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[Q] Would you make this decision (full price upgrade)

Need to tap into the greater XDA/phone tech junkies hive mind.
My situation:
I currently have a broken SGS2 on AT&T. It works just can't charge the battery while in the phone.
I don't have an upgrade on any of my 8 lines on our account (closest is August).
I am thinking and damn close to getting the HTC one XL but it would costs 450 (200 for phone and 250) for early upgrade fees.
Now to add to it I jut had surgery and going to be stuck on the couch for the next 2 weeks.
What I am asking is you guys with the phone is if you had to pay 450 would you still do it after spending time with the phone.
Most of my use is games browsing and videos.

Antitribu said:
Need to tap into the greater XDA/phone tech junkies hive mind.
My situation:
I currently have a broken SGS2 on AT&T. It works just can't charge the battery while in the phone.
I don't have an upgrade on any of my 8 lines on our account (closest is August).
I am thinking and damn close to getting the HTC one XL but it would costs 450 (200 for phone and 250) for early upgrade fees.
Now to add to it I jut had surgery and going to be stuck on the couch for the next 2 weeks.
What I am asking is you guys with the phone is if you had to pay 450 would you still do it after spending time with the phone.
Most of my use is games browsing and videos.
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August isn't far away. I'd buy a go phone and an external charger and wait it out.
But the real question is is the phone worth the retail price? Hell yeah.

Antitribu said:
Need to tap into the greater XDA/phone tech junkies hive mind.
My situation:
I currently have a broken SGS2 on AT&T. It works just can't charge the battery while in the phone.
I don't have an upgrade on any of my 8 lines on our account (closest is August).
I am thinking and damn close to getting the HTC one XL but it would costs 450 (200 for phone and 250) for early upgrade fees.
Now to add to it I jut had surgery and going to be stuck on the couch for the next 2 weeks.
What I am asking is you guys with the phone is if you had to pay 450 would you still do it after spending time with the phone.
Most of my use is games browsing and videos.
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This is exactly what you're going to do:
Call and tell them you would like one of your lines to be upgraded early, tell them you've been a loyal customer since XXXX and you need it early. I literally upgrade every year by this method no questions asked. LOL. Asked for the "retention" or "customer loyalty department". They will place the notes on your account for you to be upgraded. After that hang up.
Call back a few hours later and tell the next rep that you would like them to price match Amazon's price for the phone of 174.99 (they have no tax and shipping as well so be sure to mention that), the rep should then charge you for full price of the phone (199.99) but credit your account back like 70 bucks for the additional savings you would have got from using Amazon.
There you have it. You essentially got a one X for 174.99. No upgrade fees, no tax, phone at a great price. Don't have to wait until August either.

Well if you already own an external charger for sgs2, I would put this money on a tablet.
I love my X L but I love it more using it on the run.

good point with 8 lines he should have some pull. I only have 3 and they don't treat me as well

gunnyman said:
good point with 8 lines he should have some pull. I only have 3 and they don't treat me as well
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You would think so but I got no where one the phone this morning. They acted like the 250 early upgrade fee was doing me a favor. I am going to give it a shot with customer retention.

It's 119.98 for a new line might be able to trick at&t into it. Plus the requesting an upgrade early has worked for a friend of mine worth a shot.
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Antitribu said:
You would think so but I got no where one the phone this morning. They acted like the 250 early upgrade fee was doing me a favor. I am going to give it a shot with customer retention.
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how long has the SGS II been out is it over a year?

gunnyman said:
good point with 8 lines he should have some pull. I only have 3 and they don't treat me as well
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I only have 3 but I think its because I have a business account that they treat me like god haha
They literally schedule follow up phone calls to check on me and my new phones and ask if they can do anything for me LOL My above strategy will still work though as I used to use it all the time on T-Mobile. One time I called to cancel with T-Mobile and they gave me unlimited minutes, texting and data, lowered my bill by $10, and upgraded my phone LOL I couldn't leave that place for the life of me. Unmatched customer retention.
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kleeman7 said:
It's 119.98 for a new line might be able to trick at&t into it. Plus the requesting an upgrade early has worked for a friend of mine worth a shot.
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The 119 pricing is only for new AT&T customers, but if the rep doesn't know this and just checks the Amazon site, they may be fooled and do it.
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gunnyman said:
how long has the SGS II been out is it over a year?
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I don't know but isn't it crazy how ancient the sgs2 seems next to our one x? I laugh at that phone whenever I see it. My buddy still has the one I sold him. Ick!

seh6183 said:
I only have 3 but I think its because I have a business account that they treat me like god haha
They literally schedule follow up phone calls to check on me and my new phones and ask if they can do anything for me LOL My above strategy will still work though as I used to use it all the time on T-Mobile. One time I called to cancel with T-Mobile and they gave me unlimited minutes, texting and data, lowered my bill by $10, and upgraded my phone LOL I couldn't leave that place for the life of me. Unmatched customer retention.
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The 119 pricing is only for new AT&T customers, but if the rep doesn't know this and just checks the Amazon site, they may be fooled and do it.
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I don't know but isn't it crazy how ancient the sgs2 seems next to our one x? I laugh at that phone whenever I see it. My buddy still has the one I sold him. Ick!
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That's what I was thinking, some reps don't pay attention.
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I paid $600 for my One X. Very happy with my purchase.

_MetalHead_ said:
I paid $600 for my One X. Very happy with my purchase.
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me too. Thankfully I still sold my iphone for a profit

Definitely don't use an upgrade if you're paying $400 anyways. Head over to the marketplace...hell I have a One X I'll sell you.

gunnyman said:
me too. Thankfully I still sold my iphone for a profit
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Yeah, I sold my iPhone 4S on craigslist for $550 So in reality I only had to shell out $50 for the HOX.

Thanks for the tips gents!
I called and went to the phone prompts to cancellations. Once I had a rep on the line and went through the account auth bs. I simply asked if she could calculate what my ETFs would be today if I transferred my 8 lines to VZW. After the 7 or 8 minutes it took her to come up with the 1025 number she asked why.
I explained that I had a dead phone and that both sales reps in the store and the main sales line had told me I was not eligible for an upgrade and would have to replace the Phone at full cost. I also stated that an ind dealer would match my etf in credit towards new devices.
With out missing a beat she asked me to hold on to see if there was anything she could do and what phone was I looking at.
Long story short she is priority shipping a HOXL white to me for 119 bux flat.
Thanks for saving me some bux all!

Antitribu said:
Thanks for the tips gents!
I called and went to the phone prompts to cancellations. Once I had a rep on the line and went through the account auth bs. I simply asked if she could calculate what my ETFs would be today if I transferred my 8 lines to VZW. After the 7 or 8 minutes it took her to come up with the 1025 number she asked why.
I explained that I had a dead phone and that both sales reps in the store and the main sales line had told me I was not eligible for an upgrade and would have to replace the Phone at full cost. I also stated that an ind dealer would match my etf in credit towards new devices.
With out missing a beat she asked me to hold on to see if there was anything she could do and what phone was I looking at.
Long story short she is priority shipping a HOXL white to me for 119 bux flat.
Thanks for saving me some bux all!
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Great news. Congrats!

Antitribu said:
Thanks for the tips gents!
I called and went to the phone prompts to cancellations. Once I had a rep on the line and went through the account auth bs. I simply asked if she could calculate what my ETFs would be today if I transferred my 8 lines to VZW. After the 7 or 8 minutes it took her to come up with the 1025 number she asked why.
I explained that I had a dead phone and that both sales reps in the store and the main sales line had told me I was not eligible for an upgrade and would have to replace the Phone at full cost. I also stated that an ind dealer would match my etf in credit towards new devices.
With out missing a beat she asked me to hold on to see if there was anything she could do and what phone was I looking at.
Long story short she is priority shipping a HOXL white to me for 119 bux flat.
Thanks for saving me some bux all!
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Wow. Rather than being happy for you, I'm actually jealous LOL I could only get them down to the 174.99 price! Oh well! Still better than 199.99 plus tax

Antitribu said:
You would think so but I got no where one the phone this morning. They acted like the 250 early upgrade fee was doing me a favor. I am going to give it a shot with customer retention.
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Call and talk to their loyalty department. If they don't budge till them to transfer you to the cancellation department. You're taking all 8 lines to Verizon.
They should treat you like royalty if you have 8 lines.
edit: have you considering buying a galaxy nexus for 400? This way you still have your upgrades left for the successor to one x.

karan1203 said:
Call and talk to their loyalty department. If they don't budge till them to transfer you to the cancellation department. You're taking all 8 lines to Verizon.
They should treat you like royalty if you have 8 lines.
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Somebody doesn't like to read the whole thread before posting...

I spent $729 right off the bat just to get this amazing phone the same day it came out. Full retail price as I'm not in the habit of locking myself in a contract
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I just got 2 V SGS3 (prior iphone man)

I decided to say f*** the iPhone 5 and got the beautiful SGS3 for me and my GF. I got 2 32GB models for $375. PM me if you want to know where as I dunno if it is allowed to say here.
Anyway, planning to root and install CM this weekend (if Isaac doesn't strike me Sarasota house).
Coming from ifon 4 are there any tips?

qo0op said:
I decided to say f*** the iPhone 5 and got the beautiful SGS3 for me and my GF. I got 2 32GB models for $375. PM me if you want to know where as I dunno if it is allowed to say here.
Anyway, planning to root and install CM this weekend (if Isaac doesn't strike me Sarasota house).
Coming from ifon 4 are there any tips?
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Welcome aboard! I also live in Sarasota and I'm watching the weather very close.

Welcome. You paid $375 for each or for both?
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Are you OK with the new interface, which can be very iOS-like (i.e., grids of app icons, Home button, folder, basic notifications, wallpaper), but also allows for different sized widgets anywhere they fit, theming as a standard capability (as is live wallpaper), notifications stay resident until you clear them and can be detailed, quick phone settings are available in the pulldown, and . . . well, here's an overview.
You can place your phone into MTP mode when connected to a computer and use programs such as Media Monkey to synch content much like iTunes, though Samsung has tried to make it easy in their own way to move from iTunes.
The ecosystem is not so tight with Android - you have lots of options for most things and much capability is built in without requiring the need for rooting and unlocking, I feel. Still, we're in the early days of unlocking, so back up your IMEI if you go that route since there is still a problem with phones being sent back to roaming through apparent loss of that value after applying a new ROM. I am not going past rooting (which allows for deeper backups and easy tethering, among other things) until that issue is resolved.
Have fun!
- ooofest

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yyhd said:
Welcome. You paid $375 for each or for both?
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Just Google around i found deals via Amazon for Verizon 16gb for 150 and 32gb for 189. Here's the 16gb for 150:
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-...=INDIVIDUAL_NEW&sr=2-2-entd&qid=1345818550286

piiman said:
Welcome aboard! I also live in Sarasota and I'm watching the weather very close.
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That makes three of us in Sarasota I guess

Not quite Sarasota but your east coast just follow state road 60 neighbor, good luck over there hopefully the storm is more flash than actual damage.

amebiasis said:
Just Google around i found deals via Amazon for Verizon 16gb for 150 and 32gb for 189. Here's the 16gb for 150:
http://wireless.amazon.com/Samsung-...=INDIVIDUAL_NEW&sr=2-2-entd&qid=1345818550286
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I got my 16Gb for $150. I walked in to best buy looking to buy a GNex and was told they didn't sell them at the store anymore but he would sell me a GS3 for $150...Thank god they didn't sell the GNex anymore, bc I am much happier on this phone than I would have been!

yyhd said:
Welcome. You paid $375 for each or for both?
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Dang, that's impressive, but not too impressive if it was subsidized. VZW will give it to you at $155 on corporate discount with subsidization (but then charge you $30 in fees)

amebiasis said:
Not quite Sarasota but your east coast just follow state road 60 neighbor, good luck over there hopefully the storm is more flash than actual damage.
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It's looking like a rain event at best. But damn it, I haven't cut the grass for almost 2 weeks from all the raining so I'm not to keen on more rain and longer grass.
It kind of reminds me of Charley's track and strength though and that's not good as Charley blew up and turned inland tearing up the state just south of me along with my parents house.
So I'm off to buy flashlights. I still have the plywood from 2005 (we had like 8 storms that year) LOL Probably all dry rotted by now though.
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JohnnyTToxic said:
Dang, that's impressive, but not too impressive if it was subsidized. VZW will give it to you at $155 on corporate discount with subsidization (but then charge you $30 in fees)
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Isn't that fee ridiculous? They give you 30.00 to "upgrade and extend" your contract and then charge you a fee for "upgrading and extending " your contract WTF?! one hand give the other hand takes away

piiman said:
It's looking like a rain event at best. But damn it, I haven't cut the grass for almost 2 weeks from all the raining so I'm not to keen on more rain and longer grass.
It kind of reminds me of Charley's track and strength though and that's not good as Charley blew up and turned inland tearing up the state just south of me along with my parents house.
So I'm off to buy flashlights. I still have the plywood from 2005 (we had like 8 storms that year) LOL Probably all dry rotted by now though.
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Isn't that fee ridiculous? They give you 30.00 to "upgrade and extend" your contract and then charge you a fee for "upgrading and extending " your contract WTF?! one hand give the other hand takes away
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I can tell you from experience, they won't waive it (easily) either. I pretended I was going to buy the phone as an upgrade, acted surprised by the $30 fee, and then refused to buy it if they wouldn't waive it twice before just buying it on the third try. Maybe someone else could be a bigger shiester, but I got met with poker faces. They must have had a team meeting or something.

I live in Gainesville ~

Cocoa Beach! But from the Tampa Burb known as Brandon
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I have $60 towards another PhotonQ to send out to developers (AkA Photons4Devs)

I promised pwnyourace a Photon Q this week and had it not been for a family member dropping her Epic and it not being worth replacing, I gave my sister my second Photon Q. But I'm not one to break promises, and while money isn't exactly the easiest commodity at the house I live in to come by I do have at the moment $60 to put towards getting another phone for you my friend. Perhaps even more to send out to one or more developers that visit this section and I'm wondering would anyone else be willing to contribute a donation to the cause? Hell even a dollar would help, if I see any kind of interest in this, which does seem promising so far especially since I'm just an average user and I'm willing to drop a decent amount of money on this if others would help chip in.
How should i do this? I know this might be the wrong section so if it is Mods can you please put this where it does belong? Or if there is a dev right now that wants to upgrade but is short on cash, maybe I can help there too. Most importantly, however, I wantr to admit that I broke my promise to pwnyourace. I am not ashamed of the choice I have made (and I would do it again, family always comes first), and I STILL want to help out in any way I can. So I guess i"m asking if either pwnyourace wants to upgrade through sprint and I/we can help finance it OR maybe we can strike a deal with some devs and we can fund devices for those who need them in exchange for a promise to put in X amount of hours into development for said device.
If no one else wants to participate or is unable, I will add another $10-20 a week to my Photons4Devs fund and when there's enough in there you will receive a phone to work with, so worst case sceanario it might be mid-late march when it arrives.

I have $75 so far for a photon Q fund. anyone want to sell one ? I will pay and you ship it to pwnyourace.
Let's help out guys everyone wants software but no one wants to help people get us there.

I'll throw in $10. New development is always good though I'm more than happy with pwnyourace's modded ROM

I´ll also support this with 20$.

count me on.. will give $10 for this project.. any PayPal account?
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Your "Donate to me" button isn't working. PM me a valid paypal account and I'll drop $30 in the hat.

I'll happily throw in $10 if you pm me or post a valid paypal account, too

I pm'ed pwnyourace to see if he has a PayPal we can send the donations too or if we should just find one for sale and PayPal the seller. Anyone have any other ideas? Seems like there's at least $100 so far so that should be enough. I'll check online tonight and see if any are available for that price.

If you can find a battery I got one with a bad ESN that I'm doing the gsm mod to before trying it on mine... But it won't have a battery since the battery on mine broke if you can find a battery for it its all yours
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Also sorry no punctuation baby crawling on me
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Thats great! But finding battery is not a piece of cake... The only one I found is there http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-motorola-photon-q-4g-lte-xt897-battery-eb41.html and its 33$ + 15$ shipping... maybe it would be wiser to buy photon q from ebay with broken screen, ive seen some before for around 50$....

solution maybe?
if everyone keeps their Word there are $155 dollars here in play, there is an auction for a ¨Good condition¨ Photon Q for $140 + $12.35 shipping
I´m willing to throw $10 through paypal if we can buy this phone. Auction is still open for 6 more days and its a buy it now... here is the link

Alex_XV6700 said:
if everyone keeps their Word there are $155 dollars here in play, there is an auction for a ¨Good condition¨ Photon Q for $140 + $12.35 shipping
I´m willing to throw $10 through paypal if we can buy this phone. Auction is still open for 6 more days and its a buy it now... here is the link
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I saw on Swappa 2 photon Q's for $110 but ill throw in 20 should we just consolidate sendign it all to one person so they can purchase it ?
I have the money to buy it if i get it send to him willing to reimburse?
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crackerjack9249 said:
I saw on Swappa 2 photon Q's for $110 but ill throw in 20 should we just consolidate sendign it all to one person so they can purchase it ?
I have the money to buy it if i get it send to him willing to reimburse?
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They no longer have them on Swappa

I decided getting an extra battery for the extra phone was the cheapest route for us so I ordered it. I should have it in two weeks as soon as I get it I will send the phone off to him.I cant wait for more to be done with this phone.

Hey guys I will create a paypal account tonight and update the information and post a link here, I am at $90 right now towards the photon Q fund so I'll get one locally or if i get $200 i will use mjy sprint 2 year upgrade and get a brand new one sounds good?
Sorry I've been away for a little bit and i'm back home now ready to help our little community out.

dear bros..
any news for this issue? just let me know the paypal account or link so I could donate the fund..
@zvonkorp
sounds good if we could have a new one..

Mines up for grabs if anyone has an old evo or something they could give me. Certainly cheaper than buying a new phone.

EDIT: and both were sold via swappa. Buyers will be the people with the official OUDHS recovery on their photon q

My upgrade is due in may and I will give my phone to any dev.
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What about this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/151016206969 ?

No more Nexus 5?

So I recent cracked my Nexus 5 and went to Sprint and T-Mobile to get a new one. (Looking to buy it out right to avoid waiting for a new one.) I was told at 2 sprint stores and 1 T-Mobile store that Google has stopped production on the phones and they are out of stock before finding what I was looking for at the last T-Mobile store. The last guy also told me they won't be getting anymore stock. So I'm imagining that the N6 is coming and coming real soon if they've stopped production in the N5. I know it usually comes around Oct-Nov but hopefully we get it sooner before later.

You really believe what people at T-Mobile/Sprint said?
Production of the Nexus 5 hasn't stopped and can still be purchased thru google.
You should of slapped them in the face for saying such idiotic things lol

A google rep told me the same thing
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And its because the n6 is around the corner, but she was real hush hush about it

Andromendous said:
A google rep told me the same thing
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And its because the n6 is around the corner, but she was real hush hush about it
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What is this Google rep you speak of?
Never knew such a thing existed!
Google doesn't market ****!
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Andromendous said:
A google rep told me the same thing
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And its because the n6 is around the corner, but she was real hush hush about it
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Ah. One of those "secrets" a person tells under the guise of keeping it secret.

Elisha said:
What is this Google rep you speak of?
Never knew such a thing existed!
Google doesn't market ****!
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They have support reps for their hardware.
As far as the rep being "hush hush" about the N6 It's probably because the rep didn't say anything about it. Honestly, those guys don't know anything other than what the public knows about upcoming devices.

Wakamatsu said:
Ah. One of those "secrets" a person tells under the guise of keeping it secret.
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There's really no secrets lol. I think the N6 is that posters belief as to the reason why it is not being produced anymore. There's really no secrets about the new nexus, it comes every year at about the same time. Everyone starts speculating in february but every year it gets released at the same time

i was talking to her about an RMA, You can ask them yourself if you like,
https://support.google.com/googleplay/table/6068053?hl=en

Elisha said:
What is this Google rep you speak of?
Never knew such a thing existed!
Google doesn't market ****!
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Like someone else said Google does have rep for their hardware which is who you call when you need support for your device you purchased from the play store.
I would think that a T-Mobile rep would have a good idea of their inventory. Just because Google has some for sell doesn't necessarily mean they are still making them, you see there is this thing called back stock. I'm not saying that the T-Mobile/Sprint reps are right but to hear it from 4 different reps at 4 different stores from 2 different carriers leads me to think maybe, just maybe.

mauricehall said:
Like someone else said Google does have rep for their hardware which is who you call when you need support for your device you purchased from the play store.
I would think that a T-Mobile rep would have a good idea of their inventory. Just because Google has some for sell doesn't necessarily mean they are still making them, you see there is this thing called back stock. I'm not saying that the T-Mobile/Sprint reps are right but to hear it from 4 different reps at 4 different stores from 2 different carriers leads me to think maybe, just maybe.
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The Tmobile stores around me (4 of them) still have the phone on display and in stock and on their site. Maybe you had someone who is misinformed or maybe they didn't get stock and it wasn't communicated properly.
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monkeypaws said:
The Tmobile stores around me (4 of them) still have the phone on display and in stock and on their site. Maybe you had someone who is misinformed or maybe they didn't get stock and it wasn't communicated properly.
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There is a Redditch thread confirming what I was told and there are now rumors of Google announcing the Nexus 6(?) In about 2 1/2 weeks. Maybe I was and I'm not saying that I wasn't but I managed to find a Nexus at a store which says back stock to me.

mauricehall said:
Like someone else said Google does have rep for their hardware which is who you call when you need support for your device you purchased from the play store.
I would think that a T-Mobile rep would have a good idea of their inventory. Just because Google has some for sell doesn't necessarily mean they are still making them, you see there is this thing called back stock. I'm not saying that the T-Mobile/Sprint reps are right but to hear it from 4 different reps at 4 different stores from 2 different carriers leads me to think maybe, just maybe.
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It could also simply mean they are not replacing stock in certain countries. You would have to be in contact with LG contracted factories in China to know if they are still making them or not, I doubt T-Mobile, Sprint, or Google reps have these contacts.

You know what! You're absolutely right. Why would they want to keep the people selling and supporting their device if they are going to be selling their product anymore... That wouldn't make any sense.

They probably want to push certain markets to get their new products, but that is not going to work for all markets. Picking up a brand new N5 in China or Hongkong is very easy right now. They are all over the place. I would imagine places with issues would be North America, Western Europe, and Aus/NZ. If you put two and two together, they want rich countries to purchase their new device but at the same time understand most of the worlds markets will not go for the new device because of funds.
They can make more money by pushing the N6 on the US, than by continuing to stock the N5. The opposite is true in other places. Ending the N5 will mean they lose money.

wangdaning said:
They probably want to push certain markets to get their new products, but that is not going to work for all markets. Picking up a brand new N5 in China or Hongkong is very easy right now. They are all over the place. I would imagine places with issues would be North America, Western Europe, and Aus/NZ. If you put two and two together, they want rich countries to purchase their new device but at the same time understand most of the worlds markets will not go for the new device because of funds.
They can make more money by pushing the N6 on the US, than by continuing to stock the N5. The opposite is true in other places. Ending the N5 will mean they lose money.
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Carries in the states make almost no money on phone sales. They get their money from subscribers. They could care less what phone you are using.

I think that there is a very good chance neither Sprint or T-mobile are still offering the Nexus 5 (aside from in-store stock still available), but Google Play has all models and sizes in-stock at the moment. I don't think the phone has been killed just yet. I certainly hope the Nexus X is only a few weeks off, but I don't believe it yet.

I'm a rep at sprint that phone went end of life like the day of the iPhone 6 launch I was so mad that they did that I sell the nexus 5 a lot

Returning S8+ - should i return promotion as well?

if you're returning the phone in 14 days period, should i need to return the $99 promotion as well...
do Tmobile has permission to request for return of the Promotional unit..
I have ordered the S8+ - Exynos version from Clove - but its' back ordered..

I dont think you need to return it, but im not 100% positive

Keep it
Let them ask for it
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Is the Exynos version unlocked international
Where'd you order from?
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srkrono said:
I dont think you need to return it, but im not 100% positive
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Clove.co.uk...it's in backorder state
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Has nothing to do with carriers. Its done buy samsung, and they really dont care.
So keep the stuff.

when i returned my note 7 because of the recall they never refunded me the money for it because i never sent them the free gifts they gave me (gear vr and a travel bag) i had to post them at my expense before receiving my refund, the whole process took over 6 weeks
i even wrote letters to head office and spoke to managers, absolute waste of time, all over what was supposed to be a free gifts, dont know what would of happened if people had sold the free gifts.
i vowed then i would never buy another samsung product but the s8+ persuaded me to give them another chance.

widget2k13 said:
when i returned my note 7 because of the recall they never refunded me the money for it because i never sent them the free gifts they gave me (gear vr and a travel bag) i had to post them at my expense before receiving my refund, the whole process took over 6 weeks
i even wrote letters to head office and spoke to managers, absolute waste of time, all over what was supposed to be a free gifts, dont know what would of happened if people had sold the free gifts.
i vowed then i would never buy another samsung product but the s8+ persuaded me to give them another chance.
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That sounds like samsung.com

Yep Samsung. Com/uk

I think it depends. Do you have terms of this promotion?
In case of discount you cannot keep it for yoursefl.

widget2k13 said:
when i returned my note 7 because of the recall they never refunded me the money for it because i never sent them the free gifts they gave me (gear vr and a travel bag) i had to post them at my expense before receiving my refund, the whole process took over 6 weeks
i even wrote letters to head office and spoke to managers, absolute waste of time, all over what was supposed to be a free gifts, dont know what would of happened if people had sold the free gifts.
i vowed then i would never buy another samsung product but the s8+ persuaded me to give them another chance.
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I had a note 7. Actually 2 different Note 7's, and I kept both the Gear Fit 2s I received as gifts. Got a full refund. I think its a case by case basis. Are you planning on getting another S8, or are you going to a different brand of phone?

I have an s8+ buy getting really frustrated with it and thinking of changing it because I cannot turn off the heads up without turning off the notification all together which is ridiculous