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I can preorder from a Sprint store, right?

I just canceled my Best Buy preorder when they told me that they would not price match Sprint if they marked the price up.
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When I called them they said they didn't know and normally don't know anything till the day before.
They were pretty much useless to me. Sprint has already announced the price so the chances are pretty slim they will just all the sudden increase the price.

My Sprint store would not let me pre-order. They said they would be happy to call me when the EVO arrives.
EDIT: Best Buy sold me a $ 50 gift card to use for the purchase of the phone or anything else in the store (or cashed in). In my opinion this is a no lose situation. If Best Buy decides to up the price (which I HIGHLY doubt) then I can just cash in the card and walk over to the Sprint store.
I also just looked at the Best Buy site online and the fine print keeps deferring back to the Sprint website for more details. To me this means the price will be the same, $450 unsubsidized - $150 upgrade - $100 mail-in rebate = $200.
EDIT-2: It's looking more and more like TheBiles is correct. More than one person has reported that BB is going to charge $600.

My Sprint store would not let me pre-order. They said they would be happy to call me when the EVO arrives.
EDIT: Best Buy sold me a $ 50 gift card to use for the purchase of the phone or anything else in the store (or cashed in). In my opinion this is a no lose situation. If Best Buy decides to up the price (which I HIGHLY doubt) then I can just cash in the card and walk over to the Sprint store.
I also just looked at the Best Buy site online and the fine print keeps deferring back to the Sprint website for more details. To me this means the price will be the same, $450 unsubsidized - $150 upgrade - $100 mail-in rebate = $200.
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There has been a lot of talk that Best Buy will charge $600 off contract, which is what I'm ordering. They've done the price gouging in the past as well. Does anyone know the off contract price at Radio Shack?
EDIT: Apparently Radio Shack is only accepting preorders for contracted phones. They told me that they don't yet know what the final price will be. The Sprint store told me to come back in a week and they would probably be taking names for reserves. Though I'm not too worried about them selling out here.
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I went into a Sprint store because Best Buy in Washington state will apparently not ever carry Sprint phones in store (they said they can only carry 3 major carriers and chose AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon) - I assume this is because T-Mobile US headquarters is in Factoria, WA outside of Seattle?
The Sprint sales manager entered some info into the computer (my Name, Social Security Number, Address, current phone number) and looked like he wrote my name and some sort of confirmation number on a post-it note. He said I have one reserved for the 4th and they will call me the 3rd to schedule an appointment to pick it up after the morning rush has died down. I expressed concern because I wanted to make sure I would have an Evo if they sold out, and he said not to worry, I will definitely get one.

I'll go to a Sprint store in the morning. The dude at BB said "you do know it's gonna be around $700 right?" .. uhhhh no thanks pal..
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BB $599 off contarct.
Sprint: $450 off contract.
I'll get it directly from Sprint.

sgtcody said:
I'll go to a Sprint store in the morning. The dude at BB said "you do know it's gonna be around $700 right?" .. uhhhh no thanks pal..
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Yeah, my Best Buy was totally ****ing clueless. They were all like "Um, we have no idea what the price will be, but we do know that we will not match the price on it." I was like not a chance.

I work at a sprint store in WA, we are officially taking pre orders for the phone. I hear they have a ton in the warehouse, but with the magnitude of interested I'd get to it quick.

byud said:
I work at a sprint store in WA, we are officially taking pre orders for the phone. I hear they have a ton in the warehouse, but with the magnitude of interested I'd get to it quick.
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As a sprint employee, can you tell me if there's any "official" preorder process? I didn't receive a receipt or confirmation number, although the employee seemed to write something down after putting my info into the computer. I did tell him I would be signing up for a new 2yr contract as well.

There should be, I was told there was, but the link to whatever they are working on is broken thusfar. It should be up soon. What our store is doing is taking down names, numbers and emails, and then transfering them to the real pre order list once it becomes available. After that you will get an email with the pre order confirmation.

For anyone wondering if BB will raise the price, they will. Look at their off contract pricing for the Hero and Moment. $599 and $629 respectively. No doubt BB will raise the price. I need to see if Sprint will charge me a deposit to open my own account again instead of my family's account. If I can I pay my $200 etf, plus $199 and it still comes out cheaper than $450.

T-Mobile Store refuses to sell Galaxy Tab

Yes....My wife went in to buy me a Tab From the Brandon FL Mall. The first place she went he would not sell her the unit unless she signed up for Internet. She had 650 bucks in her pocket ready to buy and he would not do it. I know the answer why (they make their money on contracts) But that is why I was willing to pay 300$ more. AHHHHHHH.

Haha, I actually had a very similar experiance. I went on the day after Thanksgiving (I originally wanted to get the Sprint Tab for 550 at Best Buy but decided at the last minute to spend the extra 50 bucks and get the T-Mobile one). Two T-Mobile stores told me they wouldn't sell me one without a contract and one told me that I wouldn't be able to get one off contract till February. I almost bought one off of Amazon.com but they day they came in stock, the price jumped to 650.
I eventually found a brand new T-mobile tab on Craigslist for 550, so I guess I won?

hmm, thats weird I bought mine from Tmobile on the prepaid thing so I use wifi most of the time then when I need 3g I can buy a prepaid card.

I bought mine from the Tmobile store in Temple Terrace. I had no problem buying off contract there. Try a different store because the one in the Brandon mall is staffed by idiots.

Same experience. So we bought a $10 prepaid for it (100MB or 7 days, whichever comes first).

I had the same issue. My first t-mobile one I got by with the pre pay same as everyone else. But my second t-mobile one (ginny pig) I had some issues with the store trying to force a contract on me. Of couse my creadit was crap but what worked in my favor was my taking a picture of the tag nest to the galaxy tab price and no contract price with my iphone. I then told them it false advertising and there is no display ad showing they could not sell me one off contract. I then said fine I will send to consumer reports and post on xda-developers with your store name and location. The t-mobile rep then said give me a min and i will call the manager. 2 min later got my t-mobile galaxy tab. What does get me is they make a profet off the full price one and I bought the leather case and the car adapter so there is money to be made from these non contract tabs.

Amazon has lowered the price on the T-Mobile galaxy tab to $620 (form $650) with free shipping. Since there is no tax (for most people) the Amazon version will come out cheaper.
I just bought a ATT Tab from Amazon for $620 because Tmobile has terrible coverage in my area

I had the same issues in New Hampshire Mall with 2 stores. I called T-mobile, they told me it might be some affiliates.... I went to an "official T-mobile" t-mobile store (in the same mall) and got it for 599.99 as advertised. No contacts, no activation fees.

I had the same problem on launch day here in Albuquerque. The salesman even checked with the manager and still refused to sell me one off contract. So, I waited till the next day and bought the Verizon version, though it sure would have been nice to have the 16gb internal instead of on the card.

Well I caved.....
Yes I caved, went and bought one on contract form a different store. I want to go by the the store and walk in and tell them what I did. I am about to cancel both of my lines and go to Simple Mobile anyway as soon as this thing can make a voice call. I dont mind a Blue tooth in my ear at all.

Jasonator said:
Yes I caved, went and bought one on contract form a different store. I want to go by the the store and walk in and tell them what I did. I am about to cancel both of my lines and go to Simple Mobile anyway as soon as this thing can make a voice call. I dont mind a Blue tooth in my ear at all.
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You caved even with the Motorola Honeycomb tablet being shown at CES in two weeks?! Tsk Tsk

ap3604 said:
You caved even with the Motorola Honeycomb tablet being shown at CES in two weeks?! Tsk Tsk
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How is that even relevant to the topic?
I don't understand why T-Mobile corporate isn't getting involved. Or is this is just an "authorized reseller" problem? Because those stores aren't even legitimate T-Mobile stores, anyways.

Verizon Trade In Review

Today I am going to do an review of the Verizon Trade In service. Their trade in service allows you to mail off your smartphones you are no longer using in exchange for an Verizon gift card. The Verizon gift card can be used either for getting a new phone, accessories, or even towards your monthly bill. The trade in value really varies depending on the phone which usually depends on the age of the device along with demand. Obviously newer phones are going to be of higher value so keep that in mind.
The process is pretty simple to do. Go to Trade-In.VZW.com. From there you can start the appraisal of your device, check on the status of your trade in, or go to the trade in support center. Once you start the appraisal you'll then select your device and answer if the device turns on, if the screen works, and if the screen is damaged. You will then get an estimated value of the device. For instance right now an fully functioning HTC Thunderbolt is worth $200 while the same device but not working with a cracked screen is worth all of $2. In comparison an older device such as the Motorola Droid fully working is $24 so obviously in that case I would recommend looking into other methods to sell of said device.
Once you agree to the estimated appraised amount you will then enter in your information to get the pre-paid mailer sent out to you. You will get an e-mail once you complete all that and agree to trade in the device with your submission ID. From my experience it took about four days to get the mailer which came from Tennessee. Verizon does recommend leaving the battery in the device before mailing it back. You however do not need to include stuff such as the data/charging cable, manual, and stuff like that. Once Verizon gets your device they are usually quick in determining the actual value. In my case I got the full $200 for my Thunderbolt. As of right now I am waiting for my gift card to arrive as it was sent out a few days ago.
I will say in summary there is plenty of good about this service but some negatives along the way. The speed of the services with one exception is pretty fast for something mail based. The site itself is clean and easy to use as to be expected from Verizon. Also from the one phone call I made to the support the rep was very friendly about answering my questions so kudos to Verizon on that as well even if the phone support is only available Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 8 PM central time.
There are some improvements I do feel the service could use such as perhaps letting you drop the phone off at a local Verizon store so they can at least mail it off or even if at all possible do the appraisal right there. Of course I would imagine perhaps Verizon is doing this whole mail in thing on purpose so they can test the device to see if its rooted or anything else that your typical store rep might not know how to detect. So I highly recommend for you to unroot your device if you do decide to trade it.
Also I do feel that at least the time it take between when you are told your device is approved and when the gift card is actually mailed out is a bit too long. In my case it was nearly a week before the status on the trade in site finally showed the gift card had been mailed out. That's something in all honesty I can't understand why it takes that long to do given how relatively quick the rest of the process is.
Overall its a good service for what it does but not without its flaws. I do say its worth looking into but keep in mind especially with older devices I do recommend checking other places to see how much more you can get compared to this.
Website: Trade-In.VZW.com

My gift card arrived today in the mail. Just to give heads up the gift card can only be used at in Verizon's words:
Verizon said:
You can use this gift card at Verizon Wireless owned and operated retail locations or for on-line purchases at www.verizonwireless.com. You can also pay your Verizon Wireless bill by visiting My Verizon at www.verizonwireless.com. Please note that this card cannot be used at Verizon Wireless authorized agent/retailer locations.
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In other words it can be used only at stand alone Verizon stores and their website. It however can't be used at retail stores such as Best Buy and Walmart along with sites such as Amazon.com.
Here's my official time line of the trade in process:
July 5th – Submitted HTC Thunderbolt for trade in. Apprasial comes up at $200.
July 9th – Envelope arrived to send Thunderbolt in.
July 11th – Thunderbolt mailed in.
July 15th – Verizon e-mails back saying Thunderbolt has been recieved and approved. Says "up to three weeks for gift card to arrive."
July 22nd – Status on Verizon site says gift card has been mailed out.
July 25th – Gift card arrived from Trenton, NJ.
I hope my review is of help to anyone here on XDA.

Have you gotten a certified preowned phone/tablet from it? I want the xoom because it's much cheaper but I don't know...

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Have you gotten a certified preowned phone/tablet from it? I want the xoom because it's much cheaper but I don't know...
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The trade in program is simply sending your smart phone in exchange for a gift card.

Not a great deal...
While this may sound like a good deal, in reality it's not that great. I have a perfect Droid Incredible (original) and vzw will give me $75 for it. Problem is, I know I can sell it all day long, on craigslist or ebay, for around $200!
For $75 I'll keep it as a backup should I ever need one...

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While this may sound like a good deal, in reality it's not that great. I have a perfect Droid Incredible (original) and vzw will give me $75 for it. Problem is, I know I can sell it all day long, on craigslist or ebay, for around $200!
For $75 I'll keep it as a backup should I ever need one...
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Yep for newer devices such as the Thunderbolt its a good option as you're pretty much set to get back most of what you spent for it. For older devices like the Incredible however you are better off with CL/eBay over Verizon... or just keeping it for backup purposes like I'm doing with my Droid 1.

looks good

Ugh WTH ATT/Moto?

So ATT can't fix the recalled phones in-store at a corporate location? UGH!
My ATT contract has been up for about 2 months now. I wanted the Note 4 but now that Chainfire has said it will mostlikely not be bootloader unlocked, I've lost interest. Decide to wait on the Nexus 6. Missed pre-ordering so I decided to just pick one up today at my local store. Went to get one and was told they couldn't sell me one.
I can't afford to buy one outright, need do to a 2-year or Next and I really wanted to stick with ATT.
Went to order one online to get one hopefully on the way but now they are out-of-stock online! UGH.
Really sucky part is that my S3 broke about 2 weeks ago, screen is cracked and the digitizer doesn't work right so I can barely use it. I can answer calls but not place them or really use the phone.
Sad panda! :*(

Sorry to hear that, but you can always try T-Mobile. You can still buy it from them and can pay in monthly intervals for 24 months
http://www.t-mobile.com/cell-phones/google-nexus-6.html#Midnight-Blue
$0 down. $27 for 24 months (32GB), $29 for 24 months (64GB)
Do note that you will have to wait before it gets shipped, or you can call your nearby T-Mobile stores to see if they have any in stock.

T-Mobile loves you.
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If this guy orders from T-Mobile, and gets his phone before I get mine (a 64GB ordered on 11/19, 8 AM CST), I'm going to lose my ^&*(.
EDIT: kdoggy, I wish you the best in your endeavors to get a hold of this phone...

I was in a similar situation a few months ago. My Galaxy S4 broke. I was still in the middle of my contract with AT&T and couldn't afford to replace my phone at full retail price. I was thinking about ditching AT&T anyway. I switched to T-Mobile. I I traded in my busted S4 towards a Nexus 5, got the unlimited plan and had all but a few bucks of my AT&T ETF paid off by T-Mobile and haven't looked back. Just got my Nexus 6 the other day.

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So ATT can't fix the recalled phones in-store at a corporate location? UGH!
Went to order one online to get one hopefully on the way but now they are out-of-stock online! UGH.(
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What I did today was go into the store and do a 'direct fulfillment' order and basically ordered the phone. No idea when it will ship, but that way you won't have to keep checking online and also they can make sure and set up your plan just the way you want it etc. Make all the necessary changes. I would recommend doing it this way. The rep almost sold me the unit they had, but saw the notice on her screen or something. Was that close!

I can't really switch from AT&T. We have 3 other phones on our account and my wife is not willing to switch from AT&T and she does not want a new phone. She is happy with keeping her S3 Vs. paying for a new phone. She was all set to grab an S5 for $1.00 this Black Friday until she found out that we have been charged a "$25.00" dollar up-charge for the phones the past two years. She is enjoying the $15.00 per line right now and doesn't even want ME to buy a new phone.
Her and the kids just bought new batteries for their S3's so they have no plans to change. I use my phone for work though (state government, in the technology services field) so I have an excuse and justification for an upgrade. Also the state gives me a $70.00 dollars a month reimbursement towards my phone bill and I get a 20% discount for being a state gov employee.

kdoggy said:
I can't really switch from AT&T. We have 3 other phones on our account and my wife is not willing to switch from AT&T and she does not want a new phone. She is happy with keeping her S3 Vs. paying for a new phone. She was all set to grab an S5 for $1.00 this Black Friday until she found out that we have been charged a "$25.00" dollar up-charge for the phones the past two years. She is enjoying the $15.00 per line right now and doesn't even want ME to buy a new phone.
Her and the kids just bought new batteries for their S3's so they have no plans to change. I use my phone for work though (state government, in the technology services field) so I have an excuse and justification for an upgrade. Also the state gives me a $70.00 dollars a month reimbursement towards my phone bill and I get a 20% discount for being a state gov employee.
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Your other alternative would be to buy it from Motorola on Wednesday and get 6/12/18 month financing or to just wait for AT&T.

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Your other alternative would be to buy it from Motorola on Wednesday and get 6/12/18 month financing or to just wait for AT&T.
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How does that work with Motorola? Now when you say Motorola, I assume you mean threw Google Play? How does the financing work?

I am also with AT&T, and a few months ago I was trying to pick up the Nexus 5 from T-Mobile. T-Mobile would not sell me the phone at all unless I purchased some form of service with them. Regardless of the fact the phone is unlocked; the reps stated their systems wouldn't allow a phone sale without accompanying service. So good luck buying from T-Mob.

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How does that work with Motorola? Now when you say Motorola, I assume you mean threw Google Play? How does the financing work?
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No not through Google Play. http://www.motorola.com/us/consumers/nexus-6-header/Nexus-6/nexus-6-motorola-us.html
When its in stock (Wednesdays) itll be available to buy. Its really tough from buying there and Google Play as it'll be out of stock and whatnot.
Financing is the same thing as you would on a carrier. You can pay out ~$649 + tax in 6/12/18 months (you pick) and you have to be approved.

Best buy sucks

Just received a email preorder delayed its gonna shipped in 30 days,call customer support and lady told me its gonna be available MAY 15,sprint gold

Yeah same message for a VZW model. Going to try and cancel
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I just picked up my AT&T G5 this afternoon, only issue I had was them not having the free promo items in stock. "Extra battery, cradle, cable" Mine is arriving in store Thursday the 7th; I did receive my free $100 gift card though. Not an unpleasant experience surprisingly.

Picked up my Titan Sprint G5 from Best Buy this morning, the cradle kit originally back ordered has shipped today.

Verizon model titan color picked up from best buy today as well. None of the promo cradle kits were shipped to them. Apparently it's going to be shipped to my house on the 4th-5th.

Same as few above, Vz Titan, picked up no issues. Promo cradle/battery and USB Micro/C converter shipping next week.

maybe its because you ordered that it arrived to you directly and they are waiting for the "preorder" bonus, maybe try changing the order to pick up at store. i too got my g5 today for att and the bonus didnt arrived yet but they will call me when it arrives i also aplied to the lg page bonus so that i could have 2 spare batteries.

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Picked up my Titan Sprint G5 from Best Buy this morning, the cradle kit originally back ordered has shipped today.
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which is the LG Item Code for the Cradle ?

I preordered my G5 in store at best buy and the cradle/batt didn't show up, their system wasn't even loaded for it other than it being an online item or something. They basically had to special order it in for me , then the manager had to override it to get it to me for free. Either way, no big deal, I can manage until next week without my Free extras. I'd imagine I'll only need the secondary batt on rare occasions.

they delayed mine so i went into the store and they said they had 3 on the shelf. Im like why did my instore pickup get delayed then. Oh well canceled preorder and reordered. Special ordered accessory bundle and off i went.

I didn't get a notice but I went to the store on Apr 1 and they had my phone, but no accessory bundle. I bet that's wht they're all delayed. I was able to pick mine up anyway and had the accessory bundle set up to ship to my house when available.

i went into a best buy on sat and they had 1 g5. not one person knew anything about the phone. all the staff kept saying how ugly and stupid the phone was and only bashed it. Funny they had nothing but bad things to say and not a single person had even used the phone... I have been doing much research and the intranet has much of the same. Nothing but negativity or pre-release reviews that don't give this phone any justice.
apparently no one ordered the bundle, so mine is coming in the mail as well...

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which is the LG Item Code for the Cradle ?
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LG - G5 3-Piece Accessory Bundle - Multi
Model: LG G5 ACCY Bundle
SKU: 5067600
Expected Delivery April 5, 2016

Can anyone confirm a $100 BB gift card when buying for Sprint? I'll be getting the Sprint one on installment plans and have seen conflicting info on whether the $100 gift card works for Sprint.

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Can anyone confirm a $100 BB gift card when buying for Sprint? I'll be getting the Sprint one on installment plans and have seen conflicting info on whether the $100 gift card works for Sprint.
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I don't see Best Buy gift card as an option:
-$100 payment with 2 year contract.
-$24/month installment payment assuming good credit.

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Just received a email preorder delayed its gonna shipped in 30 days,call customer support and lady told me its gonna be available MAY 15,sprint gold
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Received the phone today and i cant activated some crap about meid not in the system i have to take it to technicians in the store

http://forums.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?t=273927
Knew best buy pre order sucked long time ago. Sprint is getting worse and radio shack going out of business.... At the mercy of big company asses
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i think the $100 gift card is for at&t- the phone is $199 and you get a $100 gift card in the mail in a few weeks. Sprint phone is $99 at the register so no gift card.

I have at&t and purchased from best buy , it's a $100 best buy gift card that I got right away. Still havent found anything useful to buy as of yet from there.

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I don't see Best Buy gift card as an option:
-$100 payment with 2 year contract.
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It's here. I showed this to the rep and he agreed Sprint also receives $100 gift card. I was unable to upgrade for unrelated reasons, however, so I can't confirm that he would have eventually actually given me the gift card. But he was convinced.
However, I'm doing the $150 *cash* bonus on trading in old smartphone via Sprint directly instead. For some reason they're also taking off $15/month for switching to the installments, so once I trade in the old phone it'll be like they paid me $44 over the next two years to have upgraded.