They don't have any phones that meet up with my needs. On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:26 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The phone itself is 250 with a 2 year contract, plus another hundred for > the deposit, so it was like 375 after taxes with next day shipping, just > too much for today. > > I'll go check out boost. > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> I use Boost. I am not really happy with their phone support either, which >> is also in India, but the store is convenient so the time my phone fell >> off >> the web I took it over there and made *them* call in. It did get fixed, >> though, I will say, nobody told me to take a computer literacy class, and >> the bill is always the agreed-upon flat rate. >> >> I had tried taking the battery out, but no joy. Pretty sure I did it >> myself >> though, trying to do something with the developer site after I went to >> Blackberry World. >> >> The only downside is that a lot of times they don't always have the newest >> and shiniest phones. Like six months old. Shrug. Oh and since you aren't >> signing up for whatever T-Mobile feels like holding your credit hostage >> for >> you do have to buy the phone, but hey if you're already doing a hundred >> for >> a deposit why not give that a pass and put two hundred into a nice >> Android? >> >> I wish I had an Android, lol... >> >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 5:12 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> > Wow, that's terrible. >> > >> > Well this would at least be a line just for me. I will admit that their >> > site has been rather problematic, so we'll see. >> > >> > Well it looks like they want $100.00 deposit to start (I have crap >> credit) >> > so this is going to have to wait until next month anyway. >> > >> > So that will give me more time to research everything. >> > >> > So who do you have for a carrier now? >> > >> > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > > >> > > suuuure. I forget how much mine was but it was unlimited everything >> for >> > > three phones. And the bill was always about $150 too high. They used >> to >> > > claim the kids were doing something (what though? We had unlimited >> web, >> > > unlimited texting, unlimited voice... they would have had to spend ALL >> > > their time downloading ring tones.) >> > > >> > > Anyway, T-Mobile told me that they could not tell me what mywere >> > supposedly >> > > doing to incur the extra charges. Privacy or something. Even though I >> was >> > > their parent, and even though I was paying the bill. I went through >> this >> > > with them about nine times. It got to the point where I could not call >> > them >> > > -- it ALWAYS ended with me throwing the phone against the wall. I >> finally >> > > bailed on the contract, because it was just armed robbery. If you >> want me >> > > to pay you money, you gotta explain why to me, sorry. >> > > >> > > And ask me about the hold time. You'll have time to found >> civilizations >> > and >> > > conquer barbarian nations while you're on hold for them. >> > > >> > > Last time I was in New Mexico I called T-Mobile tech support for a >> friend >> > > because she just could not deal with them and was also getting kinda >> > > homicidal on the subject of T-Mobile. Since the call center's in >> > > Albuquerque, one of them anyway, I considered this a problem. >> > > >> > > I was on hold three hours, dude before I even talked to anyone. She >> > hadn't >> > > been able to get on the web for more than a year, and they told her to >> > take >> > > a computer literacy class. OK, she did need one, but I'm here to tell >> you >> > > that she was not the reason she wasn't getting on the web. I finally >> got >> > > her internet working by taking the battery out and putting it back >> in. I >> > > have no idea how long that lasted though -- for all I know it hung >> again >> > a >> > > week later. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:38 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > > >> > > > huh. The plan I have should be 102 a month all told. Which is $30 >> > > cheaper >> > > > than sprint and even cheaper then Verizon. I looked at all the >> reviews >> > > for >> > > > around here and they were well rated. >> > > > >> > > > I don't know. I was on AT&T for so long it was ridiculous, but they >> > are >> > > > the most expensive at 170 or something. >> > > > >> > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > > > >> > > > >the >> > > > > ARGH >> > > > > >> > > > > I hated T-Mobile. The bill was always wrong, like $150 too high >> and >> > > they >> > > > > never admitted it. >> > > > > >> > > > > You have been warned ;) >> > > > > >> > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:13 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > So I'm looking around for a new phone. I've pretty much decided >> > that >> > > > I'm >> > > > > > going to get a T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > They seem to have the cheapest unlimited plan around here, and >> the >> > > > phone >> > > > > > hits all the high points I've set for myself. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > The second closest was on sprint, but their mobile hotspot is an >> > > > > additional >> > > > > > 29.99 for some reason. >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Anyway, the things I want: >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Android 2.3 >> > > > > > 4g >> > > > > > Full qwerty keyboard (sliders preferred) >> > > > > > Decent camera (6+ MP) >> > > > > > Front facing camera (can be lower rez) >> > > > > > >> > > > > > Suggestions? >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:350787 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
