I am on Pageplus and I have A Droid Incredible, I bought it because I was told I could replace my Zune for a music player in my car with it.
I come to find out that the sound isnt as good as the Zune it would be replacing. Now from reading here I start looking at the Fascinate because I read it has a very good Wolfson Codec and I can buy them all day for $100 on ebay.
In YOUR opinion is this the best around $100 smartphone that will be excellent for use as a Music player AND work on PagePlus?
Thanks
Since I never spent a dime on my fascinate, it would be hard for me to spend 100.00 on another. Is it worth the money, probably.
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Despite the amazing work by the equally amazing Devs on this site, the single most disappointing aspect of my Vibrant is it's debatable GPS ability. I use my GPS a lot, for navigation and many other apps. I hate having two devices ti lug around with me when really one should suffice.
From inception it's always been a poor performer and finally I'm accepting that it's just a pig with lipstick....
Can anyone recommend an alternative android phone that has stellar GPS abilities?
I'd prefer to stick with either T-Mobile or Sprint since I was a long time customer before I switched to T-Mobile
Thanks.
I assume you have done everything you could.... even got an exchange if you are at this point....
My Nexus One gives great navigation... you could get one cheap on swappa and keep your T-Mobile plan (esp if you sell you vibrant on swappa)
Example/Link: Here is my G1 on swappa for sale
http://goo.gl/2JRrA
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I assume you have done everything you could.... even got an exchange if you are at this point....
My Nexus One gives great navigation... you could get one cheap on swappa and keep your T-Mobile plan (esp if you sell you vibrant on swappa)
Example/Link: Here is my G1 on swappa for sale
http://goo.gl/2JRrA
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Thanks! Will give that a try!
I just bought the HTC Sensation. My mother has the HTC myTouch 3g Slide and I had the Samsung Vibrant. My mom would like to buy a myTouch 4g but isn't eligible for an upgrade. We are thinking of selling my Vibrant and her 3g slide and purchasing a new phone outright with no contract. Is this possible? and what is the best way to sell? and how much can we get. both phones are in great shape!
Thanks in advance everyone.
You could always trade them in, Target has a decent program http://target.nextworth.com/
So far one of the better non-private party deals i have seen so far, plus target sells phones so you can use the gift cards towards a new phone
Do not trade your phone in!
Do not trade them in. They'll give you less than half of what they're worth. The best thing I could tell you is to go to ebay and check the prices of the phones to see how much they're selling for. Then do what I do, and just sell it on ebay. I'm going to be posting my mytouch 3g on ebay, as well as a samsung behold to pay for my sensation. Then next year when the new hotness is out, I will sell my vibrant to pay for that phone, just how my g1 paid for my vibrant.
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Do not trade them in. They'll give you less than half of what they're worth. The best thing I could tell you is to go to ebay and check the prices of the phones to see how much they're selling for. Then do what I do, and just sell it on ebay. I'm going to be posting my mytouch 3g on ebay, as well as a samsung behold to pay for my sensation. Then next year when the new hotness is out, I will sell my vibrant to pay for that phone, just how my g1 paid for my vibrant.
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yes cause tmobile trade in gives you about 110 best buy trade in gives you about 127 radio shack gives you about 80 yea suxxxs
All your base belong to us
Check the price of the completed listings for the mytouch slide and you will see that you can easily get $200 for a used mytouch slide, and nearly $400 for a vibrant. So yeah, like I said those trade in deals suck.
I've used Swappa.com before and loved it. Got a good price selling my phone. Only do Android phones.
Join the marketplace.
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So,
I am about to upgrade to my first smartphone from my trusty old nokia flip phone. Naturally, android is my OS of choice and i am now deciding on hardware. Here is where it gets tricky... I am a member of an AT&T Family plan. I am trying to avoid spending big bucks while still getting a good phone. My two choices seem to be the HTC Inspire 4G and the Motorola Atrix. It seems i can get the inspire for 69.99 from amazon wireless, but the Atrix remains at 149.99. Does anyone know the best price i can get an Atrix for on a family plan???
thanks for any advice,
I believe RadioShack has them for 79.99 right now. I could be wrong but even if it goes up it's 149.99
You can try adding a line and keep the new phone for better pricing. Then just rent out the extra line. That's what i did. I charge my friend 30 bucks and only pay 10 a month for his line.
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Best Buy has the atrix for 49.99
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thanks so far
well,
radioshack is a bust. I am a "added line", so upgrading to the atrix would have been $200+.
I have thought about the adding a new line trick but i really don't think the person that is the head of our plan will go for that.
I am going to checkout bestbuy in person later today. They only have a generic upgrade price on their website, not different ones for individual plans, family plans, and added lines like all the other AT&T distributors seem to have. Perhaps this is good news. I will update this thread with whatever i find.
Any other suggestions in the meantime?
Costco (not sure if changed) but I had early upgrade (18month+ mark) family plan atrix for 129.99 when everywhere else was either 150- $200 for family plan upgrade
The inspire upgrade was even cheaper at like $20 bucks
I second the Costco recommendation. They do a great job, and have a better return policy. And they give a cheap belt clip pouch as well.
From one cloud to another.
Got mine at Costco for $119 back in March.. came with the belt clip(now using otterbox Defender), and a car charger which I liked.
The last time I went to Wal-mart they had the Atrix for 78.88.. And I think Sam's has it close to that price too. They just revamped their cellphone area in the two local Sam's clubs here..
Good Luck
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radioshack is a bust. I am a "added line", so upgrading to the atrix would have been $200+.
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Not sure what the sales person you spoke to was smoking. I've worked at Radioshack for 3 years and we've never charged different prices for "added lines" on AT&T. If you're eligible for an upgrade, you get the upgrade price. It doesn't matter if you phone is line 1, 3, or 5, the price is the same.
Now, we have in the past charged different prices for lines 3-5 on T-MOBILE but, well, the keyword there is T-Mobile.
EDIT (but not really, because I caught it before posting): Oh, I see what you saw. The Radioshack WEBSITE charges more for added lines on a family plan. Pricing does not work this way in the STORE. The online phone orders are fulfilled by a third party for our website, so they have their own rules regarding those things. If you upgrade to an Atrix in a Radioshack retail store, you will get the phone for $79.99.
Got mine at Sam's last week for $74.99.
Thanks all!
Thanks for all the info!
I now understand that in-store prices and online prices varry greatly and as a result will probably be picking my phone up from Best Buy, RadioShack or Sam's Club. I did all my shopping on the websites of the respective businesses which produced very high prices for smart-phones on family plan upgrades. Oh how i miss the days of Newegg and Wirefly ruling the smartphone pricing game.
I will be off to AT&T then best buy and the shack after work to decide between the atrix and the inspire and subsequently pick one up.
Special thanks to darkkterror for the insider info that cleared things up.
Awesome Result!
So,
After all the effort of trying to find the cheapest price for the Atrix in my area i bought it at the AT&T store. But wait... it gets better. I went into AT&T after i got off work to play with both the Atrix and the Inspire to help me decide which phone i preferred. Atrix won. At that point i asked the employees that worked at the AT&T store which one they preferred and 3 out of 4 had the Atrix. The deal was sealed. I then proceeded to tell one of the saleswoman that i was going to head out to BestBuy or RadioShack to buy the phone because it was cheaper at those locations. To which she responded; "oh, we do price matching!" I didn't even have to leave the store and i picked up the Atrix for all of $25 before tax. I don't even know why she gave it to me for that price, which sounds more like price-match/2.
I think the key to this story is what i overheard while i was being rung up at the cash register. Apparently stores in the same area compete for most sales. But they don't compete for most profit brought in, oh no, that would make far too much sense. Instead they compete for most devices sold! Thus making the price that they charge you for the phone irrelevant to the people ringing you up at the cash register. Definitely a good bit of knowledge to have when haggling with sales reps.
I have a verizon contract and my droid x (under warranty) has been having problems. I got the service center to work me up to a droid 3 which seems like a great phone. I love the look but after trying it in the store I decided that I wouldn't really use the keyboard all that much. I would keep it if not for the locked bootloader. I'm planning on selling it to purchase a "new" verizon phone and I should get 200-300 dollars from that. Depending on the phone I may be willing to spend up to 300$ more.
Should I spend that money on a TB? 4g/3g stable? battery life? single core?
Should I purchase some other phone? rezound?
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Should I wait to sell and buy from the next round- google nexus/other?
honestly, I don't need a dual core or 4G. I'd like to not spend too much, and there is an upgrade next december... but for now I'm kind of on the fence.
sounds like you rather have money over a nice phone. well if you wanted the best phones out there right now your choice are rezound, razor (i think rezound is better) and the nexus which should be out very soon.
all will cost you $300 and to me its well worth it.
but heck if money is more important to you, im sure you can get a thunderbolt for dirt cheap now days. Its a GREAT phone and if you root it and put on a custom rom its turns into a hell of a phone.
are the new phones with dual core faster? of course but heck the 4g alone on the thunderbolt makes web surfing a breeze and even though its a single core its still fast phone compared to all other phones in the same generation.
the choice is really yours. but if you rather have your cash then i recommend NOT to visit a Verizon store and to avoid looking at the Rezound screen or you may just end up buying it on the spot, I did.
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the choice is really yours. but if you rather have your cash then i recommend NOT to visit a Verizon store and to avoid looking at the Rezound screen or you may just end up buying it on the spot, I did.
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lol... too late. I'm looking for used ones and if something crops up at the right price I will jump on it.
I actually replaced my DX with a Thunderbolt and really like it. I would just buy a stock Rezound battery for it which works great. The Thunderbolt battery sucks. I can go from morning to well into the evening on the TBolt with the Rezound battery which I would say was comparable to my DXs extended battery life. 4g works wonderfully as well.
Ended up with the rezound. It's a great phone but I got a unit with a couple of issues like the sound bug. I bought it from a second party new and never activated but the way it was setup in the store I don't think I have warranty coverage. Cest lavie. Still have insurance, well see if it bugs me enough to replace.
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Hey everyone, I really need help deciding on a temporary phone. My digitizer's messed up, can't get repair service anywhere without getting ripped-off, can't do repairs myself. So I decided to hunt for used phones as a temporary/spare phone solution instead while waiting for 27 October when my contract renews.
I got the Xperia Play at $150 (Singapore dollars) but I feel very uneasy about the phone since I have issues with modding it anyway. Currently I'm willing to switch that out to either a 4XHD standing at around $250, or a S2 at $220. They're still a lil' too pricey even for used phones I feel. Which one would you guys go for, and why?
Also, was wondering if anyone can give me strong reasons to give while bargaining to get better prices. Like trading in older devices or superficial reasoning (I dunno) something lol. Really lacking the money to go over those prices... but if I have to I guess it won't hurt too much...
S2 is a solid phone. I'm still using it with really no real motivation ATM to upgrade it.
The Atrix is another solid phone, and might be easier on your budget.
If you are not really comfortable with Modding your phone, then check out the Nexus 4.
^ That will give you all the current JellyBean goodness, and most likely KitKat as well for a very reasonable price...
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Atrix' have been selling on craiglists near me for 90 dollars and thats a steal. If I had more money atm I would buy them and resell them for at least 130. Atrix is a solid phone. AND a Jelly Bean 4.2.2 rom available that I use as a daily driver.
Galaxy S II is also a great choice, though if you are in the US there are like 3 versions and some have better battery life than others, and varying features. would play ~ 140
For real cheap a Lumia 520 (Windows Phone 8) has been bouncing around the internet as a $85 go-phone.
Here is a link to a Lumia 520 phone for $85 and free shipping.
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/102...ia-520-4-gophone-prepaid-windows-8-smartphone
if you have att and a regular sim card, you should be able to just plop it in and GO!