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[Q] Who will go to bestbuy to get NS on Thursday?

I don't mind I go there then to see is it available because I have class in the afternoon.
Hopefully the store (either Bay Parkway, Brooklyn or 23rd Street, Manhattan) will let me to mess around the phone before buying it instead of returning it later.
I'll pay in full ($530 + tax) because I have "unlocked phone plan" (EM+).

i'll go pick one up @ the soho bestbuy w/o contract on thursday morning before i go to work

I want to get it too unlocked.. but I want yo know if the community will be large like nexuss one or evo
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I will be at BestBuy an hour before they open to beat that one other person that may be there, but yup ill get one

Hope you guys will release the system dump

I'll stop by a BestBuy on thursday to look at the Nexus S for sure.
Got a Nexus One atm so its not an emergency to upgrade.

Ill be buying one only cuz i lost my N1 recently due to being extremly drunk. but have to wait for AT&t/Rogers one if it ever comes out.
waiting paitianly with my HTC Dream.
if i have to wait much longer with this slow ass device i might have to shoot myself.

I will be buying it on day one

i'll be on vacation, but i look forward to seeing all you guys talk about it. (^_^)

I'm going to dive in. The N1 is getting retired from daily use.

I told myself that i would never ever get rid of my N1 but honestly with the market for N1's as it is right now It be stupid not to sell, i got a good price for it
And its better to get rid of it now while the market is high and the next installment is on its way
Who else sold there baby to get the NS?

I will be selling my vibrant for the nexus S not much of an upgrade, but I really like the slight hardware design change and the software (pure android, + ext4fs)
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I'm selling my Nexus 1 to get the S.
I work Thursday at 10am so hopefully I can snag a Nexus S before work.

I will hit the Best Buy at 86th st in Manhattan and pick mine up on Thursday, probably right when they open.

I'm selling my HTC Desire and yes I will be there on day 1.

I have a Best Buy right across the street from work.
I'll be there when they open.

Star date, 12/16 2010. 8am, you know where to find me.

ALuton said:
I'm selling my HTC Desire and yes I will be there on day 1.
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You won't wait for an AT&T variant?
I want to get it on day one, but with my Nexus One I learned my lesson the hard way. Hopefully Samsung hid the AT&T 3G bands on the chip like they did with the T-Mobile Vibrant.

I'll be at the local Best Buy at 8am to pick up two Nexus S'eses.
"Give me six Schlitzeses"

I may get it, but wanna wait a few days for the real reviews.

Galaxy s 4g

So I have a nexus right now and been yearning for something new for a fee months. I am on t mobile and eligible for a new phone. I actually want a dual core phone but I'm feeling so impatient. And if this phone is coming out now I doubt t mobile will release something better for atleast a few more months after that. So I would be able to get it for 150 on contract. I might be able to sell my nexus for like 250 so I wont be spending any money on that upgrade. Now, my other option is getting an atrix unlocked for full retail price of 500 and use it on t mobile. I don't want to leave to t mobile I like it for some reason. Even though I could get 15 percent off any carrier. But that aside what do you guys think. Because another option also is then sell the s 4g and buy the next good phone falt out and I might end up just paying a difference of 200 or something.

I would wait for galaxy s 2. My N1 can wait another 6 month. I am sure it will be by mid summers.
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I can't wait that long damn. I'm desperate already.

Same here, I really want to get another phone on T-Mobile. Personally, I'm not a fan of Samsung, if I had to get one, I'd get the Nexus S (at least the software is managed by Google). Try flashing a custom ROM or something if you haven't already to breath some new life into your phone. I think I'd be worth the wait for something like the LG Optimus 2x/3D or the HTC Pyramid.

Yea I rooted my phone first week I got it. But its been a year already. I would like the optimus but didn't it come out in Europe like a month ago?

Samsung phones look like they were bought from the dollar-store ... just get an HTC/LG

The Galaxy S2 comes out in Europe in February/March. IMO the Atrix will be better, but meh. The LG Optimus 2X also looks very good.

i'm actually sort of in the same boat. i broke my n1 a month ago, and wasnt planning on getting anything new til the optimus or the pyramid.
but now i'm tired of using my HD2 with android, and wanting to get something immediately. cant decide between g2/myt4g or the 4gvibrant. i'm sort of leaning towards the vibrant but the lack of a trackpad or flash is the only thing that is making me hesitate.
i'm also definitely buying the pyramid whenever it comes out, this phone would essentially just be tiding me over till then.

I was in the same boat as well. I wanted to wait for the dual cores before buying a brand new phone so I decided to look for an HD2 to put Android on. It took about two weeks of Craigslist hunting before I got a good deal on one(190 with all the original access. including 16gb sd). I'm running a gingerbread rom on this thing and love it plus it will be pretty easy to get my money back for it in a couple months when the new phones start to hit.

Wait for next generation of nexus...
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Dam I think I should wait a little more. The s4g is such a small update that I would be wasting my eligibility for something like it. And hd2? Naw I put android on it for my gf and I much rather have my nexie.

zhuoju said:
Wait for next generation of nexus...
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LOL That's the funniest thing Ive read all day!

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$19.99 htc inspire at costco

i dont think u can beat this deal anywhere. I got one 2 days ago and now thinking about rooting the bloody thing but christ it seems awfully hard to do and then sticking a rom is even harder compared to my old tilt 2!!

wow what a deal... do people really think this phone is worth that price?? i personally think it's better than the atrix (minus the laptop dock)

niksha said:
i dont think u can beat this deal anywhere. I got one 2 days ago and now thinking about rooting the bloody thing but christ it seems awfully hard to do and then sticking a rom is even harder compared to my old tilt 2!!
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It is not as hard as you think, all you need do is read the threads and take your time, I rooted a long time ago when bubby first did the one click, since then he has made it less complicated, the hardest part most are having is making a gold card, just take your time and you will do fine. I am rooted and am running Core Droid Gingerbread rom and have no sign of AT&T left on my phone. It is great, give it a try!!!! You can do it, the only thing holding you back is you!!!

moe3754 said:
It is not as hard as you think, all you need do is read the threads and take your time, I rooted a long time ago when bubby first did the one click, since then he has made it less complicated, the hardest part most are having is making a gold card, just take your time and you will do fine. I am rooted and am running Core Droid Gingerbread rom and have no sign of AT&T left on my phone. It is great, give it a try!!!! You can do it, the only thing holding you back is you!!!
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Oh yes you do! You have at&t on the back of the phone
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I got better than that from AT&T directly. Free phone, no shipping, no activation, 2 yr contract extension, early-upgrade. Granted I've been with AT&T since 1999 and I give them a decent chunk of my paycheck every month.
You just have to be patient with them, be willing to stay on hold for a bit, ask for a supervisor, and remember a few key phrases: "Long time customer..." "Pay bills on time..." "Been loyal through Iphoney induced network problems..." "Other carriers offering better equipment, and with contract expiring soon..."
That has always worked for me. The phones aren't always free, but I've always gotten a better deal than the normal upgrade price. At the very least the rebate price without dealing with the rebate. I've even gotten an upgrade price on an equipment replacement without contract extension.
Not sure if there are specific guidelines they use as far as longevity, monthly service charge, etc. You just have to be polite and insistant, and companies will generally give you what you want to keep you as a happy customer, AT&T included.

woww that is a deal and a half))my son just came home from school and he said his buddy told him that more people are bricking their phones when they try rooting... but then what does a kid know)))

They have it marked down to a penny if you buy it online with two year upgrade.

mudknot2005 said:
They have it marked down to a penny if you buy it online with two year upgrade.
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any way to make AT&T match this deal? The wife just paid 99 bucks for hers when I added a line last week.

shoot I'd just pay the restocking fee, and then buy from costco and it would still be cheaper. I am not sure att will match it though. I know you can't buy it out of contract Online. I was looking to see what they would charge maybe get my wife one so she can get away from her captivate.

I got mine free from radio shack and I was expecting to pay For it. Don't know how I get it free though

I got my Inspire from Costco about two weeks ago, and then upgraded one of my kids to one last week as well -- took advantage of that Costco deal! And no, AT&T could care less about price matching.
I rooted both of our phones last night. Read more than I did before I flashed my Tilt 2, but after my kid said just watch the Youtube video, I was ready. LOTS and lots of steps, but his rooted exactly as advertised. I did the same steps to mine, got hung up on the final step (pushing the new ROM back to the phone) but found a post in @bubby's thread about the same issue; I manually copied the image to my SD card and entered the bootloader, and now my Inspire is rooted as well.
Lots of great deals out there, BTW. Look at Cartoys and Radio Shack; the Costco deal ends pretty soon.

i got mine from Costco, i only paid the tax and an upgrade fee which will show up on my att bill. id say i came out on top

I just checked ... price is 1 cent now with a 2 yr extension. May have to go to KC!!

I too got mine from Costco for a penny! :-D According to tracking, I'll have it Wednesday. And then...we root! :-D

On a sidenote... I only agree with one line on here. "However now more then ever who you get on the other end of that line MATTERS." ...Unfortunately, this is true. I am a Level 2 technical support agent for Philips Electronics. If you catch an agent on a bad day, then don't expect much. HOWEVER... I personally try to remain fair... If you call me and ask for support, you BETTER be nice. If you are a jerk, yell, cuss, racist, etc...YOU GET NOTHING!
I deal with all walks of people on a daily basis. Kindness is key. It also helps to know how to speak and speak properly.. "Key phrases" mean nothing to me. But that's just me. It's all about the attitude. If you are nice, I'm willing to GIVE you almost anything. If you are an A$$hole...well...you get the idea.
One final note...It DOES NOT matter what nationality you or the tech support rep are. One of the nicest people I have ever met is this guy that sits beside me at work. He is 100% Irish, and hates the world. But again...if you are nice, he will give you whatever you are asking for.

ogxku5h said:
wow what a deal... do people really think this phone is worth that price?? i personally think it's better than the atrix (minus the laptop dock)
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I have an Atrix, not worth it at all... Even with the Dual Proc and Laptop dock. Call quality sucks, signal sucks and worst of all, it seems like they took someone's custom ROM (Alpha Build) and released it (get Aqua/Robot Voice at times) and instability so they have to make a fix for it and THEN wait for AT&T to release it...
Thanks, but no... not at all worth it.
The Inspire though? Yeah, worth way more. I paid full price for mine (no upgrade available on any of the 5 lines... )

I got my Inspire from Costco for $19.99. It did not take too long either. They also gave me a free car charger, head set, and leather case.
On a side note: I don't like ordering things like phones (Atrix) or laptops(Asus) online because if their is a problem with it takes week to get there and get back to you.

Talderon said:
I paid full price for mine (no upgrade available on any of the 5 lines... )
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How much off contract and from where?
I tried buying it though Costco online but I wont let me keep my grandfathered unlimited data plan. I still cant decide whether to use my upgrade or buy it off contract.

I've been seeing lately that its now $79, and as a CostCo Member, its as low as $50 on a two year contract. Its still a great price.

Staples has it for $50, verified as of yesterday.
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Are there people on this site who would only upgrade when their device dies?

A decade or two ago I remembered the only time people upgraded were when their device became non-functional. However these days it seems to me that it is norm to change devices every time a newer version comes out. And this form of consumerism is most pronounced in the mobile phone community. Partly because the mobile phone technology evolves faster than other technology.
I wonder how many people still use their until it dies or at least have a upgrade plan (eg I upgrade phone every 3 years, laptop every 4 years, DSLR every 6 years).

I used to upgrade approx every 1.5 - 2 years when I had a dumbphone My first "smartishphone" was the Nokia e70 that still works and I keep it for backup. I then bought an Xperia X1which I used until it died, although about 6 months prior to battery spazzing out I used it as a work phone as I purchased a HD2 for private use. When it died I used a combo of my e70 and HD2. Then last year in November (I think) I then purchased a EVO 3d which I now use as my personal phone and my HD2 as my work phone, the e70 went back in the drawer for when I need it next.
Cool story huh bro? So I guess the moral of it is that I upgrade whenever I cant fight the itch anymore and I never get rid of my old phones even if they are broken.

I upgraded from a dumbphone to my first smartphone: Nokia E72, but I hated the OS when I saw what Android could do, so I bought a SGS. Which I am willing to use till it dies because of the many ROMS and stuff still being made for it.

I only upgrade when my contract is up. It is a 24 month contract so that is when I will upgrade.
For me it is important to get good hardware at the time of purchase and make sure you can load the latest software on top, because at the end of the day what makes the device tick is the software it has inside it... Thank god for XDA community of hackers

I'm using a like 5 year old deskop running vista. I am going to upgrade that once windows 8 comes out.
I have a transformer that i see no reason to upgrade.
MY first phone was an iPhone 3G and i had that for a year till iOS 4 came and totally killed it. Then I upgraded to an iPhone 4 right after they came out in Canada.
Now this month I am upgrading to a Galaxy Nexus because, well the iphones still good, put siri on it and it does what I want to it but i am just sick and tires of iOS and really want something different.
Point and shoots only get replaced when they are destroyed and TV's only get replaced once they stop working
I'm not a big upgrade-a-holic i let my stuff live a good life and i'm upgrading my my iPhone because I still have 18 months on contract and I do not see me using it for another 18 months... and the sooner i get this one the cheaper my next one will be

I go through a ridiculous amount of phones, 5 last year.

I'd upgrade today from my EVO 3d if the HTC edge was out now I love HTC
sent from a galaxy far far away where I actually understand the mods I do to my phone thank fu*k for devs

i may not always wait for it to die, but i'll go a good amount of time with a phone till I like another one, I had a few nokia phones for years, they were just solid

i hate upgrading simply cuz of the fact that you have to extend your contract. i recently got my htc vivid.. and im planning to stick to it until it dies.

Prior to switching over to WP7, I used to "upgrade" my android device weekly or bi-weekly. I was a Craigslist fiend and owned 67 phones in two years.
While I now own all WP7 devices, my daily driver for 9 months was the Dell Venue Pro and is now the Nokia Lumia 800. With WP7 you get high quality regardless of device so the need for frequent updates is kaput.

springy said:
I only upgrade when my contract is up. It is a 24 month contract so that is when I will upgrade.
For me it is important to get good hardware at the time of purchase and make sure you can load the latest software on top, because at the end of the day what makes the device tick is the software it has inside it... Thank god for XDA community of hackers
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This is what I do. I upgrade as soon as AT&T will let me. I hate to extend the contract, but I don't see giving up a cell phone anytime soon, I haven't had a land line for years, so if I upgrade early it is like cutting some time off my contract. On a family plan, paying more than $100 a month they used to let you upgrade the primary line every 12 months (so people could buy each iPhone I think), but that ended this year. So I upgraded to the SGS II, the best device at the time, and still, and it should hold me over until may 2013 when I qualify again. By that time I hope to have LTE in my area too, so I will be able to get a second or third gen LTE phone on AT&T. If something really tickles me before then, I might try the 3 warranty replacement trick to upgrade early, but it'd have to be really good to beat the SGS II.

FinancialWar said:
A decade or two ago I remembered the only time people upgraded were when their device became non-functional. However these days it seems to me that it is norm to change devices every time a newer version comes out. And this form of consumerism is most pronounced in the mobile phone community. Partly because the mobile phone technology evolves faster than other technology.
I wonder how many people still use their until it dies or at least have a upgrade plan (eg I upgrade phone every 3 years, laptop every 4 years, DSLR every 6 years).
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I pick a time to upgrade my stuff. I aim for about 3 to 4 years out a desktop, but I will go for top of the range CPU, and add more RAM 9 months after getting it... So i7 2600K right now, and 12 GB RAM. That will see me through to 2014/2015 I hope.
Phone, I will see how it goes. I kept my hero from 18 months of date of purchase, but it was pretty diabolical performance-wise after 9 to 12 months, as other devices raced on. My SGS2 is now 8 months old, I think, yet is probably still the fastest all-round device on the market. So I am looking for AT LEAST 2 years out it, perhaps 2.5 or 3...

I only get a new phone when my old one breaks...I would still be on my droidx if the battery hadn't gone to mush and exploded. Now I can only get to the stock recovery.
But it was too early for an upgrade, but once I was on the phone with verizon for awhile and explained what happened they gave me an early upgrade.

z33dev33l said:
Prior to switching over to WP7, I used to "upgrade" my android device weekly or bi-weekly. I was a Craigslist fiend and owned 67 phones in two years.
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^^ Pretty much this for me too...
The HD7 was the first step to breaking the addiction, and now im planning on keeping my newly acquired HTC TITAN till third gen WP7 phones release. Seriously, the saturation of Android phones are bad for guys like me that like to always be up to date or have the newest thing. No more, WP7 is garanteed support and updates for at least 2 years so I dont have to worry anymore. Plus its great to get away from the Rom addiction and just enjoy the damn phone lol
sEnT fRoM mY >TiTaN(iC)< BeAsT

Yup! it's been three years with this HTC hero, I wonder how much longer it'll last?
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I would need a very compelling reason to upgrade. My phone dying would be one such reason. The only other would be a new device that ticks all the right boxes for me, and currently the phone i have is the only one that does that.
Carrier upgrades are a no go for me as Vodafone are awful for locking down, branding and delaying updates, even on Nexus devices which should get their updates directly from Google.

Only update when there is something worth updating to. My last phone was the HD2 then went to the captivate but traded it for.the Inspire which is what I had wanted but it hadn't hit yet. Now I will wait for a decent HTC phone to come out that is not just a minor hardware change. Maybe the quadcore will be enuff to make me update but too soon to tell. Inspire still does what I need it to and is fast as hell for me

I've only ever owned 3 smartphones. My first was the iPhone 3GS when it was first released I had it for 1 year and 3 months until it started playing up. I bought the phone outright biggest waste cost me 1G with the Apple care for 2 years. Apple then replaced the phone with a brand new one so I never opened it and sold it on Ebay for $600. I then bought my Desire HD had it for 6 or so months and I couldn't resist the Sensation XE when it was announced so I sold my Desire HD for $322 and bought the Sensation XE for $560 about 3 months ago and I'll have this phone until it dies.

Using my 10 years old pc with windows xp and using till it dies and I change phone when earler dies but I had SE w810 since 2007 and it still works but I wanted something new and small so bought this one and I think I will use it until 2013 summer when contract ends or until his end dont see purpose of spending money on high end phones its better to have psp or psv and small android for everyday using because every day theres new better android on sale but psp will stick few years unchanged and with same performance ofcourse maybe you have lot of money to spend it
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It all depends on the device, but phones in my house have the shortest upgrade cycle (24-36 months) while laptops and desktops can generally be refreshed with upgraded hardware halfway through their lifecycle lasting 4-5 years.
Tablets look like they are going to age fast...

[Q] AT&T Upgrade: Should I wait, or upgrade now?

Hey, guys. I can finally upgrade my phone and can only do so with AT&T. Should I go with one of the phones they currently have out (Galaxy S III, Optimus G, One X+), or should I wait for another one to come out, seeing as it will be with a 2 year contract? (Possibly M7)

I would say that it largely depends on what you have now. If you can't wait any longer, then just go ahead and upgrade. If you are willing to wait, then do some research about phones that are likely to be released soon. The rumor mill can be wildly inaccurate, though, so do try to manage your expectations.
If I were looking to get an S III at the moment, I would probably hold off since Samsung will most likely be releasing the next iteration in a few short months.

S4 and Note 3 should come out this year (few months) so if u can wait than I'd recommend that. However S3 is very capable and good phone, should be enough for next 2 years

The next best thing is always right around the corner...no point in waiting.

lowandbehold said:
The next best thing is always right around the corner...no point in waiting.
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That's also good point. Either it's new TV, new car, new printer - in new technology everything changes very fast. You buy laptop for 1000 euros and next month his younger brother lands on a market and Your device is worth about 800 euros.
I myself have one rule - never settle with something what is low class at the time, try to avoid middle class and if resources let me, buy high-end phone - so it will last a little longer.
But for example now I'm using SGS+ which is enough, even if it's growing old
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