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Originally Posted by WarChild
OK so I have to agree to disagree I guess. I think its all about personal preferance I dont ever call land lines but I call well over 10000 minutes to cell phones every month and Im on the 450 plan. Its in this mans oppinion that the HD2 (however a nice phone) isnt as good as the Evo but Sprint has been lacking in the phone department up till now via changing phones they release. (TP2...) I checked and ever called Sprint and conferemd that I dont NOT use minutes to check my VM. So does that settle it?
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The Evo may very well be better than the HD2. but the fact remains you can buy an HD2 on T-Mobile right now if you want. You can also buy a Nexus One, Cliq, Cliq XT, MyTouch, Touch Pro 2, and soon the MyTouch Slide. WHEN Sprint releases the Evo, it will probably be better than anything on T-Mobile at that time. But T-Mobile has already said they will have several HSPA+ phones this year, so they will likely have something on the horizon themselves that tops the Evo. And again, right now, there is just no comparison, T-Mobile has better phones than Sprint.
Voice Mail DOES use your minutes man, lol. I don't know who told you otherwise, but this is well known. Call Sprint right now and they will tell you that yes, checking your voice mail does use your minutes. I have been over that with Sprint many times in the past.
And how can you not ever call land lines? Do you not call any businesses or something?
I guess you do things differently than most people. But most of us text our friends rather than calling them. Heck, I even text my boss's cell phone rather than calling. The only time I call anyone is if it's a land line or my wife or kids. There are rare exceptions, of course, but make no mistake i use a lot more landline minutes every month than any mobile anytime minutes. And I have several thousand texts every month.
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Originally Posted by WarChild
no need to get all bent out of shape here. And you can text a business with sprint and they can even text you back.
CW
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I'm not bent out of shape, lol. I'm just correcting the misinformation. The fact is, Sprint's plans CAN be matched or even beat. YOU may use 10000 anymobile anytime minutes every month, but I can guarantee you that most people on this board don't use anywhere near that. In fact, the only reason Sprint started offering that any mobile anytime is because they knew most people prefer to send a text message instead of calling a cell phone anyway. So the vast majority of minutes anyone uses were already either landline minutes, or minutes to their family. We're not little girls in the 80's here, just calling to gossip and giggle. Little girls in 2010 text, I/M, tweet, and so on. They aren't chatting it up anymore.
And yes, Sprint offers text to landline, I know that. But a lot of businesses have a phone tree so that is not an option. Even it was a viable option, it would not work with most calls to businesses. And then even if it did- you still get charged landline minutes when you call the number to get your reply. I send text messages to landlines all the time (and I have the Bill Cosby voice selected) so I know all about that. Like I said, I MUCH prefer sending a text to calling someone so I do it whenver it's an option. And I'm sure most people on this board do too, that's why they have a smartphone.
It just doesn't make any sense to buy a huge brick for a phone, that has a huge keyboard and a big screen, and then spend all your time holding that brick up to your ear talking on it. No way. I'll text on it and only talk when I have to. And all of my friends, a lot of which don't even have smartphones, also text way more than they call. That's just how it is in 2010.