quote:

Originally posted by gehzumteufel fixed. i agree.

meh, they're definitely more expensive, but they're not as bad as sprint/nextel, & I've had such terrible experience with cingular/at&t

lol what sucks is thats 100% true , I kinda like the unlimited texting though...

but i could have that and calls with this ghetto south florida plan

quote:

Originally posted by inconspicuous meh, they're definitely more expensive, but they're not as bad as sprint/nextel, & I've had such terrible experience with cingular/at&t

this is how it works. sprint is the most expensive. verizon has the BEST network but the WORST plans. cing/att have ok prices but HORRID service unless your on the 3g network. tmo has the BEST prices (natiowide. not including carriers like MetroPCS that they truely cant even compete with in regards to local service only) but their network isnt the greatst but isnt as shitty reception wise as cing/att on the non 3g network.

quote:

Originally posted by chach lol what sucks is thats 100% true , I kinda like the unlimited texting though... but i could have that and calls with this ghetto south florida plan

yeah its hard to justify it.

im just not going back to nextel my 2 year shithole of a marriage is over finally!

unless they give me a new phone unlimited texting and 20% of all my bills im never going back...

lol im gonna try and ask for that

quote:

Originally posted by Zewad since we are talking about phones ill jump in.. my dad has an iphone and i was like that's the coolest thing ive ever seen... then im like if i get one that + the plan would be about what i'd pay for rent for a month... that thought quickly brought me back to reality

would you like to buy a phone with underlying technology that is 3yrs old also? the ONLY thing that is "innovative" is the touchscreen which truely isnt. the UI is just a big gimmick. wooop dee fucking doo you can shrink it with a finger motion. at least im not paying $600 for something already outdated by 3 years!

quote:

Originally posted by gehzumteufel this is how it works. sprint is the most expensive. verizon has the BEST network but the WORST plans. cing/att have ok prices but HORRID service unless your on the 3g network. tmo has the BEST prices (natiowide. not including carriers like MetroPCS that they truely cant even compete with in regards to local service only) but their network isnt the greatst but isnt as shitty reception wise as cing/att on the non 3g network. yeah its hard to justify it.

pretty much what I've found, as well. The coverage with verizon is the best I've had/seen, but you pay for it, and the phone scenario sucks 'cuz of cdma. Cingular/att is just so bad, coverage & service wise, that it's even harder to justify going in that direction to save a couple bucks. tmobile has decent coverage, but in the places I need it, it's almost as bad as cingular. sprint/nextel just seems almost prohibitively expensive, and without much benefit. I wouldn't even consider any of the altell/us cellular/metropcs/boosts of the world.

quote:

Originally posted by chach im just not going back to nextel my 2 year shithole of a marriage is over finally! unless they give me a new phone unlimited texting and 20% of all my bills im never going back... lol im gonna try and ask for that

sprint/nextel retentions is shit. they wont do much to try to save you. also they have the worst deals. at work we get a BB8830 from verizon for 130 and free BT headset and car charger. to get an i850 upgrade from nextel its $200!

quote:

Originally posted by gehzumteufel would you like to buy a phone with underlying technology that is 3yrs old also? the ONLY thing that is "innovative" is the touchscreen which truely isnt. the UI is just a big gimmick. wooop dee fucking doo you can shrink it with a finger motion. at least im not paying $600 for something already outdated by 3 years!

I'll admit, the technology behind the on-screen keyboard is very cool--with the sensitivity working with the text-prediction, but I'd still rather have real keys, and there are a million other reasons why I wouldn't want that phone.

maybe i should just go phoneless cutting myself off further from the world. hmm doesnt sound that bad noone calling me late dont have to worry about a girl checking the phone for other calls...

quote:

Originally posted by gehzumteufel sprint/nextel retentions is shit. they wont do much to try to save you. also they have the worst deals. at work we get a BB8830 from verizon for 130 and free BT headset and car charger. to get an i850 upgrade from nextel its $200!

nextel really isn't aimed at anyone anymore. they used to have a big chunk of the business market locked, especially when the push-to-talk phones came out, but they've got nothing to offer now except archaic phones & absurd pricing. They had the best network from day one, but they completely screwed up their marketing.

quote:

Originally posted by inconspicuous pretty much what I've found, as well. The coverage with verizon is the best I've had/seen, but you pay for it, and the phone scenario sucks 'cuz of cdma. Cingular/att is just so bad, coverage & service wise, that it's even harder to justify going in that direction to save a couple bucks. tmobile has decent coverage, but in the places I need it, it's almost as bad as cingular. sprint/nextel just seems almost prohibitively expensive, and without much benefit. I wouldn't even consider any of the altell/us cellular/metropcs/boosts of the world.

metro is pretty good honestly. i had it for 1.5yrs till JUST before i moved to southern california. never had a problem. then again i had a SOLID phone. Kyocera (aka Qualcomm, the CDMA creator) makes the BEST CDMA chips out there. no other company makes such a solid communication chip when it comes to CDMA services.

and for those that dont know Nextel = CDMA + iDEN. iDEN = walkie talkie feature. and the reason that nextel ONLY uses motorola is cause iDEN is proprietary to motorola and nobody pays licensing fees except RIM (the company that makes the blackberry)