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Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

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Originally Posted by mychaluva (Post 1970587)

I cracked the screen on my TP2, and I'm debating whether to spend the money fixing it or to ditch the TP2 and go with a refurbed Hero ($79 without contract on Sprint website right now).

I'm due for an upgrade rebate but I'm thinking if I grab the Hero and keep the upgrade rebate in tact, I can go for a 2nd generation 4G phone sometime next year.

hmmm... decisions decisions...

That $79 is a steal IMO..I just ordered one.

Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

my wife just got one for $48.88 at Wal-Mart. They have decent deals like free activiation if you buy online.

Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

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Originally Posted by jason25 (Post 1972575)

my wife just got one for $48.88 at Wal-Mart. They have decent deals like free activiation if you buy online.

That's a great price! My local Walmart only sells ATT, VZW, and T-Mobile. :scratch: No Sprint....

Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

If you check online, you can get the intercept (Moment 2) for $9.99 and free activation. They have pretty good deals on there.

Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

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Originally Posted by mulhiny (Post 1970714)

That $79 is a steal IMO..I just ordered one.

I can't find the $79 Hero on the Sprint website, can you tell me where it is (or link it)? :)

Re: Is it still worth it to get a Hero now?

I think its already gone.

Now Im considering upgrade my Titan. I've always been using prepaid verizon mvno(Page Plus) and dont like my phones get locked. The titan is running WM6.5 and its amazingly slow and has some major bugs(Wi-Fi drains the battery.... I dont know why Wi-Fi doesnt turn off when the phone goes into standby mode...) Everything is so slow on Titan...

Im planning to get a faster phone and switch to Boost Mobile for free data. Hero seems like a decent phone for me(great improvements to Titan?), but Idk if I can activate hero on Boost Mobile yet.

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Originally Posted by realdreams (Post 1975331)

There isn't much of a speed increase. If I were you, I would keep the Titan, flash a clean Rom and wait a bit longer. My friend made the same transition and its ehh. Unless you get the hero, root, flash cm6 and an overclock kernal.

I'm not against the hero as my gf has one. I just think its dumb to get an new old phone. For the same price, one can find a used new model phone. HTC used the same hardware for the Titan, kaiser, tp, tp2, g1, sapphire and hero. They just vary within 128mbs RAM and 100mhz clock speed. Over the course of 4 years! My brother's slower, rooted g1 runs faster than the faster and newer hero (rooted). Go figure.

Unless you can get a new hero for supercheap then go for it!

Sent from my fast as hell phone that you can only wish you had