I will be leaving the photon community since I am getting the Iphone 5 on friday. (please dont post if your going to be an android fanboy)
I am only switching because I'm getting it for 40 bucks!
this is how:
1. I bought my phone before sep 9 2011 so the termination fee is less (110)
2.The Iphone is 200
3. thats 310
4. I have buyback at best buy so they're giving me 210 for my phone
5. thats 100
6. you get a 10 dollar ift card if you preorder
7. 90
8. 2 25 dollar gift cards
9. 40 dollars!
Bye
Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
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Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya
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LMAO at this...
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bye
Don't feel too bad, I jumped ship to a blackberry style. Having never used blackberry before, gotta say I'm enjoying it. Probably temporary but I'm lovin the whole smarthphone in a flip phone thing. Oh yeah, iphone sucks
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Cya. Have fun with the more expensive iphone 4s.
I got it for 40 dollars
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I got it for 40 dollars
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If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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Rofl
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Hello,
Thanks to being able to bill to my account, I ordered a 64gb iPhone 5 today. I am honestly not sure if I am going to end up keeping it as I have been using Androids since 2.1 (Eclair) and I really like the platform. However, I am frustrated that Sprint frakked the Photon 4G replacement and I am not fond of Samsung (too plasticky) and to a lesser extent HTC.
I was honestly praying that Sprint would get some sort of version of the RAZR. The Intel Atom powered RAZR looks amazing, but has only been announced for Europe and I think Asia.
Being with Sprint since 1999, I really am conflicted about the iPhone in general. Thanks to Sprint having to pony up Billions of Dollars just to offer the bloody thing. they have done away with the Premier Gold Program replete with 12 Month Upgrades, the ability to bill equipment to your account at any corporate owned Sprint Store, and far less understanding Account Services actions.
That being said., it will be nice to have tons of options for Accessories where with the Photon there are hardly any. Still, I am hoping a flagship Android Phone is announced by Sprint in the next month.
Cheers,
JJ
It was.
It was confirmed that any carrier that had the GS3 was getting the noteII
Have fun with your CrapS6
Ill be rolling on my lovely note <3
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If you had a termination fee that means you left sprint, therefore you'll have a higher monthly bill no matter where you go. Also, you'll have a metered internet cap with your spanky new 4G LTE phone, and therefore you've also opened yourself up to an overage bill on the internet if you are a moderate to heavy user.
Enjoy your new phone.
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Lmao
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My wife just got the iphone 5 and it's pretty impressive. I don't understand why people here sound so indignant that a photon user would be jumping ship. There is a market for the iphone obviously. I find it a foolish exercise to try and compare phones and platforms. At the end of the day they do the same most of functions. At the end of the day
Choice of device is a personal one. If on the day I told myself I now longer care to think about my tech I might move to a different platform as well. People have reasons for moving to ios, and are better for it in many cases.
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Haha! Nothing is impressive about any iPhone. Sheeples and their iPhones are funny!
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Cool story bro! You mad? :beer::beer:
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Haha! Nothing is impressive about any iPhone. Sheeples and their iPhones are funny!
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Comedy
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Is there no one saddened by the news of an Iphone convert simply because he was able to pay about what the phone is actually worth, $40?
Wouldn't you jump ship if you could get a Cryphone at a cheap price?
I'm sure there's plenty of people in 3rd world countries that would love to have this phone rather than something like food or shelter. How else
are they going to shoo the flys away?
Did he leave yet? Do we care?
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Is there no one saddened by the news of an Iphone convert simply because he was able to pay about what the phone is actually worth, $40?
Wouldn't you jump ship if you could get a Cryphone at a cheap price?
I'm sure there's plenty of people in 3rd world countries that would love to have this phone rather than something like food or shelter. How else
are they going to shoo the flys away?
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Found this on twitter
http://t.co/kBzDJTA5
no more 1 year contracts or upgrades. You have to wait 20 months to upgrade now. It says some where in there though that if your a sprint gold member with a upgrade from sept. 1st 2011 to the end of the year Dec. 31st 2011 you can use it but if not then your hosed.
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Found this on twitter
http://t.co/kBzDJTA5
no more 1 year contacts or upgrades. You have to wait 20 months to upgrade now. It says some where in there though that if your a sprint gold member with a upgrade from sept. 1st 2011 to the end of the year Dec. 31st 2011 you can use it but if not then your hosed.
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If this is true, we can Thank the iPhone and all the Apple A-HOLES. The CARRIER KILLER Strikes Again. I now wish AT& T was able to buy T-Mobile. At least Sprint would have tried to stay competitive still. Once a Carrier gets the iCrap they forget who got them there
One of the many reasons the iphone can suck it....smfh...
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I hate the iphone!!!!!.....it ruins everything....
This is a **** move from sprint, they are going back downhill. They are upping their etf to $350 and now this? If they had decent 3g then ok but service is subpar. They want to play with the big 2 (being Verizon and AT&T) and they can't even match them with service. Yes we have unlimited but what good is that if people are only getting 300 kbps downloads.
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Sprint is far from putting whip cream on waffles, they where doing good before these changes. I would not renew my contract for a $350 etf for **** service.
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What's funny is I just talked to a Retention Manager and He told me that he got that e-mail about 30 minutes ago about the Premiere Program going away and was surprised it was in the Interwebz already. This is horrible. I have been with Sprint 11+years and if they think they can move up to the big dogs (Verizon & AT&T) and NOT provide the same Speed in 3G and 4G (LTE) they are going to loose customers so quick it will make their heads spin. Greed plain and simple. Get the iPhone and get Greedy, A-Holes. Bye Sprint, Hello Verizon and the Bionic.
All of this is totally understandable to me at least on Sprints part. They have the best rates and want to keep them a little longer. They have to make cuts somewhere.
I probably don't sympathize well because I just now finally got a cell phone but I think their rates are way better than Verizon or AT&T.
I do understand long term bonuses though because I've worked at the same place for over 18 years and to lose something sucks.
If I am going to get RAPED, I will at least have better coverage. Sprint has horrible coverage and thinks because they are getting the iPhone they can be Jerks. Adios Sprint, Hello Verizon. My Wife has a 24% discount with Verizon. Hopefully the Bionic is a nice phone. I may just go Trac Phone. This is getting ridiculous.
This thread is going no where real quick.
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What I really don't understand is why this would the the iPhones fault. I've read that iPhone users don't use as much data as Android users, so I'm a little confused why Sprint would need to put the new rules in place.
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What I really don't understand is why this would the the iPhones fault. I've read that iPhone users don't use as much data as Android users, so I'm a little confused why Sprint would need to put the new rules in place.
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perhaps for the subsidy costs that they are going to have to pay to Apple
I mean steve jobs has to get his colon cleansed right:?
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perhaps for the subsidy costs that they are going to have to pay to Apple
I mean steve jobs has to get his colon cleansed right:?
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I spit my beer out on that one.
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What I really don't understand is why this would the the iPhones fault. I've read that iPhone users don't use as much data as Android users, so I'm a little confused why Sprint would need to put the new rules in place.
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Apparently since this is your first cell phone.....you haven't been around long enough to understand.
Seems there's more, no more 30 day return. If you don't like it in 14 days then **** you.
http://tinyurl.com/6ypzete
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They are also making the return period 14 days instead of 30
Lol we posted at the same time
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Apparently since this is your first cell phone.....you haven't been around long enough to understand.
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Yeah, I think you are right. This just does not seem logical.
http://m.androidcentral.com/leaked-sprint-playbook-shows-big-changes-coming-premier-program-return-policy-and-more-and-you-wont#comment-316421
Here's the New iPhone policy. ****ing iPhone just KILLS CARRIERS and their existing customers.
Me and my gf signed up b4 the 14 day exchange policy do we still get our 30 days?
This stinks but its bringing them to same as the other carriers. Also, at least they are giving notice, over 3 months for the people who are close. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Verizon gave like no notice when they screwed over. Not happy, just hit gold and all cause its a crappy iphone but I can't see leaving for another carrier when they do the same or worse. Sprint still has the best plan prices and unlimited data (not saying this won't change next) F Apple.
Does anyone have any idea what the average markup is on cell phones? They are getting damn expensive, more than tabs and laptops, and I would assume they are making a nice profit. Anyone work for a cell company that knows? I am definitely curious.
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Does anyone have any idea what the average markup is on cell phones? They are getting damn expensive, more than tabs and laptops, and I would assume they are making a nice profit. Anyone work for a cell company that knows? I am definitely curious.
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Well as far as actual unit costs of the phone, I don't know but these carriers pay a lot more for the phones than we do so they lose money on the actual sale of the phone but they make that money back and then some when we sign up for a 2 years contract or ETF's if we decide to cancel early. So I guess your question should be what is the average cost to maintain and provide service for each account and/or line.
I used to work in retail (radioshack) I don't remember what we paid for the 3d, but the evo 4g retailed at $499.99 and warehouse cost was $494.99, so profit margin isn't much at all. Carriers and retailers make money off of the contract. Usually first year is making up for the loss on the handset, and the second year is profit. Retailers like RS, BB, and WM get a commission from the carriers.
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Well as far as actual unit costs of the phone, I don't know but these carriers pay a lot more for the phones than we do so they lose money on the actual sale of the phone but they make that money back and then some when we sign up for a 2 years contract or ETF's if we decide to cancel early. So I guess your question should be what is the average cost to maintain and provide service for each account and/or line.
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Yeah, what he said is 100% true. I believe there is some loss at the motorola, HTC, level too initially also because the cost of manufacturing the technology when brand new is high. After x number of units is sold they break even, and then the cost of manufacturing decreases and they begin raking in profits again.
The same thing happens with other technology comes out too, that's why it is so important for these companies to either have a lot of capital, or capable of borrowing the money. Once the cost of research and development is made up, and cost of manufacturing goes down they begin making lots more money. If a device was designed poorly and popularity is low they get in a pretty tight spot.
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Does anyone have any idea what the average markup is on cell phones? They are getting damn expensive, more than tabs and laptops, and I would assume they are making a nice profit. Anyone work for a cell company that knows? I am definitely curious.
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Yeah, the tech itself is pretty expensive. Retailers aren't marking up more than 1-2% initially... If they're lucky. Most hardware is like that (Aside from desktop computers, and to a lesser extent, laptops). At my last job, we were actually losing money on all the game consoles we sold (Like 1-2 dollars, but still...) and phones were even worse.
It's all a scam. There hasn't been a new phone manufactured in 15 years. All these supposed "new" phones are just refurbished Nokias, or at least they have been since '96. Google it.
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This isn't true best buy makes it up to what 600 or 700 lol well other charge 499.
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It's all a scam. There hasn't been a new phone manufactured in 15 years. All these supposed "new" phones are just refurbished Nokias, or at least they have been since '96. Google it.
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what the heck are you talking about. They did not have computers with processors like the ones in our phones 15 years ago. Try using anything from then and tell me that there has been no progress. Man I hope you were kidding about this.
I know when i used to be a manager at toys r us we would only make $5 on video game systems. Our money was made on the games. In the same reasoning with the sale of phones and signing contracts. I just find it crazy some of these phones are way more expensive than laptops and the only diff sometimes is the laptop doesnt make calls
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what the heck are you talking about. They did not have computers with processors like the ones in our phones 15 years ago. Try using anything from then and tell me that there has been no progress. Man I hope you were kidding about this.
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Lol your funny if u thought he was serious.
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This isn't true best buy makes it up to what 600 or 700 lol well other charge 499.
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That's true on the bestbuy part. Imho, they don't want people to buy them outright... that, and they still want to make a nice profit on the devices.
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I know when i used to be a manager at toys r us we would only make $5 on video game systems. Our money was made on the games. In the same reasoning with the sale of phones and signing contracts. I just find it crazy some of these phones are way more expensive than laptops and the only diff sometimes is the laptop doesnt make calls
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Kinda the same thing with the phones. Profit margin is EXTREMELY small on the device (unless it's Best buy) but they make up for it with accessories (which is why when you buy a phone from radioshack, if that store has a good district manager, they will try to cram accessories down your throat).
When the iPhone 4 came out, I think I read somewhere that it was costing apple around $195 to make each phone. I would imagine most phones are pretty similar. The manufacturers actually make quite a bit. The carriers and other retailers don't too much (except best buy of course).
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When the iPhone 4 came out, I think I read somewhere that it was costing apple around $195 to make each phone. I would imagine most phones are pretty similar. The manufacturers actually make quite a bit. The carriers and other retailers don't too much (except best buy of course).
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http://www.gizmag.com/apple-cost-iphone4/15583/
close... wow I never would've thought that... makes me wonder how much our evo 3d's cost to build... To the google!
Yea im wanting that galaxy note baad but the cheapest i have seen it is like $760. Insane
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No way the profit margins are that bad. Look at tablet prices, they for the most part are nowhere near 700 or 800. and they still make money off them and a lot of them are the same hardware as the phones with a bigger screen.
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Lol your funny if u thought he was serious.
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I know but still you have got to be kidding me.
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I know but still you have got to be kidding me.
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Oh I am quite serious.
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Oh I am quite serious.
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Then explain
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No way the profit margins are that bad. Look at tablet prices, they for the most part are nowhere near 700 or 800. and they still make money off them and a lot of them are the same hardware as the phones with a bigger screen.
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Yeah but you didn't consider the super micro architecture. It takes a lot to manufacture a processor this powerful, with such low voltage and low heat
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Does anyone have any idea what the average markup is on cell phones? They are getting damn expensive, more than tabs and laptops, and I would assume they are making a nice profit. Anyone work for a cell company that knows? I am definitely curious.
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my view is different then others here, i dont care what the price markup is...i have family all over the world...it keeps me intouch with them in a instant. if the phones was 1500...i would not care. what these phones do and the time they save more then makes up for the cost. and reality is..profits are only earned if the phone is good enough...how many phones does htc make? billions in r&d...plus phones that did not sell...
Sprint has the 3vo on sale right now for only $49.99 . Not sure how to post links through the app but it is on sprint.com.
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Sprint has the 3vo on sale right now for only $49.99 . Not sure how to post links through the app but it is on sprint.com.
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Sucks I payed full price...
That must mean pretty soon new HTC EVO or maybe an ICS phone down the line coming soon.
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That must mean pretty soon new HTC EVO or maybe an ICS phone down the line coming soon.
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Basically they are selling iphones way more than any other phone so I am sure some of their inventory is starting to collect dust.
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Basically they are selling iphones way more than any other phone so I am sure some of their inventory is starting to collect dust.
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They're selling a lot of iPhones, but they are having lots of issues with them too, or so I'm told by Sprint techs in Atlanta. I got my 3D for $50 at launch, so.....
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They're selling a lot of iPhones, but they are having lots of issues with them too, or so I'm told by Sprint techs in Atlanta. I got my 3D for $50 at launch, so.....
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Well this way doesn't involve trading in an EVO 4G.
That 50$ offer is really making me ponder upgrading from my Hero, but can't decide if I want to wait for the GSII Epic Touch to drop in price instead.
Wow supersale.imagine when it first came out.its expensive,they made lots of money like 6months ago.LOL
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That 50$ offer is really making me ponder upgrading from my Hero, but can't decide if I want to wait for the GSII Epic Touch to drop in price instead.
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I have a hero right now, upgrading as soon as I can get the login info for the family account.
Just took advantage of this deal. Hard to beat. Hope the 3D is as good as the hero was. We shall see when it arrives.
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I got my 3d for free technically. My local Walmart has it for 98 bucks and at the time (i think theyre still doing this) they are giving 100 dollar gift cards to anyone that gets a smartphone... So basically they paid me 2 bucks to take it off their hands. Being that this is my second one i was scared itd be hboot 1.5 but apparently back home no one buys sprint phones because coverage is spotty at best..... So i ended up getting it with hboot 1.3
And to they guy debating on epic touch or 3d... Id recommend the 3d if you like custom roms. There are a lot more options with roms, kernels, and overclocking with the 3d. I had it and wasnt overly impressed except for the gorgeous display. Damn i love those amoleds.
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Basically they are selling iphones way more than any other phone so I am sure some of their inventory is starting to collect dust.
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That is probably exactly why my brother just picked up a 3D for $49.99 from the Sprint Corporate strore here with hboot 1.40!
yeah i had to jump on this offer also. I just couldnt let it pass, I would have kicked myself in the ass.
Don't you have to renew your contract though? I mean it's not like you can just buy the phone for that price without renewing or signing a new contract....?
Head's-Up on another petition (Stop Verizon from killing unlimited data plans for existing subscribers). I really hope this one pan's out better then the boot loader petition.
6,476 Signatures so far so let's rock the petition Sign On Dude's...
http://www.change.org/petitions/sto...unlimited-data-plans-for-existing-subscribers
Signed it.
Do any other carriers get this many petitions thrown at them? lol
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Do any other carriers get this many petitions thrown at them? lol
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Doubt it
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Guys, it doesn't matter how many signatures this gets. They are making less money than they used to off of unlimited data contracts. This is going to happen.
@theredvendetta is right. I would love to think these petitions would do wonders for us, but our track record with them isn't what I call spectacular. The best way to deal with this is hit them where it hurts the most-their wallet.
If you are not voting with your feet and won't move to a different carrier, then you have no hope and Verizon knows it, so you are wasting your time. Verizon gets thousands of complaints every day about cost, signal, speed, plans customer services. I don't see Verizon improving any of that, its only gets worse, more expensive, etc. So save your signatures and use your wallet to vote Verizon out.
Just don't upgrade, to a 4G phone. Once you upgrade to 4G,then unlimited data plans are gone!
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Just don't upgrade, to a 4G phone. Once you upgrade to 4G,then unlimited data plans are gone!
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Not totally true. I was told if a moved to the Nexus sometime this week, Ill keep unlimited until the big plug is pulled.
You think they'll just suddenly get rid of unlimited for 3g customers wanting to upgrade to 4g?
I've been watching all the major android news sites to hear of any news on the subject from Verizon.
I want to go from my X2 to a SGIII but would rather not preorder. No guarantees.
In order to circumvent all of this, I want to do the following:
I may get a Nexus through Costco soon to lock into 4g unlimited. Then, once the SIII comes out at the same time the new shared data plans will like debut, I'd use Costco's 90-day warranty to return the Nexus and get a SIII with the intent to keep unlimited 4g.
In anyone's user experience, do you have to sign a new contract when upgrading your device? Can I just keep the Nexus plan?
Sooo I pretty much wrote this to see if you guys see any flaws in my master plan.
Almost 2000 more Signatures since my orignal post not to shabby. We need to get the word out. I known some people think this won't make a diffierance and maybe they're right. Showing are dissatisfaction will at least slow these greedy icehole's down.
My thought's on this is you want to renege on your grandfather promise raise data price's fine but don't force me to pay for it. How many people are using wi-fi because there 3g,4g is to slow or hardly working and paying a premium price for a service they don't use. Give your customers a choice. I do not have problem saving a dollar a day and using wi-fi.
But That's Just My Opinion. I Could Be Wrong..
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Almost 2000 more Signatures since my orignal post not to shabby. We need to get the word out. I known some people think this won't make a diffierance and maybe they're right. Showing are dissatisfaction will at least slow these greedy icehole's down.
My thought's on this is you want to renege on your grandfather promise raise data price's fine but don't force me to pay for it. How many people are using wi-fi because there 3g,4g is to slow or hardly working and paying a premium price for a service they don't use. Give your customers a choice. I do not have problem saving a dollar a day and using wi-fi.
But That's Just My Opinion. I Could Be Wrong..
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Have you received "feedback" of any form from anyone at Motorola?
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Have you received "feedback" of any form from anyone at Motorola?
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Odds are nope. They don't care. They'd rather just continue to screw us.
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Petitions only help for local government issues. Not multimillion dollar communications company the sooner people realize this the better. Money makes them run a petition doesn't stop their money flow so it won't work.
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Maximinus I said:
the sooner people realize this the better.
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How does it make it better?
So they use there energy in more productive ways. It's all good though everyone can do what they feel is right. But what would get Verizon's attention would be 3k people not renewing their contacts. With the reason being the death of unlimited data. Not 3k signatures from people who are still going to begrudgingly pay them.
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So they use there energy in more productive ways. It's all good though everyone can do what they feel is right. But what would get Verizon's attention would be 3k people not renewing their contacts. With the reason being the death of unlimited data. Not 3k signatures from people who are still going to begrudgingly pay them.
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This!
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Sprint still has unlimited... DOT DOT DOT
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Verizon can change anything they want, anytime they want to. Look at your service agreement, everything is subject to change.
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Sprint still has unlimited... DOT DOT DOT
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True statement - they don't seem like they aim to change that right now. I'd go to them as I've heard they're rates aren't bad. Is it true that they don't actually have 4G towers?
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“With AT&T Next, customers can get the newest smartphone or tablet every year with no down payment. That’s hard to beat, and it’s an incredible value for customers who want the latest and greatest every year,” said Ralph de la Vega, president and chief executive officer of AT&T Mobility.
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/07/16...t-next-smartphone-and-tablet-upgrade-program/
Yeah but it's not worth it with at&t's prices unfortunately
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0 interest loan, but still make a killing off the data plans.
cvflowe
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I just pay for my two parents lines who both hate smartphones. So I get a upgrade every few months.
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Smh. People who sign up for this should pay a lower rate for service. AT&T isn't offering that so I'll pass.
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Smh. People who sign up for this should pay a lower rate for service. AT&T isn't offering that so I'll pass.
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Exactly, not worth it unless they offered a discount in service.
No amazing value there. No incentives for me to port out my 2 AT&T HTC ONEs from Straight Talk. Which is too bad because I'm willing to pay a bit extra for LTE service, but with AT&T's current rate plans I'm better off just keeping my phone with Straight Talk.
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http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4528404/att-next-phone-upgrade-plans-a-huge-ripoff
henrybravo said:
http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/16/4528404/att-next-phone-upgrade-plans-a-huge-ripoff
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Props to you, I was just about to share this link lol
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You fail at math and basic money skills if you sign up for this service.
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AT&T keeps finding ways to screw customers. Luckily it's only an option and not a requirement.
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is it not like leasing a car. I mean you are still paying the same amount but with upgrade ability every year. And because you pay for 1 year you basically pay half price of the device. or am i wrong?
RaXxaa said:
is it not like leasing a car. I mean you are still paying the same amount but with upgrade ability every year. And because you pay for 1 year you basically pay half price of the device. or am i wrong?
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You're paying half price but you never really own it.
This new way of selling phones, totally doesn't make sense.
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total rip off !!
glad tmoblie is building 2 new towers in my area should really improve service here ... if so i might be moving over ... this plan is a complete joke
Honestly it seems like there are monthly meetings at AT&T where the agenda is "how can we screw our customers next?"
gunnyman said:
Honestly it seems like there are monthly meetings at AT&T where the agenda is "how can we screw our customers next?"
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True...but with the amount of consumers who just want a phone without having to pay anything up front let alone $200 up front and don't really pay attention to details....Next will most likely do well.
It's sad
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This would be OK for someone who wants a new device and do not have current eligibility for an upgrade. Of course you probably can only do this at the time of the contract renewal.
I mean this, if you are willing to pay full price anyway, why not pay interest free payments? But, if you are eligible for an upgrade then this makes no sense. And I don't mean HTC Sense.
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I'm sorry but this is so foolish. We have four phones on our plan, two of them are the $10 options and they never upgrade their phones that basically gives me the option to buy a new phone every 8 months.
The only people I see buying into this are wealthy people, with bad math skills, that have teenaged children complaining for the newest phone.
Haha amazing value. That's gotta be sarcasm?
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No, it's not an amazing value. It would be an amazing value ONLY IF the phone service prices dropped. The phone services have a $20 subsidy built in already, so essentially you're paying twice for the subsidy. What a joke AT&T. Only stupid customers will fall for this.