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HTC TB from Verizon

Went into the local store yesterday. Played with the new TB I like the larger screen. I can't believe how cheap verizon has gotten. I have not used my NE2 in a long time but was suprized to hear only $50 now and no longer $100 off. I have the HTC DINC running Skyraider 3.5 now and avab to use the NE2 now.
What our your all's opinions... I don't think the 2 year contract and getting the NE2 is worth it anymore. I would rather pay more and do the 1 year and be able to upgrade sooner. Am I missing anything on the NE2 what give's and what are the Bennie's?
They offered me $100 for my DINC... I told him no way. I would rather keep it for testing. LOL
Also I want to help the Dev's what's the best way to donate and to who??? Stupid question???
I assume the battery is the same for the DINC and the TB because the EVO is the same battery as the DINC??? I could be wrong. Can't see the battery in the Verizon store because they have the alarm system glued to it so you can't run out the store with it.

From what I understand the battery is different. I did a two year so that I'll have unlimited 4g for at least that period.
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orcsbane13 said:
From what I understand the battery is different. I did a two year so that I'll have unlimited 4g for at least that period.
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I am not in a 4G area and don't care about 4G. I just like the bigger screen like the EVO. If the DINC had the same size screen I would just keep it.
So signing two year agreement IMHO is a waste if they are not going to make it worth while and give more of a discount.

orcsbane13 said:
From what I understand the battery is different. I did a two year so that I'll have unlimited 4g for at least that period.
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Yes. The battery is very different.

Who else is buying SGS III @ full retail price

I have a promo plan that was offered to me by vzw in an email back in november 2010.
59.99 for 450min and unl texts
9.99 for unlimited data
69.99 total plus taxes and fees which my employee disc offsets.
How would adding a line work?
Never mind just spoke with verizon. adding a line is out of the question. They will force me off my plan killing my unlimited data.
I guess its full retail for me
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I have a promo plan that was offered to me by vzw in an email back in november 2010.
59.99 for 450min and unl texts
9.99 for unlimited data
69.99 total plus taxes and fees which my employee disc offsets.
How would adding a line work?
Never mind just spoke with verizon. adding a line is out of the question. They will force me off my plan killing my unlimited data.
I guess its full retail for me
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Why dont you wait for a quad code LTE phone to come to the states before buying the SGS3 at full retail..I would buy the quad core at full retail, IMO.

If it. Is unlocked this will be my next phone
I've had an upgrade. since november and another one coming in January
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jager420 said:
Why dont you wait for a quad code LTE phone to come to the states before buying the SGS3 at full retail..I would buy the quad core at full retail, IMO.
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Droid charge lags big time. Lags between Switching apps. Tweaked 2.1 is great but development can only do so much with a 1ghertz 500mb of ram.
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DROID3R said:
Droid charge lags big time. Lags between Switching apps. Tweaked 2.1 is great but development can only do so much with a 1ghertz 500mb of ram.
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It's the software. That's plenty of hardware to run AOSP smoothly.
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DROID3R said:
Droid charge lags big time. Lags between Switching apps. Tweaked 2.1 is great but development can only do so much with a 1ghertz 500mb of ram.
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I see what your saying but the lag is not that bad. 500/600$ doesn't justify that lag. Buy a laptop with that money.
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I can wait until January when I have an upgrade. My Charge is pretty snappy for what I use it for. I played with my buddies Razer MAXX and was not overly impressed. I thought the speed would blow me a away, but it didn't. The screen looked signficantly worse (must be the pentile)
Only complaints with the charge:
1) Browsing non-mobile enabled sites could be smoother. Droid maxx did not really fix this!!!
2) Occasional launcher lag (even with home_app_adj fix).
Things I want in my new phone:
1) 4.3-4.8" "Retina" screen.
2) Instant shutter on camera.
3) 1080p hdmi out
4) Battery life to last all day.

And porn
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jager420 said:
I see what your saying but the lag is not that bad. 500/600$ doesn't justify that lag. Buy a laptop with that money.
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Already have a PC and a tablet.......also the droid charge is almost one full inch in thickness too difficult to handle it with one hand
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DROID3R said:
Already have a PC and a tablet.......also the droid charge is almost one full inch in thickness too difficult to handle it with one hand
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I've got WAY more than an inch and I've never had a problem handling it with just one ha...nd... That's right... talkin' about phones... Sorry guys, carry on....
FULL RETAIL IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!

I think I'm stealing my aunts upgrade for the SGS3. Her basic phone is at least 3 years old now and I don't see her upgrading any time soon anyways. If Verizon follows the other price plans I will get the 16gb for $200 and throw in a memory stick.

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I think I'm stealing my aunts upgrade for the SGS3. Her basic phone is at least 3 years old now and I don't see her upgrading any time soon anyways. If Verizon follows the other price plans I will get the 16gb for $200 and throw in a memory stick.
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That's what I did. Used another lines upgrade to get the Charge cause I didn't want to wait on the Bionic and had to get off my BB Storm. I made the right decision.

I'm finally going to use my upgrade on sgs3 ...
Nov. 2011 and another one available in Jan.2013
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I would buy an s3 if I had an upgrade but I wouldn't pay full retail.
It's not that unique.
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Agreed ...no way at full retail ...
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Yeah right. I just checked E-Bay. They want between $752 and $856 for one. I'll pass.

GS3 is not nearly enticing enough to lose my unlimited. My upgrade is well after the new pricing so any new phones are going to have to be really, really sweet. I don't think I'm willing to lose unlimited, so I presume I'll be getting off-contract devices. I hope VZW doesn't wanna screw those of us with expired contracts.
I find it a bit unfair that some people have the option of locking into a 2-year on unlimited a new, fast phone, whereas others upgrades will be available just after the unlimited is gone.
I guess that is just how the chips fall. The question is, I suppose, will VZW screw customers who pre-order the GS3 out of unlimited?
I didn't want to turn this into an unlimited data debate, but a phone would have to be something truly special to purchase outright at full retail or lose unlimited over.

Hmmm, I have an upgrade on my netbook but that doesn't have unlimited. The charge that has unlimited gets an upgrade in Jan.
Could I use the netbook upgrade then switch the SIII to the charge's number and have unlimited on it?
I really got burned when I bought the charge (and the GF's Tbolt) because I didn't want to loose unlimited. I walked out of the store $700+ poorer then Verizon backtracked on the ending of unlimited going from 3g to LTE.
I'd like to upgrade but with tweaked I don't have to. I just don't want to get burned again. I was quite pissed with my last 2 upgrades. The time before I was lied to by the sales guy about tethering and ended up with a Storm2 and a netbook.

I have an upgrade in July. I'm definitely gonna jump on this phone. I would wait for a quad-core or the next nexus, as I'm more than happy with the Charge, but I'm worried about the switch to shared data. The support for the SGS3 should be great, given that it's going to be released by all major carriers.
Big thanks to imnuts, dwith, nitro, jt, our resident themers, et al., for spending their own time to make our experience with the Charge better!

Wait on the Nexus
As a fassy refugee I am done w Sammy for now. If you get an SGS 3 and have call quality issues you were warned here first, happened on my last 2 Sammy phones. Waiting for one of the 5 nexii that are supposed to be released this fall, hope HTC has another One X caliber phone in that mix.
Hoping to go full GV and data plan only, sick of paying for cell minutes I don't use.
EDIT: Yes, and thanks to Nitro, Imnuts, JT and all the others for helping us with our Charges.

Need help trasnferring to Verizon!!

Ok so I am on Tmobile right now and just hate the signal in some areas while all my verizon friends have 4g. I have decided to cancel my contract and switch but do not know which phones and plans would be good. Right now I pay 200 for 4 smartphones with 1000 minutes unlimited text, and 2 phones with 2gb and 2 phones with 200mb of data. What do you guys suggest as far as plans, and phones. I also get a 10% discount through my job. i was thinking of the HTC rezound as i currently have the htc sensation.

Pixa241 said:
Ok so I am on Tmobile right now and just hate the signal in some areas while all my verizon friends have 4g. I have decided to cancel my contract and switch but do not know which phones and plans would be good. Right now I pay 200 for 4 smartphones with 1000 minutes unlimited text, and 2 phones with 2gb and 2 phones with 200mb of data. What do you guys suggest as far as plans, and phones. I also get a 10% discount through my job. i was thinking of the HTC rezound as i currently have the htc sensation.
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Some really good phones are The galaxy S3 and the droid razer maxx or razer maxx M

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Some really good phones are The galaxy S3 and the droid razer maxx or razer maxx M
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That'd what I was looking at. But what about plans..what's the best route for that
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Well honestly verizon is OVERPRICED. I say tmobiles better, but thats for me. But good phones are gs3, droid razr series, and if you like iPhone (god forbid) get it.
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It really depends on what you need, pretty sure you're going to be forced to get Shared Data though, which can either be a good or bad thing.

Yeah I prfer tmobile but everywhere I am at I get only 2g speeds. I went to la and san Diego this past weekend and had 4g allnthe time and that was great but I don't live in a huge city like that and Verizon is the only one that had 4g speeds where im at right now. And no way I would switch to iPhone. Only way I would was if they were able to put android on an iPhone lol
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Upgrading Questions

Our current plan has my S3 and my wife's Droid X2 on it, both with unlimited data. It also has my mom and dad's dumb phones on it as well.
If we get a used smartphone, for example a galaxy S2, from a friend and activate it on her line will she still be able to keep unlimited data? Does it matter that she's going from a 3g phone to a 4g?
Also, if we upgrade one of the dumb phones to a smartphone the same way (by getting a used one, not subsidized), I know that line won't be able to have unlimited data, but would it force the other unlimited lines (ie. All lines on the account) to a tiered plan? Or would that one line be tiered and the others unlimited?
Thanks!
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I just upgraded my wife to the s3 and we both had unlimited data but she lost hers. I got my s3 on pre order so I kept my unlimited data and by upgrading her it did not affect my line. Only the line you are upgrading. Also I believe you will still be ok from 3g to 4G as long as you are not being the new every two deal from Verizon.
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That's interesting that upgrading her line didn't effect yours. Everyone at Vzw I have talked to has said that subsidizing a phone will cause the whole account to move to a tiered plan, so that's good to know!
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I thought that too but I did an upgrade in Nov, I most my unlimited but my wife still has hers.
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I was wondering the same thing when I upgraded. I read in many forums that if you transition from 3g to 4g and upgraded on unlimited that as long as you bought the phone from a different source ex. Ebay that you would be able to keep your unlimited data. Unfortunately I went the cheap route and downgraded to a limited 2gb plan after my incredible. So im not positive if that works from experience.

I asked multiple people at Verizon and best buy (where I got her the phone) and they all said it will only affect the line that was being upgraded. I wanted to be absolutely sure because I need the unlimited data she does not really. I checked my bill and only hers was changed.
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I can't remember where I heard this, but I was told that upgrading a line with unlimited data would put only that line onto the tiered plan...UNLESS it is the account holder. If the account owner upgrades, everyone is put onto the tiered plan (so I heard).
No clue if there is truth to that, but it's worth trying to find out.
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That could be true, I wasn't the main account holder. Just ask, they know people don't want to give it up.
I got the s3 for $.98 in black Friday, it was too good to pass up. I don't use that much anyways.
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I work at a Premium Retailer and can hopefully clear this up for you. When you upgrade, only the line you are upgrading is affected. In the OP's case, if you wanted to upgrade a basic phone to a smartphone, that phone would be tiered but you would retain your own unlimited data. Just as long as an upgrade does not use your line you are fine. This is true for any line that has unlimited data. Verizon no longer has "primary" lines. They did away with those when the came out with Account Level Pricing plans like 2 years ago. Buying a used phone will also allow you to keep unlimited data. Just don't buy an S2 because there wasn't an S2 on Verizon and so it wouldn't work. As far as tiered/Share Everything plans, they're not required. Any rep telling you that one person upgrading forces everyone onto tiered/Share Everything is either intentionally lying or wasn't trained properly.

Alright awesome, thanks for clarifying that everyone! And thanks for helping tip about not getting an S2. That would have been a pretty big disappointment! I was thinking about going with a used Nexus possibly for her. You guys have any other suggestions? Also where would be a good place to look for a used phone?
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I have bought from swappa, if I buy used again, I will check them first.
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I pretty much always buy from eBay or Craigslist. On ebay I tend to buy from recognized sellers so if the phone isn't to my liking I have the option of returning it. As far as phone suggestions I love my nexus but hardly use it compared to my s3 because the battery life is so poor. If she doesn't necessarily care about custom roms the RAZR m can be had for around 200 last I saw and that is a pretty solid phone despite the locked bootloader in my opinion.
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Ok cool I'll look at the RAZR too. Good battery life is important for her, but roms and customization aren't at all.
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Ditching my smartphone

So I wasn't sure where I should post this. But I need some advice.
I just upgraded my phone and signed a two year contract with Verizon in August. However, I am really feeling the need to ditch my smartphone because it's taking up too much of my time away from what's truly important in my life. My wife, kids and work.
What is the best way to get rid of my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and 21 months left on my contract.
I really would like to be able to get a cheap "dumb" phone without having to pay too much.
Anyone have any suggestions of how I could do this?
Hopefully this thread doesn't get shut down.
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Juice3250 said:
So I wasn't sure where I should post this. But I need some advice.
I just upgraded my phone and signed a two year contract with Verizon in August. However, I am really feeling the need to ditch my smartphone because it's taking up too much of my time away from what's truly important in my life. My wife, kids and work.
What is the best way to get rid of my phone. I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 and 21 months left on my contract.
I really would like to be able to get a cheap "dumb" phone without having to pay too much.
Anyone have any suggestions of how I could do this?
Hopefully this thread doesn't get shut down.
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At least with other carriers, your "contract" is only for the voice portion.
Buy a cheap dumbphone (ebay, craigslist or new), activate it and cancel the data plan.
Done.

Really? I assumed I would have to keep a data plan on this number for the duration of contract.
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Really? I assumed I would have to keep a data plan on this number for the duration of contract.
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I can confirm with with AT&T
I was able to cancel my brothers Data plan and switch his phone to the 7.99 plan
to an old flip phone
he broke his phone and didnt' have insurance I called up At&t and they said I was able to alter my plan with no charge

So I sold my S3 and am currently back on my old DX2. I may stay on this for a while. I told myself that I was gonna switch over to an Ifone but I'm not sure that I can bring myself to drop 400 on a 5. I may use the money to buy an Ipad mini on swappa. Crazy that a tablet is cheaper than a phone....
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