Sprint forcing premium data on ALL SMARTPHONES - Page 4

ppcgpirate · #31 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 05:18 PM

while this sucks, sprint is still the best deal around*, now you just get less of the best deal around*.

*(for unlimited data & mobile to mobile out of the 4 major carriers). the best deal around would probably be those discount carriers like rocket or cricket. even us cellular would probably be cheaper.

wonder what that announcement is in february...

**Dr.8820** · #32 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

ive got 5 lines and a netbook... itd be tough to move to VZW.. but the Bonic, Revolution, and Thunderbolt all look pretty nice... i could care less about the i4..

i have a couple different ways to handle this, one being canceling my insurance for the tp2 and when it breaks, just cancel service then (i'm out of contract). but them doing this really bothers me, so canceling all together works for me. the sprint # i've had for the last 11 years will be ported to a t-mobile prepaid sim, which will still be used in the sprint tp2....they will lose my $70/month over $10!

**gullzway** · #33 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by boredandtattooed

Courtney - this deserves a write up, dont ya think??? alot of people wont see this here tucked away in C.D. and the site is mostly Sprint Users anyways..

It's been on the front page since this morning, and that info in your Edit. Is linked in the 3rd post!

Sent from my Epic 3G on SERO.

**fixxxer2012** · #34 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 07:23 PM

does the premier upgrade change constitute a contract change that could waive eft's? if so im done with sprint.

WanderingMinstrel · #35 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 07:25 PM

I'm with Darren on this. I've never been screwed by Sprint in the 6 years I've used them and always been fairly compensated when problems came up. Sometimes the service has been a little lame and the solution (like Dell service) has been to try an unnecessary hard reset, but that's what MyBackup is for.

When I started paying the $10/mo extra for my upgrade from TP to Epic last November, I told them that I had never been able to get better than 1X data networking in my home-office, and sometimes not even that. They sent me a free Air Rave the next day. And my boosted signal strength is now easily worth the extra monthly $$.

Also, Sprint, I believe, was the only large wireless company that would not let the government hack into their user base in the Bush/Cheny years. They get points from me for that.

I've been paying the extra $10 all along anyway so I have a strong WTH feeling.

**austin420** · #36 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 07:57 PM

solid truth right above me.

**Dr.8820** · #37 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 08:01 PM

the android folks waved the white flag for the fee, i will not...point blank. paying the extra $10 doesn't make your device faster, so people just thinks it does and sprint is right there to help them feel better for spending extra for something i get free. my wife has an evo with 4g turned on, my hd7 with 3g smokes it.

**austin420** · #38 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.8820

the android folks waved the white flag for the fee, i will not...point blank. paying the extra $10 doesn't make your device faster, so people just thinks it does and sprint is right there to help them feel better for spending extra for something i get free. my wife has an evo with 4g turned on, my hd7 with 3g smokes it.

we all know it doesnt make your phone faster. and to be fair to sprint, t-mo has a just as powerful network as sprint, but with half the users. to be fair to mo, can you really call thier network "3g". it has been certified as "4g", so you shouldnt make it look like a lesser network by comparing their hspa+ to sprint wi max as 3 or 4 g.
to be real though, we all know that the certifications dont really matter after the fact. they were both ruled 3g and then everyone threw a fit, so the itu were pressured into calling them 4g.
check my links doc.

**Recursion** · #39 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 08:19 PM

Okay, on the phone with Sprint Retentions now. The initial response I got was that the $10 smartphone fee only applies to new customers, with old customers being grandfathered in. Doesn't sound right. I'm on hold now for an exact answer. Okay, the answer is ... activating a smartphone after 1/30, even if on pre-existing plans will trigger the additional $10/month fee. Apparently, Sprint is considering waiving this for those replacing a smartphone via insurance, but the jury's still out.

Crap...sounds like marketing idiots are trying to push 1st quarter numbers. But they're actually reducing the incentive for many of us to upgrade. I was looking at a $20 increase per month to get into an Evo or Epic. But now it would be $30+/month extra to get into a 4g phone?

I think Sprint's going to be losing a lot of customers in the next few months...

Edit: Yeah, I found out that it would only be $20 add'l for legacy Sero's to go 4g, not $30. But still nothing definitive on whether replacing a broken smartphone with the exact same one (post 1/30) would trigger the $10 surcharge.

**gullzway** · #40 (**permalink**) 01-18-2011, 08:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.8820

the android folks waved the white flag for the fee, i will not...point blank. paying the extra $10 doesn't make your device faster, so people just thinks it does and sprint is right there to help them feel better for spending extra for something i get free. my wife has an evo with 4g turned on, my hd7 with 3g smokes it.

They never said it would make your device Faster. They said you would use More Data, so you had to pay a premium. No one likes it, but they have to make a profit, and are still cheaper than other carriers.

They could have done like AT&T and capped Data at 2GB, $10 each additional 2GB?

Wait....it sounds like I'm defending the fee(which I don't pay, by the Way,) sorry about that.

Sent from my Epic 3G on SERO.