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Hello everyone I recently upgraded to the Evo 3d and I was on the half upgrade and they allowed me to upgrade paying the $200 price. Now that I tried to upgrade my girlfriend's line doing the same thing they would not allow it to happen. Her upgrade is on September 1st but they told us that they could prorate it and upgrade before September first but we tried and they told us that we had to pay $475 . I do not understand why do we get different prices, the retail on my line and full retail price on hers? Hope you can help and thanks in advance!!
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Hey, guys. Here's a thread that's not about ICS.
So I've been thinking about getting the new EVO because honestly, I'm done with this phone. It's getting old, beaten, and less responsive. I do not want to return this for a refurbished, due to the fact I unlocked my phone using revolutionary and would not like to deal with the new hboot method.
I'm also getting very slow data speeds, even on Wimax, and coverage for me is spotty at best. The airave is a little help, except for the fact, that from time to time it would send the same text message 17 times.
I don't really use much internet, so i wouldn't mind giving up my unlimited for a 2GB data plan on ATT. I messed with the Note and it is AMAZING especially LTE. Point is, does anyone know if I could recieve an upgrade from Sprint early? That way, I would stay with sprint, get the new Evo, and see if Sprints coverage and LTE is actually worth staying for another two years. I've been a Sprint Premiere gold customer since I joined when the original EVO was out, but now that they have gotten rid of it, I don't see the need to pay 100 a month for service that is mediocre at best. I'm willing to pay the ETF to leave for something better.
I know this should be in Q&A but the Evo 3D forums on XDA have been such a mess, I doubt it matters. Thanks for reading guys.
Let the Evo 3D flamers begin!
JoshuaAlba said:
Hey, guys. Here's a thread that's not about ICS.
So I've been thinking about getting the new EVO because honestly, I'm done with this phone. It's getting old, beaten, and less responsive. I do not want to return this for a refurbished, due to the fact I unlocked my phone using revolutionary and would not like to deal with the new hboot method.
I'm also getting very slow data speeds, even on Wimax, and coverage for me is spotty at best. The airave is a little help, except for the fact, that from time to time it would send the same text message 17 times.
I don't really use much internet, so i wouldn't mind giving up my unlimited for a 2GB data plan on ATT. I messed with the Note and it is AMAZING especially LTE. Point is, does anyone know if I could recieve an upgrade from Sprint early? That way, I would stay with sprint, get the new Evo, and see if Sprints coverage and LTE is actually worth staying for another two years. I've been a Sprint Premiere gold customer since I joined when the original EVO was out, but now that they have gotten rid of it, I don't see the need to pay 100 a month for service that is mediocre at best. I'm willing to pay the ETF to leave for something better.
I know this should be in Q&A but the Evo 3D forums on XDA have been such a mess, I doubt it matters. Thanks for reading guys.
Let the Evo 3D flamers begin!
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The only thing I could think of is to wait until the new Evo comes out and ours is past end of life and warranty it a few times. Might have to start before the new one comes out so you can get a 90 day warranty on the refurb before yours original warranty is up. I actually thought about this myself.
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If you think the Note is amazing, wouldn't it be better to get that?
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If you think the Note is amazing, wouldn't it be better to get that?
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It's an awesome phone, but as far as flashing ROMs and kernals, Samsung phones are a headache to me.
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It's an awesome phone, but as far as flashing ROMs and kernals, Samsung phones are a headache to me.
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I thought you can flash roms and kernels through recovery with the note?
Calling Sprint and asking a few times and getting different reps "can" do the trick at times for ya...just be upfront and tell them your thinking of leaving and just want an upgrade earlier...some reps will do it, some wont.
play the roulette game and see what sticks.
Actually if u have 1 year left with your 2 year contract on your line then u can trade in your EVO for 100 dollars to cancel your contract with that and then renew with 2 years and get the new phone like that,my friend works at sprint and he told me to do that when the new EVO comes out..you basically trade in your phone for 100 to cancel out your contract and just renew and get the new EVO cheaper u get me hope it helps
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DarkManX4lf said:
I thought you can flash roms and kernels through recovery with the note?
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Yeah but you also have to flash a radio for certain roms if you don't have that radio. For example E706 E501, etc.
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Maybe in other samsung's. And I say maybe. But modem and tom buil version are ok to mix and match on the epic touch galaxy s2
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JoshuaAlba said:
It's an awesome phone, but as far as flashing ROMs and kernals, Samsung phones are a headache to me.
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Eh? I have had both the Galaxy S and S2 and both were an absolute doddle to install roms on or root, pretty much child's play. Simply open Odin when connected to download mode via USB and pick the file to flash, unless the Note is drastically different?
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Last year Sprint gave many of us EVO 4G users an early update.
Not sure if that will be the same this year.
lbxmobbin_1 said:
Actually if u have 1 year left with your 2 year contract on your line then u can trade in your EVO for 100 dollars to cancel your contract with that and then renew with 2 years and get the new phone like that,my friend works at sprint and he told me to do that when the new EVO comes out..you basically trade in your phone for 100 to cancel out your contract and just renew and get the new EVO cheaper u get me hope it helps
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And why would they do this? Phone costs over 500 without contract. It cost $200 with contract when it came out. They won't let you cancel unless its a service issue which they can't resolve.
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Actually if u have 1 year left with your 2 year contract on your line then u can trade in your EVO for 100 dollars to cancel your contract with that and then renew with 2 years and get the new phone like that,my friend works at sprint and he told me to do that when the new EVO comes out..you basically trade in your phone for 100 to cancel out your contract and just renew and get the new EVO cheaper u get me hope it helps
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So you are saying you have to give up your phone and pay $100.00 EFT to get out of your contract 1 year early?
The ETF at 12 months is $240.00. So you are saying that Sprint is giving you a $140.00 credit for your Evo 3d?
Edit: Found that Sprint is giving $99.00 for the Evo 3D buyback program (hell, they are still giving $90.00 for the Evo 4G). So you are about $40.00 off the price here.
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And why would they do this? Phone costs over 500 without contract. It cost $200 with contract when it came out. They won't let you cancel unless its a service issue which they can't resolve.
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My friend did the same thing when the 3d came out he was coming from the OG evo. He gave sprint his OG with the buyback program crediting him $100 bucks. Then he renewed his contract for another 2 years picking up the 3d for $100 bucks total with the $100 credit from his OG turn in. Now Im not sure if it was just that time it could be done because Sprint wasnt as popular at that time then it is now since picking up the iphone and the only carrier to have unlimited data. I hope that type of offer remains because I too want to get the new Evo LTE. I started up with Sprint when the 3D came out which was june 24 of last year so when the Evo LTE releases it should be my 1 year mark. Im keeping my fingers crossed.
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So you are saying you have to give up your phone and pay $100.00 EFT to get out of your contract 1 year early?
The ETF at 12 months is $240.00. So you are saying that Sprint is giving you a $140.00 credit for your Evo 3d?
Edit: Found that Sprint is giving $99.00 for the Evo 3D buyback program (hell, they are still giving $90.00 for the Evo 4G). So you are about $40.00 off the price here.
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I'm saying if u have 1 year left in your contract they will only charge u 100 to cancel your contract so basically u are trading in your EVO 3D to cancel out your contract and just renew with 2 years with the same number and u get the EVO LTE..that's what I'm gonna do when the EVO LTE comes out my friend works at sprint and he's the one who told me to do that as I have done it before
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Or you could get the HTC vivid on AT&T
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Just to add, last year I traded in The OG Evo 4G, for $150 and extended my contract another two years to get the Evo 3D for $200, leaving me to only pay $50 for the 3D.
I'm hoping that I can do the same thing this year.
I texted upgrade, to 1311 and got this:
As of 4/1/12, you are eligible to save up to $150 off SRP plus any promotional discounts w/ 2-yr Agreement
Which is a good sign that I can upgrade come LTE time.
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I texted upgrade, to 1311 and got this:
As of 4/1/12, you are eligible to save up to $150 off SRP plus any promotional discounts w/ 2-yr Agreement
Which is a good sign that I can upgrade come LTE time.
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So if the evo lte srp is 500-600, you get only 150 off of that? Or 150 off the 200 subsidized price?
Well it does say off of SRP, but I hope I can get it for the sub price.
I chatted with a rep about getting an early upgrade and heres what he said:
Francis S.: Yes, I have check that the early upgrade promotion is running from 3/18/12 - 5/20/12 on stores.
Francis S.: For that you need to visit your nearest Sprint store as this offer is only offered on Sprint stores.
Anyone have any clue about this?
How far in do u have to be to get the early promotion
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Even if its true it sucks that its in store only. I buy my phones from bestbuy to get the discount upfront
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Even though Sprint ended early upgrades for premiere customers, you still get one last one. Just an FYI. A lot of people probably got the Evo 3D on launch day, so come June people in the premier program should be good to go.
Not sure what program the Sprint representative was talking about here, but is there really any phones dropping before 5-20 that you would want to upgrade to?
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flonker said:
Even though Sprint ended early upgrades for premiere customers, you still get one last one. Just an FYI. A lot of people probably got the Evo 3D on launch day, so come June people in the premier program should be good to go.
Not sure what program the Sprint representative was talking about here, but is there really any phones dropping before 5-20 that you would want to upgrade to?
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Not any good ones other than the EVL 4G LTE
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Not any good ones other than the EVL 4G LTE
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Oh yeah, that's the 18th, right? So used to Evo's dropping in June.
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Sprint also has early upgrade Buyout options for some customers, not sure what the formula is for who qualifies but several people have an option to upgrade early (with a fee of course).
Good. I can't wait to drop the evo 3d. The 3D gimmick hindered so much development
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cyrusrocks said:
Sprint also has early upgrade Buyout options for some customers, not sure what the formula is for who qualifies but several people have an option to upgrade early (with a fee of course).
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/09/sprint-launches-early-upgrade-promo/
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/09/sprint-launches-early-upgrade-promo/
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That article is 3 more than old and already expired.
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flonker said:
Even though Sprint ended early upgrades for premiere customers, you still get one last one. Just an FYI. A lot of people probably got the Evo 3D on launch day, so come June people in the premier program should be good to go.
Not sure what program the Sprint representative was talking about here, but is there really any phones dropping before 5-20 that you would want to upgrade to?
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Anyone who was on the premiere program has had an upgrade since Jan 1st 2012
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Anyone who was on the premiere program has had an upgrade since Jan 1st 2012
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Not if you used it on the 3D on launch day.
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Not if you used it on the 3D on launch day.
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If you are a premiere customer you get an upgrade every year, or at least used to. Sprint ended early upgrades. However, every premier customer gets one last one before the end of the year.
I used my early upgrade on the 3D and am eligible for an upgrade June 6th.
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flonker said:
If you are a premiere customer you get an upgrade every year, or at least used to. Sprint ended early upgrades. However, every premier customer gets one last one before the end of the year.
I used my early upgrade on the 3D and am eligible for an upgrade June 6th.
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That's interesting. I used mine on the 3D and that was my "last" premiere update.
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Account Services is saying the "early upgrade promotion" is indeed the Buy-Up Program.
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That's interesting. I used mine on the 3D and that was my "last" premiere update.
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Did you get it on launch day? Or after they ended the rewards program?
I got mine on launch day. Was an early upgrade from the original evo, which I believe was an early upgrade from the pre.
Anyways, according to Sprints website, I'm good to go for an upgrade June 6th. The upgrade must be used before the end of the calender year.
Idk, check your upgrade status on sprints site. Maybe I'm just awesome.
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flonker said:
Did you get it on launch day? Or after they ended the rewards program?
I got mine on launch day. Was an early upgrade from the original evo, which I believe was an early upgrade from the pre.
Anyways, according to Sprints website, I'm good to go for an upgrade June 6th. The upgrade must be used before the end of the calender year.
Idk, check your upgrade status on sprints site. Maybe I'm just awesome.
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They ended the premiere program right before the launch of the 3D. I called in and they said I still have mine for that year, so I used it on the 3D on launch day.
Sprint will let you buy out your ETF and allow to buy the phone subsidized. Obviously you have to do the math.
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Mikee4fun said:
Sprint will let you buy out your ETF and allow to buy the phone subsidized. Obviously you have to do the math.
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For those of us who bought the 3D on launch day, the Buy Up Program is cheaper than paying an ETF.
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That article is 3 more than old and already expired.
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exSD said:
That's interesting. I used mine on the 3D and that was my "last" premiere update.
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Account Services is saying the "early upgrade promotion" is indeed the Buy-Up Program.
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For those of us who bought the 3D on launch day, the Buy Up Program is cheaper than paying an ETF.
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I think the article I posted is pretty much what they still have in effect for the buy-up program. I just think they extended it.
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Did you get it on launch day? Or after they ended the rewards program?
I got mine on launch day. Was an early upgrade from the original evo, which I believe was an early upgrade from the pre.
Anyways, according to Sprints website, I'm good to go for an upgrade June 6th. The upgrade must be used before the end of the calender year.
Idk, check your upgrade status on sprints site. Maybe I'm just awesome.
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I'm the same way, except I didn't qualify for my upgrade until July 3rd. I believe I have until the middle of December this year to use my final annual upgrade. Still trying to decide what that next device will be & after I got ICS on this bad boy I'm not too sure I'm in much of a hurry - I may have to wait to see what's on the horizon behind the EVO LTE & the GSIII.
So my mom has just finished her 2 year contract and she doesn't want a new phone as they are to advance according to her. My contract will be over in a year. Can she buy the evo lte only costing 200 so that I activate it on my phone number? And if so will I only have to pay activation fee?
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Just ask sprint man.
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yes then activate under your line
Thanks for replying, I will call sprint to confirm.
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I've done this a few times, I activate on line that is due for upgrade, then I do an online esn swap of new phone to other lines on my account never once had a problem
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Yes u don't have to activate it at all as a matter of fact. U can take it for 200 dollars and sell it for 400 without changing any phones. All they care about is u signing for another two years on that line. They don't care what phone its for. I upgraded to the evo 4g with my wife's line which was the reason I was able to get the 3d on launch day on my line 6 months later.
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You can do that but if she's not paying the $10 monthly premium data fee then she'll have to start paying it even if she doesn't keep the phone.
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You can do that but if she's not paying the $10 monthly premium data fee then she'll have to start paying it even if she doesn't keep the phone.
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I'll have to disagree that you are only charged the smart phone data fee if you have a smart phone, so if you didn't have one prior they wont start charging just cause you got the phone but didn't port it into your line.
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I'll have to disagree that you are only charged the smart phone data fee if you have a smart phone, so if you didn't have one prior they wont start charging just cause you got the phone but didn't port it into your line.
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good to know, and thank you all for replying. My dad pre-ordered the phone from Bestbuy yesterday, hopefully after this ITC crap is over i will have my phone.
My sister wants to get this phone and she is still on the EVO 4G.
I told her she could just buy out her contract if she wants the full discount. It's only $50.00 (she's a few months out).
The Corporate Sprint store said she had to hand in her old EVO 4G to do the Buyout. She wants to keep it and sell it (she already got offered like $130.00 for it).
She called Sprint and she said she had to go to a Store to do it.
I thought you could just call up sprint, payoff contract and then buy and Sprint phone after full discount from any authorized dealer with a 2 year renewel.
And sell your old phone any old time you want.
I bought out of my contract no problem...they never asked for me to return anything back....besides that she paid for her of EVO with her money I would call again and speak to a diffrent service rep....
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I called sprint retention and bought out my contract over the phone. Kept my phone too (sold it back to best buy for like $200)
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You were most likely given bad information. Call again.
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No point in calling again. That info is correct. Sprint modified the program. It is no longer being performed thru customer care. It is now being done in the stores and a buyback of the old device IS required. You were told correctly. Customer care can't offer this anymore. It must be done in the stores. This was done to reduce issues from the previous program.
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Unless that changed in the last couple of months, its nonsense. Or unless my situation was different. I had three lines on my account and terminated two of them for $50 each over the phone and didn't have to give them a thing.
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Couldn't a person just buy some piece of junk on craigs list, activate it on the line and give them that? (moment old blackberry etc) My kid has an epic touch with a crack in the screen that only can be seen with the screen off and they want to give him 40 bucks for it, i don't think so.
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No point in calling again. That info is correct. Sprint modified the program. It is no longer being performed thru customer care. It is now being done in the stores and a buyback of the old device IS required. You were told correctly. Customer care can't offer this anymore. It must be done in the stores. This was done to reduce issues from the previous program.
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^this is fact...and yes, it is new as of June I believe
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Unless that changed in the last couple of months, its nonsense. Or unless my situation was different. I had three lines on my account and terminated two of them for $50 each over the phone and didn't have to give them a thing.
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Completely different. This discussion is about essentially buying an early upgrade, not terminating lines
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I called customer care last week and bought out contract for 100 and got a new phone the next day, they never said anything about wanting the old phone, they even fixed it for me so I could get all the contacts off of it
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You were most likely given bad information. Call again.
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You may need to do a little checking yourself. Both my parents and sister did this. 2 paid $50 and my mother payed $100.
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A couple of internal docs regarding the new buy-out program were posted on Inside Sprint Now, which of course doesn't exist any more. Yes, starting in the second half of June early buy-outs are only supposed to be done through corp stores and yes, you have to turn in the phone that Sprint gave you in the previous upgrade cycle. The fee depends on the age of the current phone. It is a new program though, so you might still be able to do it the old way by calling customer service and without trading in your current phone, just depends on CSR's knowledge and luck.
Wow, just another reason to leave Sprint I guess. I think that's pretty dumb, as you essentially loose the money you paid for the device. Unless the money you paid to get the device is somehow subtracted from the price you pay to buy out the contract.
yeah this is bs, why would i pay off the rest of the fone just to turn in the fone and buy a new contract.... if sprint keeps this, they are gonna use alot of business....
You people are ridiculous....
How about you wait until your contract is up then? Then you can upgrade and keep your phone. If u want to upgrade early this is how you have to do it. Otherwise don't do it. Simple. Yet another reason to leave sprint? Lol. That sounds silly. Please explain to me how other providers run their buyout programs.
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.. if sprint keeps this, they are gonna use alot of business....
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Highly doubt THIS will be the reason Sprint loses business......
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Guys you get PAID for the phone you turn in
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She had an old flipphone she activated and handed that over.
They do buy back the old phone so it's not a bad deal.
I never let a "contract" sway when I do anything.
I think it's ridiculous when folks say I can't do X because they are under contract.
ok so i guess we're pretending that they didn't just take away the premire upgrades. you should be able to buy out the rest of your contract and not have to turn in the phone too, thats not a good deal, say you pay 165 to end your contract and then have to turn in a 500+ plus phone just do get a new one, might as well just pay the etf and keep the phone, u could actually make more money to get a new phone this way.
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ok so i guess we're pretending that they didn't just take away the premire upgrades. you should be able to buy out the rest of your contract and not have to turn in the phone too, thats not a good deal, say you pay 165 to end your contract and then have to turn in a 500+ plus phone just do get a new one, might as well just pay the etf and keep the phone, u could actually make more money to get a new phone this way.
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Just depends on the phone you have.
This is one specific program.. there are others
The push with buyback of the current phone in this specific program is the increased need for phone recycling, which sprint currently leads in.
The crying over contract changes that happened 6 months ago or more is just silly. Premium customers received one last upgrade to be used by end of year.
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