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join:2005-10-28
San Antonio, TX | Interesting It's nice to have options, but it's quite a big jump, both in price and quality, above their other smartphone offerings. I find Cricket's service adequate here in San Antonio but their lack of a good Android smartphone keeps me away.
There's a huge $250 gap between their "best" $149 Android smartphone (and I use the term "best" sarcastically) and the cheapest $400 iPhone here. | |
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| |  MajestikWorld TravelerPremium
join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK | Re: Interesting My AT&T grandpa unlimited is better than that.
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| | | | | Re: Interesting Really? you get unlimited talk, text and data for less than 55 a month? | |
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join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK | Re: Interesting said by delusion ftl :Really? you get unlimited talk, text and data for less than 55 a month?
200 text/month
Unlimited data- I use between 5-10g/ month. They throttle after 3gig but can still stream Netflix,Slingplayer,Hulu,etc.
Unlimited talk.
Talk and surf at same time.
GSM 3G.
Unlocked iPhone.
$54/month
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|  ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | I wonder how they expect the average cricket customer to be able to afford that? | |
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| |  LinklistPremium
join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | Re: Interesting said by ilikeme:I wonder how they expect the average cricket customer to be able to afford that?
Because even the "poor" can dig up the money for an expensive consumer item($200 sneaks, $400 smartphones) when they want it. | |
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| | iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | There are plenty of iPhones already running on the network, bought at full retail and flashed, for a fee, to CricKet's CDMA settings. This is a heck of a lot cheaper than that. | |
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| |  Steve MehsGun Control Is Using A Steady HandPremium
join:2005-07-16 | said by ilikeme:I wonder how they expect the average cricket customer to be able to afford that?
You’re kidding, right? Every Tuesday for work I’m in the ghetto of Buffalo, every Wednesday I’m in the ghetto of Rochester for work. The vast majority of the losers and thugs I see in both cities have an iPhone hanging around their neck. Be it the crack dealer on the street corner or the 400 lb woman waiting for the bus with her nine illegitimate children causing chaos. What ghetto thug came up with the fashion idea to wear cell phones on a chain around the neck anyway? Oh well, I don’t get most of the urban lifestyle nor do I ever want to. These people don’t have two stones to rub together but they have their iPhones. They’re probably too dumb to figure out how to use a real smartphone, you know something that runs Android. These same people who wear they’re iPhones like dog collars are also the ones I see at low income medical offices and clinics ‘paying’ for their prescriptions and copays with their New York State Benefit Card.
It makes me sick personally.
The iPhone is purchased by three types of people. 1) Apples loyal blinded flock of iSheep 2) Teenage girls who for some reason think Apple products are cool, when it’s really not 3) Ghetto scumbags
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join:2001-05-11
Tulsa, OK | Re: Interesting I'm not any of those three. I just like the smartphone. The ipad is everything I've wanted and need. Dont have the time to play around with a phone like i used to. And i have special apps that for the iphone but not in Itunes for the public...not on other phones.
I appreciated the stock boosting my Roth over a half million though.
Not many phones you can buy,use,sell two years later on the Brazilian black market,and make enough to buy a new unlocked iPhone with change.
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You’re kidding, right? Every Tuesday for work I’m in the ghetto of Buffalo, every Wednesday I’m in the ghetto of Rochester for work. The vast majority of the losers and thugs I see in both cities have an iPhone hanging around their neck. Be it the crack dealer on the street corner or the 400 lb woman waiting for the bus with her nine illegitimate children causing chaos. What ghetto thug came up with the fashion idea to wear cell phones on a chain around the neck anyway? Oh well, I don’t get most of the urban lifestyle nor do I ever want to. These people don’t have two stones to rub together but they have their iPhones. They’re probably too dumb to figure out how to use a real smartphone, you know something that runs Android. These same people who wear they’re iPhones like dog collars are also the ones I see at low income medical offices and clinics ‘paying’ for their prescriptions and copays with their New York State Benefit Card. It makes me sick personally. The iPhone is purchased by three types of people. 1) Apples loyal blinded flock of iSheep 2) Teenage girls who for some reason think Apple products are cool, when it’s really not 3) Ghetto scumbags 1. It makes me even more sick to read this, but I can imagine. I see it sometimes. It's not cool anymore to have expensive toys, but use the collective tax dollars because you can't take care of yourself.
I consider it the triple threat; obesity, drugs, and thugs. Killing the community 3 different ways.
2. Unfortunately, with most of the stuff these guys get into being illegal, defacing women, and giving them STD's, most of these pricks are dogs.
3. I agree. Its' a fashion statement. Right now though, people have to deal with it. Speak of the devil !, How the iPhone is losing its' cool factor.
»news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57444···1_3-0-20
4. The one role model most African American males have is Obama, not his policies. I know what your wish is; but my wish would show these people the real type of poverty and human exploitation that makes of those "cool toys".
5. Trust me dude, I see from your POV. When your spending someone elses' money, might as well live it up. | |
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jay-z
diddy
herman cain (not mine)
leborn james
colin powell
condey rice
mrs obama
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| | | ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | Re: Interesting said by Steve Mehs:said by ilikeme:I wonder how they expect the average cricket customer to be able to afford that?
You’re kidding, right? Every Tuesday for work I’m in the ghetto of Buffalo, every Wednesday I’m in the ghetto of Rochester for work. The vast majority of the losers and thugs I see in both cities have an iPhone hanging around their neck. Be it the crack dealer on the street corner or the 400 lb woman waiting for the bus with her nine illegitimate children causing chaos. What ghetto thug came up with the fashion idea to wear cell phones on a chain around the neck anyway? Oh well, I don’t get most of the urban lifestyle nor do I ever want to. These people don’t have two stones to rub together but they have their iPhones. They’re probably too dumb to figure out how to use a real smartphone, you know something that runs Android. These same people who wear they’re iPhones like dog collars are also the ones I see at low income medical offices and clinics ‘paying’ for their prescriptions and copays with their New York State Benefit Card. It makes me sick personally. The iPhone is purchased by three types of people. 1) Apples loyal blinded flock of iSheep 2) Teenage girls who for some reason think Apple products are cool, when it’s really not 3) Ghetto scumbags You forgot the 4th one.
4) Those who want an OS that has the same stability and features between different devices and who need apps that are not on or do not work as well on Android.
Also, I heard of more "ghetto scumbags" having Androids than I have with iPhones.
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join:2004-02-02
Los Angeles, CA
kudos:3 | Re: Interesting said by ilikeme:You forgot the 4th one.
4) Those who want an OS that has the same stability and features between different devices and who need apps that are not on or do not work as well on Android.
Haven't found that app yet, and yet both my Samsung Transform Ultra & various desktops are working without fault. | |
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| | will they lock the GSM slot? i wonder if cricket will be locking the SIM card slot on the 4S.
if not the 4S is considerably cheaper( - $150.00) than at the apple store, these will be in a nearly permanent out of stock status as they get bought up for export.
the 2.3 GB before throttling is interesting since cricket normally throttles after only 1 GB(for smartphones, feature phones are unlimited without throttle.) hopefully the new larger cap will be for android customers as well. | |
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| | | Re: will they lock the GSM slot? I'm pretty sure Cricket is entirely CDMA not GSM, so no SIM slot. | |
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| | tdar
join:2004-04-05
Satellite Beach, FL | Re: will they lock the GSM slot? SIM slot on 4S but surely locked | |
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| | | | all iphone 4s"s have sim slots, they are all dual mode(cdma/gsm) phones. | |
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| | | | | Re: will they lock the GSM slot? Oh, that's right. Forgot about that. | |
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| | Did Sprint get burned? Sprint had to commit to something like 20-30M phones to get iPhone. Did Cricket? If not, Sprint got pwned by Apple. | |
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| | | Re: Did Sprint get burned? Regardless, all of them got pwned by Apple. | |
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| | | | Re: Did Sprint get burned? Looks like Cricket is committing to buying only $1B of iPhones over 3 years, much less than Sprint's $15B. Compared to their respective subscriber ratios, Sprint should have only committed to about $7B. Apple basically let Cricket on board for half what Sprint had to commit to.
»www.marketwatch.com/story/leap-t···est_news | |
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| | | | | Re: Did Sprint get burned? It's probably even less than that. I saw an analysis about sprint having to sell an iphone to close to 50% of it's customer base by the time all was said and done. Not even ATT has that kind of iphone usage after carrying it for nearly 5 years.
This is still a very very very risky thing for cricket to do since they sell a very nice prepaid android phone for half the cost of the i4 and it is somewhere between the 4 and 4s in capabilities and features. I see this as more of an ability to bring more traffic to stores, but it's a hard sell to the typical prepaid customer to get them to pay twice or more for a similar device. So while they may increase sales and subs of more affordable devices, it leaves a contract bomb that may not be satisfied.
Also note that it's not available in their Sprint resell areas, and it's not available even in their native infrastructure "tri-band" areas, which some are major markets (Chicago, Las vegas, Baltimore, DC, Philly, and more)
I really cannot fathom Cricket's limited classic non triband market area selling more than 100K iphones a year and they contracted for 600K. | |
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join:2003-01-10
Winfield, AL
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| Not first.... While they may be the first since the original iPhone back in 2007 when the first iPhone was released Cingular (now AT&T) provided a prepaid option for the phone...
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| | | Re: Not first.... I have a pre-paid iPhone through AT&T's Go Phone (and have had it for over a year). I bought a used iPhone and put in a Go Phone SIM card. The local AT&T store helped me with the set-up, so this wasn't some unofficial workaround (unless it is a racket run by the store management I suppose).
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 dvd536as Mr. Pink as they comePremium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
kudos:4 | rofl! Cricket can't even do no frills dumbphones well. they're a joke! | |
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join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 Reviews:
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| They are subsidizing this, just not as much as postpaid The iPhone is being offered $150 below retail. I'm sure Leap got a quantity discount but I can guarantee that they are selling the phone, like most of the rest of their lineup, below cost. AKA subsidizing the phone. Virgin Mobile doe it too.
This is why CricKet's plan price is above that of Straight Talk for equivalent features ($45)...you can use an iPhone on prepaid with ST, though you will have to pay full price for the phone. You end up ahead after two years though, versus CricKet.
In other news, how long before CricKet's CDMA network melts due to the iPhone? Theirs is more fragile than Sprint's if I recall correctly. Or will they be using Sprint a lot, since the iPhone can't run on a significant portion of their network (the AWS CDMA only parts)? | |
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| | | Re: They are subsidizing this, just not as much as postpaid They are not offering the iphone in their AWS markets. Only in their PCS markets. | |
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join:2003-03-24
Billings, MT | Unlimited Data... Not for long.. Seems that every carrier that gets the iPhone ends up killing off their unlimited data within the year. | |
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| | | Re: not a good deal The difference is that you can get the Iphone and the plan together. No need to buy the iphone first and then the ST card plus plan. I know because Im and ST customer. Had i know this and Cricket was GSM I would had jump the gun. Look every time i refill my ST account i pay 48 bucks so no too far off. Also i used to be a Metropcs but got fed up with their lovely LTE android phones bugging out as soon as summer starts. I used to call my indulge the :hand warmer" and then i was fool again and got the LG Esteem. The Esteem was a heck of a phone but after 6 months it started to act nuts had to replace it and after a month it went nuts again. So i said enough and went back to my old 3G no problems so far and yes is unlock and jailbroke. | |
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| Re: not a good deal I already own my iphone 4, its unlocked and jailbroken. They are subsidizing the phones, which makes no sense given its a prepaid service, and once the phone is in your hands, you simply stop paying for service and you get a cheaper iphone. most likely, the iphones will be purchased en-masse for export from the USA because they are unlocked, by Ebay sellers. As it sits, i can jump from carrier to carrier as long as it prepaid, and will just use the cheapest one that I can that has coverage where I live. I had some AT&T gift cards, so I got service from them for 2 months for free(no idea where they came from), then ported my number over to ST for $45 per month unlimited(smartphone data included, dont get throttled until you hit that 3.3GB cap i this area). Its not a good deal if you already own your phone. | |
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join:2001-12-30
USA
kudos:1
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| Cost Savings This article breaks down the costs of owning a Cricket iPhone vs a contract iPhone.
»www.philly.com/philly/blogs/gizm···586.html
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Assuming you never shut off the service, never skip months, a Cricket iPhone would cost $1,719 to own and use for two years, versus $2,775 for a typical iPhone customer on a contract, estimates Cricket. Another plus - Cricket offers "unlimited data" in its package. though narrows the pipe for slower streaming after you pull down 2.3GB in a billing cycle.
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