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Best Buy Will Hold A Pre-Sale For The Motorola XOOM Starting February 17th

I'm in for one! Plus the folio case/stand
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/02/11/best-buy-will-hold-a-pre-sale-for-the-motorola-xoom/
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Yay for wasting money?

StirCwazy said:
I'm in for one! Plus the folio case/stand
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source? i haven't seen this.

legato89 said:
Yay for wasting money?
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Troll much /b/ ?

Bukem75 said:
Troll much /b/ ?
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I'm not a degenerate, nor am I frivolous with my money.

asianxtreme said:
source? i haven't seen this.
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Updated with link, sorry.

StirCwazy said:
Updated with link, sorry.
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Thanks, this is kick ass! Can hardly wait!!

legato89 said:
nor am I frivolous with my money.
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If you had any money you could buy a Xoom!!

Old MuckenMire said:
If you had any money you could buy a Xoom!!
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If I were richer than Donald Trump I wouldn't even let Motorola and Verizon take me for a ride like they hope to do come the 24th. Only a small minority of people who are foolish with their money are going to be purchasing this. Actual rich people are smart enough to do research on products they buy and wisely spend their money to get the best value for their buck. Thats how you get rich in the first place.

legato89 said:
If I were richer than Donald Trump I wouldn't even let Motorola and Verizon take me for a ride like they hope to do come the 24th. Only a small minority of people who are foolish with their money are going to be purchasing this. Actual rich people are smart enough to do research on products they buy and wisely spend their money to get the best value for their buck. Thats how you get rich in the first place.
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Actual rich people can't be bothered to shop and have paid shoppers to go out and buy things.
If you doubt me, come visit me in Yokohama Japan. I'm over in the Minatomirai district. Be a pleasure to walk you around the rich peoples malls and point out the personal shoppers.

BB Employees getting xoom for $577
Just saw a post over at xoomforums.com supposedly from a BB employee.
"But... Employee discount gives it to us for $577... I talked to our mobile department to see if our discounts are valid on those kinds of devices and they told me yes! "

angryclubs said:
Just saw a post over at xoomforums.com supposedly from a BB employee.
"But... Employee discount gives it to us for $577... I talked to our mobile department to see if our discounts are valid on those kinds of devices and they told me yes! "
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time to befriend a bb employee

My Dell Streak 7 pretty much has the same specs as this thing..The Xoom...for $900 should have an I5 processor & 4gigs of ram...I mean come on now.

AND WINDOWS!
Who wouldn't want Windows on a tablet?
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Arun01 said:
My Dell Streak 7 pretty much has the same specs as this thing..The Xoom...for $900 should have an I5 processor & 4gigs of ram...I mean come on now.
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The technology required to put a i5 and 4gb of ram into a tablet would shoot the price of the device up towards the $2000* range!
* this amount is pure speculation and doesn't apply any real educated calculations based on OP or XDA. Please see your dealer for more options...

Pre-oder necessary?
Does anyone expect the Xoom to sell out day one? Most of the people I have mentioned the Xoom to has not even heard of it. I personally do not want to drive for an hour to BB, give away $880ish dollars (is this how the pre-order will even work?), and then turn around and go back to school. I am gonna spend like $30 bucks in gas all in all on this thing. (Which I guess in the scope of things, isn't that much.)

SFBPro said:
Does anyone expect the Xoom to sell out day one? Most of the people I have mentioned the Xoom to has not even heard of it. I personally do not want to drive for an hour to BB, give away $880ish dollars (is this how the pre-order will even work?), and then turn around and go back to school. I am gonna spend like $30 bucks in gas all in all on this thing. (Which I guess in the scope of things, isn't that much.)
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Mmm I think your safe...noooooo way its gonna sell out.

SFBPro said:
Does anyone expect the Xoom to sell out day one? Most of the people I have mentioned the Xoom to has not even heard of it. I personally do not want to drive for an hour to BB, give away $880ish dollars (is this how the pre-order will even work?), and then turn around and go back to school. I am gonna spend like $30 bucks in gas all in all on this thing. (Which I guess in the scope of things, isn't that much.)
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I doubt that it will sell out, but if you're gonna drive an hour to get one, I'd try to go early; Best Buy probably will only carry 5-10 per store and a few will be preorders for CRAZY early adopters like me.... It also depends on the area, I live in a smaller town, so I doubt we'll have any sell outs

kenyu73 said:
I doubt that it will sell out, but if you're gonna drive an hour to get one, I'd try to go early; Best Buy probably will only carry 5-10 per store and a few will be preorders for CRAZY early adopters like me.... It also depends on the area, I live in a smaller town, so I doubt we'll have any sell outs
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Yeah, I will be going to the Montgomery, Al Bestbuy, which since it is the capital of Alabama, you would think they would have a larger stock... Well, back at home, I had access to three BB, one in Trussville, and 2 in Birmingham. The one on HWY 280 in B'ham had 100 iPads when they first came out. My friend (one of the managers) told me that they didn't sell a single one on the opening day! Then they sold them all in the following days and ran out of stock for the next several months... I plan on getting there right at or 15 min before the Montgomery store opens. (For pre-order) I could always get over sooner, but I am not sure I expect there to be a lot of crazy first adopters there.

SFBPro said:
Yeah, I will be going to the Montgomery, Al Bestbuy, which since it is the capital of Alabama, you would think they would have a larger stock... Well, back at home, I had access to three BB, one in Trussville, and 2 in Birmingham. The one on HWY 280 in B'ham had 100 iPads when they first came out. My friend (one of the managers) told me that they didn't sell a single one on the opening day! Then they sold them all in the following days and ran out of stock for the next several months... I plan on getting there right at or 15 min before the Montgomery store opens. (For pre-order) I could always get over sooner, but I am not sure I expect there to be a lot of crazy first adopters there.
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If you're going to Pre-Order one on the 17th would that not lock in your order for pickup on the 24th? I'm just assuming that's how it is going to work, you pre-order, they set aside however many pre-orders they get, you go in and pickup on release day. Maybe I'm just thinking too logical, someone please correct me if I'm wrong because I saved the money for the XOOM and I don't care what others say, I'm getting one. So if I'm wrong someone please step up now and let me know what to expect. =)

Atrix 4G for $29.99

The Atrix 4G is on sale for $29.99 at Best Buy
http://www.droidmatters.com/phones/deal-alert-motorola-atrix-4g-29-99-at-best-buy/

Mother.f***er.
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lol....it is a sale, this happens with everything, people buy it, it goes on sale, more people buy it, rinse repeat until item is discontinued. Sales are nice to have. Maybe more people will buy it, more people will dev for it.

is it possible for att to price match this? i see no point in having paid 250 for this phone when i could ahve got it for 30

It's $29.99 only for new customers.

nomisunrider said:
It's $29.99 only for new customers.
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I am pretty sure that if you go to an AT&T store you can get them to price-match it if you don't tell them that it is for new customers

DITTO DITTO DITTO!!!!!!
sgtmedeiros said:
Mother.f***er.
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zizo79 said:
The Atrix 4G is on sale for $29.99 at Best Buy
http://www.droidmatters.com/phones/deal-alert-motorola-atrix-4g-29-99-at-best-buy/
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It's $99 if you upgrade which is still awesome!

lost2030 said:
It's $99 if you upgrade which is still awesome!
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If you are planning on getting it, you should try your local AT&T store and they will look it up on BB's site. they PM it if they don't investigate lol

Just ordered two Now the long wait and refreshing of order status

Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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You do realise there's a HUGE difference between an iPhone and... well... any other phone, right? People flock to iPhones like gnats to a sweaty forehead. And not even just the US. Hell, i sold my iPhone 4 that i had since they came out to someone in Russia for $450. That was enough to cover the cost of the iPhone when i originally bought it, PLUS the Atrix. I've only ever seen one person NOT in an AT&T store that had an Atrix. Just about every smartphone you see on the street is some version of the iPhone. And with the 3GS now being $49.... I'd imagine that ratio will be even higher. People don't know how to find a good phone. They know what is crammed down their throat no matter where they turn... and that just happens to be any Apple product, really.
Hell... look on TV. You see at least 5 iPhone commercials for every single Atrix commercial... and they advertise the lapdock more than the phone itself it seems.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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It ($29.99) is not a regular price. Its just a one day Easter Day sale at BestBuy. Soon it price will be back to $99.99 like everywhere else

Very jealous....

Are any AT&T stores even open today (Easter?) None of them answer the phone...

nomisunrider said:
Are any AT&T stores even open today (Easter?) None of them answer the phone...
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It doesn't have to be a holiday for them not to answer the phone

Gvndeb60 said:
It doesn't have to be a holiday for them not to answer the phone
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ain't that the truth!
But yea... even if you did go elsewhere and tried to get them to price match, they'd probably see that it's for new customers only. I mean... they usually say that right around the price somewhere.... somewhere that's not easy to miss.

mpalatsi said:
Why did I spend so much money on this phone again? I remember with my iPhones they retained their value, this is a HUGE degradation in a matter of months? I guess I won't be able to sell this phone when I'm ready to upgrade.
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Like-New-Motoro...ell_Phones&hash=item3f094ea310#ht_2507wt_1139
Dunno, they still seem to go for a fairly nice sum of money. I'd imagine it would still be rather nice a bit from now, especially being a dual core.

yeah store was closed here. I tried calling att to see if they would price match the 100 bucks at bestbuy and they told me nope and if i wanted bestbuy's price i should cancel and goto bestbuy. does att charge a restocking fee for canceling a plan within the 30 days?

Monterograves said:
yeah store was closed here. I tried calling att to see if they would price match the 100 bucks at bestbuy and they told me nope and if i wanted bestbuy's price i should cancel and goto bestbuy. does att charge a restocking fee for canceling a plan within the 30 days?
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Yes. Check their website for the exact amount.
BTW, they give this phone for free in Europe with contract.

[Q] Phone upgrade?

Who thinks sprints upgrade isn't as good as it should be. Your with them for awhile and when due for a upgrade after 2 years but is it really a upgrade.
Most of the free phones are older and not new lol there older no one wants them thats why there free.
You get the same thing a discount a new customer gets 150 off with a 2 year new contract WTF.You would think after being with them for awhile you get a better discount that would be nice.
So what do you guys think? Keep it on topic what you feel about the upgrade. Also without getting insane about money there making and losing.
Just a general question no flaming or you will be reported since this isn't a flame war just a general thought on what everyone thinks about it.

reaper24 said:
Who thinks sprints upgrade is a bit stupid? Your with them for awhile and when due for a upgrade after 2 years but is it really a upgrade. You don't really get to upgrade.
You get the same thing a discount a new customer gets 150 off with a 2 year new contract WTF. I don't get why they call it a upgrade when your charged same price as every new customer.
So what do you guys think?
Just a general question .
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Isn't this the case with all carriers?
Tapa tapa tapa

reaper24 said:
Who thinks sprints upgrade is a bit stupid? Your with them for awhile and when due for a upgrade after 2 years but is it really a upgrade. You don't really get to upgrade.
You get the same thing a discount a new customer gets 150 off with a 2 year new contract WTF. I don't get why they call it a upgrade when your charged same price as every new customer.
So what do you guys think?
Just a general question .
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Because then people would constantly whine that new customers and old customers get different treatment. You want different treatment, go to Radioshack or BB.

DirtyShroomz said:
Because then people would constantly whine that new customers and old customers get different treatment. You want different treatment, go to Radioshack or BB.
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Lol no just needs to be called something other then upgrade. Kinda dumb calling it a upgrade when your not really upgrading at all after all the money you pay for your bill over the course of 2 years.

reaper24 said:
Lol no just needs to be called something other then upgrade. Kinda dumb calling it a upgrade when your not really upgrading at all after all the money you pay for your bill over the course of 2 years.
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So you don't think you're upgrading your phone from an old one to a newer one with more features? The money you pay over the course of 2 years is so Sprint can make their money back on the money they LOST selling you a discounted phone.

I'm sorry but this thread fails. Lol. An upgrade means going from old to new. From good, to better. You're going from an older phone to a newer phone. A good phone to a better phone. An UPGRADE.
It's the same with every other carrier. Sprint is no different.
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josh995 said:
I'm sorry but this thread fails. Lol. An upgrade means going from old to new. From good, to better. You're going from an older phone to a newer phone. A good phone to a better phone. An UPGRADE.
It's the same with every other carrier. Sprint is no different.
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I guess he would prefer to pay full price like with prepaid companies?

Its the carrier I chose to do business with so I can't complain too much, they made it perfectly clear before I started signing away.

josh995 said:
I'm sorry but this thread fails. Lol. An upgrade means going from old to new. From good, to better. You're going from an older phone to a newer phone. A good phone to a better phone. An UPGRADE.
It's the same with every other carrier. Sprint is no different.
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Lol not really a fail was a question to see what everyone was thinking that was all.
I see how alot of people see it even tho sprint makes a thousands of dollars every 2 years off you no one seems to care that the upgrade is ****ty lol sometimes it's not worth using the upgrade cause there is nothing worth buying at the moment sometimes the phone your using is better then whats out. So each to the own.
Was a general question doing a study on thoughts of people who like the upgrade and those who don't so no FLAMING IF YOU DO FLAME YOU WILL BE REPORTED AND YOUR COMMENT DELETED. SO KEEP IT NICE AND TO THE POINT. THANKS.

Well....... I mean.... no carrier is just gonna give you a free phone when you upgrade. Unless you pick a basic crappy phone. They're giving you a 300-400 dollar discount on a phone... that's generous if you ask me.
I can see how you might think a customer who's been with sprint for 2 or more years should get a nicer discount, yeah, that would be nice. But that doesn't mean we aren't upgrading our phones.
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josh995 said:
Well....... I mean.... no carrier is just gonna give you a free phone when you upgrade. Unless you pick a basic crappy phone. They're giving you a 300-400 dollar discount on a phone... that's generous if you ask me.
I can see how you might think a customer who's been with sprint for 2 or more years should get a nicer discount, yeah, that would be nice. But that doesn't mean we aren't upgrading our phones.
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Ya I know what you mean man alot of people been picky with the store out here in TN the main big store in our area. There service people are a pain in the ass to get things done this is the only main store in the area.
Nicer discount would be nice you kinda sucks that they make there money back off the phone in 6 months and profit off you for the next year and half lol.

As an American I'm entitled to a free $600+ subsidized phone every year.

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As an American I'm entitled to a free $600+ subsidized phone every year.
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LMAO nice if only it were that easy

reaper24 said:
Ya I know what you mean man alot of people been picky with the store out here in TN the main big store in our area. There service people are a pain in the ass to get things done this is the only main store in the area.
Nicer discount would be nice you kinda sucks that they make there money back off the phone in 6 months and profit off you for the next year and half lol.
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They don't make their money back in 6 months... it takes a minimum of 12 months to make their money back, after that is when they start making profit, assuming you're not taking advantage of the yearly upgrades in which then, they barely make any money back off of you.

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They don't make their money back in 6 months... it takes a minimum of 12 months to make their money back, after that is when they start making profit, assuming you're not taking advantage of the yearly upgrades in which then, they barely make any money back off of you.
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Never tend to upgrade unless there is something new thats been out for awhile so the bugs are all worked out. They do make money off many things there not poor lol.
Well if your bill is 105 dollars every month that adds up quick in my book.

reaper24 said:
Never tend to upgrade unless there is something new thats been out for awhile so the bugs are all worked out. They do make money off many things there not poor lol.
Well if your bill is 105 dollars every month that adds up quick in my book.
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Leta see that's 1260 a year minus the 350 they ate for you getting the evo ($910), plus running the stores, network, payrolls, and what ever other expenses im sure they make a slim profit margin in there somewhere.
I worked at Walmart they said out of all the expenses they only make 2% profit off a sale.

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Leta see that's 1260 a year minus the 350 they ate for you getting the evo ($910), plus running the stores, network, payrolls, and what ever other expenses im sure they make a slim profit margin in there somewhere. Some of the discount carriers make you pay for the phone in full, but the plans are about half as much and the quality of service is sub par.
I worked at Walmart they said out of all the expenses they only make 2% profit off a sale.
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That's IF the customer stays for the full 2 years and doesn't upgrade

DirtyShroomz said:
That's IF the customer stays for the full 2 years and doesn't upgrade
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True. I weaseled out of my T-Mobile contract with no etf after just getting the mytouch 3g for $99 by moving out of the coverage area by 10 miles. They took a hit there lol. They wanted me to pay for the phone. I refused.

I'm sorry OP, but your logic fails on this one.

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I'm sorry OP, but your logic fails on this one.
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Your losing site of the thread there man this is a poll on sprints upgrade.
So no my logic does not fail in this so please keep things on track or your post will be deleted.

TMobile no longer bills monthly for phone upgrades?

So I called T-Mobile and got approved for an early upgrade since i've been a customer since 2004.
The only thing is I found out they no longer bill in a 3 month cycle but make you pay upfront for the phone.
I'm looking at the Galaxy S2 and I don't have $300 upfront to pay for the damn thing.

jwleonhart said:
So I called T-Mobile and got approved for an early upgrade since i've been a customer since 2004.
The only thing is I found out they no longer bill in a 3 month cycle but make you pay upfront for the phone.
I'm looking at the Galaxy S2 and I don't have $300 upfront to pay for the damn thing.
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You might as well just say screw T-Mobile and buy one off eBay for $150-$200 more lol.

Thats what i've said..
Only good thing about getting it through T-Mobile is the warranty.
They should retain that billing feature for good customers...I've been with them since 2004.... am I really going to bail on them over a phone? Stupid...
Literally paying 300 is almost 3/4 of my paycheck... I mean yea right... I'm not right. I'll just use my Galaxy S... Thing works fine anyways.

Or you can get one off craigslist for 300 with no contract like I did.
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I agree. The payment thing was great for them. It made people MORE likely to jump into a new phone and extend their contract. Pretty stupid business decision on their part.
But they've been going downhill for a while.
I'm thinking that its about time for this business model to die anyway. I hate being tied to a carrier, and I want a phone that actually gets upgrades.

The only thing that made the 2 yr. upgrade worth it was the fact that the phone was automatically cut in half. $600 retail, down to $250. They simply early upgraded me for being a customer since 2004... so cool..
But what I don't have is $300 to spare on a phone... or if I decide I don't want to be tied to a carrier (which doesn't matter because I can't use a T-Mobile phone or Verizon or on ATT 3g band)
I thought it was very convenient to go into the store, have to pay around $80 upfront, then have the remaining balance split up over a 3 month period... so people who don't have excess money to spend that often can go ahead and get an upgrade every so often..
In either case, this has just made me double think, and I will keep my Vibrant probably for another year or two now. Nothing wrong with it, could use better battery life though.

I am going to wait for if and when GS2 will show up for free with an eligible upgrade on Amazon or Wirefly. Get the 1800 mah epic touch battery for the time being if you are concerned about battery life.

So save $100 each month and after 3 months you can pay up front for it? I don't see what the big deal is.

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Or you can get one off craigslist for 300 with no contract like I did.
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Craigslist has SGSIIs for $300?
You must live in a nice place.

In my area I see them for about $350-500. So yes, they are going for around $300 on craigs.
Any any case, what does the price of this phone have to do with the topix of tmobile no longer billing monthly for phone upgrades?
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Craigslist has SGSIIs for $300?
You must live in a nice place.
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jwleonhart said:
In my area I see them for about $350-500. So yes, they are going for around $300 on craigs.
Any any case, what does the price of this phone have to do with the topix of tmobile no longer billing monthly for phone upgrades?
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OP was complaining about them not splitting the price of the phone up and I mentioned that for 300 he could get an sgs2 off contract. Dude you quoted was just surprised you could find them that cheap I guess.
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I have a business account and whenever I purchase a phone they just add it to my bill. I don't have to pay upfront.

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I made the same decision except I might go for the sgs3. I bought the 1800 mah Anker battery on Amazon (sorry, my links are still disabled) and I'm really happy with it. I get about 20 hours moderate use running ics passion v12 at 1000 MHz on conservative.

amb13n said:
I made the same decision except I might go for the sgs3. I bought the 1800 mah Anker battery on Amazon (sorry, my links are still disabled) and I'm really happy with it. I get about 20 hours moderate use running ics passion v12 at 1000 MHz on conservative.
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20hours? Hmm I get like 2 days if I really stretch it. I also don't use my phone excessively or for games often.

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Trying to get your post count up?

Would be nice if they brought back the 3 month billing split for New equipment. It made it nice and easy to split it across three billing cycles...

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Trying to get your post count up?
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Yes!
LOL!!
Back to the OP, I'm annoyed that TMo didn't offer the SGS2 to me for $100. They were running a special on "new customers" only, but wanted to charge me $349 to "upgrade" my line. I've been with them for over 6 years and 5 lines on the account.
Goes to show how they take care of their existing customers. Glad I didn't upgrade my contract as I'm thinking of going to Verizon and getting the Galaxy Nexus as soon as one of my other line's contract is up.

[Poll}Who's ditching the Vibrant for the Galaxy S III ??

As most early adopters of the Vibrant probably qualify for an upgrade by now, how many are jumping to the Galaxy S III when it hits June 21st? I know I am just waiting for the preorder details!

Fr0stbyteX said:
As most early adopters of the Vibrant probably qualify for an upgrade by now, how many are jumping to the Galaxy S III when it hits June 21st? I know I am just waiting for the preorder details!
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Not really sure yet. For some reason I'm not entirely impressed with the SGSIII. May check out something by HTC. I've never had one of their smartphones.

Not me. I'm off contract now, so unless something goes wrong I'll be rocking my Vibrant for quite some time. It'd be nice to have a decent camera though

I sure am, although i will look around for best deals at places like walmart, best buy, costco, amazon etc and may be wait sometime for deals to show up. I am due for full upgrade on june 21st, but don't want to drop 200 bucks. is there any additional charges like activation fees etc when upgrading?

While I am not on TMo my contract doesn't end until November and I have been grandfathered in the "unlimited" data with my carrier (until they decide I'm not anymore and screw me). But with that being said, I'll go unlocked when that time comes, so hopefully they'll come way down in price by then much like the GNex is now.
$799usd retail is too rich for my blood. I love my Vibe anyways and I just bought a tablet 3 moths ago, so pretty sure a new phone would be a hard sell with the wifely right now.

jneal9 said:
Not really sure yet. For some reason I'm not entirely impressed with the SGSIII. May check out something by HTC. I've never had one of their smartphones.
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HTC? I wouldn't dream of having a HTC phones after they lock their bootloaders on their flagship phone.. no way in hell.
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While I am not on TMo my contract doesn't end until November and I have been grandfathered in the "unlimited" data with my carrier (until they decide I'm not anymore and screw me). But with that being said, I'll go unlocked when that time comes, so hopefully they'll come way down in price by then much like the GNex is now.
$799usd retail is too rich for my blood. I love my Vibe anyways and I just bought a tablet 3 moths ago, so pretty sure a new phone would be a hard sell with the wifely right now.
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I agree, I'm gonna stick with my Vib for a bit more.
I have to buy my own phones (i'm a teen, my parents do not pay for me) and that price is just too steep, and with the gas prices these days. I'd go broke before I buy another smartphone. I recently also bought the Galaxy Tab 10.2, I'm planning on not rooting or anything, keeping it a virgin for as long as I can. I use it quite frequently when I'm at home, so rather not brick it or anything.

I'm due for an upgrade on the 30th of June, so depending on how much they want me to fork out....I may be sticking to my vibrant for a little while longer...which I honestly have no problem doing ^^ haha

If you ARE due for an upgrade, how much is it going to cost? The reg. $200?
I can probably take my moms upgrade, she loves her Vibrant and could care less about the next big thing.

xriderx66 said:
If you ARE due for an upgrade, how much is it going to cost? The reg. $200?
I can probably take my moms upgrade, she loves her Vibrant and could care less about the next big thing.
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I attempted to check via their website, but they wouldn't let me since the gs3 isn't available yet ^^;; I might just give em a call tomorrow if I'm not too too lazy. Or, if anyone has more insight into this...I would also like to know lol because I'm not sure ^^;;

Yeah, I can almost guarantee it will be $200.
SGS was $200
SGS2 was $200
and after looking at this article (it's about ATT and it being $200)
I'm pretty sure it will be $200 for all carriers.

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Yeah, I can almost guarantee it will be $200.
SGS was $200
SGS2 was $200
and after looking at this article (it's about ATT and it being $200)
I'm pretty sure it will be $200 for all carriers.
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Yea, I'm thinking the same honestly...but a man can certainly hope lol

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HTC? I wouldn't dream of having a HTC phones after they lock their bootloaders on their flagship phone.. no way in hell.
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For the record: It was AT&T that decided to lock the bootloader, not HTC. Notice how the One S has its bootloader unlocked officially through HTCDev.
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SGS3 is cool and all, but I like how functional my Vibrant is already thanks to the devs. Isn't the point of XDA suppose to be getting the most out of your devices while they're still kicking? I can understand certain grievances like say....OUR GPS. But that's about it.

Holy ****, I just saw a SGS3 for sale on Craigslist for $1200. That's crazy
SGH-T959 ICS Gummy 1.2

These idiots at tmobile will probably make it 199, but that will be after a 50 dollar rebate. And I of course will follow everyone else right over the cliff.
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I'll be switching, due for an upgrade on both of my lines. I even managed to talk my wife into it, which was hard cause she's always been hell bent on a hardware keyboard lol.

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For the record: It was AT&T that decided to lock the bootloader, not HTC. Notice how the One S has its bootloader unlocked officially through HTCDev.
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Technically true, but they also locked S-On and won't unlock that.
What I just don't get is, why? There's always a work around, yeah locked bootloaders and S-On make it harder, but they don't stop it from happening, so why do it?
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Its up in the air for me right now. If Sprint is still doing unlimited data when I'm ready to move on (I've been ready since the day I bought this phone, but I don't like wasting money, so I'm just waiting as long as I can), then I'm moving to them and getting the next Nexus or an iPhone 5. If not, I'm gonna unlock my Vibrant and just use T-Mobile's prepaid service until I NEED to buy a new phone.

Can't wait for the Galaxy SIII.
My phone is breaking down and reporting weird battery numbers.
I'm ready to buy a GS3 from my carrier (WIND) for $599.99 (16GB Version)

Don't forget that the phone also includes the tax on the $799.99 price tag (around $66 in cali) even with the $200 after rebate price tag, $6 LCD waste fee, and other miscellaneous bs fees and taxes.

I'm out...been off contact since November...waiting around for a worthy upgrade... this more than qualifies...can't wait.
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