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I don't know how long you guys are planning to keep your phone for, but I've seen so many people spend like crazy money on accessories on top of your device. eg.
$500 for the Fuze
$30 for bodyguardz protector (i want to buy just 1 piece for the back cover... but they don't sell it separately... can anyone draw me a pattern of that piece?)
$30 for an Innocase Surface - Black
$50 for a 16GB microSD
$30 for TV out cable
.... etc
By experience with the Tilt, I've only kept the phone for 10 months. In average, I change phone every years... and not all of those accessories will fit on your next phone. So why spending so much on something that you'll get rid off soon?
This is just out of curiosity, no finger pointing or judgment... I think it's fun to see who's the biggest spender here.
As for me, here are what I've spent so far on my Fuze
$550 for my Fuze
$10 for an N95 Case with wallet (which fit the phone nicely)
$15 for an 8GB microSD, Class 6 Trenscend
$10 for a desktop charger + extra battery
$15 for the rubber back cover on expansys
$10 for a stylus with Ballpoint Pen... but I'm still waiting, it should costs around $5 once it hit eBay.
----For a total of $600----
and i find this is quite expensive for a new phone. Hopefully in a few months I'm still able to sell the phone for a good price. I only buy what I really need.
$200 for Fuze via Amazon
$50 for 16gb SanDisk MicroSD
$8 for leather side flip case w/ magnetic latch
LOTS of freeware and recycled apps from my 8525
Fuze--Free
8gb san disk--35.00
Leather case-- Free
Seidio Innocase holster and surface--Free
T.v Out --30.00
Special Orange AT&T Sim--Free
Bodyguardz--Free
So a total of 65.00
so far $199 for my Fuze and nothing else. Looking to get a case and a screen protector as I already had an 8 GB card.
Fuze--$400 on Craigslist
Seidio Innocase --$30
Screen Protectors --$10
$300 for Fuze
$10 for Case on ebay
$18 for 8gb card through online deal
so far.....
Where are the big boys?
$350, officially, for the Fuze. No contract, employee purchase. Subtract $50 for AT&T gift cards earned through sales program. Ditto for the SDHC's.
Phone (Net): $300
8GB MicroSD: $0
Total: $300
The Tilt lasted me 7 months. The E71 was my main phone for ~4 months. Hopefully this one will actually last me until the next HTC flagship lands on AT&T.
Fuze:150 with 150 rebate through Justtalk.com
Fuze:Free- net price
8gb kingston class 4
with extra mini Usb adapter: $20
Screen/body cover: $10 (still in mail)
Usb or bluetooth stereo headset: TBA when i find a good one. would love some recomedations on either one.
$400 - Fuze - No contract
$15 - 2 1340 Mah OEM batteries
$15 - Video Out Cable
$18.50 - Invisible Shield
Planning on selling in December when I am eligable for an upgrade, where I will snag the latest phone from HTC.
1 Fuze $399 - No contract.
1 Fuze $199 - 2 yr. contract.
Everything else I already had.
-Mc
$0 but new activation w/2 year commitment on the Cyber Monday after Black Friday through Premier sale.
KD8DNS said:
Fuze--Free
8gb san disk--35.00
Leather case-- Free
Seidio Innocase holster and surface--Free
T.v Out --30.00
Special Orange AT&T Sim--Free
Bodyguardz--Free
So a total of 65.00
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Wow. Why so free? :| I despise you. You get too many free stuff. Get me a free Seidio innocaes holster and surface >:|
ATT Fuze x 2 = $70
BodyGuardz = $30
Leather case x2 = $15
Orange SIM card (Didn't know it was special ) = Free
DIY TV Out = Free
Total: $115
Kraize said:
Wow. Why so free? :| I despise you. You get too many free stuff. Get me a free Seidio innocaes holster and surface >:|
ATT Fuze x 2 = $70
BodyGuardz = $30
Leather case x2 = $15
Orange SIM card (Didn't know it was special ) = Free
DIY TV Out = Free
Total: $115
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I have acquired many friends in the wireless industry over a 13 year career, and I take care of them and they take care of me. By the way you should see all the free stuff I received when I was at the CES show.
KD8DNS said:
I have acquired many friends in the wireless industry over a 13 year career, and I take care of them and they take care of me. By the way you should see all the free stuff I received when I was at the CES show.
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Ummm...I'll gladly take some of that stuff of your hands...you know if.. it's starting to get cluthered around your house..
bennyj71 said:
Ummm...I'll gladly take some of that stuff of your hands...you know if.. it's starting to get cluthered around your house..
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Mostly Shirts, Hats, Pens, Golf Balls, promo stuff. Then there is the cool stuff like the wireless induction charger, car chargers, cases, gift certificates from restaurants, Atomic clock, Rugged Bluetooth earpiece, Jump Drives, Lazer Pointers. The all you can eat and drink party from NOKIA. Oh yea and the IPHONE that was live and I went to jailbreakme.com on ( that was funny ). And the whole trip was complements of my employer and all you FINE at&t customers. Keep paying that bill so i can get ripped at CTIA.
Here is some more, I hooked the Nintendo dude up with a refurb tilt and boy did he hook me up.
KD8DNS said:
Here is some more, I hooked the Nintendo dude up with a refurb tilt and boy did he hook me up.
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It's freaking cool dude.
I would love to go to those show, but just never got a chance to.
Let me know when is the next one ok?
pandaboyy said:
How much did you guys pay for your Fuze, up to today?
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I paid nothing. Got my Fuze for free and I'm not even an AT&T customer.
Fuze - $0
Screen Protector- $0
Charger - $0
USB Cable - $0
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Grand Total - $0 = FREE
Fuze $250 (after $100 instant rebate + $50 mail-in)
4GB SD $2 (Biglots is actually worth something for once! Whudathunk?)
AT&T Leather pouch $10
Car charger -Free- (Won it in a drawing)
So I walked into Gamestop today with my buddy looking for a new wireless adapter as the old one was a slower connection. The lady tells me the Wireless N adapter is $69. I say I might as well buy a new system. She proceeds to tell me they are running a special until Sunday which will give me more for my old white Xbox 360. On top of that they are offering $50 off the new one and including a game. So here is the break down.
Old Xbox 360 Trade Value: $45 + Additional $50 until Sunday = $95
discount on new Xbox 360 4gb model = $50
Subtotal after trade in and discount = $55
Now I had an old headset which they gave me $3 for and I had 2 Wireless G adapters which they gave me $30 for. So my total after tax was $23 plus I got batman arkham city FREE.
This is a smoking deal for those wanting to upgrade that old white one. Deal of $50 still applies to those buying new and you also get the free game. It also applies for PS3 and larger HD versions of the systems. I know it is not a smart phone or tablet but I link my devices through DLNA so there is the connection
pretty sick deal, may try this out.
Where do you live?
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In Scottsdale Arizona. They made it sound like it was company wide though.
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here is a link for it http://www.gamestop.com/collection/trade-in#consoletrade
Thanks for the link. Based on that ad you may or may not be able to combine with the other discount. Worked for me though an hope it does for others too.
how much this console??
$99.99
Seriously though? A Google search would be wise.
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For those of us that bought from kickstarter it was $95 (plus I paid an extra 30(?) for a second controller)
On the Ouya website www.ouya.tv it is $99 for the pre order with one controller. The price for the console at retail centres is still unknown.
I heard them mention in an interview that at retail the controllers would be $50.
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actually, Kickstarter had a couple price points for the console. But you $95 was the cheapest, but very limited in number. Most people the cheapest was the $99.
I wouldn't be surprised if the retail cost of the cost of an extra controller to be $50 give or take. That's seems to be the standard price of new controllers that are made from the console manufactures such as Microsoft, Sony, OnLive, Nintendo, and so forth. If the system is popular enough, and the controller is unique enough, they're maybe some third parties who make one for a cheaper price.
I had read that they will make their money back from controllers for example, being around $50. Seems legit. THose with just the basic experience save money, if you like it you support it by expanding your console.
I preordered one through Amazon.com and the console was priced at $99.99 and the extra controller was prices at $49.99
i wont preorder it now
i will w8 untill its released
=]
the price is amazing for such a thing!
nice price
Australia??
Does anyone know if the OUYA is coming to Australia?? How much will it be???
Just wanted to let everyone know i saw that the 16gb/32gb motox on verizon wireless is on sale through motomaker.com for $0.01/$50.01 respectively, if you have an upgrade available. off-contract is still at $329 / $379.
Teksu said:
Just wanted to let everyone know i saw that the 16gb/32gb motox on verizon wireless is on sale through motomaker.com for $0.01/$50.01 respectively, if you have an upgrade available. off-contract is still at $329 / $379.
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This is just my personal opinion, but with the off contract prices being so low, I think you are better off buying the Moto X full retail, using your upgrade to buy an iPhone 5s, and selling the iPhone 5s to recoup the cost of the Moto X.
Right now the iPhone 5s 16GB is on sale at Best Buy for $150 and if you signed up for the BB reserve gift card, you can get it for $100 + tax. So for me, it would cost $140 after taxes and the upgrade fee. Since the Verizon iPhone 5s is GSM SIM unlocked, you can sell one of those mint/new on swappa for a minimum $550. After swappa fee, paypal fees and shipping insured/signature required you can net $500. So after you subtract the $140 you paid for the iPhone, your profit is $360, which would cover the cost of a 16GB Moto X + tax and still leave you with $10 to spare where I live so you would end up with a free Moto X + $10 profit.
If you use your upgrade, you still have to pay the upgrade fee of $30 and where I live and you pay tax on that so it would be $32. So with the $10 profit, you end up $42 ahead selling the iPhone, which is enough to buy the car dock with tax where I live. So if you go this route, you basically get a free 16GB Moto X + car dock as opposed to just using your upgrade.
Now that is a lot of work for a car dock and you are risking that you won't be able to sell a brand new iPhone for $550.
If you live in California you get taxed on the full retail value of the phone when you use an upgrade so it may or may not be worth it in California; you would have to do the math.
Also if you really want a Dev Ed, you can't get those using an upgrade so here is how the math works out for the Dev Ed using my state's sales tax rate of 6%:
iPhone 5s at Best Buy using reserve gift card, factoring in upgrade fee and sale price = $140
Moto X Dev Ed including sales tax = $403
Net from Sale of iPhone 5s assuming sale price of $550 after you pay swappa fee/paypal fees/shipping = $500
$500 - $140 - $403 = -$43.
So you would end up with a Moto X Dev Ed for $43 and since you can't get a Dev Ed with an upgrade, that is not a bad price at all!
Don't forget to score yourself a Motorola Admiral off of ebay for about $25 and do the tradeup program for the $100 gift card so you net $75 on that.
Then $75 - $43 = $32 so if you are willing to do that, too, you end up getting a free Moto X Dev Ed and profit $32, which should be enough to get you a decent case and a screen protector off of Amazon. So basically you can turn your upgrade into a free Moto X Dev Ed, case and screen protector if you are willing to do some work and take a risk on the sale price of the iPhone!
Cozume said:
Don't forget to score yourself a Motorola Admiral off of ebay for about $25 and do the tradeup program for the $100 gift card so you net $75 on that.
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Caveat - if you use the Motorola Tradeup program you have to select Moto X all other carriers, not Moto X verizon if you want a $100 VISA prepaid card. I did this with a Verizon Dev Ed purchased from Motorola directly and got the confirmation that I am getting the $100 VISA prepaid card.
just wanted to let everybody know u can get the fire tv box for about $59. staples has it for $79.00.just add some paper clips to bring it to $80 or so.then add the $30 off 80 coupon.the coupon u can exchange for $5 amazon gc from the dude moosss(slickdeals site).i believe he has more.my total came out to 54.42 plus $5 giftcard i needed to exchange for the coupon. so $59.42 not bad
fpsfreak209 said:
just wanted to let everybody know u can get the fire tv box for about $59. staples has it for $79.00.just add some paper clips to bring it to $80 or so.then add the $30 off 80 coupon.the coupon u can exchange for $5 amazon gc from the dude moosss(slickdeals site).i believe he has more.my total came out to 54.42 plus $5 giftcard i needed to exchange for the coupon. so $59.42 not bad
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Wow, that's a steel! Considering what hardware you get, that's a really good price! I just bought one for $80 last week. I might have to buy a second one!
where do you get the $30 off $80 coupon?
Yeah seriously.
From moosss. Check the slickdeals forum.staples coupon section.if he has any more he will trade for $5 amazon gift card.if he don't have any more u can check some coupon website cn USA but that one sells for $7
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