Ok, I will jump on my soapbox to give my opinion on the matter. I figured that I would make an attempt on calling Sprint to see if they would be willing to lower the price on the phone. As expected they were not able to offer any other discount than what was given to me. It was worth the try but I would have to say that it still is not that big of a deal on pricing. First off the TP2 was priced only 50 dollars higher than the TP on release. I got an upgrade discount of 75.00 plus the 100 dollar repate which is not too bad. And I would have to aggree that the TP2 was built a heck of alot better than the first. And when you look at the long term benefits of monthly plans, Sprint by far beats the competition(That is if you have an everything plan, which I do) And the fact that Sprint now offers unlimited mobile to mobile to any carrier anytime makes it worth while. So, in closing, I think it is worth a shot for people to call Sprint and ask for a discount, but if you don't get it big deal. Get over it and enjoy the hell out of your new phone till we play this song and dance again when the new latest and greatest is out. And for those that want to complain...go buy an iphone and get raped by AT&T on their service and then you will end up paying more for their plans.