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What? No $10 premium data fee?

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/sprint-plays-the-green-card-drops-10-data-surcharge-on-froyo-b/
Did anyone see this today? What the HELL is this? People with this phone don't have to pay to 10 dollar premium data fee, because it's a "green" phone? What the hell? Damn, I'll call sprint, and promise to save a gallon of water a day, and turn my lights off, if that will get me away from the 10 dollar bull ****.

sitlet said:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/15/sprint-plays-the-green-card-drops-10-data-surcharge-on-froyo-b/
Did anyone see this today? What the HELL is this? People with this phone don't have to pay to 10 dollar premium data fee, because it's a "green" phone? What the hell? Damn, I'll call sprint, and promise to save a gallon of water a day, and turn my lights off, if that will get me away from the 10 dollar bull ****.
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lmao i would to haha

Bull mutha ***** ish I'm calling tomorrow.

I'll gladly keep paying the 10 bones a month to avoid having my phone look like that.

This is crap. I'm paying $10 a month for DIAL UP 3G SPEEDS.

If you call sprint to complain about that....umm good luck I guess. I'm sure you'll get the "you can get that if you our has and activate this phone" crap lol
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Yeah this is some bull.... and i will be calling right f..... now. F... waiting until tomorrow.

They are trying to sell the phone. Makes sense.

i bet $10 ill never see one of those being used in real life

I don't want to sound like a douchebag or anything... but you're talking about $10. I probably have $10 worth of change in the ashtray of my car and waste more than that on a daily basis...
EDIT: I realize that was kind of a **** thing to say, sorry. I guess, as a former Verizon & T-Mobile customer, I'm just used to bullsh** fees from mobile companies.

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They are trying to sell the phone. Makes sense.
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Exactly. Promotional ****. You all can stop *****ing now.
Honestly.
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beesneazy said:
Exactly. Promotional ****. You all can stop *****ing now.
Honestly.
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+1....
Wouldn't ever buy it though.

I might be able to ease my wifey off of BB into trying this phone at least. It's a step towards Android at least. lol

Honestly, I like the idea. Sure as cow **** wont buy it, but the idea is there.
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Not trying to start anything, but it would make for a decent inexpensive phone for my 14 year old. Also sounds to me that they are just trying to promote people to be slightly environmentally conscious. To charge $10 extra a month for a phone that doesn't even come remotely close to specs the smart phones we're rocking would be more of a travesty than our $10 fee. IMHO.

Since its not 4g they can't justify the fee. Even thought they call it premium data.
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That is one UGLY azz phone!

fury161 said:
Since its not 4g they can't justify the fee. Even thought they call it premium data.
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It has nothing to do with 4G. The premium data fee applies to all smartphones now, not just ones that are 4G capable.
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I bet if the phone wasn't as ugly as it is they wouldn't be waiving the fee....
You know Sprint was like, how the F... re we going to sell this ugly POS. Should we pay people to use it? Hmmmm, that's not profitable. Oh, I know...lets waive our BS $10 fee that shouldn't be there in the first place and people will think they are getting a bargain!

They better promote the Evolution 3D and get rid of the fee. If I remember correctly didn't the Evo come in an environmentally safe box?
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Sprint Premier Program Ending?

Pissed off! http://m.androidcentral.com/leaked-...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)
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What's the point of staying a loyal customer to sprint?

I saw that on android central, and al I can say is le boo.
Well, at least they are moving the new customer pricing up to 20 months for upgrades, that's cool.
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Those one year upgrades have got to cost them a bundle. That's the only perk I'll miss.

Well...at least we get 20 month upgrades. But the rest sucks.

Looks like ill have to go back to getting 1 year upgrades from assurion.
"Excuse me, my epic mysteriously got dropped in the toilet, then broken in half, then microwaved somehow, then I lost it.What's that, your out of epics? Well I'm not getting off the phone till I get an equal or better replacement. Why yes, ill take the epictouch if i have too. Since it doesn't have a keyboard, your going to comp me the deductible, right? Kthanxbai!"
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Those one year upgrades have got to cost them a bundle. That's the only perk I'll miss.
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But really, what % of lines qualify for that? Sprint premier is something that helped them keep customers long term. Now people won't have an incentive to stay. Now the only thing Sprint will have to hold it's hat over T-mo is true unlimited data.

Wow!!! That really sucks big time :S BIG TIME....I really hate this.
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I'm more pissed because I go 10 years gold in November which would have set my upgrade to January 1. Woosah!
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shane6374 said:
But really, what % of lines qualify for that? Sprint premier is something that helped them keep customers long term. Now people won't have an incentive to stay. Now the only thing Sprint will have to hold it's hat over T-mo is true unlimited data.
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The question here will be...until when? After all, they gotta be competitive to the other carriers...damn you sprint!
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austin420 said:
Looks like ill have to go back to getting 1 year upgrades from assurion.
"Excuse me, my epic mysteriously got dropped in the toilet, then broken in half, then microwaved somehow, then I lost it.What's that, your out of epics? Well I'm not getting off the phone till I get an equal or better replacement. Why yes, ill take the epictouch if i have too. Since it doesn't have a keyboard, your going to comp me the deductible, right? Kthanxbai!"
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How often do they not have replacement phone at assurion?

coming next.... true unlimited data goes away. after that price increases to match the competition. i'm done with sprint. my service has been too shoddy recently in areas that other companies have been good (including ATT) if i'm going to end up paying the same amount as those companies i'm jumping ship.

lepapirriky said:
The question here will be...until when? After they gotta be competitive to the other carriers...damn you sprint!
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So Austin, would this be considered a change in the TOS?

Paris6906 said:
How often do they not have replacement phone at assurion?
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That's something we'll know very quick, the comunity is so big that as soon someone is able to score a phone like that, it'll be post here for us to do the same
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Ugh, why Sprint? One of the things I liked about you was actually caring about us customers. Now with this, the iPhone, maybe eliminating our unlimited data it just seems they want to be like Verizon and AT&T and be "one of the big boys on the block."
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Pissed off! http://m.androidcentral.com/leaked-...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)
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That is totally GACHO ! This was one of the major benefits of staying with Sprint all these past 7 years ..... they better NOT change the unlimited data or they will lose customers because that is another main reason for choosing Sprint !

Well I've been a customer for 15 yrs. I still say they are better than the other carriers but i'm tired of getting dicked over. But that is the new company standard?

lepapirriky said:
That's something we'll know very quick, the comunity is so big that as soon someone is able to score a phone like that, it'll be post here for us to do the same
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The first time someone sucsesfully pulls this, I garuantee there will be a massive thread. That's how I got a diamond (they were out of the vogue) and a tp2 (they were out of touch pro 1s)
It happens. Thbey usually will be out of stock for a few days while they are awaiting refurbs and will have to offer something from the authorized exchange list.
Its amazing how many phones take a bath that week.
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It's how I got my TP2
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TexasEpic4G said:
That is totally GACHO ! This was one of the major benefits of staying with Sprint all these past 7 years ..... they better NOT change the unlimited data or they will lose customers because that is another main reason for choosing Sprint !
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Seriously Texas? u just had to bring in the inside joke?lol

What is the insurance fee 4 new epic?

Let's say I lost my phone, when I ask sprint for a replacement how much would it be?
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Fire n mage said:
Let's say I lost my phone, when I ask sprint for a replacement how much would it be?
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$100.......

steviee7 said:
$100.......
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Thanks lol I was wondering if it went down like the price for the epic with 2 year contract =
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Nope all smartphones carry a $100 deductible now. And they always consider full retail price which is like $499 still.
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i just got me an replacement last week.. came the next day..lol

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i just got me an replacement last week.. came the next day..lol
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Do a claim for a bill, lol
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20% deductible on the total value of the insured device?
Wouldn't it suck if you had to pay 20% of your car when you got into an accident?
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Lord-Anubis said:
20% deductible on the total value of the insured device?
Wouldn't it suck if you had to pay 20% of your car when you got into an accident?
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Many health plans make you pay ~20% of the total bill.

Lord-Anubis said:
20% deductible on the total value of the insured device?
Wouldn't it suck if you had to pay 20% of your car when you got into an accident?
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If you choose a $1000 deductible on your car and it is only worth $5000 in the blue book...that's 20%. You get what you pay for. Best Buy insurance has no deductible but costs more. They also don't cover lost or stolen.

I got my wife a used Epic on swappa.com for $165 about 3 months ago.
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Yeah I picked up my epic on ebay practically new for 165 about two months ago, then sold my evo shift for 200 cause sprint wouldn't just switch me to this phone even though they offered me nexus. Just gotta make sure its got a clear esn. So id say by the end of the year u should prolly drop ur insurance cause even if u gotta pick up another one it would be around 100 for this phone anyways sprint usually sends u a referb anyways. Terrible and good part of android phones depending on how u look at it is they lose most of their value by 6 to 8 months after being released.
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kennyglass123 said:
If you choose a $1000 deductible on your car and it is only worth $5000 in the blue book...that's 20%. You get what you pay for. Best Buy insurance has no deductible but costs more. They also don't cover lost or stolen.
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Being the son of an insurance agent, I can say that people who choose $1000 deductibles have ****ty agents. My mom would have fully explained the cost differential, as the difference is not that much per month.
Using your analogy downplays the severity, My car was 20k used. if I had to pay $4000 in the event of an accident i'd have some problems...
As it stands now, I only have to pay $250.
If asurion offered more than one policy, I would choose one that gives me the best advantage...

Ah but to avoid a 25% increase in your policy would you have accepted a change to a $500 deductible? Assurion used to be $50 regardless of phone. Now phones cost a LOT more and are a hot item to steal. Since they cover theft rather than increase the monthly cost to $12 they went the way of an increased deductible. I guess they could have kept the cost down if they removed the lost or stolen part.
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Women!!

So just got home and found out the wife dropped her phone and broke the gorilla glass. It was in a Seido Active X case.
She took it to a repair center and they said no insurance, buy a new phone.
Haven't several people on here gotten this issue fixed for like $35? Contract not up for like a year, so full price not an option.
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frostedunit said:
So just got home and found out the wife dropped her phone and broke the gorilla glass. It was in a Seido Active X case.
She took it to a repair center and they said no insurance, buy a new phone.
Haven't several people on here gotten this issue fixed for like $35? Contract not up for like a year, so full price not an option.
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$35 if you have TEP

XxLostSoulxX said:
$35 if you have TEP
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I didn't, and it cost me $35 for a replacement.

Should be free with TEP $35 w/o ...
but i believe recently sprint has changed their view on this and no longer replacing screens so cheap

iSaint said:
Should be free with TEP $35 w/o ...
but i believe recently sprint has changed their view on this and no longer replacing screens so cheap
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Yeah the $35 is not for accidental damage. That is exactly what the insurance is for....sorry. You can find one on Ebay for about $125.
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Actually, if the crack is more than an inch they dont have to touch it. I just replaced my glass and i have TEP. Charged me the $100 deductible because it was more than an inch. Trust me i went round and round trying to get it done for free.
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Thanks guys. I knew somebody had gotten theirs done w/o TEP.
Wife just called her cousin's husband who works for Sprint and he said they've cracked down on replacing Epic hardware. He is gonna check to see what he can do tomorrow so I'm crossing my fingers.
If nothing else, it's back to the Rumor 2 for her!!
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frostedunit said:
Thanks guys. I knew somebody had gotten theirs done w/o TEP.
Wife just called her cousin's husband who works for Sprint and he said they've cracked down on replacing Epic hardware. He is gonna check to see what he can do tomorrow so I'm crossing my fingers.
If nothing else, it's back to the Rumor 2 for her!!
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That'll learn her...lol. Good luck. I hope he gets it fixed for her...hate to see an Epic go down like that.
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kennyglass123 said:
That'll learn her...lol. Good luck. I hope he gets it fixed for her...hate to see an Epic go down like that.
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It's not like she made use of it, what with it being bone stock and all.
I thought about adding a line and getting myself a new phone, but the development for the other phones is awful!!
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I would check out indy cellular repair... h t t p : / / indycrc . c o m /
they can give you an idea on cost vs buying a new or used phone. You can mail it to them or if you are in indy you can drop it off.

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Haha thanks bro .. It's a real team btw
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Umm assurion $100 maybe only $50 now

jbadboy2007 said:
Umm assurion $100 maybe only $50 now
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He had no insurance Jbad.
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kennyglass123 said:
He had no insurance Jbad.
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Sorry op I missed that. I'm not really flaming you but to own a $500 phone and not insure it for $7 a mth is idiocy

jbadboy2007 said:
Sorry op I missed that. I'm not really flaming you but to own a $500 phone and not insure it for $7 a mth is idiocy
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Yeah I keep saying I need insurance, but between the 2 of us, we've had 9 phones over the last 10 years and this is the first one that has ever been broken (other than warranty issues).
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frostedunit said:
Yeah I keep saying I need insurance, but between the 2 of us, we've had 9 phones over the last 10 years and this is the first one that has ever been broken (other than warranty issues).
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So you saved $1680. You can afford the repair or to buy a used one and still smile at your savings.
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jbadboy2007 said:
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100$ for smart phone only 50$ for non smart phone

tell her to live with it and think about her poor defenseless phone every time she makes a phone call.. Or worse case, buy her a flip phone..
or you could try buying a bad ESN phone off ebay and see about switching the glass.. Maybe you could find a tutorial somewhere.. Either way.. good luck

Samsung does repairs too. Might call them and see how much.
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Anyone else gettin crazy offers for there phone?

Ok i havent even had the phone a whole day and have already been asked to sell. I had one guy in books a million offer 700 but what tripped me out was a dude and dave and busters saw me on it and knew what phone it was right away.....asked if it was for sprint then pulled out some cash out his pocket and was like ill give you 800 for that phone right now we can walk down to sprint and get it activated lol.
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For 800$ you could make a profit...even if you bought another one right out, off contract. But I've had some offers...a sprint rep offered my 600$ for it, cuz I walked in to get my number changed, and like that guy, they all KNEW, and they hadn't even seen one.

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For 800$ you could make a profit...even if you bought another one right out, off contract. But I've had some offers...a sprint rep offered my 600$ for it, cuz I walked in to get my number changed, and like that guy, they all KNEW, and they hadn't even seen one.
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Yea after $549.99 phone, $34.99 case, $24.99 screen guard taxes and activation fee im hovering right around $700 dished out for this phone lol not worth $100 to sell it
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bmoreboy02 said:
Yea after $549.99 phone, $34.99 case, $24.99 screen guard taxes and activation fee im hovering right around $700 dished out for this phone lol not worth $100 to sell it
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No, not in the slightest. You let them pry it from your cold dead lifeless hands first.

Thing is theres a guy on craigslist selling a blue 16 gb for 625 lol
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bmoreboy02 said:
Yea after $549.99 phone, $34.99 case, $24.99 screen guard taxes and activation fee im hovering right around $700 dished out for this phone lol not worth $100 to sell it
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No it's still worth $100 even if you sell it with all the acessories, which you don't have to do
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Nope no offers.
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Just Flash It !!!

i got a $700 offer in a local sprint store from a guy who at the time, was replacing his broken 4S. Told him I would need at least a $1000 to even begin to think about it

I wish i could find the dude who offered me 800 my girl sellin her blue one now lol
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No offers yet! But a lot of looks.

I had a sprint employee offer me $300 for it...i told him to screw off

eyecon82 said:
I had a sprint employee offer me $300 for it...i told him to screw off
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I have one im sellin now....i have people offerin me photons and evos plus 100 cash lol
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No offers, but I did cause a stir at a bar last night. People wanted to feel it! Lol!
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No offers, but I did cause a stir at a bar last night. People wanted to feel it! Lol!
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The phone right?
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Why would you sell the hottest phone, unless you were incredibly lazy and broke?

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The phone right?
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I think....I was hammered!
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bmoreboy02 said:
Ok i havent even had the phone a whole day and have already been asked to sell. I had one guy in books a million offer 700 but what tripped me out was a dude and dave and busters saw me on it and knew what phone it was right away.....asked if it was for sprint then pulled out some cash out his pocket and was like ill give you 800 for that phone right now we can walk down to sprint and get it activated lol.
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After you get the cash and the phone is activated, tell him "have fun with the LOS!"

oscarthegrouch said:
After you get the cash and the phone is activated, tell him "have fun with the LOS!"
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what LOS?

You paid 600$ for the device. The how in the hell is it not worth it to sell at 800? When you wanted to return it anyway.. Sounds like you are just holding onto it for your amusement from the offers
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Friday while I was looking for a case I had a Bestbuy employee snatch it out my hands and go crazy for it. Also had a guy at a cell hone store go crazy for it too. Gotta love the fact that only select people have this phone.