dan@sprint.com response I got

[WarChild]

Originally Posted by klimb22

We all know that's what the phone at work is for. You can order pizza on the web.

LMAO...yea




CW

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by klimb22

We all know that's what the phone at work is for. You can order pizza on the web.

I know you can order Dominos, Pizza Hut, and all the other crappy places on the web (and you can even text in your order too), but all the best places don't work like that.

[twilk]

$10 isnt for 4g. It works like this. We have a superior product but we dont have the capabilities to give that product to all of our customers yet. So we will charge a premium to keep the numbers down until the we have the power to mantain a reliable 4g line to all customers. And by that time it will just cost 25$ for internet regardless or whatever it cost now plus $10.

I mean maybe I am wrong but that sounds like basic economics to me. Its obvious sprints 4g isnt exactly large right now heck its only available in some area's. Its not a pay to play tax its a pay if you want it tax. Regardless its something you will either pay because you dont argue with sprint or something you will get out of because you either didnt get the phone or a sprint rep got a cookie that day and decided you didnt need to pay it.

[Yibrushn]

Please stop with the "I'm using just as much bandwidth on my TP2" if you buy a sports car(EVO) you will not drive it the same way you do a sedan(TP2) and if you don't NEED a sports car and don't want to pay extra for the premium gas then stick with the accord! Also your behavior changes as the capabilities of the phone change. when I had a dumb phone i didn't surf the net at all now i do it a lot! when you take pictures worth taking you'll be sharing them more. the EVO will change the way you use your phone. and invariably increase your bandwidth consumption.

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by Yibrushn

Please stop with the "I'm using just as much bandwidth on my TP2" if you buy a sports car(EVO) you will not drive it the same way you do a sedan(TP2) and if you don't NEED a sports car and don't want to pay extra for the premium gas then stick with the accord! Also your behavior changes as the capabilities of the phone change. when I had a dumb phone i didn't surf the net at all now i do it a lot! when you take pictures worth taking you'll be sharing them more. the EVO will change the way you use your phone. and invariably increase your bandwidth consumption.

This is wrong on so many levels...

The TP2 is not a Sedan. It's last year's model sports car, made by the same company. It has a big screen (not as big as the Evo, but still bigger than most other smartphones and has the same screen resolution as the Evo), good web browsers, TV out, and a decent camera.

Is it as nice as the Evo? No. But that's because it's older, not because it isn't a data centric device. It's like getting last year's top notch car and comparing it to this year's.

I have no doubt that I will use the same amount of data on the Evo as I do on the TP2 (until I get 4G in my area, that is).

[Ticklemepinks]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

This is wrong on so many levels...

The TP2 is not a Sedan. It's last year's model sports car, made by the same company. It has a big screen (not as big as the Evo, but still bigger than most other smartphones and has the same screen resolution as the Evo), good web browsers, TV out, and a decent camera.

Is it as nice as the Evo? No. But that's because it's older, not because it isn't a data centric device. It's like getting last year's top notch car and comparing it to this year's.

I have no doubt that I will use the same amount of data on the Evo as I do on the TP2 (until I get 4G in my area, that is).

naw it's not last years sports car it's a car who the best feautres, I would still consider the evo a sports car over the tp2 cuz it has a hd cam, hdmi out, 2 cams, 1ghz processor, and more. SO i'm not gonna lie and act like my tp2 is just gettin old, it's being surpassed in all honesty...

[BlackDynamite]

Originally Posted by Ticklemepinks

naw it's not last years sports car it's a car who the best feautres, I would still consider the evo a sports car over the tp2 cuz it has a hd cam, hdmi out, 2 cams, 1ghz processor, and more. SO i'm not gonna lie and act like my tp2 is just gettin old, it's being surpassed in all honesty...

The Evo is better than the TP2, no doubt. But all of the features you just mentioned don't have anything to do with using more data. The Evo does everything better, but the TP2 still does everything the Evo does. The only thing the Evo does that the TP2 doesn't as far as data is concerned is the video chat. And even then, I have been using Qik for years (and use it all the time on my TP2).

I agree that the Evo is this year's sports car, no question. But when the TP2 came out last year, it was a sports car, not a sedan.

[Ticklemepinks]

Originally Posted by SaltyDawg

The Evo is better than the TP2, no doubt. But all of the features you just mentioned don't have anything to do with using more data. The Evo does everything better, but the TP2 still does everything the Evo does. The only thing the Evo does that the TP2 doesn't as far as data is concerned is the video chat. And even then, I have been using Qik for years (and use it all the time on my TP2).

I agree that the Evo is this year's sports car, no question. But when the TP2 came out last year, it was a sports car, not a sedan.

i thought they was just chargin the 10 bucks cuz the fone was the shat and the urine lol

[brownhornet]

Since when can you not do any of those things on a cell? That uses what.. all of maybe 50 minutes a month?

[tx_dbs_tx]

It is completely true that the $10 add on for the HTC EVO is NOT fair for those who do not have 4G in their area. But 4G is very rapidly becoming available in many places so it won't be long until everybody with a 3G signal will have 4G as well. The data consumption of the EVO will be quite a bit more for those who do have 4G simply because 4G has a much higher data cap than 3G and the EVO itself does as well. You will use much more data with the EVO doing what you typically do on your current 3G smartphone plus the new data intensive features on the EVO will increase it even more.

I assume Sprint made the decision to make the $10 add on fee for the EVO reguardless of where you live because 4G will be available everywhere pretty soon anyways. This makes many of you without 4G feel that you are paying "extra" for nothing and it's true. BUT it makes sense to make the fee mandatory for a 4G phone reguardless of 3G/4G service rather than try to "monitor" who has and does not have 4G service even if you're traveling. 4G WiMAX will be available everywhere soon enough.

For those who smoke, you pay more than $10 on cigs in one week.
For those who like to drink alcohol, you pay more than $10 in one week.
For those who wear cosmetics, you pay more than $10 in one week.
For those who like to eat out, you pay more than $10 in one week.

For those who buy gas for your vehicles and travel 2 to 5 miles out of the way to save .5 cents, you save nothing by burning more fuel than you are attempting to save by driving to a cheaper service station. (if it takes 1/4 gallon to travel to a cheaper service station, you spent at least .66 cents depending on your local fuel prices).
If you do this regularly each month, then you likely pay more than $10 in one month.

All in all it's a fair price to pay for 4G WiMAX for those who already have 4G in their area. For those who don't, relax it's coming soon!