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[Q] Finding mytouch cheaper?

So I wanna get the mytouch 4g. I'm currently one year into my two year contract with tmo with my gravity 2 (phone sucks). I talked to a rep and told me the phone would cost me around $300 since I'm not eligible for a full upgrade. Any way of getting the phone for less thru someone (Wirefly, etc.)?

Ghost430 said:
So I wanna get the mytouch 4g. I'm currently one year into my two year contract with tmo with my gravity 2 (phone sucks). I talked to a rep and told me the phone would cost me around $300 since I'm not eligible for a full upgrade. Any way of getting the phone for less thru someone (Wirefly, etc.)?
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Nope. The phone $450 without a contract

Switch over to a Family Plan and add the MyTouch as a new line maybe? Then just remove all the features on one of the lines. New lines qualify for the $150 pricing I think.

Do some back to back warranty replacements then threaten to cancel your contract if you don't get a new phone. It worked for me, and they sent me a free phone without renewing my contract.
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jrb1000 said:
Do some back to back warranty replacements then threaten to cancel your contract if you don't get a new phone. It worked for me, and they sent me a free phone without renewing my contract.
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A friend of mine just tried that ... He ended up with an LG Optimus... That's the best they would give him.

This is an example of a conversation questions, this will stay in general section.

They first tried to get me to upgrade, but I told them it was cheaper to cancel my contact and get a new phone through att. Needless to say they transfered me straight to retention.
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Craigslist !
Give it about two weeks and then check Craigslist.
Theres already a brand new in unopened box G2 for $350.00
in my area on C/L. I've seen a couple G2's for $300.00.
The MyTouch 4g will be the same in a couple weeks.
I bought my Nexus on C/L.

Denied

So I wired my younger brother the money to pick up my phone in the US and send it back with my grandparents who are there visiting... He went to AT&T today and they denied him the ability to purchase me the phone off contract. He said he tried for a little, but they kept saying that they would not sell it to him off contract. I told him to try and go back if he can, but he might not be able to due to work and my grandparents leaving soon.
Can AT&T actually deny selling the phone off contract? I told him that if he is able to go back, to tell them that it is being sold from AT&T stores for $549.00 and to ask how it is possible for them to deny the sale.
I understand that they dont make money selling phones, but rather the service, but to just deny him is crazy...
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Thanks everyone! Have been at this android thing for almost a year and I am still without one...

I have never heard of them denying someone to purchase a phone off contract. Tell him to go to Target or Wal Mart they sell att phones off contract.
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I'm not sure if there is one near him unfortunately... I guess I should mention he lives in Boston at the moment, not cool on the part of the AT&T he went to.
Do you happen to know how much Walmart and Target are selling them for?

they can deny anything to anyone. but you can buy it on there website. they dont want to run out and are hoping that this will attract many new contracts so they prefer to sell to new subscribers. my att reps dont care either way and i had the option to buy outright, i shoulda taken that option but it is too late now. im not sure if i can cancel an early upgrade in the first month like a new contract.

Heuser1 said:
I'm not sure if there is one near him unfortunately... I guess I should mention he lives in Boston at the moment, not cool on the part of the AT&T he went to.
Do you happen to know how much Walmart and Target are selling them for?
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about $50-$100 more as far as i can tell but some regions are jacking up the price even in the at store. i think it is $579 on att's website. my store is $549 but some stores may be $600 or more

Is he a ATT customer. It is true they wont sell to non customers and they dont have to.

Crazy how some places jack up the price like that. The reason I cannot order it online is because I would have to pay a 16% tax for it to get through customs here in the Dominican Republic. So i have been trying to coordinate with friends and family that have been in the US and this was my big chance so say.
Pretty annoyed about this, seems like everytime I try to get a phone i am unsuccesful for one reason or another. Already had the issue with the G2X not being quad-band.
I hope he was able to go back this evening and get it... Not sure what to do next if that doesn't work out.

Ya. Inspire was $399 off contract at att. Went to buy at best buy because I had a 10% coupon and they wanted $599 for the thing! No.thanks! I'd call corporate and complain about the store. Either way its bad customer service for them to turn you down like that. "Can I give you $550 for this item" rep "no" ... "only $199" doesn't make sense. I'd raise hell. I realize they make money off the data plans and.contracts and how att works but either way you look at it that's poor customer relations and incorrect information directly from a.corporate store.
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Best buy will always price match. I have done it with many off contract phones there.

jthornton71707 said:
Ya. Inspire was $399 off contract at att. Went to buy at best buy because I had a 10% coupon and they wanted $599 for the thing! No.thanks! I'd call corporate and complain about the store. Either way its bad customer service for them to turn you down like that. "Can I give you $550 for this item" rep "no" ... "only $199" doesn't make sense. I'd raise hell. I realize they make money off the data plans and.contracts and how att works but either way you look at it that's poor customer relations and incorrect information directly from a.corporate store.
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I don't think the infuse is only 399 off contract anywhere. I just looked online on att.com and its 550. If you can show me where to get it for 400 bucks I'm buying right now.
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Off topic - I hate you because you have a Transformer and I don't.

I'm not sure I'd plunk down that much for the infuse anyway. It has the same gps issues as the captivate and nexus s phone. To me I'd buy an iPhone and have your brother send it along with your grandparents or even an atrix. I like my phones to work right.

galaxyjeff said:
I'm not sure I'd plunk down that much for the infuse anyway. It has the same gps issues as the captivate and nexus s phone. To me I'd buy an iPhone and have your brother send it along with your grandparents or even an atrix. I like my phones to work right.
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the gps if far better than the galaxy s phones. trust me on that. it can use altered settings as it has quirks but the gps is not the same hardware or drivers and is by far improved

Alex2x3 said:
I don't think the infuse is only 399 off contract anywhere. I just looked online on att.com and its 550. If you can show me where to get it for 400 bucks I'm buying right now.
The inspire not infuse
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Was at at&t store and thought I remember seeing off contract price of $549.00 I am in KC, Mo.
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As long as you have a active account with AT&T then they will sell you a phone out of contract or no commitment pricing. If you don't have a account they don't have to sell it to you
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Dani897 said:
they can deny anything to anyone. but you can buy it on there website. they dont want to run out and are hoping that this will attract many new contracts so they prefer to sell to new subscribers. my att reps dont care either way and i had the option to buy outright, i shoulda taken that option but it is too late now. im not sure if i can cancel an early upgrade in the first month like a new contract.
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+++ Inventory is thin right now. They would rather sell that phone with a contract, which they probably did short after. Or if not, at least sell to a current customer.

Heuser1 said:
I'm not sure if there is one near him unfortunately... I guess I should mention he lives in Boston at the moment, not cool on the part of the AT&T he went to.
Do you happen to know how much Walmart and Target are selling them for?
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Do you happen to know what store in Boston he went to? I live in Boston and was able to buy one from the Downtown Crossing store with no issues. Just be nice to the AT&T reps and don't look/act like a grey market reseller

Heuser1 said:
So I wired my younger brother the money to pick up my phone in the US and send it back with my grandparents who are there visiting... He went to AT&T today and they denied him the ability to purchase me the phone off contract. He said he tried for a little, but they kept saying that they would not sell it to him off contract. I told him to try and go back if he can, but he might not be able to due to work and my grandparents leaving soon.
Can AT&T actually deny selling the phone off contract? I told him that if he is able to go back, to tell them that it is being sold from AT&T stores for $549.00 and to ask how it is possible for them to deny the sale.
I understand that they dont make money selling phones, but rather the service, but to just deny him is crazy...
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Thanks everyone! Have been at this android thing for almost a year and I am still without one...
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Yes, AT&T rep told me that first couple of weeks no AT&T store will sell a new phone without contract.
You have to go to bestbuy for that. I bought mine there for $599 without contract.
Another option is online purchase from AT&T's website for $549 without contract, but there may be some issues with that.

Heuser1 said:
So I wired my younger brother the money to pick up my phone in the US and send it back with my grandparents who are there visiting... He went to AT&T today and they denied him the ability to purchase me the phone off contract. He said he tried for a little, but they kept saying that they would not sell it to him off contract. I told him to try and go back if he can, but he might not be able to due to work and my grandparents leaving soon.
Can AT&T actually deny selling the phone off contract? I told him that if he is able to go back, to tell them that it is being sold from AT&T stores for $549.00 and to ask how it is possible for them to deny the sale.
I understand that they dont make money selling phones, but rather the service, but to just deny him is crazy...
Thoughts? Opinions? Suggestions?
Thanks everyone! Have been at this android thing for almost a year and I am still without one...
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Just happened to me today as i got my Infuse...
ATT store said that they do not sell new phones off contract for the first month after release....
I had to go to Radio Shack to buy the phone...

HTC Sensation Special

Recently I've been thinking about getting the HTC Sensation or the MyTocuch 4G Slide. I haven't had time to get to a store to check them out yet. Which do you think is better? I found a 10% T-Mobile discount online which would help too. It says "Switch to T-Mobile and also save 10% off monthly recurring charges, plus get your initial $35 activation fee waived and FREE 2 Day shipping". Has anyone heard of this before?

Do you know if this is only good for new customers?

Sensation man! As long as you don't get a dud. on my third handset but it's finally flawless.
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This is for student only. If you are a college student, you may want to check if your school has an even better contract with t-mobile than this (ask your school, not t-mobile, or search your sechool webpage)
My school has 15% off, and the rest of the offers are the same. Not wanting to wait for it to ship, I printed out the offer two weeks ago and brought it to a local tmobile store. They did the price match after confirming the offer on the phone with someone else.

I was curious about that. This deal says you just have to be a member of the site studentrate for the discount, and since you don't have to be a student to be a member, I was thinking you'd still be eligible.

Mytouch sucks & Sensation is the best thing out till the Hercules/SGS2
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I wouldnt say it sucks..its basically the sensation in a smaller package with a keyboard

jolined said:
I was curious about that. This deal says you just have to be a member of the site studentrate for the discount, and since you don't have to be a student to be a member, I was thinking you'd still be eligible.
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That's correct.I got the deal and i'm not currently a student,just a studentrate member.They didn't ask for my school Id #.

Got my sensation for free on midnight sale. I like it
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NYCguy2020 said:
That's correct.I got the deal and i'm not currently a student,just a studentrate member.They didn't ask for my school Id #.
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Ok sweet, thanks.
I'm thinking the mytouch slide because it has a keyboard. I'm worried I'll have a tough time texting with the touch screen on the sensation.

I was using the myTouch 3G Slide and thought the same thing. I've always been weary of full touch-screen phones without a keyboard, but with the Sensation's larger screen size texting on-screen is a breeze. Go with the Sensation.

I guess I could always return in before, what is it 30 days? If I don't like it.

Can you get this same discount/deal in stores?

I used to run a Desire Z because I was leary of the lack of a keyboard on most other phones but I got the Sensation recently because I wanted a solid, one piece, device and the screen on the Sensation is big enough, though it still does take some getting used to.

MntClmr said:
Can you get this same discount/deal in stores?
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I don't think so, not the same one anyway. If you click on the link I posted it says you can get it by calling that #866 number or there's a link for the T-Mobile online site

I got my Sensation thru Target online for $99...and only a $18 activation fee.
I looked the other day and it was now $119.
Hope this helps.

Were you just upgrading?

I've got both phones and I like the sensation better but the mytouch 4g is a good phone too. *cough* just get the sensation it has better specs ,dual core.
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You can buy the same apps for both phones right?

jolined said:
Were you just upgrading?
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Yep, just an upgrade to my first smartphone.
Got the phone for $99 + $18 activation fee, and my bill went up $10 a month.

Chances of getting this at a store Saturday?

So I was unfortunately unable to preorder this phone, but I'm definitely planning on getting it. Each day I have to wait is getting longer and longer and was wondering if anyone here managed to pick one up in the store today/has called a store to see if they can get one a day early on Saturday (I already badgered them enough earlier this week that I'm ashamed to call them again). Would be very awesome as Sundays don't leave me much time to play around with it

It really depends on the stores in your area. Some people have gotten theirs from in-store already. I would doubt at this point that you would be able to get one a day early but you never know. I know that Target (where I'm getting mine) won't even have theirs until Sunday.

Both radioshacks that I preordered at has em in stock, but they can't sell em to me until Sunday.

Costco is selling them now. 189...
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I would go ask some other stores like Best Buy or Radioshack, but I need to exchange my Lumia (30 day exchange thing), which I'm assuming can only be done at AT&T

ErikWithNoC said:
I would go ask some other stores like Best Buy or Radioshack, but I need to exchange my Lumia (30 day exchange thing), which I'm assuming can only be done at AT&T
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Radioshack systems won't let them checkout the One X until the 6th(i tried three different ones and talked to a manager). Bestbuy WILL let them checkout, just gotta find someone willing to sell it. I don't know about Costco, I might try them tomorrow. None of the AT&T corporate stores I went to even hesitated before saying they can't sell until Sunday.

futuregerald said:
Radioshack systems won't let them checkout the Skyrocket until the 6th(i tried three different ones and talked to a manager). Bestbuy WILL let them checkout, just gotta find someone willing to sell it. I don't know about Costco, I might try them tomorrow. None of the AT&T corporate stores I went to even hesitated before saying they can't sell until Sunday.
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Dang, thanks though. I would go to Best Buy, but like I said, I doubt they would do the exchange.

I have talked to 3 att corp stores, 3 reps all said they "would loose there jobs if they sold it before sunday"
I guess I will just hunker down and wait till sunday morning and hope they dont sell out.

randyspants said:
I have talked to 3 att corp stores, 3 reps all said they "would loose there jobs if they sold it before sunday"
I guess I will just hunker down and wait till sunday morning and hope they dont sell out.
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Unless someone else can confirm it works at Costco.

futuregerald said:
Radioshack systems won't let them checkout the Skyrocket until the 6th(i tried three different ones and talked to a manager). Bestbuy WILL let them checkout, just gotta find someone willing to sell it. I don't know about Costco, I might try them tomorrow. None of the AT&T corporate stores I went to even hesitated before saying they can't sell until Sunday.
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I work there...it's out for sale.
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Artimus009 said:
I work there...it's out for sale.
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Where do you work? Costco?

Someone in Atlanta wanna tell me where I can buy one tomorrow?
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I walked I to an AT&T store today and just asked to buy it and they said sure.
However, I got home and the device wasn't wrapped in plastic and when I booted it up there was someone else's account on it.
Someone at the store must have been using it and it was the only one at this store. Called every other store on the area to swap and nobody will do a swap until Monday
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dberube said:
I walked I to an AT&T store today and just asked to buy it and they said sure.
However, I got home and the device wasn't wrapped in plastic and when I booted it up there was someone else's account on it.
Someone at the store must have been using it and it was the only one at this store. Called every other store on the area to swap and nobody will do a swap until Monday
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Something sounds very fishy about this. We get shipments of 10x of a single device at a time (usually)
Each box contains about 5 phones of that color / capacity.

Display unit maybe?
The salesman told me to call back tomorrow to see I'd their shipment arrived in and he would swap it out.
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dberube said:
Display unit maybe?
The salesman told me to call back tomorrow to see I'd their shipment arrived in and he would swap it out.
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Display units can't be sold out of inventory.
I'll bet anything it was just an employee that got on it and starting screwing around with it.
Watch them lie about it though.

Artimus009 said:
I work there...it's out for sale.
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Does costco let you buy the phone outright? If so how much is it? I know that ATT site says 549 but lots of times the third party retailers sell the phone for 599 or 699.

Bigjim1488 said:
Does costco let you buy the phone outright? If so how much is it? I know that ATT site says 549 but lots of times the third party retailers sell the phone for 599 or 699.
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Nope. They (wireless advocates) only sell
the phones for new, add a, or upgrade lines.
futuregerald said:
Where do you work? Costco?
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Yes sir.
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Artimus009 said:
Nope. They (wireless advocates) only sell
the phones for new, add a, or upgrade lines.
Yes sir.
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Damn! Oh well guess I'll wait one more day

Just texted someone I kinda know working at an AT&T store today. Said they are only allowed to give out the preorders today

AT&T Black LG G2 sold out everywhere? (USA)

Edit: Title should've said "Black LG G2 sold out in all AT&T online and local stores everywhere in the USA"
I'm trying to get a black AT&T LG G2, but it seems sold out everywhere. This includes online and local stores.
I need to purchase from AT&T only because of our business account.
What's going on here? I hope LG didn't stop production.

Really. ..where you from
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shilent said:
I'm trying to get a black AT&T LG G2, but it seems sold out everywhere. This includes online and local stores.
What's going on here? I hope LG didn't stop production.
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Best Buy has the Black one available for $99 on upgrade/new line.
Amazon has the Black one available for $29.99 on upgrade/new line.

I'm from Northern California.
Sorry forgot to mention, it needs to be purchased from AT&T. It's for work.
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i just bought one from best buy mobile for 49. In Miami.
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I found the same, wound up getting it at best buy, worked out okay.

shilent said:
I'm trying to get a black AT&T LG G2, but it seems sold out everywhere. This includes online and local stores.
What's going on here? I hope LG didn't stop production.
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Lol... LG stopped production on their flagship device? No. A lot of cell companies are out of the G2 bc of holiday sales. I had to track down a white one for Verizon and it took awhile. Best bet is to either order it online from AT&T or Amazon. Store restocks can take a while.

He said its for work. So has to be a corporate store. I have a Verizon G2 for work and only a corporate store can upgrade a line on a corporate account.
Perhaps call and order over the phone. They should be able to activate the sim and ship you a new phone next day.
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player911 said:
He said its for work. So has to be a corporate store. I have a Verizon G2 for work and only a corporate store can upgrade a line on a corporate account.
Perhaps call and order over the phone. They should be able to activate the sim and ship you a new phone next day.
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Yeah the phone in black is readily available on Verizon's site. Have it shipped to the store and activated if they won't do it over the phone.
My last work upgrade on the corporate account went through just fine over the phone. So idk if I'm just lucky or what.
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i know he needs it for work, but perhaps this might work.
Get to the verizon website by going through ebates, and you can get $160 in rebates on a new activation.
Ebates is a referal site that has no hooks or gimmicks. THey just want you to shop online by clicking on their site first. THe money is sent to you via check or paypal. And it works.
Use this link
http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?referrerid=ZQQOxOWLyiswubRX0c1paA==
Create your account
Search for verizon wireless, and it will open a new window to it. THen shop around and get $160 back.
Simple. No gimmicks, no tricks.

It's finally in stock on AT&T's website. I placed an order and should arrive sometime next week.
I still find it weird that it was sold out online and in all AT&T stores. I tried placing an order over the phone too and got the same out of stock. The AT&T rep even tried calling local stores in my area and was also told out of stock.

Well now, can't understand why folks want to violate XDA rules.
More specifically.... the "Profanity" rule. Any explanation?
Please feel free to PM me, and explain why one needs to confuse XDA with a social network site, and argue "freedom of speech" (it don't exist here, as XDA is a Developers site)
Next profanity, and it won't be a pretty outcome.
Keep it clean please.
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Well now, can't understand why folks want to violate XDA rules.
More specifically.... the "Profanity" rule. Any explanation?
Please feel free to PM me, and explain why one needs to confuse XDA with a social network site, and argue "freedom of speech" (it don't exist here, as XDA is a Developers site)
Next profanity, and it won't be a pretty outcome.
Keep it clean please.
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Did I miss the profanity or was it removed? Didn't see any. Regardless, get em mods! :good:
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In in NorCal and I've yet to see anyone with the G2...really surprised the local AT&T stores were sold out. Maybe there was a promotion going on for the holiday season. Anyways, hope you enjoy the G2 as much as I do. Superb battery life! Got over 5 hours of screen time use lately..LOVING it!
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I'm in the market for a G2 now, and it seems the same thing is happening. AT&T's site says it's sold out. I called my local store (York, PA) and they say it's not marked as end of life, but they told me no other local stores have them in stock either. Could it now be because of the Flex?

Could be just catching people's attention maybe? Just picked one up, and let's just say my HTC One is getting a bit jealous, lol. I never even heard of this phone until a couple of weeks ago.

I ordered the white one on the att site on the 30th, during the one day it's been in stock. Now it's back ordered. Hope it doesn't take forever.

sawah said:
I ordered the white one on the att site on the 30th, during the one day it's been in stock. Now it's back ordered. Hope it doesn't take forever.
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I hope it gets there for you quickly. I want the white as well, but both colors are out no matter what store I call. Something is definitely up.

Ethere said:
I'm in the market for a G2 now, and it seems the same thing is happening. AT&T's site says it's sold out. I called my local store (York, PA) and they say it's not marked as end of life, but they told me no other local stores have them in stock either. Could it now be because of the Flex?
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Amazon has them in Stock. Matter of fact I just refused a few from postal carrier as I went with Verizon. Get the prime trial and you have it in a day for 4 bucks shipping.
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naturecannon said:
Amazon has them in Stock. Matter of fact I just refused a few from postal carrier as I went with Verizon. Get the prime trial and you have it in a day for 4 bucks shipping.
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Amazon wants 200 dollars more than AT&T though. Thanks for the thought though.