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[Q] What phone would you get next???

So, here's the situation... My contract is up with Sprint and trying to decide whether to stay or go. If I decide to stay with Sprint will probably go with the EVO 3d, want to stay loyal to the EVO, best phone ever. Or should I have a change of heart and go with something else or even swap out to another carrier? Too many choices.
Q: What would you do and what Phone would you get next???

Well why don't u just wait for the EVO 3d to come out and read the reviews ....if its good the buy it....if jot the go with another phone like the nexus s or maybe a different carrier.

Pick your carrier, pick one that gives you good service for the price and value for where you live. That should always be your number one concern when it comes to a cell phone, not which phone you want.
You need to decide that before you start getting phone recommendations.

I think if you are up for upgrade and your contract also ends soon, like Pao23 said, first make sure you are with a carrier that offers good service. People talk about AT&T being terrible, but I live in North Carolina and the service is about as good as any since Cingular started in this area. Sprint is pretty good where I live, except terrible at my office. If I was out of contract I would change.
In terms of phone I think any of the 1Ghz+ dual core phones are a smart buy. Evo 3D, LG 2x, or even the Atrix. Any of those are going to be like the Evo and not feel old for a while. They will probably get more OS updates. Anything older is going to leave you wanting in a year.
That has been the nice thing about the Evo. The Droid X, Droid 2, Inspire 4G, MyTouch 4G, Atrix, etc. have all come out, but never left me feeling like my phone was old and janky.

Not sure about u but sprint has the best deal I think. I pay 69.99 + 10.00 -23% off for me and +5.00 for sprint to home. So the sprint to home goes to my google voice number and with the google voice app every call I make is free. And like others say at&t stinks I think, I live in MN. And with the new HTC Evo coming out that should make you want to stay lol.
The only other provider to think about would be t mobile unless you want to pay big money. I dont love sprint but I sure got a good deal and the service is great here.

laydros said:
but I live in North Carolina
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Sorry for OT, but everything good after the Tornados?
I vote either G2x or Evo 3d, but either way I would wait until the 3d comes out to decide.
Like others said, depends on which carrier gets good service where you are.

ATT, iPhone 5.

dirkyd3rk said:
ATT, iPhone 5.
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That would be the last direction I would go.
ATT=No
iPhone 5=No

the Evo is still a great phone. I don't game so I haven't found an app which is slow or that makes me want to upgrade. The Evo has a fantastic dev community and I'm thinking I will wait until I really need to upgrade. The longer you wait, the better the phones that are available.

iphone 5 after an evo? No thanks. The screens tiny.

aimbdd said:
iphone 5 after an evo? No thanks. The screens tiny.
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..but resolution is almost 50% higher... just saying.

I heard the iPhone 5 will have a 4" screen, after Jobs was doggin on phones with larger screens. Anyways im definitely upgrading. I have two upgrades on two lines, so I may get the nexus S then the E3d when that drops. My kids always get my hand me down phones so they are excited also.

My upgrade isn't until next year
I wonder what will be out then lol

Lord Pennybags said:
My upgrade isn't until next year
I wonder what will be out then lol
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The EVO 4D

phatmanxxl said:
I heard the iPhone 5 will have a 4" screen, after Jobs was doggin on phones with larger screens. Anyways im definitely upgrading. I have two upgrades on two lines, so I may get the nexus S then the E3d when that drops. My kids always get my hand me down phones so they are excited also.
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Yeah I saw on pulse that they're already in production. If sprint got a 4" iPhone 5 count me in! I'd jump ship.
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Stay with the Evo

If Sprint gets an iPhone I'm out of the Android game.
I would wait until a month after the 3D launches and troll the forums for any issues that may come up. Once the excitement settles you'll see threads pop up with flaws and issues.
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gqstatus0685 said:
If Sprint gets an iPhone I'm out of the Android game.
I would wait until a month after the 3D launches and troll the forums for any issues that may come up. Once the excitement settles you'll see threads pop up with flaws and issues.
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+1 lol. Been long run since my g1 but I wouldn't look back not once.
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I voted stay with sprint and keep the Evo. It's still one of the highest rated phones on the market, and the best phone for Sprint (assuming you like sense or don't like slide-outs). Sprint may not have the best coverage but they are so much cheaper than anyone else in the contract game. When the Evo 3D comes out I may trade my Evo in for it, but that depends on the reviews.

I would probably wait unless you wanted to switch carriers. Let the dual cores roll out so can see what's up with them.
Perhaps we will see a dual core nexus

Samsung Epic for a Penny on Amazon

http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Epic-Android-Phone-Sprint/dp/B003ZDO2H6/ref=tsm_1_tw_aw
Pretty sweet deal if you have anyone eligible to upgrade

Bestbuy has a deal this week for a free epic. We got 4 epics this week lol

Whosdaman said:
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Epic-Android-Phone-Sprint/dp/B003ZDO2H6/ref=tsm_1_tw_aw
Pretty sweet deal if you have anyone eligible to upgrade
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Any idea what price would be if my girls line is eligible for the 1yr discount rather than the 2?

formula84 said:
Any idea what price would be if my girls line is eligible for the 1yr discount rather than the 2?
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Add $150 I believe.

Ron_91 said:
Bestbuy has a deal this week for a free epic. We got 4 epics this week lol
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Nice, yeah I heard, but for people like me without a Best Buy, this deal is hard to pass up.

Yes it is. Get a nexus. Hopefully the OS won't be shot to ****.

Ron_91 said:
Bestbuy has a deal this week for a free epic. We got 4 epics this week lol
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I ordered two today. They can't seem to keep them in stock. Who knows whether this number means anything but they guy told me they already sold 20,000 at best buy. I said, "this store" (joking). Of course he didn't get it but said nation-wide.

Ouch has the Epic's sales been hit so hard by the release of the Nexus that they have to give it away for free now?!
I kid I kid please don't flame me to hard LOL

TheDub said:
Ouch has the Epic's sales been hit so hard by the release of the Nexus that they have to give it away for free now?!
I kid I kid please don't flame me to hard LOL
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More like they're trying to sell them out before the s2 releases.
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1cent is TOO much. The Epic Sucks... I have the EVO and the base ROMs from Sprint are far superior than anything to date from Sprint/Samsung... I have tried almost every ROM for my wifes Epic and all she ever says is that one thing or another doesn't work and why can't she have the same software Sense or AOSP that I run on my EVO... I wish I knew the answer.... If Amazon sells out, I will probably give my wife my EVO (as I pre-ordered the EVO 3D) and sell hers for 1 penny. Hopefully I can sell it.

Wow...nothing but trolls on these forums nowadays...

jonesdana said:
1cent is TOO much. The Epic Sucks... I have the EVO and the base ROMs from Sprint are far superior than anything to date from Sprint/Samsung... I have tried almost every ROM for my wifes Epic and all she ever says is that one thing or another doesn't work and why can't she have the same software Sense or AOSP that I run on my EVO... I wish I knew the answer.... If Amazon sells out, I will probably give my wife my EVO (as I pre-ordered the EVO 3D) and sell hers for 1 penny. Hopefully I can sell it.
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I'm running Bonsai on my Epic. Everything works, I get a day of battery with 2 hours on screen time, never FCs, no problems at all. Maybe your girlfriend is an idiot. Would explain why shes dating you

I love Amazon, and if I ever need another Epic for a family member, I know where to go now.
Whosdaman said:
Wow...nothing but trolls on these forums nowadays...
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Haha, I posted the BestBuy advertisment in an EVO 3D thread and I got trolled to no end.

[Q] Well Sprint is giving me the boot!

Sprint notified me via letter today that I would no longer have service after the 5th of July. I moved out of Sprint's service area around September of last year and knew this was coming eventually. I am actually shocked it took so long .
As sad as I am to leave Sprint and my Evo; I must move forward!
That being said, what phones are on the horizon? I will probably switch to Verizon because they still have unlimited data. I'm not adverse to prepaid as those services have come a long way in the last few years.
I am liking the Thunderbolt, as it is the most similar to our Evos.

cool story bro...
joking aside, sorry to see you leave. gl with whatever you choose to go with

michaelvibe said:
Sprint notified me via letter today that I would no longer have service after the 5th of July. I moved out of Sprint's service area around September of last year and knew this was coming eventually. I am actually shocked it took so long .
As sad as I am to leave Sprint and my Evo; I must move forward!
That being said, what phones are on the horizon? I will probably switch to Verizon because they still have unlimited data. I'm not adverse to prepaid as those services have come a long way in the last few years.
I am liking the Thunderbolt, as it is the most similar to our Evos.
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you can make your evo work on cricket wireless or metropcs wireless if either are available in your area. Check into it.
ropodope
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ropodope said:
you can make your evo work on cricket wireless or metropcs wireless if either are available in your area. Check into it.
ropodope
Sent from my Vaelpak GB AOSP Preview Edition v0.1 for Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
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Nope and nope, bummer really. Not a lot of choices here in Arkansas, especially in a smaller town. I remember when it was just Alltel and $0.25 a minute lol.
When are dual core phones going to explode? There doesn't seem to be many on the market. I want something with some serious XDA support of course. There is no way I could run a stock Android phone anymore .

michaelvibe said:
Nope and nope, bummer really. Not a lot of choices here in Arkansas, especially in a smaller town. I remember when it was just Alltel and $0.25 a minute lol.
When are dual core phones going to explode? There doesn't seem to be many on the market. I want something with some serious XDA support of course. There is no way I could run a stock Android phone anymore .
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You could use it on virgin mobile, but they're a sprint mvno & you'd be using the latest sprint prl. And if sprint service didn't work for you before, guess it won't now.

Is this u???
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/mob/2425629224.html

jm5503 said:
is this u???
http://littlerock.craigslist.org/mob/2425629224.html
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lmao, has to be!

Good Find!

Wow, $250 for a scratched screen, broken kickstand, and a couple of cases? What a deal.

I live close to there, and yea people charge redicoulous amounts for outdated smartphones on CL.

phatmanxxl said:
I live close to there, and yea people charge redicoulous amounts for outdated smartphones on CL.
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Yea I do to and its ridiculous.......

phatmanxxl said:
I live close to there, and yea people charge redicoulous amounts for outdated smartphones on CL.
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Agreed I sold my HD2 used on CL for $200 lol
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so when Sprint tells u... " u gotta go"
can u ever become a sprint customer again? and does ur phone get a bad esn?

Your ESN is only bad if it is report lost/stolen, or you did not pay your bill.

anthonyandrews said:
Your ESN is only bad if it is report lost/stolen, or you did not pay your bill.
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ok... and when can u become a sprint customer again?

Of all the new phones coming out, I'm just wondering why you would go with the thunderbolt?

Wow... $250?.. really? nearly mint EVO's in my area are going for $150. something like that would be asking for a trade of a blackberry or HTC Magic. lol
ok, not to get off topic, but in other areas are people on craigslist asking for iPhone 3GS or 4's for "every better phone ever"?
it seems like whenever I go on, I see someone going "I'll trade my stupid, dumb EVO 4G for an iPhone 3GS"
and I'm dumbfounded and almost willing to trade in my iphone that has sat here for a YEAR in for another EVO...because I love this phone so much. lol

Jye75 said:
Wow, $250 for a scratched screen, broken kickstand, and a couple of cases? What a deal.
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Harsh guys. You would notice if you read the whole thing it says OBO. I don't expect to get that much, I just had to put a price in. Thanks for taking to time to search Craigslist for the listing though!
Just got off the phone with Sprint and it turns out they are only canceling the line that has the most roaming usage on it which isn't my Evo (we have three lines)
You're busting my balls sprint!

michaelvibe said:
Sprint notified me via letter today that I would no longer have service after the 5th of July. I moved out of Sprint's service area around September of last year and knew this was coming eventually. I am actually shocked it took so long .
As sad as I am to leave Sprint and my Evo; I must move forward!
That being said, what phones are on the horizon? I will probably switch to Verizon because they still have unlimited data. I'm not adverse to prepaid as those services have come a long way in the last few years.
I am liking the Thunderbolt, as it is the most similar to our Evos.
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I haven't really heard of any dual core on Verizon except for the droid bionic which probably will have a locked bootloader so it might get rooted or might not. At&t should have Galaxy S2 by then or the HTC Sensation on T Mobile hoping that its shipped with a unlocked bootloader.

Legendary20 said:
I haven't really heard of any dual core on Verizon except for the droid bionic which probably will have a locked bootloader so it might get rooted or might not. At&t should have Galaxy S2 by then or the HTC Sensation on T Mobile hoping that its shipped with a unlocked bootloader.
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Thank you for this

Sprint ONLY

Thread for all Sprint only related posts.

Since there is not a thread specifically for individual carriers I figured it would be a good idea to start one for each. Feel free to post anything Sprint related.

Cool thread.
What's the latest approx release date for the Samsung Galaxy S2+ ?
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Can't wait for the SGS2

Do we have a forum for the sprint version of the galaxy s2?
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I may skip over the SGSII and wait for the Nexus Prime. Looks like a beast of a phone.
http://tnerd.com/2011/07/02/google-...ay-supports-20mp-image-full-hd-video-capture/
Supposedly due out around Thanksgiving time...just have to hope it launches on Sprint.

I would love to get the nexus prime. It does sound like it's going to be off the hook.
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yay for Sprint. I like em.

murusmaximus said:
I may skip over the SGSII and wait for the Nexus Prime. Looks like a beast of a phone.
http://tnerd.com/2011/07/02/google-...ay-supports-20mp-image-full-hd-video-capture/
Supposedly due out around Thanksgiving time...just have to hope it launches on Sprint.
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Indeed, but I am just also waiting for ANY news of either phone. Given the GVoice integration and NS4G, I am banking on Sprint getting it at launch or shortly after.
Oh yeah; GO SPRINT!
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The only thing I don't like about Sprint, is that they aren't working on getting 10 inch tablets on 3G/4G. Why don't we have a 4G Xoom yet? That's really what I'm holding out for. An awesome 10 inch tablet!
Other than that Sprint rocks! Love my EVO even after a year.
StoneCracker

Zorachus said:
Cool thread.
What's the latest approx release date for the Samsung Galaxy S2+ ?
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I am interested in this also.

Anyone have the EVO 3D w/ Sprint? Is it much better than the EVO 4G?

Ah the future!
Not due for an upgrade till next year! But unless something INCREDIBLY awesome comes out between now and then I'm pretty sure I'm gonna stick with my Evo 4g. The question is what will we have available when the time comes? I can't wait to see! With the Evo being my first and only android device I'm sure Sprint will have something good and mindblowing waiting for me!

I switched from AT$T and I haven't regretted it. Only thing is the coverage can be spotty... but gotta love unlimited data!
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RamonsFisk said:
Anyone have the EVO 3D w/ Sprint? Is it much better than the EVO 4G?
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I've messed around with it quite a bit. Performance wise it is better, obviously, since it has a dual core processor.
I'm thinking about upgrading just for the speed. I could care less about the 3D feature. That's just an added bonus.
It's always nice having a family plan with two lines. I get an upgrade a year because my mom doesn't like touch screen phones and enjoys her rumor 2 or whatever I got her last time I was on ebay. So I just resign the contract every other year on each line and get a new phone at the contract price.

Zorachus said:
Cool thread.
What's the latest approx release date for the Samsung Galaxy S2+ ?
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Haven't heard of an official release, but I was wondering if anyone has noticed in the Samsung App store that there is an app called Demo Mode for Galaxy S Plus? I'm wondering if this is an entirely different phone that was never brought to the states and had little hype or if this is a precursor to the actual existance of this phone.

alexpete9 said:
I switched from AT$T and I haven't regretted it. Only thing is the coverage can be spotty... but gotta love unlimited data!
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
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+1!!!! Gotta love sprint!
NS4G°

sprint unlimited plan with 4G, thumbs up!

Did the EVO 3D live up to the hype? Just curious.

kingyami648 said:
sprint unlimited plan with 4G, thumbs up!
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4G? I pay $125 a month and all I get is 3G.

Nexus S 4g for free

Hey guys jut to let you know the nexus is free from sprint T-Mobile and att today only at bestbuy as we'll as best but online ...just wanted to share for any of you on the fence . Personally I think this phone is a steal with a free price tag. As it will have the latest update come ice cream sandwich. Will probably give it to my girl after the gs2 is released =]

yep. taking my wife to BB later today. she's still on the hero & complains about it all the time.

If I can get my wife to get off the Crack(berry) I would love to get her into a Nexus S 4G. At least her GTalk will work and she will have WiFi.

The hero, I still use it....as an object to put on top of documents..

If only I were eligible for an upgrade...

someonenewhere said:
The hero, I still use it....as an object to put on top of documents..
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i had to use her hero the other day & almost threw it out the window. soooooo slow to respond to everything.

mjpuczko said:
i had to use her hero the other day & almost threw it out the window. soooooo slow to respond to everything.
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lmao I kept the hero as a "back up phone" ...just in case something happens to my evo..
funny thing is that when the evo 4g came out, I bought it and for some reason I was in love with my hero and at the time the evo 4g had issues so i got rid of it and kept the hero ..then i got an evo for a cheap price and kept it..but that one took a fall and you know the rest of the story..so i went back to the hero....
and the story goes something like that and I ended up with an evo 4g again..
I'm now debating if I should buy the Moto Photon 4G or wait for another phone..

So this is for the Upgrade? My wife is up for hers. She is still rockin the Samsung Instinct

Kevin K said:
So this is for the Upgrade? My wife is up for hers. She is still rockin the Samsung Instinct
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yes...2 year contract ... i say go get her the Nexus S 4G ...that Instinct must suck..

someonenewhere said:
yes...2 year contract ... i say go get her the Nexus S 4G ...that Instinct must suck..
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true that. I'm heading up there now

Kevin K said:
true that. I'm heading up there now
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attaboy! ... ......

Just picked up the Nexus S with 2.3.4, and it upgraded to 2.3.5. All for the price of FREEE. Nothing like getting a $700 phone for nothing. Thanks for posting this thread!

Kevin K said:
Just picked up the Nexus S with 2.3.4, and it upgraded to 2.3.5. All for the price of FREEE. Nothing like getting a $700 phone for nothing. Thanks for posting this thread!
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How's your signal?

so for me to be able to upgrade, my 2 yr contract has to be up? is that wha tur saying?

maybe one bar less than my Evo

TexasRebel said:
so for me to be able to upgrade, my 2 yr contract has to be up? is that wha tur saying?
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yes, Either a new contract or 2 yr upgrade. I didn't even pay for activation

Kevin K said:
yes, Either a new contract or 2 yr upgrade. I didn't even pay for activation
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but i can just sign a new contract? like start this contract over again? or i cant already have a contract going and have to sign a brand new contract for the first time..im confused lol....can i go in there with my evo 4g and "re-sign" a "new" 2 yr contract, so to speak... and walk out with a free nexus?

Guys, why don't you just wait for Samsung Galaxy S II instead and upgrade to that when it comes out? Getting a 2-year contract for a Nexus S doesn't seem worth it with the Galaxy S II coming soon.

EvoFroyo said:
Guys, why don't you just wait for Samsung Galaxy S II instead and upgrade to that when it comes out? Getting a 2-year contract for a Nexus S doesn't seem worth it with the Galaxy S II coming soon.
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That's what I was thinking.. Read on cnet this morning that the SGSII will be out either by the EOM or next month.. Also said it might not be called the Within, instead it could be the "Epic Touch 4G"
Article:
http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=...epic-touch-4g/8301-19736_7-20087533-251.html?
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Kevin K said:
So this is for the Upgrade? My wife is up for hers. She is still rockin the Samsung Instinct
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Upgrade yes. Thumbs up the the instinct! Fantastic phone for its time. Went from that to my evo 4G
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