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.
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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?
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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.
Related
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/mr-blurrycam-finds-the-mytouch-4g-slide/
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I wonder if it has the same processor and other specs?
shehrammajid said:
I wonder if it has the same processor and other specs?
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It says it has 1.2 dual core
eqjunkie829 said:
It says it has 1.2 dual core
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Most likely Sensation/Evo 3D cpu in it.
Keep the Sensation I'll take the hardware keyboard.
this phone is tempting
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Yes this phone is tempting. I know its minor , but god I wish they would get rid of the my touch logo
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Its a worthy upgrade from the regular 4g
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The MT4gS spec is +1 on our MT4G and it maybe the last in myTouch like due to the DeathStar's (AT&T) acquisition of T-Mobile. If anyone is keyboard fan like G2 users they might find MT4gS worth updating to but until at&Tmobile is merged I am not buying anything as ill just wait and see what happens and based on the experience I have with DeathStar with their many merges of my service from Cingular to BellSouth where the price went up while service degraded ill see how it goes if it becomes bad ill jump CDMA carrier even when I love GSM so much.
It kind of looks like a Rhodium from the angles they have...
Looks sick, but all this talk about the TmoUS/att merge isn't said to effect any of us until late next year, or so I was told. I was on when they changed their whole profile to Cingular, and though the world knew that simply the name AT&T would bring them back, nobody realized the consequences of it. Somebody had to pay their immense new marketing bill =/
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Looks sick, but all this talk about the TmoUS/att merge isn't said to effect any of us until late next year, or so I was told. I was on when they changed their whole profile to Cingular, and though the world knew that simply the name AT&T would bring them back, nobody realized the consequences of it. Somebody had to pay their immense new marketing bill =/
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I know that is what I was saying as I am TMoEM+ customer and I am not dumb enough to actually sign 2 years contract as price for device+higher contract bill is more than EM+ with paying for new device fully.
I did current estimate and updated with current AT&T's bill which is as we know is contracted so I would be paying $30 extra with 50min subtracted from my current plan and paying SMS for same price ill have 1000SMS, and for same dataplan ill have lower cap. As I have EM+ 500TuTW for special $49.99+tax(reg price %59.99) after $10 discount.
So I am following wait and see policy regardless of the phone supporting quadband or not as I want to see if AT&T will honor people like me who has been with them for ages even if I am not on contract or will they force us to sign. If that happens I switch to Big Red (1 of 7 original slice of Death Star) or Sprint. If FCC is foolish enough to make AT&T again monopoly they themselves should be erased before AT&T because thats all it going to be than for GSM world in USA.
Did the same as PD15IMG, just got an EM+ plan. 500 minutes, unlimited on nights, weekends, and always unlimited over wifi, unlimited texted, unlimited data, free tethering all for 60 dollars a month... It's a win.
Still, imo I would get the myTouch 4G slide.. but I walked into a Verizon store today and now I wanna switch to verizon, So no myTouch 4G slide for me
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Did the same as PD15IMG, just got an EM+ plan. 500 minutes, unlimited on nights, weekends, and always unlimited over wifi, unlimited texted, unlimited data, free tethering all for 60 dollars a month... It's a win.
Still, imo I would get the myTouch 4G slide.. but I walked into a Verizon store today and now I wanna switch to verizon, So no myTouch 4G slide for me
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If your gonna pay more might as well be at verizon then att.
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I find the qwerty/keyboards on touch screen phones kind of annoying. If I need to type an essay long paper, then I just use a laptop. But for things like texting, you normally write short sentences. I guess the sliding thing to reply a message or do a quick search is not for me.
IMO, when compared to the MT4G, the only good thing about this the MT4G Slide is the hardware (not even!).
PS: Also, the buttons are too small for my fingers.
anthonya1g said:
I find the qwerty/keyboards on touch screen phones kind of annoying. If I need to type an essay long paper, then I just use a laptop. But for things like texting, you normally write short sentences. I guess the sliding thing to reply a message or do a quick search is not for me.
IMO, when compared to the MT4G, the only good thing about this the MT4G Slide is the hardware (not even!).
PS: Also, the buttons are too small for my fingers.
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Short sentences? With what, like 10 letters? I guess this isn't a bad time to say I average around 8000-9000 texts a month.
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I average around 8000-9000 texts a month.
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You need an intervention
Lol and look
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/mytouch-4g-slide-appears-in-accessory-shots/
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Biggest let down of the year! Yaaaaay!
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/06/t-mobile-formally-announces-fathers-day-2011-sale/
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Even more glad I got in on the Wal-Mart deal now.
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Nothing makes me feel more warm and fuzzy than 2.4GB of free data, split up over 12 mos, in order to contractually obligate my business to them for the next 2 years!
LOL I jest, I'm pleased with tmo ATM, so I'm not *****ing. But it is pretty damn lame compared to other promotions they have had, especially Father's Day last year.
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Yes it seems kinda lame, do the math though and it's not so bad.
250 upfront for the phone
50 mail in rebate and a 120 bill credit=80 for the phone.
Better that the wallmart deal, it just takes some time for it to pay off.
Pinepig said:
Yes it seems kinda lame, do the math though and it's not so bad.
250 upfront for the phone
50 mail in rebate and a 120 bill credit=80 for the phone.
Better that the wallmart deal, it just takes some time for it to pay off.
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This is of course assuming they haven't sold out by Father's Day.
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i was getting worried about having to return my sensation to walmart to go for a better deal @ tmo..
I don't understand.
What if you have a $30 / month data plan.
Wouldn't that be a savings of $360?
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I don't understand.
What if you have a $30 / month data plan.
Wouldn't that be a savings of $360?
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No you will get a $10 credit towards your bill every month for 12 months.
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No you will get a $10 credit towards your bill every month for 12 months.
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Ah, I see the grayed out text at the bottom now, barely readable so as to hide it from customers.
The graphic in the picture says one year of free data without any asterisk at all, not one year of free $10 data.
Isn't that illegal false advertising? Jerks. I hate when companies do that.
& to think I almost waited for the Sat sale. Need to look closer @ details & see if we can access this for our grandfathered plans, I'm not giving that up. Wish I'd picked up those free phones for my kids in Feb, arghhhhh!
The word from my market manager is that there will not be any more free phone sales (like last year's father's day sale) because of high fraud / cancellation rates.
This market manager is not a very reliable source ( calling her an idiot is an insult to idiots everywhere ) but this makes sense now that we know what the sale is.
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& to think I almost waited for the Sat sale. Need to look closer @ details & see if we can access this for our grandfathered plans, I'm not giving that up. Wish I'd picked up those free phones for my kids in Feb, arghhhhh!
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FYI, if you are adding a new line or are a new customer, tmo currently has the MT4G and SGS 4G for free if you do it online. One of the phones ends today, but the other one doesn't expire until Thursday. Won't work for upgrades, buy if you are adding a line for your kid, this is the way to go. Pull the trigger quick though.
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Great Customer Service!
I went to a local store here in Fremont to get my first look at the Sensation and asked about the Father's Day special. A salesperson named Candice answered my questions and handed me a Sensation to play with. I asked for her business card and told her I would be back on Sunday, thinking that was the day of the promotion. I then went to find my wife and daughter at the Michael's craft store next door. About 15 minutes later, I run into Candice while shopping inside Michael's! She realized that I was mistaken about the day of the sale and actually ran next door to find me and tell me it was on Saturday!
I know that she probably gets a commission on phones that she sells, but I still think it was very kind of her to find me and tell me the correct date. Imagine if I had shown up on Sunday and was told that the promotion was the day before!
So to thank her for her kindness I am telling her story here on the forum in the hopes that some of you will buy a Sensation from her. Let's see if we can help her get the "Employee of the Month" award! I don't know if my credit will qualify for a two-year contract, but I intend to find out on Saturday! Wish me luck!
If any of you live in the Fremont, CA area and are planning on buying a Sensation, please go to the T-Mobile store at the corner of Mowry Ave & Fremont Blvd (store address 39172 Argonaut Way) and ask for Candice.
A little extra for you folks I found today over at fatwallet. After you get your phone head over to this link and follow the instructions to get a 125$ visa card if you are a NEW T-mo customer.
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/1099398/
So 250-50 mir-50 sensation promo-120 fathers day-125 for switching to Tmo= they are paying you 95 bucks to get this phone on Fathers Day. I'd say that's a bit better than a free phone.
Nice, dude! Good lookin out, thanks for sharing.
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I went to Future Shop, Bell and The Source for a Sensation and none of them wants me to walk away with a Sensation FULL price without a contract!
I don't want to pay more then 550$ so the negri sites + other is not an option.
If ANYBODY knows where to buy it IN A STORE, (to pay credit) let me know!
Thanks again!
leebrunet said:
I went to Future Shop, Bell and The Source for a Sensation and none of them wants me to walk away with a Sensation FULL price without a contract!
I don't want to pay more then 550$ so the negri sites + other is not an option.
If ANYBODY knows where to buy it IN A STORE, (to pay credit) let me know!
Thanks again!
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"The Phone Booth" at Sherway Gardens sold me one no questions asked. I had it home and unlocked from Bell in a few hours!
I got mine from the Bell Store, had to sign up for a 30 day plan. Tons of paperwork, don't do it. Futureshop/Bestbuy should be able to sell the phones unlocked in a week (according to the staffs experience)
leebrunet said:
I went to Future Shop, Bell and The Source for a Sensation and none of them wants me to walk away with a Sensation FULL price without a contract!
I don't want to pay more then 550$ so the negri sites + other is not an option.
If ANYBODY knows where to buy it IN A STORE, (to pay credit) let me know!
Thanks again!
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I had the same issue with tmobile and the g2x. I went to 4 tmobile store and they all told me no.
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graffixnyc said:
I had the same issue with tmobile and the g2x. I went to 4 tmobile store and they all told me no.
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Are you a T-mobile customer? If you are then they are in the wrong for not selling you a phone off contract. If your not a T-mobile customer than they can deny you the sale but nothing happens to them if they do. Just all depends if the persons being a **** and how much they have in stock.
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Having previously worked for bell it is one of there rules is a phone needs to be registered to an account to leave the store. You either need to have an account (in which case it should be easy) or keep going in hopes to get a misinformed employee. Try small phone booths as well.
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jrwingate6 said:
Are you a T-mobile customer? If you are then they are in the wrong for not selling you a phone off contract. If your not a T-mobile customer than they can deny you the sale but nothing happens to them if they do. Just all depends if the persons being a **** and how much they have in stock.
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Yes I am a tmo customer. They told me they had limited quantities and they were reserving them for new contracts. When I called tmo to complain they called 2 of the stores and the one guy straight up lied to them and said they didn't have any in stock when 5 minutes earlier they did. And this was at 10th am when they opened so I doubt they sold all of them from the time o called until when tmo cs called them
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I got my Sensation yesterday at Wireless Wave in Erin Mills Town Centre. No problem buying it outright with no contract. Unlocked it at home, and using it on Telus.
Got my locked virgin sensation!
Now how do I get a legal unlocked bootloader??? (want to keep my warranty)
I purchased mine from Best Buy outright without an activation. He even checked in his computer to make sure that it could go out the door without a plan. If it helps at all, I got mine from the Best Buy store in Markville.
gs111 said:
I got my Sensation yesterday at Wireless Wave in Erin Mills Town Centre. No problem buying it outright with no contract. Unlocked it at home, and using it on Telus.
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How did you unlock it at home?
Just in case it hasn't been posted here yet...free shipping too
http://www.targetmobilestore.com/eC...px?cid=35895_703db85518eb4ce9b2f2db4619d8c64d
That's with a contract.
Here in the UK we get it free on contract, mine is £32 a month with 600 min, unlimited texts & data
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bruce2728 said:
That's with a contract.
Here in the UK we get it free on contract, mine is £32 a month with 600 min, unlimited texts & data
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Sadly...this is the cheapest I've seen them since they came out stateside...
Yeah got mine free as well here. I pay 30euro per month with unlimited 3G. I don't use call/txt much anymore so I have no idea how many of that I have, lol.
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Sadly...this is the cheapest I've seen them since they came out stateside...
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T-Mobile had them free with a contract for one night.
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aNYthing24 said:
T-Mobile had them free with a contract for one night.
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Two nights actually...and I missed them both
hoevito said:
Two nights actually...and I missed them both
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don't worry. I'm sure they'll run the special again.
just keep checking the midnight deal.
i sold my sensation for $400, now im getting one again cuz even i had just upgraded im eligible again to upgrade. been having since my last two phones. lol.
Yeah, thankfully, I suppose, I got it for "free" from T-mobile on their midnight special right after I lost my fully Android powered HD2 for the last time. Unfortunately, I still have to pay the $200 cancellation fee on the new line I added to my account in order to get the phone. Still, I really think that $200 is the cheapest anyone could get this phone with no contract whatsoever.
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Yeah, thankfully, I suppose, I got it for "free" from T-mobile on their midnight special right after I lost my fully Android powered HD2 for the last time. Unfortunately, I still have to pay the $200 cancellation fee on the new line I added to my account in order to get the phone. Still, I really think that $200 is the cheapest anyone could get this phone with no contract whatsoever.
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Be careful, they might charge you a handset recovery fee on top of the termination fee. Not sure though.
hoevito said:
Two nights actually...and I missed them both
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That's how i got mine ...well,not excatly.I intially bought the phone thru Wirefly,then i saw the web special(was still in the 14 day period).I decided to take advantage of that offer,so i added a second line.I got the Sensation from tmobile.com,then cancelled my first line and returned the first phone to Wirefly.
I paid $0 in shipping since both Wirefly and T-mo.com had free shipping.they even waived my activation fees.It was a bit of a hassle,but at the end it saved me $150.well worth it IMO.
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Xcor3 said:
i sold my sensation for $400, now im getting one again cuz even i had just upgraded im eligible again to upgrade. been having since my last two phones. lol.
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Can you tell me how its works? i would like to do the same. Hope works for me too.
Thanks
Does anyone know what the warranty replacement for the inspire is? Its been on the eol list for awhile now, retail stores don't carry it anymore, and att online store list it as out of stock. I'm still wondering how many replacements HTC is holding back for warranty purposes. They stopped production on it forever ago so I'm hoping HTC is out as well but I figured if I filed an insurance claim through att and not through HTC I would get a comparable phone but wanting to know what it is without having to ask att
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Not sure where you're checking, but just checked online and I see the inspire is available for $0.01 from ATT. A lot depends on the market as to who has it.
1ChesterD said:
Not sure where you're checking, but just checked online and I see the inspire is available for $0.01 from ATT. A lot depends on the market as to who has it.
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Oh damn. I just checked a few days ago and it was out of stock. Guess I'll wait another month
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Plus I believe a third party usually handles warranty claim. If I'm not mistaken its assurian? So even if att didn't have an inspire assurian will probably have stock for warranty claims
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Plus I believe a third party usually handles warranty claim. If I'm not mistaken its assurian? So even if att didn't have an inspire assurian will probably have stock for warranty claims
You're more than likely right. I was actually just looking at phones today and it had the Inspire for like $399 without commitment. I know when I was working doing tier 2 support for a cell phone company, that it was all left up to Assurion, (the carrier really doesn't have anything to do with it). But I know that if they don't have another Inspire, they WILL get you a comparable model, sometimes it works out in the customer's favor, where you get a better phone than you had because of price and availability. So look around and I'm sure you can find one somewhere. If not, keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best with the claim, you just never know!
Edit: Sorry, it wouldn't let me add the quote in a link, so put I put it in with regular text.
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Oh yeah, the manufacturer's warranty is one year from date of purchase and you have to be the original owner too.
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NicholasMD said:
Oh yeah, the manufacturer's warranty is one year from date of purchase and you have to be the original owner too.
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Thanks guys. And these aren't my phones. Both my sister and her husband got an inspire when they first came out and their upgrade is due in a few months but they are both going to claim insurance on them before the upgrade so they can either have a new inspire to sell or a comparable to sell for more money. Before anyone says this is "wrong" think about it.. you spend about $10 a month for insurance but never make a claim the entire 2 year contract. Why not make use of the nearly $240 you spent on a device lol
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Well yeah, I get that, to each his own. And you have to put money down for the claim anyway, so I guess they can do with it what they wish. But I'd be surprised to see what they actually get if there are none left... Maybe a Skyrocket??
You should keep me posted.
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Well yeah, I get that, to each his own. And you have to put money down for the claim anyway, so I guess they can do with it what they wish. But I'd be surprised to see what they actually get if there are none left... Maybe a Skyrocket??
You should keep me posted.
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I doubt a skyrocket lol. Would be amazing If so but that phone is still fairly new and is still one of the best for att. Nowhere near comparable.
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