Walmart don't have it and I ain't doing any online retailer. Anybody that's paid the up front $289 think it's worth it?
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I paid $529 up front cuz I didnt want contract. This BEAST is worth every penny! Just need to root this baby to unlock its full potential.
I personally didn't see an omfg difference from my hd2 really. If anything, the most noticeable difference will stem from browsing and that is likely due to the increased sinternet speeds than CPU speeds. If you have a 1ghz device already, I say hold on till the summer. 2ghz phones and ICS are on their way already. I consider these phones to be stepping stones that is IF you can wait
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So far it is worth it.. I came from a g2x and sensation
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Yes I paid the 289.worth it.coming from a vibrant.
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yes.. well worth it...
Are you guys ordering some how and avoiding tax? Freakin taxes here are 10% and cost me almost $50.
No, my total was $341 but I will get $50 back in the mail, so total was $291
I'm in Cali..
I went in expecting full price. I changed my plan to a new one and walked out paying 326 after tax. I just downgraded to a nexus s 6 months ago.
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j0hnZ said:
I went in expecting full price. I changed my plan to a new one and walked out paying 326 after tax. I just downgraded to a nexus s 6 months ago.
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same exact thing i did. but im pretty sure i paid 331.99 after tax.
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same exact thing i did. but im pretty sure i paid 331.99 after tax.
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one?
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one? How'd you get a discount on the phone by doing that,
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What do you mean changed your plan to a new one?
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i was on an old plan that they no longer offered. i jumped up to 1000 minute, uliimited text, and 2gb data. ====phone for cheaper i guess
It is worth it. I went to the corperate store and paid $327 with a pack of screen protectors. Tbh, i feel this kills the sensation and am glad it returned that dust ridin thing. I dont even miss the qhd.
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I paid $529 up front cuz I didnt want contract. This BEAST is worth every penny! Just need to root this baby to unlock its full potential.
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You sure they didn't renew your contract ?? I was going over my receipt and they renewed mine without asking me. I paid $529 aswell because i didn't want to renew my contract. Can you confirm plz? thanx.
Look on Craig's list just got a new one for 450 no tax... some people are getting multiple and trying to flip them quick
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Wow, this thread is nuts. You guys would pay more than 200 for a phone??!!!! That's crazy ****. I bought my evo on launch day 2010 and it runs every ROM I throw at it smooth as butter. Even new sense 3.0 and 3.5 roms. HTC ftw
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Epic 4g Touch free with new contract
I know most of us already have a phone under contract, but I thought it was worth posting anyway. Free e4gt from bestbuy.
Sigh... This must mean the Galaxy S III is right around the corner... I love this phone, but hate the thought of being "stuck" for another eighteen months before I can upgrade to the next big thing!
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Sigh... This must mean the Galaxy S III is right around the corner... I love this phone, but hate the thought of being "stuck" for another eighteen months before I can upgrade to the next big thing!
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Your not stuck it will just cost about 400 to 450 to get it ...when time comes I will sell epic touch already sold 3d and use it to get it
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Looks like my Nexus is getting replaced by a new beast soon...
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Your not stuck it will just cost about 400 to 450 to get it ...when time comes I will sell epic touch already sold 3d and use it to get it
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You don't think it will be higher than that? Sigh I'm trying to buy a house with my woman right now so we are in "super saving" mode... Considering I got paid more for my HTC evo shift than I paid for this phone in amazon wireless, I feel pretty good about it.
I've never bought a phone off contract. The up front prices piss me off too much. I like the illusion of savings.
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You don't think it will be higher than that? Sigh I'm trying to buy a house with my woman right now so we are in "super saving" mode... Considering I got paid more for my HTC evo shift than I paid for this phone in amazon wireless, I feel pretty good about it.
I've never bought a phone off contract. The up front prices piss me off too much. I like the illusion of savings.
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By then sprint will give u like 100 off new phone sell your epic touch and put it towards it should cost you out of pocket no more than 200
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You don't think it will be higher than that? Sigh I'm trying to buy a house with my woman right now so we are in "super saving" mode... Considering I got paid more for my HTC evo shift than I paid for this phone in amazon wireless, I feel pretty good about it.
I've never bought a phone off contract. The up front prices piss me off too much. I like the illusion of savings.
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I think he's talking the craigslist ebay route... I've bought many phones off contract but never from the carrier. The carrier inflates the price on purpose for off contract phones to make it look like you are getting a killer deal by signing a new contract and getting the discount.
It cost me a little more but I would rather be out of contact...I can go to any carrier especially since sprint is screwing everyone on discounts....I will sell epic touch for 250 - 300 .... That means I will pay 300 for sgs3 & not be in contact ....gives me more options to upgrade earlier.....I can choose any bad ass phone they come out with....
when you buy a phone overseas you pay full price, but you choose any carrier you want....and any phone you want as they are gsm .... Really nice when you want to switch phones you take out Sim card and put it in another phone and it's on ... no stupid prorated bills and such
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Epic 4g Touch free with new contract
I know most of us already have a phone under contract, but I thought it was worth posting anyway. Free e4gt from bestbuy.
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crud.. i just signed a new contract last week.. coulda gotten it for free?!?!?!?!?! oh well ... story of my life..
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crud.. i just signed a new contract last week.. coulda gotten it for free?!?!?!?!?! oh well ... story of my life..
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Don't you have 14 days to return?
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I just got off the phone with a rep dealing with bla bla bla on my phone then i started a convo about the SG3. I told him i am no where near due for a upgrade but i would love to get the phone he stated that sprint has a new buy out program. just to sum it up, sprint would buy my phone back from me ET4G ( in perfect condition)for 300 bucks for right now he said value might drop alil when SG3 release but it should be close to that. I think sprint is pretty cool for sprint to buy back my close to what i want ( unless someone on CL would pay more ) to help me get a new phone without upgrading. hope this helps anyone
Late by 6 months or so.
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Late by 6 months or so.
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really i thought sprints only plan was to buy your way out of the contract. smh my mom always did say i was special
On sprint's website the buy out value for our phone is 105$...
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https://secure.sprintbuyback.com/cns/node/5
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The bb bold with no camera is 10 bucks more.....
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On sprint's website the buy out value for our phone is 105$...
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No way I would let sprint have this phone for only that amount. What a rip off
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The bb bold with no camera is 10 bucks more.....
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Lol wow smh
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Sprint has had Buyback for years now, they just recently started pushing it harder.
I can safely say that the buyback value on the E4GT is not $300, it's $105 like a previous poster said.
You can trade it in at THE SHACK and get $300: http://radioshack.cexchange.com/online/home/index.rails
There may be a deal for it, close to $300, when the sg3 drops.. I remember when the evo3d came out, they had a deal where they bought back your original evo for $150, which was a pretty good for that old of a phone.
Nice that radio shack trade in the e4gt is 300 I will take that offer n pay retail price for the sg3 when it comes out
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Nice that radio shack trade in the e4gt is 300 I will take that offer n pay retail price for the sg3 when it comes out
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I wouldn't count on getting anything close to that once the sg3 is out, or even the evo lte for that matter. Once this phone is not top of the line that price will plummet.
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I wouldn't count on getting anything close to that once the sg3 is out, or even the evo lte for that matter. Once this phone is not top of the line that price will plummet.
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The price is already plummeting because of how slow and behind the times sprint is. I'm soon to sell my e4gt and swap to a gsm model and it looks like the gsm versions go for about 100 more. Kind of sad.
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That's not the program they're talking about. That is the buyback value for recycling the old device. Not the amount to pay to get out of a contract.
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I just realized I qualified for an upgrade since april. I was thinking it was in augest.
Anyway, I wanna buy a new phone. I really don't want to sell my epic because I love it and I just want a new phone to keep on the side and not to actually use. So my number would stay on the epic and I would get a newer phone for my music and games and stuff. I don't think anyone would do this but I am lol I need my keyboard.
So I was thinking gs3 or epic touch.
But just incase I have to pay an amount of money that I don't have and I would have to give up my epic to get a newer phone would sprint buy this phone from me for a reasonable price? Like let's say $100?
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I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.
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I think Sprint will give your around $30-35 dollars.
You will get much more if you sell it online or some such.
You can use your upgrade to get a new Phone, probably around $200, and just not activate it, and then you can keep using your Epic.
Thanks said, if your Epic is in working order, and has a clean ESN, I would give you $100 for it.
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Ya I was thinking I may sell it online. And I also have an extra battery for it. Its the same as its stock one.
I'm going to go to the sprint store sometime soon and see what phones they have there and what they offer.
if I have to sell my phone to get a new one I may sell it for about $100. Ill let you know if you want it. And yes its in perfect condition I don't remember dropping it not even once and everything works.
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You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Depends on condition as well I know I can get 45$ for mine that's with the small dent on the bottom and surface scratch marks.
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You can't use an upgrade and not activate the phone.
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seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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seriously? They won't just give me it in a box and let me "activate" it later?
And that's not worth selling it. Ill try and sell it online if I have to.
The GSIII is looking really nice in blue lol.
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The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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The upgrade discount is only valid if it's activated on a renewed contract. No activation means no discount.
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So I would have to activate then switch phones? That should work, right?
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After you activate a new/upgrade account, that phone must remain active on that line for 6 months. (might be 3) This is why I use GVoice. I have 4 lines and me and wifey trade up renewals with 2 of the lines.
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They give you $50 (at least they did for my mom's) and recycle it.... bad ESN or not, it is all the same...
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Sprint doesn't allow buy backs of any of their devices which have dirty ESNS. Corporate retail employees who do this sort of thing can and will be subjected to disciplinary action of up to and including termination of employment. I know this personally from seeing about half a dozen of employees in our DM's market promoted to customer. You have to remember people that Sprint has a report on just about anything you do in RMS and are able to drill down to employee ID level.
They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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They wanted to give me $60 for mine when I upgraded, but I decided to keep it and try selling it for a little more private.
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dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+
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dude on craigslist i've seen them go for 150+
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Me too....in 2010
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Just got a text from Sprint stating they will give me $56 for my Epic..
I laughed!
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Me too....in 2010
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My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...
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My brother just got 120 for his... without any accessories or a charger...
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That's fair...100 to 125 I think is fair for both parties
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Me too....in 2010
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haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.
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haha no over here in Dallas their selling them for around 300$ and actually selling them for those prices so i'd day they can go around for those prices.
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Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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Maybe I'll ship you mine to sell ....I've been upgrade eligible since may but I like my phone. When I do upgrade I'm keeping my epic as backup instead of tep. if anything happens to new phone after first year I'll break this bad boy back out.
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That's exactly why I don't wanna have to sell this phone I just love it lol.
But seriously if I get an upgrade I have to use that phone for the first 6 months??? I can't believe that cuz they can't just tie me to one phone. What if I bought another phone I'm not allowed to use that?
I was really wanting to buy the g23. But I think the epic touch wouldn't be bad either. And its 100 dollars cheaper. But its a shame that both the epic and the epic touch cost 100 with a new contract lol.
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Saw this phone on best buy for 150 and I'm eligible for a 2 year agreement just wanted to know if any of you guys have bought through best buy before?
If so Does your plan changed in any way whether it would be data?
Reason why I ask is because T-Mobile is always making it impossible for their customers. I see it as a smart investment worse comes to worse down the line I can always opt out and pay that 200 penalty to get out, I would still have my s3.
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I hate Best Buy but couldn't resist their low prices so last year I bought 3 phones online. It work out good for me. Not only I end up paying for the phone much less than any other place, but also somehow I didn't have to buy a data plan with those purchases. I have a family plan and that did not change also.
Last week I tried to add fifth line to my plan and I had to add minimum $20 data to new phone so I'm not sure how it is now...
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How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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daxecutioner24 said:
How long you were with T-Mobile before buying phone online?
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Long time - since there were Voicestream - probably 10 years.
I bought this phone from bestbuy in october since I was eligible for an upgrade and bestbuy had it for way cheaper than tmobile ever did. Only part of my plan that was suppose to change was my data plan but it never did actually change. I still have the same plan I had before purchasing the phone. No complaints
Thanks guys. Yeah its way cheaper than what Tmobile has it right now about 340 with the upgrade. You guys did it through the phone or in person. One rep I was speaking with told me that I can't get the phone in store because T-Mobile doesn't allow it? Is this true or just BS. I was going to get the blaze through T-Mobile but it was going to come out around 184 basically around same price I'm getting the s3 for through best buy.. Not a big Fan of the 4'7 screen but oh well.
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Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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Also any idea how much these guys will try to sell me their warranty for? Or do I get at least a 1 year warranty.
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I actually did mine online and I had no problems. Bestbuy also gives you the option to add a warranty I think but I'm not to sure since I didn't get one
the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
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the issue to consider is that BB will sell you the 2 year plan, which continues the "subsidy" (we all know it's baked into the monthly price, RIGHT?) even after you pay of the phone. Consider a tmobile store - and a value plan, where there is more of an up front cost (possibly), but the value plan is a purchase of the phone as a transparent process, and when it's paid for (20 months?) you keep the phone, and the monthly price drops.
If you can do a "small buisiness" plan - go for that! $40 per month to 1000min and unlimited (5GB at 4G speed). $50 for unlimited/unlimited. Add $20 for phone, and stll cheapest way to go...
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Yea I went with the s3 with best buy pretty cheap..I did have to upgrade my data plan but only 10 more than I was paying for 200mb now I get about 5g.
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I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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I have bought all my phones from BB. I love it and service is great! (Not just saying it Because I work there)
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Yeah I notice customer reps actually are not bots too.. I spoke to a few they seem to be well acknowledge and actually have a soul lol.
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Plus you get a free 1 year warranty for the stuff that's suppose to come for free, Like a defective unit .buying with T-Mobile you have to pay a monthly fee for that same coverage
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I realize that this phone has been on the market for sometime but I'm currently sitting on a Captivate and want a bit of an upgrade.
Current and previous owners - would you recommend picking this phone up for $250 (unlocked and brand new) or is my money better spent on another device?
Thanks!
As much as I like this phone and will probably use it a couple more years til my contract is up.....you can probably get a better, maybe slightly used phone for just a bit more.
Tho this is a great phone with tonnes of great devs working on it!
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As much as I like this phone and will probably use it a couple more years til my contract is up.....you can probably get a better, maybe slightly used phone for just a bit more.
Tho this is a great phone with tonnes of great devs working on it!
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I agree. You toss in $50 more and you can find a semi brand new S3 on craigslist. Also depends on your area. But yeah you can deff get a better phone.
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If 250 is your limit then I say go for it.
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I agree. You toss in $50 more and you can find a semi brand new S3 on craigslist. Also depends on your area. But yeah you can deff get a better phone.
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Or a nexus 4 if the glass and no sd card don't bother you.
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I just upgraded from a Captivate to the Hercules a couple weeks ago.
The T989 is a nice upgrade in terms of screen size and performance.
I only paid $100 though.
As mentioned for $250 you can probably get a device with a higher resolution and more ram.
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Yeah I'd go with a Nexus 4 as well. Only $50 bucks more and its a much newer phone.
Waiting on the S4 then i will sell this for 150
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Definitely go for it unless you want to put another $100 on top. I don't know about your area, but where I live, I'd take a brand new S2 over a $300 dollar S3. There's a reason for the low price tag lol
It's not a bad phone at all for the price, but some surfing on Craigslist or Kijiji might have some options too. The Nexus 4 option is also quite viable.
Overall, I would recommend the Hercules, but for the money, there are a few other options as well. It's a good phone though if you do get it.
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Yeah I'd go with a Nexus 4 as well. Only $50 bucks more and its a much newer phone.
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Agree with this. Save up a extra 50 and get the latest phone/official support.
$250 is how much I paid for mine this past December. If the JTAG takes this week, it'll be a $300 phone!
Go S3 or Nexus 4 you won't be disappointed.
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I picked up a brand new T989D for 236 USD.
Unlocking was free and easy.
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I was lucky and picked up SGH-T989 that was 10 days old on Craigslist for $150
Got mine for $250 about 6 months ago. The guy broke his other and got a "new" under insurance and sold it to move to a new carrier. Excellent condition.
The avg ive noticed on CL/ebay:
$250 good/great cond.
$200 for used condition
Ive bought several so I'm a bit seasoned in the market for these
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