I have a Diamond, not a Touch Pro 2, (but the topic of switching plans still applies,) and my Mom has a Motorola V20. She is 79 years old and uses only a few minutes a month, and doesn't use Data or Texting. I am on the F&C Family 2000 Plan with TEP and 15% Employee Discount. I have a MRC of $112.00 which includes Taxes and Surcharges.
In order to purchase the Evo, or most any of Sprint's newer Devices, I would have to switch to a Simply Everything or one of their Data Plans. The plan which would be similar to what I have now, which includes 2 lines, is the 1500 minute Data Plan, I think
That plan, with 500 less minutes, would cost me approx. $170.00 per month (I don't know if I would keep my Discount of 15%) That is almost an additional $60 per month which is $1440.00 over each 2 year contract period.
and I would not get my 5pm minutes, or Pick 3 add ons. 1500 minutes may not be enough for me, and I would have to get a higher priced plan which would cost me an additional $80.00 / per month, or an additional $1920.00 over each 2 Year contract period
Those kind of MRC's are really unacceptable to me financially, and doesn't even make good business sense to me.
It would be nice if Sprint would be able to take into consideration situations like mine, where the 2nd line is used so infrequently, yet is necessary for the well being of the people involved, that an exception could be made for plan requirements for these Newer Devices. Whether it was a Discount, or if Sprint was able to Deny Data and Texting for the 2nd line, or even cap the minutes, so there would be no questions regarding abusing the 2nd line regarding Usage of Voice and/or Data, etc. if it is known from the beginning.
I am getting tired of my Diamond though. I have so many Tweaks and Programs downloaded to it , that it takes me hours and hours to download them all, Every time I need to do an ESN Swap which has been every couple of months with these Diamonds. I got it running real nice and all, but there are failures regarding the magnet, touch screen, etc. which occur all too often.
Slighty off topic, but I have always made the above changes myself, without ever downloading a Cooked ROM which has been a mistake time wise. As these ROMS most likely have all of the changes and add ons I have made. BUT I cannot find any of MightMike's or Juicy's ROMS. When I do find them, and click on the link, they are no longer there. Any help is appreciated.
I clicked on the Link in the first post, but it takes me to an Unsafe screen, without any downloads available.