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So I popped into my local sprint store today to check out the phone in person and I am wondering from some people that actualley have it. It was a half hour before closing and all the reps were busy so I didnt have a chance to talk to them. I am also wondering what kind of deal everybody got on this phone cause I know sometimes it depends on who u talk to with what they can do for you.
The floor model the buttons on the bottom felt really cheap and clicky, was this because its an abused floor model or is that just how it feels ?
I thought this phone auto flipped when you tilted it like the iPhone and that other verizon PPC ?
And what is up with the dpad ? are you able to just slide your finger over it ? Cause clicking it next to the other buttons felt weird and akward ?
Until I played with it in person ( a floor model though) I was really sold on getting this phone espicalley with all the cool 6.5 roms for it. The touchflo interface didnt feel very smooth either but that could be a number of things.
I guess I am just wonderng from some of the fans here who use the phone regulerly if these concerns I have are just some of the negatives of it or what ?
Obviously I would love a touch HD but that isnt an option at this time.
I am currently on boost mobile and ive gone from using a tytn back in the day to this w385 flip phone piece of garbage. But for 50 a month unlimited I cant complain much, but I called sprint and to my amazement with my credit I was approved for no deposit and 150 spending limit and I just want teh unlimted eveyrhting plan. Which I am also wondering if that includes tethering the phone ?
Hopeing some of your Touch Pro Sprint gurus can answer my questions so I can feel better and become one of the family and finally get posting again back on XDA I sincerly miss hanging out here but since my tytn died and I left atnt I havent been around much.
Thanks everybody!!
1. I got the phone from Best Buy on a price drop for $150 2-weeks after release.
2. I got $100 mail in rebate from Sprint (This is hit or miss from what I hear, but for .40 cent stamp try it).
Phone itself:
D-Pad is weird, yes.
Buttons and slide keyboard feel cheap, yes.
(Coming from a Mogul)
It's a cheap phone, for a cheap price, with some pretty descent insides.
Now at this point and time, personally...I would wait a couple months for TP2, which has reported on engadget coming to sprint 3rd Q, so I would guess 4th Q for real. Always late it seems.
And supposidly the Instinct 2 is literally an iPhone killer (potentially) according to reviews, but that is probably inappropriate statement without literally playing with it personally.
Contract speak.
Check this unless you have corporate deal (they seem to be better):
http://delivery.sprint.com/m/p/sprint/epc/epclanding.asp
E-Mail: [email protected]
CID: 383
$59.99 Everything 500
Not as good as the old SERO deal, but still descent compared to EVERYONE else out there...
Sprint will tell you, YOU can't teether. But you can get PDA Net or other's and do it, just keep you streeming bandwidth under there alloted contract amount and you shouldn't get dropped.
Most of the current ROMs and such the flipping of the phone (Accelerometer) works. There are plenty of applications in which you can define what can flip via gyro and what can't and utilities to set it up. In the Stock Sprint ROM, it's very finnicky as to when it will do it or not.
I've had my TP since December, it's good, I like it. Droped it a couple times, still runs like a champ, no dents or dings suprisingly tough for how cheap it feels. So I guess my fingures are decieving me...
But it's really up to you on if you want to hold off until TP2 Rhodium, or Diamond 2 Topaz, come to sprint later this year or not...
Hopefully this was enough info...!!!
L8R
Just buy it!!!
There will be no dramatic improvements in the mobile device industry to early to mid 2010. The latest on the touch pro 2 is that they are still under contract negotiations and there is no expected US release dates yet. The touch pro is a solid phone and buttons work great. Dpad takes a little getting used to. Interface is snappy and hardware keyboard is fast. Instinct 2 will be out of date before it is released. $250 after rebates at alltel.
Hey thanks for all the great info man I really appreciate it a lot!! Sprint has quoted me at 399 for a new signup and a 100$ mail in rebate. It just seems a bit pricey for the phone. Im jealous u got it for so cheap thats it much more reasonable for the this phone. I used to have a TyTn er whatever the second generation one was and then the company I worked at I had a Palm (those are just aweful) and now I have this w385 flip thru boost and I am having serious PPC withdrawls latly. I really would like to go ahead and get this phone but if something cooler is in the wings maybe I should wait I really dont know, I was even looking on ebay to see about picking this phone up and going with sprint and if I bring my own phone I shouldnt have to sign a contract and I could just bail on them if I wanted to. just for 99 unlimited everything I really am leaning towards sprint as I am paying 50 unlimited for everything with boost on my current phone.
I am checking out your referral link now, it shows the touch diamond as having the touchflo but I thought the touch pro did too ? Or maybe just with a Rom upgrade. it also has teh touch diamond for 50 bux cheaper guess that having a real keyboard counts. I would be all for the touch diamond if it had a bigger screen but having such a small screen with what seems like such a waste of space on the bottom of the phone that I need to have a hardware keyboard to make much sense of it all.
So with this referral the 500 minutes includes unlimited everything else ? thats not too bad of a deal I really will need unlimited minutes too eventualley but not quite yet so I could save some cash in the time being.
If I were to buy this phone on ebay and singup with sprint I wouldnt need a 2 year contract anymore would I ?
Oh wow the touch pro 2 looks AMAZING! I wish I could get a definite timeframe on this phone oh man I hadnt seen any pics of it and its all I need in a phone for a while how cool.
Coming from the Mogul as well, it was a major let down not having as many buttons on the side. That said, it's a whole lot faster, and worth the money. The buttons *are* clicky I guess.......suppose that's subjective.....but it never felt cheap to me. As for waiting for the TP2.... having used the TP1, I wouldn't wait I didn't get the cool deal that chAz15 got, but Ebay has them. I think I paid $379 for mine, and I didn't have to extend the contract. Just go to your Sprint acct web page and activate the new phone.
FYI, Sprint quoted me at $399 *with* a $100 rebate - meaning it was $400 after everything was said and done. Also, at the store they wanted to hit me $20 as a "conversion fee" or something. Did the one raised eyebrow thing, and put my money away. Jury is out on the TF3D. It screams "Aero" to me every time I use it: It looks really nice, but the phone is simply faster when it's off. I keep turning it off and on again, depending on how I'm feeling that day.
Coming back full circle - if you liked the Mogul, you'll love the TP....except for the buttons thing It's worth it to me to have gotten it.
Hope that was helpful.
Thanks for the info. I am actualley not a sprint user currently I am on boost mobile and am wondering if I signup for sprint and bring my own phone if I will have to still sign a 2 year contract ?
If you are going to get it, I say go to Best Buy and pick it up. They take off the $100 MIR already for you.
Nice info bro, I didnt know best buy sold sprint phones! So even if I bring my own phone "Jessica" on there chat told me I still have to sign a contract. last time I spoke to there live chat there name was Jessica too, and the person totally blew me off just now haha
wow the bestbuy website says 749 for the phone haha
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...h+pro&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1218014505438
I see the whole best buy mobile thing I never knew they started doing this, so paying 299 plus tax on the spot sounds good to me much better then 399 lol what about the SAVE50 code I prolly cant use that at bestbuy though but I get my 100 right there. Hmm decisions decisions, I am getting close to finalley do this deal!
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I see the whole best buy mobile thing I never knew they started doing this, so paying 299 plus tax on the spot sounds good to me much better then 399 lol what about the SAVE50 code I prolly cant use that at bestbuy though but I get my 100 right there. Hmm decisions decisions, I am getting close to finalley do this deal!
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Hey before you do - go out and look for a SERO Plan to purchase off someone. Got to PPCGeeks or SprintUsers.com. I purchased a $30/month 500 minute plan (I don't use it to talk all that much)+unlimited data and text messaging for $110 dollars. The guy called Sprint and conferenced me in and it was done in around 20 minutes. I used to be with Verizon paying 60/month with no data and no texts. What's great is I got my bill and there is also a $5 discount taken off every month - so it's more like $25/month I am paying. I added in TEP (Total Equipment Protection) and now I pay around 35/month. It'll have paid for itself in a few months! IT'S SO WORTH IT! PM me if you need any tips.
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Thanks for the info. I am actualley not a sprint user currently I am on boost mobile and am wondering if I signup for sprint and bring my own phone if I will have to still sign a 2 year contract ?
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To my knowledge you DO NOT have to sign a new contract. Boost is a part of Sprint/Nextel and the contract shouldnt need termination in order to switch to a different section [if you will].
I did something rather sneaky without noticing. I bought a bought a Mogul from ebay for $40..only thing wrong? (nothing) LOL! the seller somehow thought it was bricked because it got stuck on the loading screen. all i did was hard reset it again and it worked perfectly. I called Asurion to get it replaced because it was scratched up, I paid $50 for my deductible (now $100 after the 19th) and they sent me a BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED TP instead =0
Total= $90+ sooo worth it lol.
THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO ALSO.
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Hey before you do - go out and look for a SERO Plan to purchase off someone. Got to PPCGeeks or SprintUsers.com. I purchased a $30/month 500 minute plan (I don't use it to talk all that much)+unlimited data and text messaging for $110 dollars. The guy called Sprint and conferenced me in and it was done in around 20 minutes. I used to be with Verizon paying 60/month with no data and no texts. What's great is I got my bill and there is also a $5 discount taken off every month - so it's more like $25/month I am paying. I added in TEP (Total Equipment Protection) and now I pay around 35/month. It'll have paid for itself in a few months! IT'S SO WORTH IT! PM me if you need any tips.
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The SERO plan is officially DEAD. you cannot get the 30$ sero plan anymore the cheapest they have i think is 45 or 55 for their lowest tier sero plan. the plan was changed last year on july 13. i got my phone plan on the 11th
sorry to burst your bubble
i have every sprint htc device and by far the touch pro is the worst. imo it is a pos. the only reason i have one is because assurion didnt have any titans left and they sent me a touch pro. I hate this device for soo many reasons. The screen is lifting on one corner and if i wanted to i could peel the screen off easily with my fingernail. The stock roms and customs roms ive flashed all have bugs. Im really close to smashing this phone just for the enjoyment i would get from all the time ive spent trying to get it to work the way its supposed to.
If you havent bought this device yet, dont. wait for the touch pro 2, and hopefully HTC has stopped eating Big Macs and fixed their sh|t.
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The SERO plan is officially DEAD. you cannot get the 30$ sero plan anymore the cheapest they have i think is 45 or 55 for their lowest tier sero plan. the plan was changed last year on july 13. i got my phone plan on the 11th
sorry to burst your bubble
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While that's true the plan is dead, I stated that he could purchase the plan itself off someone else (i.e. not directly thru Sprint), who currently has a SERO plan that they'd like to transfer. So while you can no longer purchase these plans from Sprint - you can still find them out there...
The touch pro did seem a bit cheap feeling to me, I have had alot of HTC devices as well but I have no time frame on the touch pro 2 and I have this POS motorola flip phone and I cant stand it anymore I gotta get back to PPC land where I belong. Ugh what to do what to do...
So I was just on the HTC site and went to the HTC store to purchase this phone for sprint and have a 99 unlimited sprint plan. It is saying I will be paying 299 today and still have a 100 MIB ? Can anyone else check this out and let me know what they think if this is true I might just go ahead and do this today. 200 bux for this phone is pretty dam good. It mentions something about LetsTalk I dunno if that is some sort of third party that handles these transactions or what ?
I took a screenshot of the deal, I wonder if its legit, or am I just looking for excuses to buy this right now lol
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@twist,
I am not sure where you might be located, but let me tell you a couple of things regarding this phone and Sprint. I'll put it as highlights and will give you a nice site that has much more users than xda-devs for the cdma version of this.
*The battery life sucks. No matter what you do (data off, unlock and put a different rom, disable TF3D) it will eat battery like there is no tomorrow.
*Overheat. The phone will get crazy hot even after talking for only 5 minutes. Also, it gets hot while charging and syncing as well.
*The volume (speaker) stinks as well. You can barely hear the person on the other end. There is a fix for this (audiopara3), but even with this, it is still pretty bad.
*There is the chance that an oil spot looking rectangle will start developing in the middle of your screen, which will get bigger as you use your phone. I believe that this is due to the overheating, but it can render your touchscreen useless after a while.
*Half the time, you will get missed calls. I literally stood in one place monitoring the bars in my phone for a couple of minutes and I saw them ranging from 0 to 3 to all (I live in Miami and most providers have very decent networks around where I live). You will only realize that you missed the call because you will get new voicemails as the callers will be directed there. I have tried changing polling parameters so that this phone would poll the towers more often, but no dice.... I have read that this is Sprint's fault and not the phone since I have seen comments from people with various devices (Blackberries, regular phones, etc) reporting similar issues.
Long story short, the $99 (the one I have) is pretty good, but if you cannot communicate with the rest of the world is kinda pointless. I am telling you this because I bought one for my wife about 2 weeks ago and I am going to return it tomorrow (and break my contract with Sprint). Save yourself some time and don't do it.
Take a look at this site and you will see a lot of people complaining as well regarding similar things to what I just described.
Good luck and I hope I helped you some
I dont know what to do then bro, I need a new PPC I want to go with sprint cause of there unlimted plan, I am currently with boost paying 50 a month unlimited with this POS motorola w385 flip phone and I need my email and browsing and all that good stuff back.
Honestly, like I said... I am not sure where you live, but GSM providers are normally a little better (and for the most part cheaper) than CDMA. Sprint's everything plan is really cheap for what you get, but alternatively you could try going with one of the following:
*If you get MetroPCS where you live, they have a $50 all-inclusive plan (and yes, there are way of doing tethering with most of their phones too!). You can get a CDMA PDA phone (used or new without contract) and get the people at Metro to flash it into their networks for you. I have seen lots of people with the Touch Pro flashed on the network. I know that the internet can be a little sluggish but I heard that they are in the process of upgrading to something very fast. They have the Samsung Finesse if you don't want to go through the trouble of flashing a phone to their system. I know it doesn't have M$ OS but...
*AT&T offers the Fuze (GSM version of the Touch Pro). I actually have this one from my work and the worst thing that I can complain about is the battery life. All the other points in my previous post are not applicable to this one. The cons? The same (than the one from Sprint) plan costs $20 more.
*T-Mobile finally has 3G in many areas and you could try going with the Android, which has 3G capabilities. Most of their other phones suck (considering that they have heavy emphasis of the Sidekick). At this point, the only M$ OS capable phone that they carry is the T-Mobile Wing, which in essence is a Wizard painted blue. The Android (G1) is actually cheaper than the Wing too!!
*Don't even bother with Verizon... they are expensive as hell...
Hopefully, this will help you make a decision. Good Luck!
Hi everyone...
I thought I would post this here in the CDMA TP group as I am sure there is where most of your read.. I got a great deal on a US Cellular Touch Pro, but I need the sprint version... I did play withe the USC one, installed the NFSFAN's WM6.5.3 v1.04 TP ROM on it (which is awesome)... I have the box, some accessories, etc.... The phone is in mint to near mint condition (looks brand new).. Anyone have a simmialr condition Sprint TP they would want to trade?
Also, if someone is game, I have a Sprint TP as well (same rom), but cosmetically it is only like a 6 or 7.... I would be willing to trade BOTH phones for something newer, like a TP2... Pics are below..
Sprint one - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4380917438/
USC one - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4380916234/
Both w. Accessories - http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4380915016/
Feel free to ask any questions
I'm not an expert
Can't you load the sprint dcd file on the USC Touch Pro and call is good?
They are both CDMA. Right?
Yes, but Sprint will not activate non-sprint phones, no matter what rom and settings you have on it...
Have you thought of just swapping the keyboard and screen from the USC one onto the sprint one? That way you have the nicer screen and the sprint mainboard thus using it on Sprint without issues. Unless you are trying to get a TP2 this might be an option for you. If not then you might just look at selling both of them on ebay and then use the money towards a TP2.
This is just a thought though.
I did consider switching the mainboards.... But wouldn;t that be a lot of work? If not I would do that in an instant....
Then I would give the one in the more used condition to my son.... I gave him his first HTC for christmas to use as a skype phone... It was a mint condition HTC Titan (Mogul)... It works great for Skype.. But his brother has a fuze that he uses on GoPhone, I have a Fuze I use on Einstein Wireless, andmy spouce has the Sprint Touch Pro... so I could make both my spouce and son happy if I can jsut switch the board... I will do some searching later tonight about that...
I would do the sale of both phones indivigual and use hte money for hte TP2... but we use the one sprint TP as the everyday caller.. so we would need to switch at the same time or get some loaner phone... thansk for the idea though
I have a sprint one but the esn is bad. As of right now it's activated with MetroPCS.
well, I would need a good esn.. lol
got ya. wasn't sure of the purpose.
but i will say ebay is a nice place. i recently got $86 for a beat up crackberry curve. and tp's are running about $120 for okay/poor condition. so you might be able to squeeze out more. plus ebay has that whole list 5 for free. you still have to pay like 8% of whatever your bid wins but I find it a good deal.
Just looking for some first hand experience, or tips from a T-Mobile employee. I was just told by TMo that if this Vibrant fails me (being my 3rd one), I'll be able to get a completely different phone.
I have every intention of calling them in the next couple of days to kindly let them know that the GPS isn't working as intended, of course. I just did a road trip to the Dallas/Ft. Worth area and my GPS failed me over and over (yes, I've done all of the fixes known to man) while my Garmin Nuvi worked flawlessly, as usual.
So, anyone know what my options will be? Since I paid $199.99 to extend my contract for this POS, I feel that I should be offered any of their smartphones at that price, but really have no idea as to how this works.
Thanks in advance!
You can get alot
As long as you are clear in your point and sound like you know what you are talking about you should be fine.
I went through this right when the sensation came out.
I got one for free and got to keep my vibe by signing a 2 year with customer loyalty. They sent me tbe sensation and it had touchscreen isues so back it went and I went through 2 alltoghether.
It wasnt a bad phone but I missed my im on it again now.
samsung
If you really like not having a heavy phone (sensation was like a weight haha) or the phone with a million issues the g2x.
I'd stick it out just 2 more months tops and we will have the htc ruby/amaze 4g and the tmobile galaxy s2 "hercules" both are rumored to be on tmos 42 mps network which os way more than double our current max of 14.4
Thanks for the response! That's a good point... I'll wait until some better phones are released here soon and then call to get my replacement. No point in doing it now since the selection isn't all that great.
Yea its funny how there are so many levels of "top teir" devices that out can be hard to keep track of. I can say I'll be way happier with a lighter phone with a more visible screen outdoors anf that they won't know my warranties gone because I used the same oems software of who made the phone. I think brand presence aside that the 42mps is worth the wait. i live in the mpls area and tmobile is very sttong here for signal so im excited for that chip.
In the meantime time try using the custom rom toxic crazy 8 with the clean and shiny theme. I put it on a guy I work withs vibrant and now he is wayyy happier with his phone that ever before. He even stopped talking about needing a new phone all the time hah
Anyone hear of any good deals on the HTC Titan releasing on AT&T this Sunday? I know it'll be $200 straight from AT&T on a new/upgrade line. Anyone hear anything else from other retailers?
Or even, what is the unactivated price of the phone? Haven't seen AT&T speak a word about it being bought outright.
no **** if they can register online for a new windows phone for $0.01 and i am thinking that Titan would be the same.
Or will be and Bogo (Buy one get one) like other rumor before.
So sad that i am not american, or having SSN to register online.
Would love to trade in my UK Titan for AT&T Titan since i need U.S Agent on the phone, not UK.
Finally listed on the AT&T site: http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-ph...+TITAN+(TM)&q_sku=sku5400337#fbid=VqHNNV47IAn
$199.99 on a 2 year commitment
$549.99 without a commitment
Oh yeah. Are you gonna get it my friend? I need some review of At&t version just in case some **** change inside the phone compare to the UK vesion
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Oh yeah. Are you gonna get it my friend? I need some review of At&t version just in case some **** change inside the phone compare to the UK vesion
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Course I'm gonna get it. I just want to find a place with the best price today. XD
Went to my local AT&T store today and they did not get any Titans in yet.
What a disappointment!
Same here. I've called every store in a 75 mile radius, and none of them have it in stock. My local store says they don't even have an estimate of when they will get any.
So frustrating for ATT to post that it will arrive on the 20th, but then they don't have ANY available to get your hands on.
I even went online to upgrade my line on the ATT site, but when I click that I want to upgrade, it gives me the iPhone ONLY! No options for any other phone. Hmmm Starting to sound like Bill upset ATT at some point...
I just called 611 and asked them where I could get it. She put me on hold and called all the same stores I did and got back on the line and let me know she was unable to find any either.
Also, my local ATT Rep that I deal with told me that ATT took his Company Owned WP7 from him and replaced it with an LTE Android phone. He said he asked to keep his WP7, but they will not allow him to because they are pushing their LTE network. He's pretty frustrated...
I'll cross-post this from my original WPCentral post.
I had to try two stores but the 2nd one actually had the Titan on display, in the place of the Focus. It was next to the Focus S, which was convenient.
Impressions:
Love it. I want one, definitely. Build quality is fantastic, feels great on the hand, not too large at all.
I compared the screen to the Focus S and I prefer the Titan. The white point is better and it doesn't turn blue when you view at an angle. The contrast is also very good, though obviously the blacks on AMOLED are nill, and LCD can't compete with that. But blacks are not the only screen characteristic, and combining them all, I prefer the Titan's. On full brightness, I think both were equivalent.
I prefer the Titan's button layout. Not going to do many accidental button presses when handling, unlike the Focus S.
The one thing I prefer about the Focus S is the oleophobic screen coating. I tend to have moist hands, and my finger glides with less effort on the Focus S, whereas on the Titan it's more like sliding down a regular piece of glass. I will get used to it, but I thought I'd mention it.
Oh, the Focus S was plugged in and it DEFINITELY has a typing lag. The Titan was not plugged in, and everything was fluid and snappy, including typing.
I had a conversation about the $0.01 sale and they caught onto some language on the AT&T site that says:
Exclusively at att.com - starting Friday, November 25 through Monday, November 28, customers can enjoy select Windows 7, BlackBerry and Android devices starting at only a penny.
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But below, under Saturday, it clearly says "All WP7 devices."
They sent an e-mail to a manager to see if they could do anything about that deal for me, as well as waive activation on the two lines. If not, I'll just wait until Saturday and order online without the hassles and arguing.
On a side note, they also said the employee discount does NOT apply to the $30 messaging unlimited service item, only to the base plan and data package. This is a bummer, if true. I'll try arguing with Premier over the phone after I get all set up, either this week or next Saturday.
Hell, I can't even find a store that 1. Knows what phone I'm talking about. And then 2, has the Titan in. I went to two separate stores and the first girl didn't know what phone I was talking about and said, I don't think we have a phone called that. You may be referring to the "Vivid"? Another associate walked by and she asked her. She said she saw the display in the back, but the phone hadn't come in. Try back tomorrow around noon. Second store, the lady at first didn't know about the Titan, then after I jogged her memory, she said oh yeah, we have the display out, but no phones. She proceeded to ask her manager about it and he said, they pushed their ship date back and it may be a few days. WTF!
I tried almost 10 different stores in the Kansas City Missouri/Kansas area and all of them either did not have any, didn't get it in yet, or sold what little they had. One store had a demo, another store said they sold 2 this morning but that was all they had.
Most of the stores told me that they were expecting them tomorrow. So I guess I'm making another trip out tomorrow...
So, what happened? The iPhone was EVERYWHERE! Ready to sell at midnight +1 second. Why is this phone so hard to get ahold of? Did HTC Fail on shipment? Did ATT Fail on ordering? What the heck? And WHY did ATT announce it's Nov 20th availability, when they knew they would not have it?
Hey, I'm a big boy, so I'll survive, but it is a bit silly...
It's frustrating that iPhone is treated like a princess, even though many people really don't prefer it. My thought is that Apple is kicking back a LOT of money to ATT to make it so.
If you have a Microsoft retail store in your area, most likely they are in stock.
oh yeah? so look like all americans can buy titan pretty cheap.
i might look for somebody here to trade in the UK version for US version if there aren't any downgrade in the hardware. Ha!
Maybe, because i just can't stand the British accent.
Hit me up when you have them, i want to hear the review from you guys.
AT&T Titan
Just picked up my Titan from the AT&T store yesterday after church. The guy said it was the last one. I asked how many did you get? He said only one. I'm like WHAT! What's up with that man?! So he says they don't get many of the new phones when they're first released. So I asked how about the new android phone. They got 6 of those in. So I said dude, why is AT&T hatin on WP7. LoL
Anyway, it was only $99 in the store yesterday. $199 if you purchased online. Don't know if the price is the same today or not but that was my experience.
So far so good. I logged in to my windows live account online, went to market place and reinstalled all of my app's that I previously had on my HTC Surround. The apps were practically installing as fast as I could go through my list and choose them. When I clicked on the last one to install and checked my phone out it was already done. I had my phone connected to my wifi at the time. The flash is super bright, and the battery life has been good. Had full battery still when I woke up this morning. Didn't leave it charging. Then I took the Navigon GPS software for a test run on the way to work this morning. Battery is holding pretty well after a 30 minute drive using GPS. Looks like it may have dropped maybe 10%. I'll report again this evening after a full days use.
I'm planning on ordering this online Friday for a penny.. I was going to wait for the 3rd gen phones but for a penny I cannot resist!!!
idle_mind said:
Just picked up my Titan from the AT&T store yesterday after church. The guy said it was the last one. I asked how many did you get? He said only one. I'm like WHAT! What's up with that man?! So he says they don't get many of the new phones when they're first released. So I asked how about the new android phone. They got 6 of those in. So I said dude, why is AT&T hatin on WP7. LoL
Anyway, it was only $99 in the store yesterday. $199 if you purchased online. Don't know if the price is the same today or not but that was my experience.
So far so good. I logged in to my windows live account online, went to market place and reinstalled all of my app's that I previously had on my HTC Surround. The apps were practically installing as fast as I could go through my list and choose them. When I clicked on the last one to install and checked my phone out it was already done. I had my phone connected to my wifi at the time. The flash is super bright, and the battery life has been good. Had full battery still when I woke up this morning. Didn't leave it charging. Then I took the Navigon GPS software for a test run on the way to work this morning. Battery is holding pretty well after a 30 minute drive using GPS. Looks like it may have dropped maybe 10%. I'll report again this evening after a full days use.
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$99 in store? What!? Is that special pricing or something or did it actually say that on the price tag in the store?
I totally didn't look at the price tag of the demo phone, I was too busy looking at the phone. I should double check today!
I also picked one up, but not for $99 ($199). I'd like to know if they messed that up too, or if you just got lucky.
My daughter invited us to dinner last night about 50 miles away from my house, so I made calls to stores close to her. The closest one was 25 miles past her house and they only had 1 left out of 4. The held it for me, and now I am the proud owner of a new Titan. So far, I really love it. I have not had a chance to play much, but I'm sure I'll be posting more as I get into it more.
I'm REALLY glad to hear about the battery being pretty good a couple posts up. My Focus was dying pretty quickly, so I hope this helps.
Congrats to all the other new owners!
PS: I did get a chance to try Tango Video Chat with my Wife's iPhone 4s, and I have to say, the video quality in & out is 200% better on the Titan than it was on my Focus.
i think i will go to Radioshack or AT&T store today and check if they have them because i see none last night at bestbuy.
Well, welcome aboard the Titan Owner Club guys, prjkthack just need to buy it,my friend. haha.
can you guys check if the AT&T version do the turn-by-turn navigation with bing map?
Strike_Eagle said:
i think i will go to Radioshack or AT&T store today and check if they have them because i see none last night at bestbuy.
Well, welcome aboard the Titan Owner Club guys, prjkthack just need to buy it,my friend. haha.
can you guys check if the AT&T version do the turn-by-turn navigation with bing map?
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I'm sure as long as its in the US with a US Live ID, that turn-by-turn will work with Bing. I don't think its a phone/hardware thing, more of a location of the phone/regional setting/Live ID thing.
Also, Radio Shack doesn't have any in-store. They do online. They generally don't carry a lot of Windows Phone devices (almost none to be exact).
Update: Gave in and just ordered it directly online from at&t. Which I guess I won't have to deal with store employees but at the same time, just means I gotta wait another day or two. Hopefully it ships out today.
Strike_Eagle said:
can you guys check if the AT&T version do the turn-by-turn navigation with bing map?
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It works just like it did on my Focus. Tap to hear the next item... ATT/California, US
My current daily use phone is a rooted Sensation, and my secondary device "was" a G2. I say it "was" because I just gave it to my wife to get her off Blackberry and into the 21st century. Unfortunately that only leaves me with one Android device to mess with, and now I need another backup. I am actually only planning on using the backup phone to test out with my PBX, so it doesnt really matter what network it runs on. I suppose if push came to shove I would want one that could operate on Tmobile USA in case of a pinch, but its really just for internal testing. My only requirement is that the phone runs Gingerbread as that was the first version with a built in SIP client. I see MetroPCS has a Gingerbread device for $79 that I could play with, but I would really like to get something in the $40 to $50 range. Checking on Craigslist all the phones in that price range are either broken or 4 years old. Any suggestions?
I've seen the Samsung Gio go for around 75 bucks prepaid. My friend bought it and it has a smallish screen but fairly good use.
Dataslycer said:
I've seen the Samsung Gio go for around 75 bucks prepaid. My friend bought it and it has a smallish screen but fairly good use.
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I will look into that one, thanks. Any other thoughts?