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Just ordered my Galaxy Tab! $213

My sister-in-law works at a t-mobile call center and was able to order me an off contract Galaxy Tab for $213!

Hook me up!!!

Is.there any way that I could get in on this or are you just intentionally making us jealous??
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Hey ne too!!!! Lol
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I got mine fot $210, but then again i work for tmo.
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steve jaye said:
I got mine fot $210, but then again i work for tmo.
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Probably just the difference in state tax rates.
Since you work for tmo I have a question. How do you activate your tab on your employee plan? I got the tab yesterday and it is asking me to register for a prepay plan online. We added the employee data package to the order when I bought the tab. Thanks

I can get you money today if someone wants to help out us less connected folks, ill give you 250 so you can buy yourself a nice steak dinner.

Cheapest Data Plan?

I know that a data plan is required to use a smart phone with Verizon. Can someone tell me if I can use the $10/75MB plan if I went out and bought the xperia Play? The reason being, I am only 16 and really don't need an expensive data plan. I would just turn off the mobile connect and use WiFi for my Internet needs. So is the 10$ plan an option? If not, what's the cheapest plan I can get? I am an emulator junkie and I would love to only carry one device with me. Yet I don't have a job so a $30 dollar plan is a no-no
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Larry94 said:
I know that a data plan is required to use a smart phone with Verizon. Can someone tell me if I can use the $10/75MB plan if I went out and bought the xperia Play? The reason being, I am only 16 and really don't need an expensive data plan. I would just turn off the mobile connect and use WiFi for my Internet needs. So is the 10$ plan an option? If not, what's the cheapest plan I can get? I am an emulator junkie and I would love to only carry one device with me. Yet I don't have a job so a $30 dollar plan is a no-no
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Looks like it will be $30 for 2 GB's. At least according to Cnet. That's the minimum for smart phones.
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Well crap, Could it be possible where you could change a file to where Verizon thinks its a dumb phone?
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Larry94 said:
Well crap, Could it be possible where you could change a file to where Verizon thinks its a dumb phone?
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I don't think there is, but I could be wrong. I don't know that much about Verizon.
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Won't happen though there used to be a promotional data plan of 15$ for 150mb gotta find someone who could either do it or find someone on that plan and pay them to. Take it.
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Pfft! I don't bother with a data plans they all so ****in exspensive, not to mention that you get pretty ripped off
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Straight talk sim only 14.99

Yeah yeah! Time to switch and save me $60 a month! No longer have to buy the e71 anymore!!!
http://www.straighttalksim.com/shop.php
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He buddy would you mind telling me a little about it? I've been hearing about it a lot. Trying to decide betten metro or boost. Do you think this is better?
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IPhone 4s or any other phone besides blackberry for 45 a month on att. Yiy tell me?
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sk337sk337 said:
IPhone 4s or any other phone besides blackberry for 45 a month on att. Yiy tell me?
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Seriously wow
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Yeah not a bad deal
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According to the site won't work with AT&T and Tmobile phones. I was about to call and cancel my AT&T contract lol.
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SII 2 Envy said:
According to the site won't work with AT&T and Tmobile phones. I was about to call and cancel my AT&T contract lol.
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Get the unlock code then cancel your contract

rquinn19 said:
Get the unlock code then cancel your contract
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If it's $45 a month compared to $75-$80 I pay a month it probably would be worth it... but don't have $300 to spend on cancellation fee.
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But can't you only use one phone with this? I think I read somewhere that you can't just pop your SIM card from one phone into another like AT&T and T-Mobile. Anybody know for sure if that's true?

Look at hofo they have lots of threads about it.
Edit: Now with links
Here is one about data usage: Data Usage
How to get Android's working on ST: Androids on ST
How to get iPhone's working on ST: iPhone's on ST
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This is a great deal.
It would be nice to see someone do a Straight Talk VS Simple Mobile Battle

Tempted to do this just so I can try a Galaxy Note.

Tempted to do this just so I can get service for a phone.

SII 2 Envy said:
According to the site won't work with AT&T and Tmobile phones. I was about to call and cancel my AT&T contract lol.
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You are wrong. The site explicitly states:
"* SIM card will only work with an AT&T or T-mobile compatible or unlocked GSM phone."
magiconthetire said:
This is a great deal.
It would be nice to see someone do a Straight Talk VS Simple Mobile Battle
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I'm with Simple Mobile now. I can tell you that the Data on their $40/month plan is HORRIBLE. It is throttled to 150Kbps, which is damn near dialup speeds. I wound up just getting the $60/month plan with high speed data and all is well.

754boy said:
You are wrong. The site explicitly states:
"* SIM card will only work with an AT&T or T-mobile compatible or unlocked GSM phone."
I'm with Simple Mobile now. I can tell you that the Data on their $40/month plan is HORRIBLE. It is throttled to 150Kbps, which is damn near dialup speeds. I wound up just getting the $60/month plan with high speed data and all is well.
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Misread it lol.
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is it possible to just suspend my att account for as long as i want or will they cancel it all together? im currently off contract but i dont wanna lose my grandfathered unlimited data

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is it possible to just suspend my att account for as long as i want or will they cancel it all together? im currently off contract but i dont wanna lose my grandfathered unlimited data
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You can suspend it for as long as u want but u gonna have to keep paying your bill. Which is stupid since you may as well just leave it on.

754boy said:
You are wrong. The site explicitly states:
"* SIM card will only work with an AT&T or T-mobile compatible or unlocked GSM phone."
I'm with Simple Mobile now. I can tell you that the Data on their $40/month plan is HORRIBLE. It is throttled to 150Kbps, which is damn near dialup speeds. I wound up just getting the $60/month plan with high speed data and all is well.
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They are launching or have already launched the lg g2x that runs off of T-Mobile and is 4g...I don't know if these sim cards will get that though so I'm gonna ask my tracfone rep next time I see him and I'll update you all
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754boy said:
You can suspend it for as long as u want but u gonna have to keep paying your bill. Which is stupid since you may as well just leave it on.
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I guess ill have to stick with att
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They should have some kind of suspension for going out of the country. I know T-Mobile does its called a seasonal suspension
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Best (cheapest) prepaid GSM plan?

Hello-
I am trying to figure out what is the cheapest GSM prepaid plan in the United States. So far, the cheapest I have found is either AT&T's $25 unlimited talk and text plus $5 for 50 MB data or T-mobile's $30 Monthly4g unimited talk text, adn 5gb data. What plan are you guys using to get the most amount of data for the least amount of money? I don't mind going with an MVNO because they have pretty good coverage in my area. (Albuquerque, NM)
Thanks,
wws12

Anyone?

Theoretically speaking, if your main concern is data then you should probably choose an unlimited data plan to get the most out of your money. (Assuming you use that much data).
I can give some good suggestions if you could tell me your average calling, texting, and data usage. Also if you must have GSM, most prepaid just happen to be CDMA *shrugs*
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gagdude said:
Theoretically speaking, if your main concern is data then you should probably choose an unlimited data plan to get the most out of your money. (Assuming you use that much data).
I can give some good suggestions if you could tell me your average calling, texting, and data usage. Also if you must have GSM, most prepaid just happen to be CDMA *shrugs*
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It doesn't have to be GSM, but in my investigations those plans were the cheapest. I mainly want to use it for VoIP with GrooveIP for calls and GVoice for texting. Thnaks for your help!

Let's see... Virgin Mobile has unlimited data and texting, 100 minutes calling for $35 a month. The T mobile plan you found is cheaper but 5GB of data. This depends on if you are going to use more than 5GB or not...
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I want to use a phone such as the Motorola Defy as prepaid. I was going to get the Droid X but found that it couldn't be flashed to other carriers than Verizon.
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Are you sure you want the Motorola Defy... ? Republic Wireless has the Defy XT as their only available phone, but they have a different business model.
$20 a month unlimited everything, but depends on WiFi. However nothing is stopping you from sticking to their 3G (Sprint) full time. Big problem is that they are in beta and if you sign up now it could be months until you get the phone. (I'm sure once you are up and running it rocks, but the limited phone choice and waiting time is way too long).
Do you want a rugged phone or a Motorola phone or what? Why do you choose the Defy?
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I chose the Defy because it had a stable ICS ROM and for the fact that it was GSM which I had thought was the best deal at the time. Thanks for the information about Republic Wireless
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So you have decided to go with Republic?
I was mainly wondering about why you wanted the Defy because it has pretty old hardware. If you still want to consider Virgin and want ICS they have the HTC EVO V, HTC One V, and soon to be released Samsung Galaxy Reverb.
(That t mobile plan you found is actually very good, 5GB is plenty of data. Virgin just has a better plan if you use more than that, which is quite rare in fact)
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I want GSM because that will allow me to easily switch carriers at a later date if I need to. Are there any better phones than the Defy that are $150 or less on Amazon? Thanks for all your help, BTW!
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No problem glad to help
I understand that, in that case that t mobile prepaid plan definitely seems to be a good deal.
As for a phone, I don't go on Amazon since prices are usually higher, but I do know on eBay you can get a galaxy s (for 4g you need the Samsung galaxy s 4g but it has less dev support than the Samsung vibrant which only has 3g) for $150 or less. Any galaxy s variant blows the defy out of the water for sure
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I usually don't shop eBay because of the possibility of scammers. I'll look at the galaxy s variants though. Which would you say has the best dev support? I need at least a stable ICS, if not JB. Thanks!
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All galaxy s were very popular and all have great dev support. Since you were looking at the defy I'm going to assume 4g isn't big on your requirements list and in that case the Samsung vibrant is the phone for you!
Most popular galaxy s from my general knowledge is the cappy aka Samsung Captivate. Unfortunately since it is at&t 3g it will only work on t-mobile 2g (ugh!)
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How much is the Vibrant online?
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On amazon it appears to be $200+
On eBay they go as low as $120 and the Captivate gets even cheaper like $110.
What I like to think of eBay is the whole virus thing on Android. More scams/viruses happen on ebay/Android, but that is because there are more sellers/is more open. You just have to be smart and look at feedback/permissions. Does that seller/app have low feedback score/want to manage your sms and calls? Then don't trust him,her/it
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OK thanks. Quick question that maybe you can answer. On at&t, their prepaid go phone plans include a 100 minute/unlimited text plan for $25/mo. For smartphones you need a data plan which they have in various denominations, but the one I'm interested in is the $5 for 50MB one. If I don't renew the $25 plan, will I lose the data also? Or will it still continue? Thanks!
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They require you to be using the $25 or $50 plan in addition to data every month.
They actually used to have a rule of having $25 in your account every 90 days with whatever data plan you feel like tacking on, but since April 2012 they require to have a monthly text / call plan.
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Moved to Networking section.

Tmobiles $30 plan.
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http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/prepaid-phone/Samsung-Exhibit-4G-Prepaid

Best pay as you go network, and phone

I'm looking for a pay as you go network that has good service and good phones, I'm so over paying 90$ a month on my 4g and getting 3g and alot times even 1x I dont think its worth it! I would switch to att or verizon but I'm barely making it as is, so any recommendations for a new network
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Nothing?
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Check out boost mobile. They got shrinkage plans and are on the Sprint network. They just got the EVO Design 4G and the Samsung Galaxy II 4G.
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I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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BigSmoke53 said:
I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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Seems like a good deal, but it depends on the phones haha
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BigSmoke53 said:
I think I might do Verizon, its 50 bucks for unlimited everything I just need to find the right phone.
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I'm callin' BS on that quote. Fifty buck for unlimited EVERYTHING on the most expensive carrier in the US. No way...

Pre-dawn raid said:
I'm callin' BS on that quote. Fifty buck for unlimited EVERYTHING on the most expensive carrier in the US. No way...
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Before you try and call me out, how about you use that search button. Yes for 50 bucks you get unlimited everything. Calls, text and mobile web. Sounds like everything I need.
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BigSmoke53 said:
Before you try and call me out, how about you use that search button. Yes for 50 bucks you get unlimited everything. Calls, text and mobile web. Sounds like everything I need.
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Yup haha
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jrollercoasters said:
Yup haha
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The 50 dollar one doesn't include data though, the other 80 dollar package offers 1gb of data. I don't need data for awhile do the 50 one would work well for me.
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I'm on my hacked og using boost. Its on the standard plan, $50 unlimited. The real Android plan is $55 but since my donor wasn't android I cut it down. Had it 3 months, and in 3 more it will be $45. It's a hard plan to beat for the money.
But I can say, I looked at the new evo and just like sprint ...they wanted an extra $10 a month for service. Wtf man, that would bring it to $65....
I'll stick to my same donor and flash something new at some point
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cbucz24 said:
I'm on my hacked og using boost. Its on the standard plan, $50 unlimited. The real Android plan is $55 but since my donor wasn't android I cut it down. Had it 3 months, and in 3 more it will be $45. It's a hard plan to beat for the money.
But I can say, I looked at the new evo and just like sprint ...they wanted an extra $10 a month for service. Wtf man, that would bring it to $65....
I'll stick to my same donor and flash something new at some point
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Sounds like a good deal, hows the service?
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jrollercoasters said:
I'm looking for a pay as you go network that has good service and good phones, I'm so over paying 90$ a month on my 4g and getting 3g and alot times even 1x I dont think its worth it! I would switch to att or verizon but I'm barely making it as is, so any recommendations for a new network
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I don't know which market you are on but I'm in LOs Angeles where Sprint SUCKS makor a$$. I am waiting for November to hit and kick Sprint goodbye.
Metropcs is stronger than Sprint in the LA area and offer a phone like LG Motion. It's a decent phone and if not, they are adding new phones every month.

U can check boost mobile and virgin mobile. They r not that expensive. Metropcs is a option 2 but it sucks in my area.U may be aviable to flash ur current phone to use with boost,virgin or metropcs. I've seen treads about how to do it.
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I don't know which market you are on but I'm in LOs Angeles where Sprint SUCKS makor a$$. I am waiting for November to hit and kick Sprint goodbye.
Metropcs is stronger than Sprint in the LA area and offer a phone like LG Motion. It's a decent phone and if not, they are adding new phones every month.
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I live in ventura so pretty close to you and yea I know when I'm in LA I get 1x
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Last week I paid a guy 79.00 to flash my Sprint Evo to Straight Talk. Now I only pay 45.00 per month unlimited everything and utilize Verizon 's network. 3g speeds are so much faster. You are cautioned to stay around 2gb per month in data though.
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taadow1030 said:
Last week I paid a guy 79.00 to flash my Sprint Evo to Straight Talk. Now I only pay 45.00 per month unlimited everything and utilize Verizon 's network. 3g speeds are so much faster. You are cautioned to stay around 2gb per month in data though.
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I was thinking of switching to straight talk, is it good?
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I'm on Cricket. $35 a month. Unltd talk and text. For data (3G) I worked on some settings and am basically piggybacking on a friends line. Hard to explain but if the interest stikes maybe I'll guide it soon.
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jrollercoasters said:
I was thinking of switching to straight talk, is it good?
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ST is very nice. I have no complaints. Better than Sprint.
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taadow1030 said:
ST is very nice. I have no complaints. Better than Sprint.
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Hmm well I still have till june to decide, can I port my number over?
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Yes. I recommend watching the YouTube videos.
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