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 |  cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
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kudos:5 | Re: Better pay the Death Star...... "Better pay the Death Star"
I think your title is misworded. The Death Star is the one having to pay, not the other way around. | |
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| | | | Re: Better pay the Death Star...... Your right...i posted by reading the headline...and to top it off I read it wrong. Lesson learned! | |
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| | No brainer If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. | |
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|  ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Re: No brainer said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Right now Sprint probably wishes they had a viable future.
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| | | | said by ptrowski:said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Right now Sprint probably wishes they had a viable future. LOL definitely the quote of the year on DSLR! Great stuff!
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| | ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
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| Re: No brainer said by swintec:said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Sprint has the Instinct which to me....blows the Iphone out of the water, they also have good prices, and seem to be at the front for innovation (Airave and Xohm come to mind). The thing is I don't know a single person that even uses them anymore. | |
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| | |  Homer JMmmm, Free Goo
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Springfield | Re: No brainer I've been with Sprint for over 9 years. Never been happier. Reasonably priced service, nice selection of phones. I just got a Mogul, it's a great phone. Tried my friends Iphone. I feel sorry for him that he fell for the hype and is paying so much more for a piece of crap like that. Apple products in general may look sleek, but are poorly designed and not real user friendly. Just wish users would admit it. | |
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| Re: No brainer said by Homer J:I've been with Sprint for over 9 years. Never been happier. Reasonably priced service, nice selection of phones. I just got a Mogul, it's a great phone. Tried my friends Iphone. I feel sorry for him that he fell for the hype and is paying so much more for a piece of crap like that. Apple products in general may look sleek, but are poorly designed and not real user friendly. Just wish users would admit it. Besides my Touch, the iPhone is the only Apple product I have purchased. It's a good phone, so I have nothing to admit as you say.
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| said by swintec:said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Sprint has the Instinct which to me....blows the Iphone out of the water, they also have good prices, and seem to be at the front for innovation (Airave and Xohm come to mind). LOL Ya gotta love that "full internet" experience on the instinct. Face it : The Instinct is a POS.
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Etobicoke, ON | Re: No brainer said by adisor19:Face it : The Instinct is a POS. Face it : The iPhone is a POS. | |
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| | | | said by swintec:said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Sprint has the Instinct which to me....blows the Iphone out of the water, they also have good prices, and seem to be at the front for innovation (Airave and Xohm come to mind). Sprint has always been at the front for technology and innovation, their DSL/Voip offering, original fixed wireless systems etc. They never seem to be able to capitalize on it though. | |
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| | | | | | | Re: No brainer Ever heard of "unlocked" phones. You can call the carriers and see if they are on their list. I know people that use the iPhone on TMobile.
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| Re: No brainer yah i know what an unlocked phone is. But most if not all carriers will not give you a list of what phones that work on their network that are NOT theirs. Why should they? they get you to buy their phone with their logo on it and advertise them. They don't want you have a VZW phone on Sprint for a reason. | |
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| | JHBCalifornia Dreamin'
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California | said by swintec:said by ninjatutle:If they didn't do it, some other company would have scooped up the iPhone and would be sitting on top right now. I bet Sprint wished they had the iPhone. Sprint has the Instinct which to me....blows the Iphone out of the water, they also have good prices, and seem to be at the front for innovation (Airave and Xohm come to mind). Sorry but the instinct does not even come close to the iphone!! We could start with true HTML on the iphone and go on and on. I had the iphone for a year and half and just signed up with Sprint because spending $200+ a month on two iphones wasn't worth it it. We looked at the instinct(so called iphone killer) and it wasn't even in the same class. We currently have a blackberry curve and a treo 800w and are enjoying the low prices sprint offers.
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| | | | Re: No brainer Well, the captain of the sinking S.S. Sprint should try to regain some of his honor and go out by way of the samurai code. Seppuku! Look at all the jobs that will be lost once the ship runs aground shortly. | |
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| I Left Verizon for the iPhone And I'm not sorry -- I find the iPhone to be the perfect device for my needs -- but I really did like Verizon's network coverage and quality better.
If Verizon starts offering the iPhone after AT&T's exclusivity expires, I may switch back -- although naturally I'll have to get a CDMA version of the device.
Verizon's billing (particularly in regards to the customer account management area on the Web) and support was vastly inferior to what I now have with AT&T, though, in my admittedly limited experience.
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| | | Re: I Left Verizon for the iPhone said by banditws6:And I'm not sorry -- I find the iPhone to be the perfect device for my needs -- but I really did like Verizon's network coverage and quality better. If Verizon starts offering the iPhone after AT&T's exclusivity expires, I may switch back -- although naturally I'll have to get a CDMA version of the device. Verizon's billing (particularly in regards to the customer account management area on the Web) and support was vastly inferior to what I now have with AT&T, though, in my admittedly limited experience. I'm not tied to the iphone, just the 'open' features. It simply is the better phone for me on the market by a wide margin.
I switched from Verizon, I felt that they gave me the better coverage, but their prices are pretty terrible (company as a whole). I'd switch back if they had something similar to the iphone,or the iphone itself.
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| |  wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace
join:2004-08-07
New York, NY | Re: I Left Verizon for the iPhone said by thevorpal:I'm not tied to the iphone, just the 'open' features. I am not sure what you mean, but unless you have a "jailbroken" iphone its one of the most locked down devices in history. They give you the illusion that its open because you can buy apps, but thats really just a (very good!) marketing ploy. I must be honest however, all future phones will need to have a marketplace of sorts now that its been introduced. If apple allowed any apps (as the Google phone apparently will) then I would agree that the iphone is 'open', but they dont.
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| cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
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kudos:5 | Re: correction? No. AT&T has a revenue sharing agreement where they have to pay Apply per iPhone. | |
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join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | AT&T is making out ok on the iPhone Lets see:
AT&T 'pays' $300-450/phone
Customer pays $199-$299/phone
Customer purchases 2year contract - $30/month JUST for data (required) + voice plan (lets say $40/month):
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Customer Total: Low end: $199 + 720 + 960 = $1879
All other data devices do NOT require a data contract.
Eg. If I purchased a device and didn't find that I needed data, I'd disable the feature (or say I swapped to another phone). iPhone requires 2 year data contract! | |
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| Re: AT&T is making out ok on the iPhone said by en102:All other data devices do NOT require a data contract. Eg. If I purchased a device and didn't find that I needed data, I'd disable the feature (or say I swapped to another phone). iPhone requires 2 year data contract! If i did not have a data plan with my iPhone, it would be worthless in my eyes. | |
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| |  GlobalMindDomino Dude, POWER Systems GuyPremium
join:2001-10-29
Hollywood, FL | Re: AT&T is making out ok on the iPhone said by powerspec88:said by en102:All other data devices do NOT require a data contract. Eg. If I purchased a device and didn't find that I needed data, I'd disable the feature (or say I swapped to another phone). iPhone requires 2 year data contract! If i did not have a data plan with my iPhone, it would be worthless in my eyes. Exactly. Even with wifi it'd still be pretty well useless based on what it can do.
One reason they knew most folks wouldn't give a rip about the contract & price if they really want one.
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| | | en102Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | Re: AT&T is making out ok on the iPhone I technically agree... however, if you got 'bored' of the iPhone, or decided to go back to a plain old GSM phone, you would still be required to pay the $30/month for the 3G data plan that's required.
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The problem is the carriers are going to be fighting an uphill battle the next several quarters as they see an increase of non paying customers and non paid disconnects due to our poor economy and loss of jobs.
Your figures are based on the assumption that everyone will pay their bills ontime everytime. | |
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AT&T: "we're OK, how 'bout you?"
Steve: "Oh, I'm just great, lovin' life!"
AT&T: "OK, I guess we should get this done now."
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