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S2 or s3 new contract

Im looking at the s2 and the s3 i live in Baltimore md. I know there is 4g winmx here because I had the galaxy s a long time ago on sprint. But im going back to sprint from boost because of the unlimited data. Well i was reading and the s3 says is just on 3g until LTE comes out. Well i wanted to know which is the better deal? Or when will lte come out? I had clear and was getting ****ty service in my area so i don't know if that was winmx or not.
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honestly I wouldnt take the S3 if I had a choice because there isn't too much of an upgrade over the S2, others might not think so but oh well, if u can get the s2 without a ck tract do so I'm waiting till next year to upgrade and grab the next best thing
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derrickmd18 said:
Im looking at the s2 and the s3 i live in Baltimore md. I know there is 4g winmx here because I had the galaxy s a long time ago on sprint. But im going back to sprint from boost because of the unlimited data. Well i was reading and the s3 says is just on 3g until LTE comes out. Well i wanted to know which is the better deal? Or when will lte come out? I had clear and was getting ****ty service in my area so i don't know if that was winmx or not.
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I also agree I would much rather have wimax then the slightly upgraded hardware. A lot of phone's are starting to make there way to quad core that is what I am really holding out for.
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There are a bunch of s2 being sold now
You should be able to get one cheap
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New contract with Sprint, go for the newer phone.
Just wanting to upgrade from another phone, save your upgrade, buy a cheap S2 off of Criagslist to hold you over.

Yeah I'm getting a new contract. I'm with boost now
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derrickmd18 said:
Yeah I'm getting a new contract. I'm with boost now
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Do this save yourself $50
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Android-Phone-Sprint/dp/B00894K248?tag=androidpolice-20
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If you don't want a contract, but want 4G WiMax and are on Boost, why not just go for the Evo Design 4G on Boost, http://www.boostmobilestore.com/bpdirect/boost/PhoneList.do?action=view&id=evodesign ?

derrickmd18 said:
Im looking at the s2 and the s3 i live in Baltimore md. I know there is 4g winmx here because I had the galaxy s a long time ago on sprint. But im going back to sprint from boost because of the unlimited data. Well i was reading and the s3 says is just on 3g until LTE comes out. Well i wanted to know which is the better deal? Or when will lte come out? I had clear and was getting ****ty service in my area so i don't know if that was winmx or not.
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I'm Baltimore, Md but Yea both are cool but

Hold off until LTE availability. If everyone does this, it will make them work faster and harder to bring it to us. Plus, by that time, the price of your phone will likely be $99 vs. $199.

I went to a sprint store today. Tried to pay full price for s3. And customer service rep. Said that they can't sell phone without contact. Also went to best buy and radio Shack. And price w/o contract is 100 bucks more than retail
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Because after 2gb it's throttled to 3g.
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boostmobile galaxy-sii-4g 369

http://www.boostmobile.com/shop/phones/samsung-galaxy-sii-4g/
plan $$$$$$55$$$$$$ YES 4G INCLUDE
Unlimited talk, text, web, email and 411. Nationwide coverage on the Nationwide Sprint® Network. And no contracts. It’s the best of all worlds. With shrinking payments you can reduce your monthly payment to as low as $40/month.
GOOD DEAL OR NO

It's ur choice we can't tell u to do it or not I would but I'm on contract
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actually my friend im telling you guys i already have flash my epic lonnnng time ago no im got the galaxy s3 for 300 running boostmobile
love the galaxy 3 getting 2 to 3mbps download on boostmobile 50 dollar unlimited... i can get any android phone from sprint to run on boostmovile or verizon prepaid or metro pcs(NOT REMOMENDED TO METRO

if most of you live in a city and dont travel alot u should get it
4g is not bad i been getting 4 to 8 mbs

HD touchscreen? Talk about false advertising..
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Yeah I think its a good deal. We have a discount and still pay $150 a month for two 4g android phones. Once the wifes contract expires it may be worth it to cancel mine and flash my e4gt to boost.

Just a heads up. I saw this comes with ics and only a 1500mah correct me if I am wrong but I believe our sprint version comes with 1800mah plus with all the battery issue's a lot of people running ics are having this phone might get horrible battery life. Just food for thought
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Prepaid services T-mobile vs Straighttalk or ATT

Hello everyone, tommorow morning i leave on a roadtrip to USA. ill be gone for 21 days mostly will be driving on i5 highway and will stay 5 nights in VEGAS and 6 nights in LA. I have the note 2 T889 Same as t-mobile version but from Mobilicity and its already unlocked. what would be a good prepaid service for me to use? unlimited calling , unlimited text and atleast 2gb of good speed data. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Trust me 2gb is more than enough for a month. I have unlimited 4g from T-Mobile and I never exceeded 2gb. Hope I helped good luck
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So your saying I should go with tmobile prepaid?
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I go over 2gb because I use my note 2 as a hotspot while im driving with my kids so that they can use their ipods to stream netflix or go on youtube. Im on the $30 plan with 5gb and 100 min. The most I've used so far is about 4.3gb of data and my min are always under 70 min. I do more texting than talk so im ok with this plan at this price.
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Are you prepaid?
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When you travel you going to use lots more data on cellular than you normally do. 2gb of data not enough.

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Are you prepaid?
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Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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e46tuning said:
Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.

sofia-captivate said:
so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.
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If it was me, I'd get tmobile.
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I live out in the sticks (Oklahoma), but in my experience T-Mobile has terrible coverage along even the major interstates. I might suggest ATT if you're going to be driving quite a bit.
I don't think you can get an ATT Straight talk card anymore?
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Get either AT&T or an MVNO who uses AT&T's network
Hello,
My advice to you since you are travelling is to either use AT&T, AT&T Go Phone, an MVNO (H20, Net 10 {cousin of straight talk}) Now a few months ago I would have told you without a doubt to get straight talk but like inconceeeivable brought up, Straight Talk no longer sells sim cards that work on AT&T's network directly to the public. Now there are people who sell them on ebay but because they are rare now some people are charging a ton of money now (between 30 and 50 dollars per SIM when it would never go above 15 directly from the company itself) so I would buy from another mvno. If you search "mvno" on Wikipedia you'll find that there are plenty of different MVNO's that use AT&T's (& T-Mobile) network so if you search hard enough you'll have plenty of choices.
T-Mobile is improving faster now and is being aggressive but they have ways to go before they reach reliability status with AT&T.
Sooner than later Net 10 AT&T sims will be no longer (Net 10, straightalk, simplemobile, & tracfone are all owned by the same corporation) so I suggest you go get one. Their service is 50 a month. There is also Red Pocket & H20 but both of these options will run you 60 a month for unlimited talk, text, & web browsing (no streaming of movies and music)
I hope I was able to help.

I have the t mobile prepaid plan with the $30 100min/unlimited everything else plan. I love the pricing and this is truly a plan that fits my needs but damn I wish the service was better. They have always been great with me from a customer service perspective. Net10 on the other hand. ...
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for everyone that replied does anyone of you live in the area where the OP stated he was going to stay at? Los angeles, CA or Vegas, oh he also stated he was going to be traveling on the I-5??????????

Might make the switch

Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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rizzo777 said:
Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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I switched a long time ago, but back then i was paying 80 bucks for less then what i have now and am now paying 67 a month for T-Mobile service. Granted, I lost a lot of coverage, but for what i use it for, its perfect.

I pay $80.00 a month everything unlimited.
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for 4 lines I pay 120
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I made the switch from Sprint. IMHO I believe that T-Mobile has hit bottom and can only improve their standing at this point. Verizon costs too much to even consider.
I will be paying $240 plus taxes and fees since switching to the new plan style........oh yeah....that price is for 8 Phones!!!! All unlimited calls, texts. Tthen two of the lines with unlimited data and the rest get the free 500 mb cuz they don't use a lot.

Hmm, TMobile will let customers upgrade 2x a year on new plan

T-Mobile to let US customers swap phones twice a year
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/10/tmobile_jump_phone_swap_plan/
They're really trying hard to attract customers. This is a serious hook, that's for sure.

True...but do the math. It will definitely draw people to T-Mobile, but they are just throwing away money. You are better off buying the device upfront than selling it yourself after 6 months instead of the 'JUMP' deal. If you upgrade after a year, you have just spent 150 for a phone, 240 for the monthly installments, and 120 for jump...that's 510 to lease a phone for the year. You probably could have purchased that same phone for 600 originally. I'm guessing you could have sold it for more than 90 dollars at the end of the first year.

Plus that includes insurance, so may be worth it for people that are willing to pony up for that anyway. T-Mobile is starting to look awfully tempting especially after the new sprint plan details that leaked recently.

What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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mcasas6969 said:
What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/sprint-leak-shows-new-unlimited-plans
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mcasas6969 said:
What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/sprint-leak-shows-new-unlimited-plans/
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Wow had no idea that was happening. Does that plan allow you to have more than 5 phones on your account
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That sprint plans seems like what I'm paying now for everything unlimited for one line. I don't see a difference unless you have more than one line.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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Same here
Back when I actually had a 2 line family plan, I payed $142 after taxes (unlimited talk not included, 1400 minutes)
New plan, would be paying $150 if I still had the family plan.
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Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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I have 4 lines with the everything plan. this new plan increase my bill about $25 (4 lines 140 + 110 for the new All-in) but it comes with hotspot on every phone.
I suppose that is fairly reasonable to have the hotspot on the phones; as I don't root my wife's and kids phones anymore. talk about a headache. hehehe
On T-Mobile, I am interested to see what amount of $$ they'll give you when you want to trade in for a newer model. Sprint's current trade in is horribly in inadequate.

shazo85 said:
Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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Unless they force you to make changes before your contract is over then no you wont get out etf free.
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Tmobile seems like a good alternative to sprint. My old carrier doing what I wanted before I left them unlimited data. I might go back they have lte in my town and hspa to fall back on.
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