I was at best buy and that's what the guy said. I used to use the Arrive but went back to Android and my mom has an Android phone. We were looking for another phone for her and a guy came up to this associate and asked if they had any windows phone 7 phones and he said they don't carry them in store but they could order him one if he wanted one.
That's messed up if Best Buy doesn't carry them in the store...because the average person won't just buy a phone without looking at it. I mean yeah, you have 30 days but most people would rather avoid the hassle. The associate's also don't know that much about the phones either and I mean, you can't really fault them on that if they don't all of the phones that they could possibly sell in the store... I just find that kinda weak.
90% of the time you get a better look at the phone in a carrier store than at lolBestBuy, anyways.
If you have a Best Buy there, you have carrier stores not far off. Go look at the phones there. They're probably the same price, too, in most cases.
worstBuy ain't worth **** anymore
Yeah, that is bad of BB. Oh well, I now know to avoid there on my next phone (barring something awesomesause comming out, it will be a windows phone).
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Welcome to the world of anti-WP7 bias.
bestbuy has wp7 at all my local stores. I call fud.
only two devices, but they're on display and powered up, running demos which can be exited for normal use.
Best Buy around me carries them, all phones all carriers in the US that have WP7.
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bestbuy has wp7 at all my local stores. I call fud.
only two devices, but they're on display and powered up, running demos which can be exited for normal use.
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Best Buy in SoPo Maine has no WP7 phones on the floor. Not fud.
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Best Buy in SoPo Maine has no WP7 phones on the floor. Not fud.
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It is fud, because it makes a blanket statement based on anecdotal evidence. Some Best Buy stores don't stock WP7 phones, others do. That is a different statement from "Best Buy doesn't sell Windows Phone 7 phones" (which implies that it is a company-wide issue).
Ironically, it was a Best Buy store display (and a Best Buy employee) that convinced me to look seriously at WP7 in the first place.
Best Buy rarely has working models on the floor.
Best Buy's in Oregon have them, seen them at multiple stores
Yep, that's my point, exactly. People keep chiming in with "Best Buy does this" or "Best Buy doesn't do that" based solely on what they observe in their local store.
Best Buy is a large international chain of over 1,000 stores. While it is clear that some (possibly even many) of them are not giving WP7 a fair shake, that isn't true for all of them. As I already mentioned, it was a Best Buy sales drone who convinced me to even look at WP7 in the first place.
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Yep, that's my point, exactly. People keep chiming in with "Best Buy does this" or "Best Buy doesn't do that" based solely on what they observe in their local store.
Best Buy is a large international chain of over 1,000 stores. While it is clear that some (possibly even many) of them are not giving WP7 a fair shake, that isn't true for all of them. As I already mentioned, it was a Best Buy sales drone who convinced me to even look at WP7 in the first place.
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The title is wrong on every level. All best buys sell wp7 phones. Some don't carry models on the floor.
title should read, "my local best buy doesn't carry a wp7 model on the floor"
I find that most sales associates stand behind Android and feel that everybody should have one. Most are pretty bias and dont really take the customers use of the phone in consideration and they feel Android is the answer
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Call me old-fashioned, but I LIKE buying stuff in retail stores. Lots of reasons:
1) I can try the product on to check for comfort.
2) I can get a sense for quality and fit n' finish.
3) If it breaks or I don't like it I can EASILY return or exchange it.
4) Instant Gratification - Face it, waiting for a week to get something you bought today SUCKS.
That being said, it seems that most of the really cool stuff is never available in stores. For example, over-the-head bluetooth headset with boom mic.
I work from home and LIVE on the phone. Before unlimited long distance was free, my phone bills would run about $3000 a month, just to give you an idea. It is very important that I have a lightweight, long-lasting headset. It MUST have a boom mic as my clients don't like it when I sound like I'm on a speakerphone as with most bluetooth headsets. I don't care if it isn't sleek and pretty - I never wear it outside the office - I am 100% into functionality.
Anyway, headsets of this nature have been out for about a year. You would THINK somebody with a retail store would carry them, but no. My local possibilities are:
BestBuy
RadioShack
Target
Walmart
Sam's Club
Office Depot
Office Max
Staples
Nobody. Not one of these stores carries this product. God I wish we had a Frye's here in this town. Frye's completely rocks.
Now I have to order online and cross my fingers the product doesn't suck.
i'm the opposite, I hate buying at retail stores.
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I am with the OP here. I travel from place to place around the country in the cellphone industry and most times I don't know where I will be 3-7 days from now. So ordering online is iffy at best for me. I also don't want to pay the gouging prices for overnight shipping to make up for it. So I must buy from a B+M store. On the rare occasion that I know where I will be I have bought online, but most times its just not possible for me.
I think I have figured out why this is.
Go to the BestBuy website. It seems all of the coolest, most current stuff is available online only. Why would they do that?
Well you figure the more sophisticated shopper that wants the latest thing will be shopping online. More of the customers who go to retail stores are less sophisticated users rather than enthusiasts.
So they sell the goid stuff online and ship out all the old tired stuff to sell to consumers who don't know any better.
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i'm the opposite, I hate buying at retail stores.
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Yah same here
I agree with the OP, I prefer retail stores for my gadgets. It allows me to look them over (online photos are never accurate, try it out, not have to deal with annoying/unreliable mail delivery, and in the end get the instant gratification of taking it home immediately...
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Frye's only goes so far though too. It all depends we got s huge one and at times it is a god send and others it is as hit or miss as the regular options. But agreed, variety and such some **** just cant be got around certain places.
So yes I too enjoy the immediate purchase / use of most things and honestlyas far as online purchases go, some are more suited for as much than others.
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Probably has to do with the fact that Americans are so obsessed with the lowest price they don't even care about the product quality.
This is evident by the surge in Chinese goods being sold at the rate it is.
Usually "the best" isn't cheapest.
Also, retail stores have a limit in space, unlike online.
Thus they have to be more picky on what they carry.
So, of course, they are going to pick the big sellers. [Especially cause they have more overhead having to pay people to run the stores as well]
Its because 90% of the in store shoppers are average electronic consumers. Hell you'd crap if you saw how many people dont update theyre androids and are still on 1.5. These items your looking for are specialty items and not used by the average shopper therefore they dont sell so we dont carry them. Stores have to buy a certain amount of a product to carry it and most items like this dont sell fast enough. After a few months the stores pay a stocking fee on what isnt sold. Online however doesnt have these limitations which is why they stock these items. They get them from the manufacturer on a per basis order.
I work at BB and would love these specialty items but our group of buyers is a minor percent of shoppers.
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God I wish we had a Frye's here in this town. Frye's completely rocks.
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There's a Fry's near my home and another near near my work and I'm equally frustrated with both of 'em! I just don't understand how anyplace can have so much of what I want yet so little of what I need.
I still shop there a lot, but it almost always involves compromise.
I call it the Home Depot business model.
Pete
But I guess you can't beat Amazon for price. You also have he benefit of lots of user reviews. However even that can be confusing because one user will rate the product 5 stars because it does xyz so well and another user will rate it one star because it sucks at xyz
Oh well. I really need to buy an over the head bluetooth headset with boom mic and I can't decide on which one. Lots of people seem to like the Emerson product.
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I guess what amazes me is that Charlotte NC is the 9th largest city in the USA and we don't have a single enthusiast technology store. No TigerDirect, no Frye's. It blows :-(
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Try living on an island lol
We are not too bad tho, shipping Something is something else. I have had problems with that. Had something shipped to my parents house in VA and im still waiting for them to ship it. Its been over a week since they got it.
But yeah,i do like buying from a store, returns alone are less of a pain.....But I have been buying a lot online. Mostly things I cant find locally or good deals.
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I think it is bcause the store do not want to get stuck with something that doesn't sell fast.
As someone said earlier, not eveyone is willing to put out money for quality stuff. Lower priced item sell faster. Stores want something that will come in and out
Basic economics. It is cheaper to sell online than it is to sell out of a brick-and-mortar store. They may charge the same price at both locations, but anything they sell online has a massive difference in the profit margin. They don't sell, or at least keep much stock for the most desirable items in-store. This allows the store to direct people to the website when the store "runs out of stock". Straight and simple increase in profit.
I hear you. There is almost an entire untapped market for specialized electronics. All the big box carry the same old consumer neutral stuff. Its got to the point for me where Best Buy is the only place I can really get anything, and there selection is not that great.
it all boils down to overhead. A brick and mortar store has lots of it. Staff, real estate, utilities, etc. are all expensive. In order to recoupe these expenses you put on the shelves things that you will sell a lot of. Ever store has to make so much money for every square foot of floor space. Each shelf has an income it must make inorder for the store to be profitable. This makes "Specialty" the key word. It is an item a specific few will be looking for not the masses. If you take up space on your floor with an item that you are not going to sell very many of you are wasting valuable space and going to get stuck with product you cant move.
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Basic economics. It is cheaper to sell online than it is to sell out of a brick-and-mortar store. They may charge the same price at both locations, but anything they sell online has a massive difference in the profit margin. They don't sell, or at least keep much stock for the most desirable items in-store. This allows the store to direct people to the website when the store "runs out of stock". Straight and simple increase in profit.
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This makes no sense and it sounds like you have a conspiracy issue. No store would ever not stock what sells well. There is no guarantee that the shopper is going to go home and buy from your website. It is too easy to comparison shop on the internet and I guarentee you that you will not find that Best Buy (or any other B&M store) is the best price on the web. It just boils down to certain items will cost a store money if they sit on the shelves due to the income that can be made if something else is there.
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No store would ever not stock what sells well. There is no guarantee that the shopper is going to go home and buy from your website. It is too easy to comparison shop on the internet and I guarentee you that you will not find that Best Buy (or any other B&M store) is the best price on the web. It just boils down to certain items will cost a store money if they sit on the shelves due to the income that can be made if something else is there.
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We actually do that at Staples all the time. We want more and more customers ordering online. They will advertise a chair on sale and even if we have it in stock they encourage us to get the customer to order it online at our kiosk. They say it gets customers more used to ordering online and conditions them to shop online at home. If they order online from in the store we can help them if they need it, and next time they order they may bypass us altogether.
Margin is much higher on online items and returns are less likely.
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Switch to an Iphone and you'll pretty much find any accessory you could ever want, even at your local Walgreens. That's because it's the new, hip phone that all the kids want. Seriously though, sometimes, the local little cell phone shops are the best for quirky, non-mainstream stuff. There a place by me, about 30 minutes away that just has a crap ton of cell phone accessories. If I just can't wait, or I'm not sure what I want, I just drive out there.
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We actually do that at Staples all the time. We want more and more customers ordering online. They will advertise a chair on sale and even if we have it in stock they encourage us to get the customer to order it online at our kiosk. They say it gets customers more used to ordering online and conditions them to shop online at home. If they order online from in the store we can help them if they need it, and next time they order they may bypass us altogether.
Margin is much higher on online items and returns are less likely.
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Say what?????? You do realize by doing what you described your working yourself out of a job? If they bypass the store your revenue goes down as well as your labor allowance which means your not needed and im sure the ceo would be very pleased by your willingness to help his wallet.
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My wife and I were at the mall today and I went into a Rogers store (Canadian cell provider), and was comparing the Focus to my Quantum.
A sales monkey came over to see if I needed help and we started chatting. I asked him if the wp7's had been selling he kinda laughed nervously and said he hasn't seen a rep sell one yet. He mentioned that one concern is the lack of multi-tasking. I kinda find that hard to believe. That used to be the rallying cry of all anti-apple people, yet they sold like crazy. And I've yet to see one 'in the wild'. Anecdotal I know, but kinda disappointing. I think it's a fantastic OS, I thought more people would be into it.
Many people are into it.
The sales man is only a sales man. He only wants to sell you what ever he thinks he can make money off.
As it stands the multitasking functionality is about the same as the iphone, but with MANGO on its way, that will be fixed.
Don't worry, generally sales rep don't know what they are talking about, they just know the basic/general stuffs.
If I'm the sales officer,I would not reckon this device to any customer,until 2nd gen of devices or mango are released.
@FooisM, most of the consumers not even know what is WP7,so,whats the point telling them about Mango?lol....
@JC_agga, yea true,they just know basic and general stuffs,that is what ordinary or normal customers want.
you have to do your own homework... sales ppl will sell u what they suppose to or get more commission or old stocks....
i changed 3 Bluray 3D DVD players in past 4 months, as i trusted the sales man....
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you have to do your own homework... sales ppl will sell u what they suppose to or get more commission or old stocks....
i changed 3 Bluray 3D DVD players in past 4 months, as i trusted the sales man....
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Either that or what they know actually works and has full functionality. Just a thought.
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Either that or what they know actually works and has full functionality. Just a thought.
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Not around here sadly. From the few stores around my place, if you don't have an Iphone, that makes you an idiot to them.
To be fair even after all the debacle i've been through with my Omnia 7 I would still reccomend WP7. The OS is just fantastic.
Samsung phones however... I will not reccomend!
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To be fair even after all the debacle i've been through with my Omnia 7 I would still reccomend WP7. The OS is just fantastic.
Samsung phones however... I will not reccomend!
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Agree perfectly!!!!!! OS brilliant! Samsung has let me downnnnn hardware problems to often!
I love my sammy Focus. When I went to the ATT store to get my wife the same phone, the salesman said good things about the phone, asked me about my experience. I didn't get any anti-wp7 vibe from my att store, but ymmv. By the time I decide to make a purchase, I find that I generally know a lot more about the items than the saleperson. Not always, not generally so.
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I love my sammy Focus. When I went to the ATT store to get my wife the same phone, the salesman said good things about the phone, asked me about my experience. I didn't get any anti-wp7 vibe from my att store, but ymmv. By the time I decide to make a purchase, I find that I generally know a lot more about the items than the saleperson. Not always, not generally so.
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In Portugal when I went to buy my Omnia 7in January the salesguy had a Mozart and he loved it, almost forced me into WP7.. LOL
No regrets about the OS nor about Samsung... My Omnia is running 7392 always officially updated and no problems so far...
Yeah, I don't know why ppl complain about Samsung. I think they're a great hardware company and I'm very happy with my Omnia 7. Before I had a Samsung Wave with bada, and it was nice too !! No problems at all !!
I didn't have any problems with the update on the Omnia 7 as well.
Well, if he is a cell phone salesman he is either very young probably not very knowledgeable or if older probably made a lot of mistakes in life to end up at that point.... In either event I wouldn't worry about it. Just enjoy your phone and rock on.
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Well, if he is a cell phone salesman he is either very young probably not very knowledgeable or if older probably made a lot of mistakes in life to end up at that point.... In either event I wouldn't worry about it. Just enjoy your phone and rock on.
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LOL that's horrible!
isn't this like letting a car sales man telling you what to buy? If you're going to lay down 500$ you better do your research before walking into any store (or you deserve what you get).
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Well, if he is a cell phone salesman he is either very young probably not very knowledgeable or if older probably made a lot of mistakes in life to end up at that point.... In either event I wouldn't worry about it. Just enjoy your phone and rock on.
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That was amazing.
share any of your sales issues here
cheerio
I am using the HTC trophy on Verizon. I went in to my local store and was asking about a charging cord (39.95 please), and i kid you not, the sales rep tried to get me to upgrade to an android phone. Im happy with my WP7, and have had android and didnt like it. So after telling the guy that i didnt need a new phone, i left. Now what upsets me is verizons lack of commitment to this OS. people want it, i want it, yet they only give you one phone (HTC trophy) with very low specs. My brother in law works for go wireless and his boss refuses to stock any WP& devices. And go wireless is essentially verizon. Thats is the companies stance on the OS. "no, no one wants that. Here, take one of these 45 android phones. They are way better. why? because they are android". Im so ****ing sick of all this verizon android basket. I dont want to switch to ATT to get a good device, but its making it look more and more probable with each passing day that verizon shafts the WP7 people. I know the kins didnt do so well, but thats verizons fault for requiring a data plan on a dumb phone. Point of my rant is this: i want something other than this trophy on verizon, yet they are making it so difficult to stay with them due to their constant hard on for android and their brief love affair with IOS. Another reason not to switch is i was grandfathered in to the unlimited data plan. Why must you make it so hard for me verizon!? I hate you, yet love your cell reception and unlimited data. Get more CDMA WP7 phones. How hard would it be to get that fujitsu number over here? not that hard i would assume. I would pay cash for that in a heart beat. Much like how i paid 400 some odd bucks the day the trophy came out for verizon.
/end rant
Amen, I feel the same way, if nothing is at least announced for Verizon by the end of 2011 I'll probably be going to AT&T because their phone line-up is better. It's a pity because I do like Verizon's service.
I'm not even asking for a new phone this year, I just want an announcement of a new phone. They're releasing so many Android phones per year, and they can't announce a new wp7 phone after half a year or so, it's kind of BS.
I emailed one of the higher ups at VW regarding this. I got an email and a call back from his assistant regarding my frustrations. Supposedly there will be new WP devices coming, but they wouldn't give a time frame.
Rumor on the net through a couple Nokia sites say that Verizon will be getting a high end Nokia WP, while AT&Crap and T-Mobile will be getting mid tier devices. I'm personally over HTC's battery life issues so I'm optimistic something better will be coming so I can finally make the switch from Android.
Do yourself a favour, if you see what you like on another carrier (at&t, Titan, Focus S, Focus Flash), check out the coverage and prices as best you can and if everything looks ok switch! Why sit around on a carrier that doesnt give you what you want, whether it be CS, coverage or the device you desire? Buy a prepaid phone, use it to confirm you will have coverage and if its a go make sure to tell vzw just why you are switching. Spread the word about your experience, and maybe in 10 years time they will pull their heads out of google's butt!!
That's probably because Verizon is Google's favorite carrier and gets more from Google than other carrieres do, just like Motorola will now be favored over other OEMs.
the deathstars cell service is awful where I live. Calls are always dropped, and the data plan is horrendous. If it weren't for those two things, I would have switched long ago. The only thing really keeping me with big red is the aforementioned unlimited data.
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I am using the HTC trophy on Verizon. I went in to my local store and was asking about a charging cord (39.95 please), and i kid you not, the sales rep tried to get me to upgrade to an android phone.
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Regardless of what platform he personally prefers, in the end, he wants to make money, and he wants you to upgrade right then and there, and there isn't another WP7 device for him to offer you... what else is he supposed to do? lol
As a sales rep myself, I would attempt to figure out what you want, and get you the device that suits you the best. I'm no Android fan, but if I find out that you like Android, there is little reason for me to try and get you to buy into a completely different platform, no matter how awesome it is. Since you have the only WP7 device on Verizon, there isn't much else he could have done except tell you to buy into a different platform.
But the general idea of your topic, I understand, and its most certainly saddening to see how the market treats underdogs (not only Verizon). Though, I think you'll find that once the dollar signs start shifting toward WP7, the tune of most sales reps will also shift. They go where the money goes.
But when the rep tells me WP7 sucks like its fact and not opinion, that's when I tune out. And its sad because I feel that his behavior reflects on veizons opinion of WP7 in general besides, how are you gonna make tons of cash on a phone OS when you only have one model that supports it? Of course your gonna make a boatload of money if you have 19 phones that all have android on them
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I agree in general that VZW has little to no interest or support for WP7 and hopefully this changes with time as I too have little choice for good reception and am grandfathered on the unlimited data.
Google, Motorola, and Verzon are The Three Stooges. I'm suprised so many people here seem to have missed that...
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Regardless of what platform he personally prefers, in the end, he wants to make money, and he wants you to upgrade right then and there, and there isn't another WP7 device for him to offer you... what else is he supposed to do? lol
As a sales rep myself, I would attempt to figure out what you want, and get you the device that suits you the best. I'm no Android fan, but if I find out that you like Android, there is little reason for me to try and get you to buy into a completely different platform, no matter how awesome it is. Since you have the only WP7 device on Verizon, there isn't much else he could have done except tell you to buy into a different platform.
But the general idea of your topic, I understand, and its most certainly saddening to see how the market treats underdogs (not only Verizon). Though, I think you'll find that once the dollar signs start shifting toward WP7, the tune of most sales reps will also shift. They go where the money goes.
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Blame yourself for the setup....going to the oem for charging solutions is a setup for fail.
Expecting a salesperson to backup an all but discontinued device (because you like it) is a second setup to fail.
Continuing to support that company month to month is the third setup for fail.
Vote with your money, and enjoy the device you want instead = win ?
Seems like the fowl taste WM and the Kin left in VWs mouth hasn't left pitty.
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...then Verizon should've been smart and got the HD2 instead of the Kin !
Ok ohgood, let me clarify a few things:
1. I was looking at charging cables. Its not like I ran in, brow sweaty demanding a cable and willing to pay any price.
2.funny how a device that's Been out since early summer is considered "discontinued". Only reason it is could be because VZW deemed it so. Way to give it a chance.
3.maybe you should read why I'm sticking with VZW (great cell service and grandfathered into unlimited data). I'm sure I mentioned it above. Let me check...yep. I did.
So it's hard to vote with ones wallet when my other choice is a cell carrier that drops calls or gets no service in my area all together. Heaven forbid I would like to get a phone that isn't based on specs from a year ago. So, my point still stands. Google might as well buy VZW so they can just outright say "all android, all the time"
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Oh and to add a point, I wasn't seeking an upgrade. I was just browsing,curious about data cables or whathaveyou, and when making small talk, he saw the phone and started off on "the facts" about why WP7 is awful. So he wasn't trying to find my needs. And I get they follow the money, but as I previously stated, of course your gonna make more money on an OS that has a carrier branded tv and radio spot, not to mention the wall sized posters of android phones in store. Yet every vzw store I've been to had the trophy for 2 weeks in a corner of the store where no one would see it. /end rebuttal
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Oh and to add a point, I wasn't seeking an upgrade. I was just browsing,curious about data cables or whathaveyou, and when making small talk, he saw the phone and started off on "the facts" about why WP7 is awful. So he wasn't trying to find my needs. And I get they follow the money, but as I previously stated, of course your gonna make more money on an OS that has a carrier branded tv and radio spot, not to mention the wall sized posters of android phones in store. Yet every vzw store I've been to had the trophy for 2 weeks in a corner of the store where no one would see it. /end rebuttal
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Yes, I read that about lack of quality cellular service, its familiar to me. He's just using sales tactics that usually work for him, or possibly pointing out reasons other customers have cited for moving to iphone4. Prolly gets him a contract renewal or sale 9/10.
Thing is, no matter how uninterested you are in their hardware choices, you're supporting them month to month.
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Regardless of what platform he personally prefers, in the end, he wants to make money, and he wants you to upgrade right then and there, and there isn't another WP7 device for him to offer you... what else is he supposed to do? lol
As a sales rep myself, I would attempt to figure out what you want, and get you the device that suits you the best. I'm no Android fan, but if I find out that you like Android, there is little reason for me to try and get you to buy into a completely different platform, no matter how awesome it is. Since you have the only WP7 device on Verizon, there isn't much else he could have done except tell you to buy into a different platform.
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You're a good sales rep. Honestly. My last experience with a rep at a VW store went more or less as follows. I walk into the store just to look around because I had time to kill. The rep walks up and asks me what phone I have. I tell him a Focus and that I am on AT&T and am not interested in buying anything, I was just browsing. He proceeds to tell me that my phone's OS isn't any good, and that AT&T sucks (I can't really argue very much with that, though) -- I should switch to VW and get a Droid because they are the best phones available on the market. I asked him if he had ever used a WP7 -- he hadn't, of course. That conversation ended right there and I asked him to show me a Moto Xoom, which is another story.
Does anyone want to post up some first impressions on their ATT titans!?
My local store didn't receive any. And from reading elsewhere online, a LOT of stores didn't receive them. Many are saying they're expecting them tomorrow (Monday) or later. A lot of stores didn't even know what it was.
None to be found in Central Florida.Same story , the store reps don't have a clue about anything. Very dissapointed
None of my local stores (Louisville, KY) received them.
I checked two stores, one told me that there was a problem with the shipping, and it wouldn't be until Monday, the other had no idea what I was talking about. Both had to look in their systems to know what the phone was. Very disappointing experience. Not so much that the phone was delayed, but in the absolute lack of knowledge of the phone itself.
I've been reading all over the same, which is bad because at&t is an official launch partner....
I got the only one in Gainesville, FL on Sunday. The rep who sold it to me was really great and positive about Windows Phone. I hope he has a week free of jerk customers. Also between the two stores I went to and three people I talked to, everyone knew what the Titan was immediately.
4.7". Hmmm...if the size keeps increasing, forget about pocket carrying, down the line there will be accessories such as trailers for hauling it around.
This reminds me of the Schick vs. Gillette rivalry. One comes out with 2 blade razors, the other, 3 blades. Then the first one puts out one with 4 blades. Now the other puts out 5 blades. Eventually the razor head will be so big it will require an exoskeleton suit to use it.
MartyLK said:
4.7". Hmmm...if the size keeps increasing, forget about pocket carrying, down the line there will be accessories such as trailers for hauling it around.
This reminds me of the Schick vs. Gillette rivalry. One comes out with 2 blade razors, the other, 3 blades. Then the first one puts out one with 4 blades. Now the other puts out 5 blades. Eventually the razor head will be so big it will require an exoskeleton suit to use it.
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Bah they have been shrinking, I've still have an HTC Advantage laying around and taking up a ton of space.
I live in Bellingham, Wa. and the Titan wasn't at my local AT&T store on it's release day either. When I went into the store and inquired about the Titan, the salesman had no idea what I was talking about. He didn't know that the phone existed until he went on the web. It's pretty pathetic. These guys/gals are supposed to be PHONE salesmen, but whenever I go into an ATT store I feel that they are Android/Apple reps in AT&T uniforms. When you ask about a Windows phone, they always give you a look like "Seriously, why do you want a Windows Phone?" and will try to persuade you to go either Apple or Android. They all claim that they've had multiple phones including Windows 7 phones, but it's obvious that they haven't. I know this because they never take you to a Windows phone to show off it's strengths. They just talk, talk, talk, about Android's customization abilities OR how Apple originated this and that, and how Android copied. I don't need their help to decide because I do a lot of research before making a phone purchase. Just give me the phone so I can go explore my Titan!!!
I went to look at it yesterday at my local store. The store manager knew exactly what I was asking about but told me that the shipment was delayed until Monday (today). So, I stopped by on my way in to work and get a good look at and feel of the Titan.
IMO, too big and too unoriginal. It just looks like a larger Inspire to me. Now, we all know that style is a personal thing, and not something that can be stated as fact. Unless we talk about the Pontiac Aztec, which is universally ugly. I will keep my Focus S(I know it looks just like the Galaxy S II, but I like it better!).
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I went to look at it yesterday at my local store. The store manager knew exactly what I was asking about but told me that the shipment was delayed until Monday (today). So, I stopped by on my way in to work and get a good look at and feel of the Titan.
IMO, too big and too unoriginal. It just looks like a larger Inspire to me. Now, we all know that style is a personal thing, and not something that can be stated as fact. Unless we talk about the Pontiac Aztec, which is universally ugly. I will keep my Focus S(I know it looks just like the Galaxy S II, but I like it better!).
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Some people are compelled to buy ugly things. Strange how it is but it seems to be a reverse psychology thing. A beautiful product from the beginning tends to become old and tired looking in a few years while a strange looking product tends to hold some form of interest much longer. A genuinely ugly product, like the Aztec or the Buick counterpart for example, will remain ugly.
Hey Guys,
Amazon has them from sellers ranging from $735-750, may be worth checking out.
Here's my favor request, for those of you that HAVE the GSM version, could you please leave a review there?
There are some idiots reviewing this beautiful desired phone, that don't even have it! They are leaving 1-star ratings, because of the price - give me a break!
This phone may have it's flaws (name one that doesn't), but it deserves far more respect than it's getting.
So it would be cool if some of you that actually have the Galaxy Nexus, could please leave a "real" review about the phone itself - for future buyers.
Note: No I don't work for Amazon, Google or Samsung. I am just someone who is tired of idiot trolls leaving bad reviews on a product that they don't even own!
If I had this phone, I'd leave my review - but I don't as of yet. Thx!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...I2KXA7RD5ZD44S&me=&seller=&colid=2OWLN2UGLZZV
(to the reviewers on amazon, and most people in the world):
why is the cellphone subsidy so hard to understand?
Let me just tell you this, forget about Amazon ratings. Read reviews from Tech sites, watch videos, and (if worst comes) buy the phone. I can personally tell you that this phone is a significant upgrade to any device that came out this year, bar the iPhone 4S (they are not in the same category) and that this is definitely the best Android phone out at the moment. Any dual core android phone with a resolution of 960*540 or less will be a significant upgrade (I came from a Sensation). Only the Rezound is similar in specs, so that is probably on par with hardware. I would not buy it as an upgrade for the Rezound, unless I could get my money back for it.
Just ordered mine today from gsm imports will def leave a review once i get it.. currently on the galaxy s 2 tmobile version
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Americans have no idea how cell phone pricing works.
Unlocked iPhone 4S's sell for $1000.
i'd complain about the price also(especially considering this GSM one is only a mere 16GB) but then again, considering i used to buy Neo Geo games for $400 & even then, arcade game PCB's as high as $2,500... i shouldn't give the price crap.
of course i'd be getting the LTE 32GB model for the contract price so at least this time i won't be dumping a ton of money on something.
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Let me just tell you this, forget about Amazon ratings. Read reviews from Tech sites, watch videos, and (if worst comes) buy the phone. I can personally tell you that this phone is a significant upgrade to any device that came out this year, bar the iPhone 4S (they are not in the same category) and that this is definitely the best Android phone out at the moment. Any dual core android phone with a resolution of 960*540 or less will be a significant upgrade (I came from a Sensation). Only the Rezound is similar in specs, so that is probably on par with hardware. I would not buy it as an upgrade for the Rezound, unless I could get my money back for it.
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You know that, and I know this - but the average Joe maybe doesn't. I always when it comes to tech purchases, check the tech blogs - and when it comes to phones, I check here even from you guys. And for other products, I do use Amazon for reviews (but not solely).
Just bothered me that people are reviewing this phone based on price alone. If you don't want to pay $700-800 for a phone, then don't! But to leave a poor rating because of it's price, is just lame (imo). It tells me nothing about the phone and it's functions etc., only that it's not cheap - well DUH! I can see that for myself! lol
At any rate, no one has to leave a review on Amazon, I just thought some if some of you have the phone already, that maybe some could balance out the reviews a little bit, with some "real" insight to this beauty of a phone. Especially since millions rely on Amazon for reviews.
If it bugs you that much, why not flag up the rubbish silly reviews with Amazon mods to remove them?
It's stupid though that people have nothing better to do than rate on price alone.
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matt2053 said:
Americans have no idea how cell phone pricing works.
Unlocked iPhone 4S's sell for $1000.
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$649 unlocked 16gb
$749 32gb
$849 64gb
Direct from Apple.com
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s
$1,000?
ericshmerick said:
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$649 unlocked 16gb
$749 32gb
$849 64gb
Direct from Apple.com
http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone/iphone4s
$1,000?
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He means in country's apple doesn't sell its products..
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(to the reviewers on amazon, and most people in the world):
why is the cellphone subsidy so hard to understand?
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Because some people are just stupid I guess. Makes you wonder how they can manage anything in life if they can't even manage simple math.
In the case of the Nexus they should also consider that it's the price after importing them from a country where most devices are more expensive than in the US. I guess the same people can't use such basic logic either though.
Btw: It's number one in the phone category on Prisjakt (similar to Pricerunner) in Sweden, and it's not even officially available here yet because of all the delays.
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He means in country's apple doesn't sell its products..
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No, I mean go to Ebay, search for "unlocked iphone 4s" and look at the prices.