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And couldn't be happier. Forget the fact that:
A. The EVO 4G kicks mega-butt (it really really does. Not just saying that and I can prove it)
B. The deal we got with Sprint is mega-amazing, because it totally is.
C. We are only paying $300 for both the EVO and Blackberry Bold
What impresses me out of most all the things which are still definitely very impressive, is that :
1. Sprint's network is absolutely spectacular
2. People whom don't even use Sprint, are so quick to call them a crap company with a crap network. I laugh steadily and heartily in your faces... FOOLS!
Hey, I dunno. Perhaps somewhere deep down in the corn fields of Minnesota, where you might get a couple of spotty areas, this might be true... But this would also mean that Verizon's network is equally crappy since if Sprint ever roams, it's on VZN's towers (with priority given to VZN subs, of course)
But what else impresses me is that ATT's network is still an amazing piece of crud here in NYC. Over the last several weeks, I've had the opportunity to not only use a crummy little Boost Mobile phone which piggy backs Sprints towers, but have also used an ATT phone *unlocked* with an ATT go SIM, and several phones which belong to friends'. Some of whom are with VZN and some with ATT. None with Sprint.
My CRUMMY little Sanyo Boost Mobile phone has been better than all of them in terms of dropped calls (I've never dropped ONE in the couple of months I've had Boost). My friends who call me on their Blackberries and iPhones, all at some point have dropped their connection while talking to me, sound like their in a tin can, or just break up repeatedly. Mostly though.. this is ATT.
I always get a signal where my wife with her ATT phone does not, and find it almost comical. But hey.. maybe it's all just a fluke. Maybe this is a bad month for those spots, who knows. So on to it:
I said I'd prove that the EVO kicks butt so... Proof is that with Sprint, you have 30 days full money back guarantee. No ETF, no restocking fee, no nothing. Full money back if you don't like either the service or the phone, whatever. They also allow you to switch out the phones (I think up to about 3 times before they start getting suspicious.. yes, I asked several different reps about this).
So how does this prove it ? Well, simply because I have zero desire to do anything but continue to love the heck out of it! Returning it would be absolutely silly because it's such a power house and sexy beast! And I'm talking straight out of the box, too. I haven't rooted (yet) or anything. Tons of options, features, bells and whistles. But I'll get into those things, along with any negatives (I have found one thus far, which I hope there is a way to get around, but it's far from a deal breaker.. just a niggle) at some other point in this thread. I guess I'll do a bit of a review, full with photos or perhaps video. Because I know that CWA didn't do one of his Android phone... *Boooo*
;D
So on to B: The deal we got.
Unlimited Talk, (that's to ANY mobile carrier) text and data with a two line family plan for $130
4G devices (we got one, the EVO) are an extra $10 per device. So now we're at $140
Taxes and surcharges are around $20 so now we're at $160
However... Sprint ran a special this past weekend, which was not advertised, and we were offered $30 off of the bill, which is recurring. So now, all we pay is $130 per month!
Hopefully, Sprint will allow current customers to be grandfathered in to their current plans like ATT did with their older subs who have unlimited data, should they do away with unlimited at some point.
C. the Evo and Bold are $300 but come with an $100 mail in rebate. On top of this, they gave us another $50 off each phone.
To say I'm pleased, would be an understatement. I get fantastic reception and coverage and am not being raked over the coals for it. I'm thrilled that the iPhone is going to Verizon, because that just means less people clogging up Sprint's network. I personally find the EVO to be a better match for me vs the iPhone, though I do appreciate one thing that the iPhone has going for it, and that is uniformity.
I do hope that Gingerbread (3.0) is going to mark the end of the dissemination of different GUI's across all of the different handset manufacturer's. The other thing I loathe about the branded Android sets is all of the cruddy bloatware (carrier packages... just utterly useless garbage) installed on them. Rooting is the only way to delete that stuff, and even then, the average Joe likely doesn't care enough about it.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you all of my decision(s) and if anyone has a question about Android or the EVO or Sprint, I'd be more than happy to give you a totally HONEST and non-biased answer, at least to the best of my knowledge and abilities. And when I get some pics and get more familiar with the phone, perhaps I'll do a short review.
Doug
A. The EVO 4G kicks mega-butt (it really really does. Not just saying that and I can prove it)
B. The deal we got with Sprint is mega-amazing, because it totally is.
C. We are only paying $300 for both the EVO and Blackberry Bold
What impresses me out of most all the things which are still definitely very impressive, is that :
1. Sprint's network is absolutely spectacular
2. People whom don't even use Sprint, are so quick to call them a crap company with a crap network. I laugh steadily and heartily in your faces... FOOLS!
Hey, I dunno. Perhaps somewhere deep down in the corn fields of Minnesota, where you might get a couple of spotty areas, this might be true... But this would also mean that Verizon's network is equally crappy since if Sprint ever roams, it's on VZN's towers (with priority given to VZN subs, of course)
But what else impresses me is that ATT's network is still an amazing piece of crud here in NYC. Over the last several weeks, I've had the opportunity to not only use a crummy little Boost Mobile phone which piggy backs Sprints towers, but have also used an ATT phone *unlocked* with an ATT go SIM, and several phones which belong to friends'. Some of whom are with VZN and some with ATT. None with Sprint.
My CRUMMY little Sanyo Boost Mobile phone has been better than all of them in terms of dropped calls (I've never dropped ONE in the couple of months I've had Boost). My friends who call me on their Blackberries and iPhones, all at some point have dropped their connection while talking to me, sound like their in a tin can, or just break up repeatedly. Mostly though.. this is ATT.
I always get a signal where my wife with her ATT phone does not, and find it almost comical. But hey.. maybe it's all just a fluke. Maybe this is a bad month for those spots, who knows. So on to it:
I said I'd prove that the EVO kicks butt so... Proof is that with Sprint, you have 30 days full money back guarantee. No ETF, no restocking fee, no nothing. Full money back if you don't like either the service or the phone, whatever. They also allow you to switch out the phones (I think up to about 3 times before they start getting suspicious.. yes, I asked several different reps about this).
So how does this prove it ? Well, simply because I have zero desire to do anything but continue to love the heck out of it! Returning it would be absolutely silly because it's such a power house and sexy beast! And I'm talking straight out of the box, too. I haven't rooted (yet) or anything. Tons of options, features, bells and whistles. But I'll get into those things, along with any negatives (I have found one thus far, which I hope there is a way to get around, but it's far from a deal breaker.. just a niggle) at some other point in this thread. I guess I'll do a bit of a review, full with photos or perhaps video. Because I know that CWA didn't do one of his Android phone... *Boooo*
;DSo on to B: The deal we got.
Unlimited Talk, (that's to ANY mobile carrier) text and data with a two line family plan for $130
4G devices (we got one, the EVO) are an extra $10 per device. So now we're at $140
Taxes and surcharges are around $20 so now we're at $160
However... Sprint ran a special this past weekend, which was not advertised, and we were offered $30 off of the bill, which is recurring. So now, all we pay is $130 per month!
Hopefully, Sprint will allow current customers to be grandfathered in to their current plans like ATT did with their older subs who have unlimited data, should they do away with unlimited at some point.
C. the Evo and Bold are $300 but come with an $100 mail in rebate. On top of this, they gave us another $50 off each phone.
To say I'm pleased, would be an understatement. I get fantastic reception and coverage and am not being raked over the coals for it. I'm thrilled that the iPhone is going to Verizon, because that just means less people clogging up Sprint's network. I personally find the EVO to be a better match for me vs the iPhone, though I do appreciate one thing that the iPhone has going for it, and that is uniformity.
I do hope that Gingerbread (3.0) is going to mark the end of the dissemination of different GUI's across all of the different handset manufacturer's. The other thing I loathe about the branded Android sets is all of the cruddy bloatware (carrier packages... just utterly useless garbage) installed on them. Rooting is the only way to delete that stuff, and even then, the average Joe likely doesn't care enough about it.
Anyway, just wanted to tell you all of my decision(s) and if anyone has a question about Android or the EVO or Sprint, I'd be more than happy to give you a totally HONEST and non-biased answer, at least to the best of my knowledge and abilities. And when I get some pics and get more familiar with the phone, perhaps I'll do a short review.
Doug
And btw... your sarcasm is really..... corny
