Re: Seperate phone versus all-in-one
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Originally Posted by brontide
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If the mogul is $200 ( w 2yr contract after $100 mail in rebate - regular price $549 ) and you are paying... how much a month to use all the advanced features? $20, $30, $40? Even at $20/month you are talking almost $500 over the $200 during the course of your 2-year lock-in.
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nope. I have their SERO plan. $30 a month flat fee for 500 minutes, UNLIMITED text and data. So I'm actually saving money, because I was paying $40 a month for my old cell phone with AT&T, and I didn't even have a data plan with that. so that's an extra $120 a year in my pocket. in less than 2 years, the mogul has paid for itself!
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You still have to shell out for a phone plan and any other add-ons.
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not really. the mogul has wifi, so in the event I'm somewhere in the world where I can't get cell reception, I can flip the wifi switch and browse the net at starbucks or some other hotspot. just like you'd do with an internet tablet. but what if you aren't near a hotspot with your internet tablet? This happened to me when I took the device to mexico. unless you have a seperate cell phone and data plan to tether to, you are SOL.
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If may work for you, but don't pretend like you are not paying for convenience just like an iPhone user.
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lol what? last I checked, convenience is a good thing. and I'm actually paying less for it, so its a win-win situation for me.
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Sprint does have some good deals on occasion, but read howardforums.com sometime to hear the horror stories of people who have never once gotten a correct bill or have been told 6 answers by 6 reps over the course of 24 hours. When it works great, but when something goes wrong Sprint can be a nightmare.
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I called the customer service line for my old cell phone maybe 2 or 3 times over the 8 years I had it, so its not like thats a big factor for me. And for $30 a month, I'd be willing to put up with their customer service reps. In fact, they transferred my old cell phone number over to the new phone TOO quickly - before I got the new phone. so they credited my first bill $25. |
