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Is the ATT Pure gone? I am looking to add a line to my plan, and cannot find them anywhere. ATT has them on the website, but only refurbs and only for new customers (free). Amazon has them online for new accounts and upgrades, but they don't do add a line transactions.
Am I missing something? Is there a replacement for this phone coming out? My wife likes the Tilt 2 that I just got, but thought the physical keyboard was not needed... that led me naturally to the Pure.
im existing and it shows up for me .
I spoke with AT&T this morning. The refurbs are only available to new customers due to limited supply. They also said that I could order it as a new customer and transfer it over to my existing family plan without any problem or cost.
The said that the phone is still listed as a available phone, but they have no stock and do not know if/when they will be getting them in. O'well. I guess it will be a refurb for me.
Read this thread from FEBRUARY: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=637163
I did order the phone. I was planning on doing the $100 HTC trade up rebate, but it is not good on refurb phone purchases. But since there was no actual cost to the phone no big deal. I get to keep the tilt as a spare. On my TP2 purchase last week, I am sending in a Treo that was collecting dust and getting my $100 rebate.
I don't care if the phone is old (which it is not really) or not selling well. It does what I want it to do. It has no real replacement, and definitely the right cost. I upgraded 2 smart phones and the total cost will be -$50. Not a bad deal at all.
2 Tilt 2's would have been o.k. but the wife did not want/need the physical keyboard. Plus I could see a day when we would grab the wrong phones on the way to work and then be screwed.
LetsTalk.com has them along with Wirefly.com. Both available under the add a line program. Cost depends on your timing, they run them NIB for free MOST of the time, but have seen them listed for about $50 US.
TraceG said:
LetsTalk.com has them along with Wirefly.com. Both available under the add a line program. Cost depends on your timing, they run them NIB for free MOST of the time, but have seen them listed for about $50 US.
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I did not see them there. The only HTC that came up for AT&T was the tilt 2. I do believe they are gone, (or going away quickly). Not to be selfish but, I got mine.... or at least it is coming.... since it is coming Us Postal Service, I have a great hope for it to show up on saturday.
I can see the problem. my wife on Wed said that she would prefer the one without the keyboard. Then after she found out that it might not be available, she was o.k. with going tilt 2 as an option instead. I can see that conversation occurring throughout the country. In this case however the tilt 2 (new) was $199 vs the Pure (refurb) at $0. I am pretty sure I made the right choice.
boufa said:
I did not see them there. The only HTC that came up for AT&T was the tilt 2. I do believe they are gone, (or going away quickly). Not to be selfish but, I got mine.... or at least it is coming.... since it is coming Us Postal Service, I have a great hope for it to show up on saturday.
I can see the problem. my wife on Wed said that she would prefer the one without the keyboard. Then after she found out that it might not be available, she was o.k. with going tilt 2 as an option instead. I can see that conversation occurring throughout the country. In this case however the tilt 2 (new) was $199 vs the Pure (refurb) at $0. I am pretty sure I made the right choice.
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Wow.. I knew ATT was pulling them out of their stores but it seems EVERYONE is now. I've seen ATT pull phones before and places like Wirefly have them still 6 months later. I just checked on them 2 days or so ago when MY wife was eyeballing MY Pure..
TraceG said:
Wow.. I knew ATT was pulling them out of their stores but it seems EVERYONE is now. I've seen ATT pull phones before and places like Wirefly have them still 6 months later. I just checked on them 2 days or so ago when MY wife was eyeballing MY Pure..
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As of thursday morning AMAZON was the only one who had them. They wanted 0.01 for a new line and $80 for an upgrade.
Amazon does not do the add a line, and phones purchased though them cannot be combined with an existing family account (like you can with att's own phones) without a $250 penalty within the first 6 months. ATT tracks by device ID, as long as the device is activated, they don't care how. Amazon get their comission based on account number. If you do the new account option, then try to combine the accounts, you will lose the new account number and be fined.
If you did upgrade by the end of May, you could do the HTC trade up rebate if you have an old device to send in and get $100 back. Then the phone would be -$20...even free shipping.
They did say that stock levels were low for the pure.
boufa said:
As of thursday morning AMAZON was the only one who had them. They wanted 0.01 for a new line and $80 for an upgrade.
Amazon does not do the add a line, and phones purchased though them cannot be combined with an existing family account (like you can with att's own phones) without a $250 penalty within the first 6 months. ATT tracks by device ID, as long as the device is activated, they don't care how. Amazon get their comission based on account number. If you do the new account option, then try to combine the accounts, you will lose the new account number and be fined.
If you did upgrade by the end of May, you could do the HTC trade up rebate if you have an old device to send in and get $100 back. Then the phone would be -$20...even free shipping.
They did say that stock levels were low for the pure.
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Ebay had some friday.. got busy and didn't get a chance to come here and post on it. Some of those dealers offer add a line. It's gonna suck if I ever have to do a phone swap though and no one has new ones. I love my Pure the way it is now. The stock ROM bites but the Energy is rockin'. A friend had a refurbed phone from ATT and whenever it got hot here his screen would fog up from internal moisture.
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Ebay had some friday.. got busy and didn't get a chance to come here and post on it. Some of those dealers offer add a line. It's gonna suck if I ever have to do a phone swap though and no one has new ones. I love my Pure the way it is now. The stock ROM bites but the Energy is rockin'. A friend had a refurbed phone from ATT and whenever it got hot here his screen would fog up from internal moisture.
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I have had some good luck with refurbs, but of course there are some horror stories. In this case I am sure that the cost saving will be worth it. The way I am upgrading and shuffling phones around, it will leave me with 1 line with an upgrade option on it. This will give me a chance to be able to replace any phone that breaks out of warranty in the coming months. Keeps the insurance cost down to zero.
First thing you do with any phone you get, new or refurb is check the white patch under the battery to make sure it is NOT pink in any way. That is the indication that the phone has been wet.
I love my Pure. Actually since me buying mine, my good friend and also my father have made the jump too. Its a pretty good touchscreen phone that is feels just the right size. I hope you all are successful in your attempts to get your hands on one. We knew they were going to get pulled months ago because of the low sales (wtf). I guess most people prefer the TP2 (meh).
player911 said:
I love my Pure. Actually since me buying mine, my good friend and also my father have made the jump too. Its a pretty good touchscreen phone that is feels just the right size. I hope you all are successful in your attempts to get your hands on one. We knew they were going to get pulled months ago because of the low sales (wtf). I guess most people prefer the TP2 (meh).
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I just got it and after a long 40 minutes on the phone with at&t the did all the juggling on my account and got it working. (even got them to waive the activation fee).
So far so good. I am charging it now, so that I can flash it to the (same) energy rom that I have on my tilt 2.
The battery in the Pure was draining the website so they stopped selling it :|
LAUNCH DAY!!!
I have an appointment at Best Buy Mobile in 4 hours, I'm so excited cannot wait to be off work so I can run there!!
On one part I'm sad that I will be leaving Windows Mobile (Touch Pro2) but they're not coming out with a 1ghz CDMA Winmo phone so it's time to move on... I had tried android before on a G1 but went back to windows mobile after realizing you couldn't do much with it. Hopefully by now android is more winmo like with folder structures and complete control of files etc. Also will miss my $50/mo unlimited everything plan from boost(sprint).
Does Best Buy do 1-year contracts? I'd rather pay the $70 extra for the phone if I have the option of upgrading early.
POST YOUR DAY 1 EXPERIENCE!!
My cousin works at a store, so I got to cut the line of 15 peopel and be in and out with one.
I got mine this morning. Very satisfied so far, although I can't say I approve of Motorola's attitude towards rooting.
mine will be arriving to my doorsteps tomorrow morning/afternoon, didnt want that hassle of mail-in-rebate so i ordered online.
my appointment is at noon but my wifey is picking it up for me since she gets corporate discount. Woot!
Yes, I sure did
But I do have mixed feelings because of the root/bootloader situation
It's a very nice device, since I'm coming from the Omnia perhaps anything is better
Got mine at the mall kiosk.
Went to the verizon store after work and they were sold out. Then I went to the mall and got mine there.
I was number 15 to get mines. No preorder just walked in and added a line. Loving it so far also got the carbon fiber case, love those job discounts
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Went there an hour and a half before opening, got mine 4th.
got mine at 8:45 this morning. They even let me in the store a little early. I got the phone, some screen protectors, a case and the media dock. Everything i wanted. I am super happy.
How much is the media dock?
Satsified!
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How much is the media dock?
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The Media Dock is 49.99 the cable is 24.99 and the car dock is 24.99 as well. The gel case is 14.99 and so forth for the others.
I got mine today. Dropped my Evo and gave it to my sister, she was like uh, are you for real, your just giving it to me, , well i think a good deed leads to another in the future!
I love it so far, but, coming from Sense, it's really a diff ballgame. It has me loving the internal Social networks and all the resizing of the widgets and etc...
The pictures and video seem more vibrant than the Evo too. The colors and letters on the screen seem sharper. Hmm.. who'd thought, once again Motorola defies with only 54 Extra Pixels.
Only complain, wtf, with the speaker? Like it's a "Droid" they're known for that, even the Incredible still has a louder speaker, and dont let me get started with the power hous of an Evo.
Besides that, It has been well. This will suffice until the winter when the 2GHZ one arrives and the 12MP and all those goodies.
Hey all! Up until two days ago, I was a proud owner of a deliciously rooted Hero. I got my upgrade, and am now enjoying the Evo 4g. This phone is awesome, but man, I thought the Hero dies fast!
Anyways, while shopping Amazon, it came to my attention that the Hero and the Evo share the same battery! Not only did I save my old Hero, but I now get to use the battery as a back up.
The Hero and the Evo share an HTC 1500mAh battery pack, just different charging ports. Check out this post on android forums:
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/74918-evo-battery-same-touch-pro2-hero.html
The sprint store was going to offer me $40 bucks for my hero towards the price of the Upgrade, but Best Buy beat them out on price, and now I have a backup phone, and battery.
Not only that, but my Hero, which I loved dearly, gets to help keep my new phone kicking ass 24 hours a day!
the evo shift is a very small looking phone, much smaller than the evo, i was shocked.
$40 would have been pretty good from Sprint for no effort on your part. They average around $75-$100 on ebay depending on various things and how the moon aligns with the sun, so I probably would have taken $40.
How much is another battery? That isn't worth $40 IMHO. I don't go away from a computer/outlet for more than a few hours, however.
Either way, thanks for the tip.
The Sprint "rep" at Sams Club told me they would buy my hero for $40 also, and mine has dust under the screen and a lot of chipped paint on the hard keys. But I was just window shopping the Evo, holding out a little longer. If the next new release doesn't entice me, then Evo it is.
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$40 would have been pretty good from Sprint for no effort on your part. They average around $75-$100 on ebay depending on various things and how the moon aligns with the sun, so I probably would have taken $40.
How much is another battery? That isn't worth $40 IMHO. I don't go away from a computer/outlet for more than a few hours, however.
Either way, thanks for the tip.
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I felt the same as you, until I truly experienced just how fast this phone can die on you. The spare battery pack with wall mount on Amazon is $40.00 + shipping, so I figure why not keep the hero for backup phone and spare battery, and if I decide to sell it myself, get more than the crappy $40 Sprint was gonna offer...
Win win
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Well, I am on a low pay job, and with school and everything it is difficult to save as a university student. Anyway, over the year k have managed to save about $600 and I'm really thinking about either getting a new phone, or buying a tablet. I still have my EVO and it works fine, however I really like the epic 4g touch... Then again I also love a good tablet, but right now I'm leaning more towards the phone. Is there something I should wait for my 2year upgrade (in may) for, or should I dish out the money for the epic touch/tablet? I'm free for recommendations and also reasons on why I should get that specific stuff. Everyone knows the EVO has the best xda community, let's keep it that way. We don't need flaming, arguing, or iPhone lovers.
Thanks.
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In my case I am hoping Sprint carries the Nexus Galaxy. I am due for an upgrade in April. Maybe go for a tablet if you really want one (Transformer Prime?) and keep saving for a new phone. Good Luck.
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be careful with the tablets from sprint, most of them are not unlimited bandwidth, so I would spend your money on a phone.
If you want to save money, and you have a family plan just add a new line, you won't pay but more than $10 extra dollars a month, and have a new phone at a much lower cost. Which if you do the math actually saves you a lot of money doing it this way. Yeah you'll have a line with no phone on it, or you can put your evo on it and give it to a friend/family member and get some money every month.
I shelled out $500 for a phone out of contract once, and I will never do it again. You usually feel like the pne getting shaffted in the end. Especially when I had to send it back to tmobile multiple times because of the ECC chip being defunct. (partly why I switched to sprint)
Of course you're call, but just something I've noticed.
That's some great advice. Is there any phone on Sprint that I should wait for that would be better than the epic 4G Touch?
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My GF just got a 4g Epic Touch. I have had an Evo since launch. I also have an Asus Transformer and have had an HP Touchpad.
If you like to mod and root, the touchpad is a good option if you can find one at the $99/$150 price point (which you probably can't). If not, I wouldn't bother with it. I sold mine for a profit and the only thing i miss about it is the aspect ratio. I preferred the taller screen in landscape when browsing the internet and viewing my computer desktop compared to the transformer.
The transformer is nice. Don't pay over $300 dollars for it. I bought from best buy for $300...it was a brief price drop, but I suspect it will become the permanent price soon enough. If you want a tablet it's a good option...others are too. Don't buy the dock unless you need epic battery or REALLY want to use the trackpad rather than touching the screen. Cheap bluetooth keyboards work fine otherwise.
As far as the Epic 4g Touch - In my time with it, I know several things.
I HATE samsung's android skin
I had to spend several hours on XDA to get the GPS to work at all.
The screen is amazing
It has a bigger footprint than the Evo...make sure it fits in your pocket
If you plan on modding it, the first one obviously doesn't matter that much. I considered upgrading at the same time she did. Now that i've spent some time with her phone, I'm glad I didn't. It just isn't a big enough upgrade. The screen is great, but the hardware isn't that much quicker in day to day life. If you want it for gaming, perhaps a tablet is the better option.
I've read some articles that Sprint will be releasing an LTE phone middle of 2012. Having lived in two Wimax markets, I think wimax sucks. I don't want to be locked into a contract on wimax when LTE comes out, so I will be waiting until then to upgrade.
Edit: Also, I don't know why you would buy a 3g/4g tablet and pay for data. Just buy a wifi and tether it to your evo.
Sprint will be going LTE by late next year. Personally, I'd wait to use my upgrade credit for that.
I've always had problems with GPS on Samsung phones. In my opinion, the EVO is the best phone Sprint has right now besides the Motorola Photon. Sure, it's not as powerful as the EVO 3D or the EVO design, and it doesn't have the Super AMOLED screen that the Nexus S has, but I like the large screen and the Sense interface.
Of course, with all things like this, that is my personal preference. YMMV.
I say you wait it out man I feel like 2012 phones are gonna awsome just look at the galaxy nexus. I'm sure the other phone manufacturers are going to step up there game also plus sprint is going LTE soon so I would wait
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If you are really in dire need to upgrade I would buy on market place from reputable members, found a great deal on my evo and soon to be ns4g. You can sell your evo to balance the cost. That way you don't waste your upgrade and by the time lte hits you will be able to use your upgrade.
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Keep your Evo 4G and use WiFi tether on a Evo View 4G tablet. The 32gb new in box has been $219 shipped recently and does not require activation. I bought a 16gb Flyer for my daughter, the scribe pen is awesome!
I need to keep up. Just picked up a used i9100 for the wife here on XDA last week. I could have given my i9100 to her and bought this. Now I want it and already we have 2 i9100s. I am hesitant to sell mine because it would make a great back up although it would go far to bring down the initial cost.
We are upgrade ready at ATT but I don't want a Carrier device and don't want to blow my upgrades on phones that won't bring a premium like we got with a couple of iPhone 3GS before they went to all the carriers.
Since we don't have LTE here and it's not expected until 2013 we are on the UL data dumb phone 3G+ plans. We use over 200MB but well under 2 GB a month so I did not want to pay $30 each for data. $10 each is great and offsets the cost of the devices as well.
That said the Dell streak failed but somehow I think the Note will be the device to have for those of us who want a bigger screen and a tablet but don't to carry around a bevy of technology.
Edit your Subject .. "i1900"
You are missing a lot by not getting the GNote,I also kept my HD2 for backup,but I'm afraid the battery will totally run out flat dead since its never been used for over six Weeks now.
My wife thinks my lifespan will be extended at least by couple of years after buying this gadget!!!.