002 but they don't seem to count that time. I switched to sprint shortly after they merged. Only at the 4 year mark now. Actually what year did they merge? It must have been before 2006?
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Same here. I've been with Nextel for years and they say they won't count it.
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mchlwvr614 said:
Yeah I got mine. Sort of sucks I loose the yearly upgrade now. I was with nextel since around 2002 but they don't seem to count that time. I switched to sprint shortly after they merged. Only at the 4 year mark now. Actually what year did they merge? It must have been before 2006?
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Same here.. With Nextel from like 2000 till the switch.. How can you check how long you've been with them?

Wait..what is this about? I am guessing its about the 10$ extra fee. Can you get out of contract because of this, then?

Well, at least we have the Echo.
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So there is a benefit of having the unlimited everything plan as opposed to the everything data aside from landline calling. And to thing, I was going to switch plans.
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I called sprint to see what my contract start date once I heard about the new Premier requirements. I knew I've been a customer for over ten years but they had my start date as May 2002. I questions them about it since I knew I've been a customer since early 2000. I ended up finding out that they changes my contract date when I applied a corporate discount back in May of 2002. For some reason in order to receive the discount they had to put me on the same billing cycle as my corporation which messed everything. I had the issue escalated and they were able to research and find my original contract in 2000. Wow something actually when my way! Anyway they have made comments on my file that will allow me to receive the Gold status because of my 10 year tenure. Very happy about this.
I feel bad for the people that had previous accounts with Nextel and are not eligible for the Gold status. I mean 10 years with one celluar carrier is a really long time. Especially when you consider that mainstream cellular phone use wasn't the norm much more than 10 years ago.
I'll have to make sure to follow up in April when the new policy becomes effective. Hopefully they'll stand by their word and give me the Gold Status that they promised me.

Woot, my 10 yrs is April 14th, just talked to confirmed with CS that I'll be golden...
Sorry for the pun...

ifly4vamerica said:
I got mine today also, lucky for me I have been with Sprint for over 10 years so I have the gold status ... kinda a bummer for anybody that doesnt have 10 years or over the $$$ limit.
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Got the same letter, been a customer for over 10 years as well, and agreed on the bummer part.

So the primary doesn't get a yearly upgrade? I got nine years.
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Only 7 year customer for me :'(

I think all those affected should be writing the BBB and state's attorney's office. This is very indicative of a bait and switch. Please don't say this is a perk and is subject to changes. It's a perk that's used to sell the service/company, then the co does a switch in terms so the customer no longer qualifies. You were baited, and then terms were switched. I think with some pressure, sprint will honor this for one more annual upgrade.

gpz1100 said:
I think all those affected should be writing the BBB and state's attorney's office. This is very indicative of a bait and switch. Please don't say this is a perk and is subject to changes. It's a perk that's used to sell the service/company, then the co does a switch in terms so the customer no longer qualifies. You were baited, and then terms were switched. I think with some pressure, sprint will honor this for one more annual upgrade.
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one of the sprint reps here said if you call into retentions u get it back for this one time.

i wanna know where the gold at.
i got the gold letter. i signed up for sero a few years ago. i'm still using the touch pro (lulz), and i'm only paying $28/month after tax.
you must not need to have 10 years of consecutive service, because i was with verizon for quite a while before coming back with sero.

thenags said:
Same here.. With Nextel from like 2000 till the switch.. How can you check how long you've been with them?
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I think I saw it when I logged into my account online. I am going to call and complain tonight. I will post my outcome.
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April fools? (EOM)
I'm hoping this is one bad joke.

got the letter today. after reading through these forums and ways to end my sprint contract, one of the two listed that a change in plan terms by the company is one condition that will allow waiving of termination fees. do you guys think this would be a "change in contract" with sprint, or considered a "perk" as said above?

kjfrost091 said:
got the letter today. after reading through these forums and ways to end my sprint contract, one of the two listed that a change in plan terms by the company is one condition that will allow waiving of termination fees. do you guys think this would be a "change in contract" with sprint, or considered a "perk" as said above?
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Yeah, that's one way, the other way is to force roam, then wait a few months for them to cancel you, hopefully with ETFs.
I'd actually like to jump sprint at this point...their 3g is suckass lately. Lucky to get 200 down anymore in Idaho; 4G is barely 1 down, when you have signal (we have clear locally, and it gets 5 down)...Sprint is horrible. I wanna go back to att or tmo. ;(
We switched to sprint because they were cheapest/had discounts/yearly perks, but the discounts dropped to 2 lines and now the yearly upgrades are gone, so there's no point to stay with sprint anymore.
ESPECIALLY since ATT just introduced ANY MOBILE UNLIMITED today!

[Q] Upgrade/April 1st

Im sorry to start another thread on this subject but i've never seen the message that tells you when you are available for an upgrade and was curious to know if this is the message you get for a yearly upgrade(pic posted)
I bought my Evo Outright last year...But January 8th 2010 i used an upgrade to the HTC Hero..Im going to lose it April 1st arent I?

I wouldn't think so if you are already eligible BUT why not just call Sprint instead of posting here? Seriously.

sdc177 said:
I wouldn't think so if you are already eligible BUT why not just call Sprint instead of posting here? Seriously.
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because i have called Sprint and I told them about this message(picture posted) and they didn't know what the hell I was talking about and said I will lose my upgrade April 1st..I also went to my local sprint store and the manager there said I would be eligable for my upgrade when the Evo3D comes out this summer..So that is why I am here because i've gotten 2 different answers from Sprint Reps.

I would edit that photo to get rid of your phone number. There are alot of pranksters here on XDA.

Yea sprint is doing away with the yearly upgrades unless you are a premium member or whatever it's call. Basically if your not spending a certain amount you lost it

Well that sucks...Will they let me use my fiances upgrade thats due in about 60 days(her actual 2 year upgrade,hasnt gotten a new phone in 2 years) for my number?...And I will just go ahead and use my current upgrade to get her a new phone.Does Sprint let you do that?

Bigjim1488 said:
Yea sprint is doing away with the yearly upgrades unless you are a premium member or whatever it's call. Basically if your not spending a certain amount you lost it
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It's always been like that, the price just went up on qualifications. They're not "doing away" with anything.

My line qualified for an upgrade on 10/10, and I just asked tonight, and they said since I have already earned it, it will remain until I choose to use it. Sounds ideal to me, those that earned the privilege during the terms of the offer should be entitled to keep it, and for everyone else the terms just got stretched out longer.

If you already have the upgrade sitting there it will stay

cordell12 said:
If you already have the upgrade sitting there it will stay
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Man,right when I was coming to terms with the fact I was going to lose my upgrade you throw another sway in the other direction...Arrrrg,i dont know whats going to happen.

Look like you WILL lose your upgrade.
I just found this page on Sprint's website.
http://premier.sprint.com/premierupdate/faq.html
Here's the part that confirms you will lose your upgrade.
If the line qualifying for an annual upgrade is 12-21 months from the last upgrade, the upgrade must be used by March, 31, 2011. Otherwise, effective April 1, 2011, the upgrade eligibility on that line will be changed to 22 months.
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BrianBaker said:
Im sorry to start another thread on this subject but i've never seen the message that tells you when you are available for an upgrade and was curious to know if this is the message you get for a yearly upgrade(pic posted)
I bought my Evo Outright last year...But January 8th 2010 i used an upgrade to the HTC Hero..Im going to lose it April 1st arent I?
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you don't lose it, I don't know why everyone is saying that. you just get a $75 subsidy instead of a $150 after one year. no big deal.
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So I text upgrade to 1311 and it says I get the 75 off on 4/1/11 and I get the 150 off in February of next year...but there are also 4 other lines on this plan, I guess I'm gonna be calling sprint because the family is gonna be pissed if their upgrade goes away. Anyone have any advice? I guess I need to remain calm for the **** storm that's brewin
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frontay said:
So I text upgrade to 1311 and it says I get the 75 off on 4/1/11 and I get the 150 off in February of next year...but there are also 4 other lines on this plan, I guess I'm gonna be calling sprint because the family is gonna be pissed if their upgrade goes away. Anyone have any advice? I guess I need to remain calm for the **** storm that's brewin
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you could raise your plan, but that will most likely cost more then the $75 you'd be saving.
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OneStepAhead said:
you don't lose it, I don't know why everyone is saying that. you just get a $75 subsidy instead of a $150 after one year. no big deal.
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This is a bit misleading. Yes, you get the $75 upgrade after 12 months, but this is simply $75 off the full retail price of the phone. When you get the "$150" upgrade, you actually get the same pricing that a new customer does, including rebates. So, this ends up being more like a $300 discount.
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kd0axs said:
This is a bit misleading. Yes, you get the $75 upgrade after 12 months, but this is simply $75 off the full retail price of the phone. When you get the "$150" upgrade, you actually get the same pricing that a new customer does, including rebates. So, this ends up being more like a $300 discount.
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Well that's just gay. Good thing I have an Evo and not a hero. I came from a G1 when I got the evo. I'm sure I can hold out one more year. The upside is the development will be mature in a year..
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Premier service

I went into the sprint store yesterday and was enlightened to the fact that premier service has been abolished as of last week, no more yearly upgradeds they goin to every 22 months:-(
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Actually, I believe it was 22 months (or is for your next upgrade), then is going to 20 months.

I think i still get 1 more 1 year upgrade
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I believe if your yearly upgrade is before october you get your yearly upgrade. Everyone else gets bumped on to the 20 month cycle. My next $150 upgrade is november my last one was Feburary so I think I got the 20 months now. However I believe everyone gets one last $75 upgrade. I get mines in January so year we should get that
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Here's how it was explained to me; Existing Gold members who have an upgrade date before Oct. 2 can update b/t now and then and receive a second yearly update that expires 12/31/12. Silver members are basically SOL unless you are very close to your 10 year anniversary in which exceptions are being made as that was the case for me. No one can go from Silver to Gold after 10/2.

With the timing of the cutoff it really seems like this is a way of not letting people upgrade iphones every year.esp with the doubled etf. We might have been better off with no iphone
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We are better off without the iPhone, now the Vision upgrade will become more like required mainainance than an improved network....
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murso74 said:
With the timing of the cutoff it really seems like this is a way of not letting people upgrade iphones every year.esp with the doubled etf. We might have been better off with no iphone
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That's the big downside with iphones. To upgrade software you must also get new hardware. I only had 3 years to go to get gold. I was even gonna switch to the 99.99 plan to have gold but oh well. All good things must come to an end.
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Here's some info copied directly from Sprint's weekly playbook
Premier Gold customers eligible for the annual upgrade between now and the end of 2012 can use their qualifying annual upgrade until 12/31/12:
*Once they take advantage of their Premier annual upgrade, they will qualify for subsequent upgrades under the New for You Upgrade program.
*If they do not take advantage of their Premier annual upgrade by 12/31/12, they will immediately qualify for an upgrade under the New for You Upgrade Program.
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Also, the New for You Upgrade program gets you an upgrade every 20 months starting 10/2/11.

DiGi760 said:
Here's some info copied directly from Sprint's weekly playbook
Also, the New for You Upgrade program gets you an upgrade every 20 months starting 10/2/11.
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Isn't "New For You" upgrade for sprint employees?
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no, new for you, is their upgrade path for all customers now. employees i believe have a 6 month upgrade cycle now.

ok so it will be one yr i been with sprint on Oct.1 .. will i be about to get me an upgrade on the 1st or do i have to wait my 20 months in?

worldwidepmp said:
Here's how it was explained to me; Existing Gold members who have an upgrade date before Oct. 2 can update b/t now and then and receive a second yearly update that expires 12/31/12. Silver members are basically SOL unless you are very close to your 10 year anniversary in which exceptions are being made as that was the case for me. No one can go from Silver to Gold after 10/2.
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Same wth me, since I was supposed to turn Gold on Oct. 5th
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txtmikhail said:
ok so it will be one yr i been with sprint on Oct.1 .. will i be about to get me an upgrade on the 1st or do i have to wait my 20 months in?
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if you've only been with sprint for a year, this doesn't apply to you. Unless you pay for a plan that qualifies you for Gold Premier status.

pvtjoker42 said:
if you've only been with sprint for a year, this doesn't apply to you. Unless you pay for a plan that qualifies you for Gold Premier status.
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ok but how would i know? .. i have the 1500 family plan.. cost 129.99.. the 1st is Saturday and if i can get me some type of upgrade than i with to use it asap.. I need the NEW epic 4g Touch but i don't want to pay full price for it..

txtmikhail said:
ok but how would i know? .. i have the 1500 family plan.. cost 129.99.. the 1st is Saturday and if i can get me some type of upgrade than i with to use it asap.. I need the NEW epic 4g Touch but i don't want to pay full price for it..
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Go to the Sprint website champ, it should tell you everything you need to know as soon as you sign in.

Early upgrade for evo users !

The other day my friends OG Evo broke (charging port), And she took it sprint, They did a 90$ buy back plan for her Evo and she paid 5$ more and was able to purchase a Epic Touch 4g at upgrade price 199$ her upgrade isnt due till june, I thought she just got lucky but 2 days ago i took my phone in to get fixed because i had a blown speaker and they offered me the same deal, my upgrade isnt due till October 1st, i declined it, i love my OG Evo until something worth upgrading comes out. So im guesing if you had your evo near launch day you can probably get the same deal unless its just my local sprint store doing that offer. Let me know if anyone else gets this offer.

Not really anything special there, sprint will pretty much offer this to any customer as long as they sign a contract.

Still good to know about. I didn't know. Thanks. But I'm waiting for the evi 4g lte, personally.
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Not really anything special there, sprint will pretty much offer this to any customer as long as they sign a contract.
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How is this nothing special? Getting an early upgrade? I mean, if this is common, I'm gonna be all over this, haha.
When the Evo 4G LTE comes out, or the Samsung GSIII is released, I'm going to be drooling over them! I'm not eligible for an upgrade until April of 2013. If they offer me the upgrade price on those two devices prior to my upgrade, I will be dancing in the streets!
Thanks to the OP for this hope!

Sprint has the buy up program for all customers who are within a year or so of their upgrade. I did this for my wife on her line last month. Our eligibility date isn't until November. I purchased the early upgrade for a little over eighty dollars and then got her the new phone for the new contract price.
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PsiPhiDan said:
How is this nothing special? Getting an early upgrade? I mean, if this is common, I'm gonna be all over this, haha.
When the Evo 4G LTE comes out, or the Samsung GSIII is released, I'm going to be drooling over them! I'm not eligible for an upgrade until April of 2013. If they offer me the upgrade price on those two devices prior to my upgrade, I will be dancing in the streets!
Thanks to the OP for this hope!
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+1 i really want the Evo LTE or SGIII but I'm not eligible until Feb 2013. Hopefully they can do the same for me. I was going to switch carriers, but i thought about it the prices are too good. Plus since im working alot i don't use much data. The past two months total doesn't even reach 1.5GB
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
Sprint has the buy up program for all customers who are within a year or so of their upgrade. I did this for my wife on her line last month. Our eligibility date isn't until November. I purchased the early upgrade for a little over eighty dollars and then got her the new phone for the new contract price.
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Wow, this is terrific news! So do you think that when the new wave of phones begins trickling out this summer, I'll be able to do the same then (my upgrade is 04/2013)? Also, what do you mean by "purchasing" the early upgrade? There's an official program to buy an early upgrade? Or is it an unofficial thing going on all over?

I did this back in December and upgraded to the 3D. And op is right this is exclusively for the og Evo. Basically they are offering this to Evo users because of the og Evo's faulty USB port and battery life. Thats what the service rep who did the upgrade for me explained to me. So if you have an og Evo they will offer you an upgrade (even if your not eligible for ur upgrade yet) b4 taking a look at it..
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RayTrue04 said:
I did this back in December and upgraded to the 3D. And op is right this is exclusively for the og Evo. Basically they are offering this to Evo users because of the og Evo's faulty USB port and battery life. Thats what the service rep who did the upgrade for me explained to me. So if you have an og Evo they will offer you an upgrade (even if your not eligible for ur upgrade yet) b4 taking a look at it..
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Evo 4G LTE here I come! Or should I wait until the SGIII haha..
Edit:after seeing post below it would be $125 to upgrade(not bad) but the phones I want isn't out yet :/
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Sprint has an early upgrade promo running till the 14th of April.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/09/sprint-launches-early-upgrade-promo/

I came to the evo 4g from the iphone 4, there was just something I was missing with android. I must say with all the ROMs out there there's enough to keep the OG goin. I'm going to wait and see whats coming out in the future, who knows i could get another killer deal off of craigslist.

JDM Civic EG8 said:
+1 i really want the Evo LTE or SGIII but I'm not eligible until Feb 2013. Hopefully they can do the same for me. I was going to switch carriers, but i thought about it the prices are too good. Plus since im working alot i don't use much data. The past two months total doesn't even reach 1.5GB
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Prices are definitely what keep me with Sprint. Still hoping for something nice when 2013 rolls about and my upgrade is due!

LostTank said:
Prices are definitely what keep me with Sprint. Still hoping for something nice when 2013 rolls about and my upgrade is due!
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Well, considering Jelly Bean is due to be released Q4 of this year, our early 2013 upgrade may come at a nice time!
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