What is the Deal with the Everything Plans and Android Phones?
 

I am looking to get the Evo when it is released but have a question about the plan I will need. I am on a shared plan for $69.99 that I have had for years now with my wife. We both have unlimited internet data and pay $5 for one account and $7.50 for the other. Will I still be forced to change my current plan because as I understood it you just needed unlimited data.

So does anyone know if they would make me change my plan as the cheapest everything data plan is a lot more money then what I am paying now.

I have my TP2 on sale right now and have an offer pending but wanted to get the scoop before I go ahaead and sell. Might have a hard time convincing the wife to boost our plan up when the Evo is released as we have a baby due this summer.....

Any insite would be great!

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afraid to say but it sounds like you will need to change. the sero plans also have unlimited data, but no go for them too.

why u may ask? really its simple, money. sprint has enticed customers with cheaper plans but there has never been a guarantee u could put the latest and greatest phones on them.

they still have the cheapest plans overall, and id point out the tp2 is not a bad phone at all...

good luck with yer choice.

Re: What is the Deal with the Everything Plans and Android Phones?
 

Everything is pointing to you needing one of the Simply Everything plans. Other Sprint Android phones require this as well. Same with WebOS, and the Instinct series of phones.

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You will more than likely need to upgrade to the lowest Everything Data Family which is 1500 mins @ $129.99 a month. Unfortunately it looks like most carriers are moving to similar plans for PDA users. You might check onling the Sprint site to see if you qualify for a discount through your employer.

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I already have an 18% discount on my account so there will still be a big difference in price. Right now I am paying around $90 for the 2 lines before discounts.

Big decision now. Do I stay with the TP2 and wait for the completed Android conversion or fight with the wife when the Evo is released!

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Re: What is the Deal with the Everything Plans and Android Phones?
 

i say fight with the wife... lol you pay the bills or your wife does?

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These Sprint reps are trying to get it twisted. My bro's phone is an HTC touch. He has unlimited data and all for about $49.99. The rep said my Bro cannot use that plan for the Hero coz the unlimited internet is a mobile internet. Not a real desktop computer internet. I said what? Opera mobile can go anywhere a desktop can go and skyfire will even render flash that even the Hero could not. She said bla bla bla. it's not the real internet, I gotta get this plan. Good thing she deduct a 10 bucks reoccuring fee for the Hero plan, plus my Bro get's a little upgrade which is any mobile anytime time. It's still good coz we have a 25% discount and my bro will just add about 7 bucks a month.

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It's not the greatest deal for only 2 ppl but if you entice some more fam members on your plan it turns into a great deal! extra lines are $20 each and if you don't talk a lot 1500 is enough. so your share split of ((190-18%)/5)*2 is $62.32 of course there are fees and stuff. I have my parents wife and sis and it's an amazing bargain :)

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It is not the best plan but is still a lot better then the everything plan at 129.

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also u have to think of it this way any mobile anytime and no roaming... who do most people call... cell phones so it wouldnt be a problem to do that

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I think the least thing I do with my phone is make phone calls. Do people still actually use it for that?

I know people were getting like 25% discounts for saying they work for certain company's. Anybody know if that is still working and the best way to go about it?

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i tried it using cox enterprises but it did not work

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I don't think Sprint checks to see if you are one of their corporate partners. I got my discount 3-4 years ago, and just said my company, and they applied the discount (25%). AT&T and Verizon check based on your email address. AT&T is 20% for me, and not sure what Verizon is, as I think all that gets applied after you go through their website.

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Id do this over the regular everything, if your already sero it would be easy for employee accounts to transfer it from sero to that.

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I am not seeing anything for 109.99 on Sprint's site....

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you have to call employee lines with your sero line.

oh... I thought you had a sero line I must have been mistaken...

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Do you know what I need to say, i am on the $50 Sero account now and everytime I call and they find out I have Sero they try asking all these questions about what is the e-mail of the sprint employee I signed up with and give me crap about it... I used that trick that was around many years ago with the general e-mail to get Sero. Will they still allow me to swap out to this plan? and do you have the number to call the right department from my sero line?

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18888824030

Not sure if that number still works or leads you to the SERO department. It did the last time I called. If you get the right department they will know exactly what to do.

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What happens if you try and activate an Android phone online with a regular non sero plan but still have unlimited data? Does the system just not allow it to happen?

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What plan do you have? I swap my phones on/off my account all the time through the online system. The only time I had to call was when I put a Tour on my line. That didn't last long though.

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I have an old shared plan that was $69.99 and then you pay for data and messaging separately. So on my line I pay $7.50 for unlimited data. I have an offer to sell my TP2 tomorrow for $300 but it is all going to depend on whether or not I will be able to add an Android device to my plan. Calling Sprint and asking will just get me no where......

Re: What is the Deal with the Everything Plans and Android Phones?
 

You will not be able to add this phone to your plan, YOU WILL HAVE TO CHANGE IT. If you want proof pretend you're buying a pre or hero.

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I'm wondering this as well. I have the $39.99/450 minutes and $15/unlimited data. With 22% discount, that's $43/month. I called Sprint when I got my Touch Pro2 and they tried to tell me I HAD to upgrade to the $30 Pro data plan. So I went online and activated the phone from my Sprint logon page with no problems, still have the same plan.

I'm guessing if I tried this with an Android phone it would not activate online??

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I just changed from two SERO lines at 49.95 each to a EPRP plan that has unlimited wireless, 2 lines, unlimited data and text, nights and weekends, 1600 minutes for 109.95. It is less minutes than I had with the two lines but with unlimited mobile it will be plenty. My daughter changed 3 months ago from two sero plans to the 3200 minute plan and found with the free unlimited mobile she was using less than 600 minutes of the anytime minutes. This was from being close to going over each month on the two 1250 minute plans.
Dial *2 on your cell and you will be transfered to the employee department which will give you the replacement plans for SERO with no hassle. They are English as first language people who I could understand. You are also eligible for the premier status after 3 months if you plan is over the minimum amount which I do not remember.
It is costing me $10 extra for sprint nav, Blackberry BIS, and premier status and I am not stuck with the phones no one else wants.
If you want the new employee plan and keep the SERO plans that can be done also. Do a search for Russ S McGuire. Good Luck.