Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA | Plan price
The hardware is cheap with a 2 yr contract but Sprint also requires to get their unlimited plan at $99/mo.
No thanks. |
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lordkuri
join:2001-12-16
Des Plaines, IL
| Not quite true. It does require one of the Simply Everything plans, but there are a few of them.
»www.nextel.com/en/stores/instinc···ls.shtml |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA
1 edit | Still expensive...
BTW I was checking their SERO offering and that was the only plan offered. |
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Alcohol
Premium
join:2003-05-26
Somerset, NJ
| reply to Anonymous
Why would Iphone affect it's sales? It's a completely different network. Sprint users will buy this phone, ATT users will buy the Iphone.
I highly doubt people are paying the termination fee and switching to sprint solely because of this phone. |
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michigandave
join:2007-05-16
Fenton, MI
 ·Charter Pipeline
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·AT&T Midwest
| Regardless, Sprint gets what they want, even with a knockoff phone: records sales and locking customers into a contract. Sounds like they win even if sales trail off very soon. Right now, it's about revenue.
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Jonbo298
join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA
| reply to Anonymous
iPhone isn't any better.
$69.99 for just 450 minutes and the data plan which is basically required with the new one. Not including texts if you go the 3G iPhone route.
Instinct gets all for starting at $69.99. I have Verizon personally so I know things aren't the cheapest, but I get what I pay for and no complaints. Dare I got recently has worked out well also. |
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Anonymous
Premium
join:2004-06-01
IA | iPhone is even worse. I never said anything about iPhone though. |
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MR1023428880
@cox.net | reply to Alcohol
Sprint lost over a million people the first 3 months of 2008 - you bet your a$$ they're going to leave for a "bigger" reason. |
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Alcohol
Premium
join:2003-05-26
Somerset, NJ | said by MR1023428880 :
Sprint lost over a million people the first 3 months of 2008 - you bet your a$$ they're going to leave for a "bigger" reason.
Yeah, their network sucks. |
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DarnellP
join:2004-10-12
Las Vegas, NV
| said by Alcohol  :said by MR1023428880 :
Sprint lost over a million people the first 3 months of 2008 - you bet your a$$ they're going to leave for a "bigger" reason.
Yeah, their network sucks. In your opinion, of course. I happen to think their network is pretty good. |
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tiger72
SexaT duorP
Premium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
clubs: | consider yourself lucky. Even when i'm on/around their corporate campus it drops calls. |
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xenophon
join:2007-09-17
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
| said by tiger72 :consider yourself lucky. Even when i'm on/around their corporate campus it drops calls. Huh, I don't have that problem. A friend lives near there and doesn't have a problem. But they do have 13,000+ employees/users in a couple block area. Would be difficult to manage. The other carriers that have that many in one place would likely have the problem too.
When I had an ATT phone, I could pick the spot when driving when a call drop, with 100% accuracy. |
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Alcohol
Premium
join:2003-05-26
Somerset, NJ
| reply to DarnellP
said by DarnellP :said by Alcohol :said by MR1023428880 :
Sprint lost over a million people the first 3 months of 2008 - you bet your a$$ they're going to leave for a "bigger" reason.
Yeah, their network sucks. In your opinion, of course. I happen to think their network is pretty good. It's not my opinion. It's a fact. Proof is available by the coverage area map. |
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Lee GWB
Yaco
Premium
join:2001-10-13
Allendale, NJ
1 edit | reply to xenophon
Hi,
I Agree.... I keep hearing of all the issues and I never had a problem besides billing.Which now is GREAT!!!!
Lee
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Plus my 19% Discount is Really Great GREat! With 99.9% drop call free |
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81399672
Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
| reply to Alcohol
said by Alcohol :said by MR1023428880 :
Sprint lost over a million people the first 3 months of 2008 - you bet your a$$ they're going to leave for a "bigger" reason.
Yeah, their network sucks. Maybe in NJ but no in southern california. If sprint ever don't have a signal, it automatically and for free roams on verizon network. |
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grydlok
join:2004-01-06
Richmond, VA | reply to Alcohol
Prove it, Show proof that their entire continental United states Network sucks. |
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Alcohol
Premium
join:2003-05-26
Somerset, NJ
| said by grydlok :Prove it, Show proof that their entire continental United states Network sucks. huh? Did you read my post? I said coverage area map.. Which would mean the coverage in my area.  |
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iDontCare
@niagara.net
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The iPhone is a status symbol, and a hot one right now. Similar to the PS3 a couple of Christmases ago. We all saw people paying 2x to 3x retail price for those things on Ebay.
I know here in Canada, a lot of people switched from Bell Mobility to Rogers just so they could run an unlocked iPhone (EBay for $600US - $800US) or a look alike. Never mind that at the time, the iPhone wasn't fully supported, and some of the features didn't work right over here, they were just happy enough to have the overpriced thing hanging from their hip.
By having a iClone in their official lineup, they can head off some of the migration. At least until, Apple decides whether to introduce a CDMA version of the iPhone. |
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FastiBook
join:2003-01-08
Newtown, PA | reply to Alcohol
I know 10 people who just switched last week from sprint to get the iPhone. They got a crap free phone to use till it goes on sale. |
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AB_Lazy
@dslextreme.com
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said by Alcohol :It's not my opinion. It's a fact. Proof is available by the coverage area map. It's your opinion, and everyone is entitled to theirs as well. At my house, only Sprint works fully. (GSM phones get no reception, and Verizon can't maintain a call)
So, yeah. Feel free to compare coverage maps (or whatever), but for many other's actual practical use, one network may be better suited - coverage maps or otherwise. |
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