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What's stopping me from adding 2 lines to my plan, getting 2 skyrockets or iphones for next to nothing, then selling them for $280 each, then buying out the contact on the 2 new lines, and pocketing $160? Am I missing some fine print?
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I don't think your missing anything. Its just a lot of work for only 160 bucks.
What? How?
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When you're as broke as me $160 is groceries for 6 for 2 Weeks lol
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WhatzinyourphonE said:
What? How?
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You don't understand how?
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That's a lot of money upfront...
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Not really, I pay $9.99 for a skyrocket, someone gives me $280, I ship them the skyrocket, I pay $200 fee to buy-out the line I added, I pocket $80. Could do it with any phone that has a good deal going on.
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You sure it's only 200?
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You sure it's only 200?
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That's what they tools me
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I'd double check that. Maybe even triple check.
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Its $325 less $10 per every month of service
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Buy out on a smartphone from att is 325
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Plus you have to eat the $36 activation fee per line and partial months billing.
You'll get two packages of raman noodles with what's left.
I still don't understand...
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Seriously? This is the worst idea ever. I know you need the money, but this is not the way to do it.
Like someone said, it's going to cost you $722 plus tax just to get them both off contract. You won't make a profit, period. That's even if you go for the iPhones because no one's going to buy a 3GS when it's about to be unsupported starting TODAY in like a few hours time. The iPhone 4 8GB is not worth it either when you can get the 16GB for the same price.
When people look to buy phones, they don't want them at retail prices, which is what you would have to do in order to make a profit.
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Seriously? This is the worst idea ever. I know you need the money, but this is not the way to do it.
Like someone said, it's going to cost you $722 plus tax just to get them both off contract. You won't make a profit, period. That's even if you go for the iPhones because no one's going to buy a 3GS when it's about to be unsupported starting TODAY in like a few hours time. The iPhone 4 8GB is not worth it either when you can get the 16GB for the same price.
When people look to buy phones, they don't want them at retail prices, which is what you would have to do in order to make a profit.
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Which is why I asked of I was missing something lol, don't come here making my idea. I needed some info and I got my answer, insults aren't necessary. This thread can be closed now as there is nothing left to discuss. Thanks for the help everyone.
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Jessical said:
Seriously? This is the worst idea ever. I know you need the money, but this is not the way to do it.
Like someone said, it's going to cost you $722 plus tax just to get them both off contract. You won't make a profit, period. That's even if you go for the iPhones because no one's going to buy a 3GS when it's about to be unsupported starting TODAY in like a few hours time. The iPhone 4 8GB is not worth it either when you can get the 16GB for the same price.
When people look to buy phones, they don't want them at retail prices, which is what you would have to do in order to make a profit.
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Actually latest report I read said 3GS actually showed up on the leaked iOS6 file links.
*confirmed now
Seriously wish Android makers would steal this aspect from Apple. One of the biggest downsides to Android is most of the phones lose official support in 10-16 months. Apple is still updating 3GS after 3 years.
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Test
Edit: lol. That's what I thought
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Not sure if anyone has brought this up but I would be interested in seeing a full port of the GS3 TO THE SKYROCKET! I don't know of any deb's working on this but it would be phenomenal! I being kinda new would be more than willing to test and or assist I am getting pretty familiar with how to customize stuff bUT being taught
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I'm working on it on and off as is remf4i
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Um... accidently hit submit but in being taught I think I could help! Also I have been thinking of buying a GS3 but in looking at the specs all that seems different is a slightly larger higher Res screen an s4 processor and correct me of I am wrong but 2gigs of memory? Doesn't seem like enough to jump ship!
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I meant dev's not deb's!
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The latest SkyICS rom takes many parts of the GS3 including the new Touchwiz, S-Voice, and the 50GB Dropbox bonus. As mentioned, others are working on it as well.
So just curious any of you feel jumping to a GS3 is worth it?
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I'm not jumping ship I know we can run anything it can
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nrm5110 said:
I'm not jumping ship I know we can run anything it can
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Agreed
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I was recently trying really hard to jump ship, is it really not worth it? I know the skyrocket is the best sgs2 there is, and it's better than the nexus or any iPhone
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It pisses me off how all Samsung really did was update apps. Wow. And I agree completely that we can run whatever it can, because it is still just going to be a dual core processor too lol its really kinda sad how little they added to it...when the note gets ics its going to have better specs and the gs3 is just going to have more ram lol
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It would be really interesting to see if Samsung/AT&T will include some of the features of the SGS3 in the official ICS for our Skyrockets. Time will tell, may even show up in the next ICS leak !!!
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I was practically trying to sell my kidney to get one, but after staring at it for a while I'm really not that interested anymore. Will be first in line for next nexus phone. And I'm absolutely grabbing that nexus tablet end of this month if it's not just a rumor. I hate waiting but come september supposing apple is on time with its new lineup, I'll be getting a free iPhone 4, 4s, and iPad from my family who is upgrading so I'll have plenty to sell/trade then.
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Sold s3 for a iphone 4s let me tell it freaking slower witn all that specs it cant beat my 3gs and s voice is a joke...
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fwdkiller said:
Sold s3 for a iphone 4s let me tell it freaking slower witn all that specs it cant beat my 3gs and s voice is a joke...
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Oh yea... At least the S3 has spell check.
fwdkiller said:
Sold s3 for a iphone 4s let me tell it freaking slower witn all that specs it cant beat my 3gs and s voice is a joke...
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Please please get off this forum your all over bashing anything android if you like apple so much go away
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fwdkiller said:
Sold s3 for a iphone 4s let me tell it freaking slower witn all that specs it cant beat my 3gs and s voice is a joke...
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Steady trollin'
Not trolling, i had s2 for 2 yrs it's the slowest phone ever made kept crashing and the new s3 isn't any different android needs alot of work custom roms doesnt fix half the problems u cant fix something that's meant to be broken..
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Oh and i dont get me started on the battery life either it makes my 4s look very good even with 5 batteries for it....
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fwdkiller said:
Sold s3 for a iphone 4s let me tell it freaking slower witn all that specs it cant beat my 3gs and s voice is a joke...
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I have a question.... Why are you on this forum exactly? You are using an iPhone to post to XDA, you're signature gave you away. If you look closely, this is technically an Android forum where we are currently discussing importing one ROM to another phone it has nothing to do with an iPhone whatsoever. Wait I thought you couldn't add custom roms to iPhones? Oh wait, you can't! Look man, even if you have multiple phones, apple or Android, you don't have to come on here and talk crap. Many developers, invest there time to fix things that are broken they don't get a check for this unless is through donations. Stop talking crap bro it doesn't look good on you.
+1 if you're just here to brag about your "superior iphone" and bash android you should just leave
Im really wanting a nexus, in order to get it I would need to sell my g2x. I was curious as to thoughts on pricing.
This phone has not had the reboot issues others have had. It has a slight scratch on the screen, but its only noticeable in direct sunlight. The bezel has a few dings in it. To be honest, its a great dependable phone that I hate to sell, but I want something that's better supported.
Any input on a price to sell it would be great.
Thanks.
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if you can get 200 for it id say its a good sell... ive seen them on craigslist for as low as 150 but if you can get 200 id say you made out alright... at least you got out of what you invested in it
For a sale on XDA I'd start with $175.
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For a sale on XDA I'd start with $175.
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Where would you sell it here?
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juny51 said:
Where would you sell it here?
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There's a market place section
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I'm interested as well as pricing, I'm in Phoenix, AZ so the craigslist market is pretty good, and full of kids itching tto spend money. Mine is like the Guy's report stating no reboots and minor wear and tear. I'm putting mine up for 175$ cause people are going to low ball anyways. I'll be pretty happy with 150$ though, anything more is kinda hoping for too much.
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JHaste said:
if you can get 200 for it id say its a good sell... ive seen them on craigslist for as low as 150 but if you can get 200 id say you made out alright... at least you got out of what you invested in it
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I haven't gotten a phone on contract since the sidekick. So unfortunately I paid a bit more than 200. I hate being locked into overpriced plans. Prepaid is the way to go.
I was hoping between this and the g2 I have I would be able to get a nexus without adding any out of pocket money.. unemployment sucks, but I gotta feed my phone addiction. Lol.. looking like I might have to throw in some cash tho.
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I tried selling my phone with case for $200 and then dropped it to190 but didn't get any hits. You'll definitely want to go lower (maybe $175 is a sweet spot for some people).
I tried putting my perfect condition G2x on craigslist for $200 with 3 cases, 2 extra batteries, and a 16 GB Micro SD, and I got lowballed like crazy. Most offers I got were around the $125 range (one guy even offered $90! ) I eventually got somebody to buy it for the $200, but it took a couple days.
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Mint g2x should go for ~200$
Good condition ~150$
That's with minimal or no accessories, don't let those lowballs get you down
Pin it to Win it.
Sell on Ebay and start the bid at $1. You'll be surprised how quickly the bids come in.
Sold a bb tourch for $175 on there. And my old MT3G for about $140.
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Sell on Ebay and start the bid at $1. You'll be surprised how quickly the bids come in.
Sold a bb tourch for $175 on there. And my old MT3G for about $140.
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Don't u gotta pay a bunch of fees if u sell it on eBay?
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moeahmad1995 said:
Don't u gotta pay a bunch of fees if u sell it on eBay?
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I put mine on eBay its in mint condition no scratch at all with charger 2 battery's and a zagg protector and case and got 300 for it but eBay wanted to charge 30 bucks and PayPal took 9 so I cancelled the order and it was also going to take 21 days till I received the money so I couldnt do it I didn't have another phone set up I was gonna use the money to buy a another phone
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How the hell did u get 300 for it? That's crazy
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I'm trying to get $300 for g2x and a HTC inspire as a set ive even offered a samsung focus as a bonus for $350 but I'm in west Chester Ohio and want to do local sale not eBay
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How the hell did u get 300 for it? That's crazy
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I know right I couldn't be live it either
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I sold my black iPhone 16gig for 300$ privately
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thawte said:
I sold my black iPhone 16gig for 300$ privately
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That's an iPhone tho those have good resale values anyways
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Ebay insertion fee (for items that start auction at $0.01–$0.99) = $0.10
Ebay Value Fee (This is ebay's fee after you sell the item) = 9% of the total value
Paypal fee = 2.9% + $0.30 PER TRANSACTION
Not to bad, I mean, I prefer this route instead of dealing with it privately when its for stuff like this of course.
I got $265 for mine but sold to a buddy of mine with a bunch of extra 2 extended batteries and one stock battery. one naked shield and case and charger.
Just was searching for Thunderbolts under the local craigslist ad.
Read the bottom part. Bahahahaha!!!
I absolutely HAD to share this with you guys!
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/mob/3253833210.html
Wooooooooow hahahahah
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RBarnett09 said:
Just was searching for Thunderbolts under the local craigslist ad.
Read the bottom part. Bahahahaha!!!
I absolutely HAD to share this with you guys!
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/sat/mob/3253833210.html
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Lmao! Thunderbolt FTW!
Wow.......
I have a friend that exchanged his bolt for a rezound and he too regrets making the change.
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socalslim said:
I have a friend that exchanged his bolt for a rezound and he too regrets making the change.
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Yeah, development on the rezound is and has been slow. Some devs refuse to work on the rezound because they dislike the resound community.
Not to mention having short the phone out for s off is dangerous.
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I love my thunderbolt with the liquid ICS jmod
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disconnecktie said:
Not to mention having short the phone out for s off is dangerous.
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That's ridiculous, it is not dangerous if you do it right, its amazing that the devs found that trick. The rezound is absolutely superior in every way (hardware and development) to the thunderbolt.
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I just wish the t-bolt was thinner, other than that it seems to have enough hardware muscle to keep up and the development community is fairly active.
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That's ridiculous, it is not dangerous if you do it right, its amazing that the devs found that trick. The rezound is absolutely superior in every way (hardware and development) to the thunderbolt.
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If you say so. I know if you mess up you're screwed.
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My opinion on "MY" Thunderbolt is that it is a good.. But not great device. Battery Life is poor. Other than that, the only real complaint about the device itself is that the proximity sensor used to turn the screen off while it's against my head hasn't worked since about the second week I had the phone.. My Tbolt has had a good run. I will have had it 2 yrs this November. It has gotten pretty beat up with dings, scuffs, and chips all over it and a cracked screen (right across the "home" soft key) but all in all its still kickin strong.
Compared to my buddy's gs3 I'd say it, at least appears, to be lacking. The gs3 is a pretty cool device but honestly I think it's more of the simple human need for bigger and better toys that separates the two.. I am running Liquid's ICS at standard processor speed and I didn't notice much speed difference between the two phones...
I think it really boils down to device specific features and how the phone looks and feels that make me choose a phone and with custom roms and the basic customization of the Android OS they can all potentially be equal in that aspect...
That's my... Idk... 50 cents haha..
Thanks for the share.. I'd say it sounds like the guy is just trying to say what he can to sell his Thunderbolt lol
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My opinion on "MY" Thunderbolt is that it is a good.. But not great device. Battery Life is poor. Other than that, the only real complaint about the device itself is that the proximity sensor used to turn the screen off while it's against my head hasn't worked since about the second week I had the phone.. My Tbolt has had a good run. I will have had it 2 yrs this November. It has gotten pretty beat up with dings, scuffs, and chips all over it and a cracked screen (right across the "home" soft key) but all in all its still kickin strong.
Compared to my buddy's gs3 I'd say it, at least appears, to be lacking. The gs3 is a pretty cool device but honestly I think it's more of the simple human need for bigger and better toys that separates the two.. I am running Liquid's ICS at standard processor speed and I didn't notice much speed difference between the two phones...
I think it really boils down to device specific features and how the phone looks and feels that make me choose a phone and with custom roms and the basic customization of the Android OS they can all potentially be equal in that aspect...
That's my... Idk... 50 cents haha..
Thanks for the share.. I'd say it sounds like the guy is just trying to say what he can to sell his Thunderbolt lol
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Dindnt the thunderbolt come out in march
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Yes it can out on st Patrick's day
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Hmmm... I can't argue how long I have had my Thunderbolt.. I have a terrible memory lol. I was just going off of the fact that I get a 2yr upgrade discount in November... Not sure why that would be that way... Hell let's just say I've had it since I got it... Lol
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Hmmm... I can't argue how long I have had my Thunderbolt.. I have a terrible memory lol. I was just going off of the fact that I get a 2yr upgrade discount in November... Not sure why that would be that way... Hell let's just say I've had it since I got it... Lol
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They let the primary phone on an account upgrade 6 months early usually.
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Long story short, I broke my LCD trying to fix the digitizer. I ended up without a phone for a week while waiting for a whole new digitizer and LCD combined...
Worked fine for about a month or so but now is making the phone glitch to the point where its unusable besides voice actions.
I don't care about having the latest and greatest, but do you think around $200 for a used SGNexus is good for the money?
I ABSOLUTELY need unlimited data. Otherwise, I'd have the SGS3 by now...
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Not a bad deal. If you cam deal with signal issues.
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Not a bad deal. If you cam deal with signal issues.
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Would it matter if I have great 4G signal where I am now?
I have heard that even in an area with excellent coverage it still doesn't get a good signal. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Long story short, I broke my LCD trying to fix the digitizer. I ended up without a phone for a week while waiting for a whole new digitizer and LCD combined...
Worked fine for about a month or so but now is making the phone glitch to the point where its unusable besides voice actions.
I don't care about having the latest and greatest, but do you think around $200 for a used SGNexus is good for the money?
I ABSOLUTELY need unlimited data. Otherwise, I'd have the SGS3 by now...
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I'd say go for it. Nexus is a great product IMO. I've heard other people say nothing but great things about that phone. Others may disagree but, who knows how your signal will be until you try it. Instead of upgrading my bolt I went and bought a Nexus 7 for 250.00 brand new. Couldn't be happier
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I'd say go for it. Nexus is a great product IMO. I've heard other people say nothing but great things about that phone. Others may disagree but, who knows how your signal will be until you try it. Instead of upgrading my bolt I went and bought a Nexus 7 for 250.00 brand new. Couldn't be happier
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I plan on getting a nexus 7 for Christmas when I get my bonus.
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That's not bad. You can ALWAYS negotiate with people. If you can talk them down to $150, snatch it.
They are good phones.
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The razr can be found on eBay for around 200 also. I just picked up a white one in mint condition for 220
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I plan on getting a nexus 7 for Christmas when I get my bonus.
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Yeah their well worth the money. I bought mine Friday night, had bootloader unlocked and rooted yesterday around noon. Haven't flashed any roms on it yet lol
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