HTC Hero on its way to Sprint! Confirmed!

[p-slim]

Originally Posted by surfer01

Totally disagree, it says right on the official sprint hero press release it requires an unlimited data plan, and then goes on to tout the everything plans. It does NOT say a everything plan is required. SERO will be included. You can campare the press releases from the instinct and Pre and note the different requirements yourself. THEY require everything plans, HERO will not, unless good ole sprint changes their stance. E

whether you disagree or not you are wrong, please stop confusing the ppcgeeks community. Whether it states it or not, i'm positive that it requires a simply everything plan. The internal sprint documents for employees also state that it requires that plan, so stop getting your hopes up, otherwise you will just be upset when you finally realize the truth on the 11th.

"HTC Hero requires activation on a pricing plan offering unlimited data. Sprint’s Simply EverythingSM plan provides unlimited nationwide calling, texting, e-mail, social networking, Web browsing, GPS navigation, Sprint TV, streaming music, NFL Mobile Live, NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile and much more for only $99.99 per month. That’s a savings of $1,200 over two years vs. a comparable AT&T iPhone® plan2. Sprint Everything Data plans with unlimited messaging and data start at just $69.99 for 450 minutes with unlimited night and weekend calling starting at 7 p.m. (All price plans exclude Sprint surcharges and taxes.)"

"The Sprint Hero will be available on October 11. The phone will retail for $280, with a mail-in rebate dropping the price $100 to only $180, a competitive starting point, but we're still not fans of this whole mail-in rebate thing. The Sprint Hero will require an unlimited data plan, but as we saw in an earlier analysis, Sprint also offers some of the most competitive rates for smartphone data. "

When it says it requires an unlimited data plan i could understand the confusion, but then at the end it says sprints unlimited data plan starts at 69.99 that should take away the confusion.

[surfer01]

If your telling me that based on your reading of internal sprint employee documents the HERO will not be available on the SERO plan, then I certainly defer to your judgement. I am not an employee of sprint and have no such inside knowledge.

But when you say this:

"When it says it requires an unlimited data plan i could understand the confusion, but then at the end it says sprints unlimited data plan starts at 69.99 that should take away the confusion. "

And then quote this:

"Sprint Everything Data plans with unlimited messaging and data start at just $69.99 for 450 minutes with unlimited night and weekend calling starting at 7 p.m. (All price plans exclude Sprint surcharges and taxes.)"

It just does'nt make your point very well.

I still consider an "Everything " plan, which they are selling to retail customers, is but one of the different options for the "unlimited data plan" requirement, that hopefully will also include SERO plans.

I am just going by what sprint has published for public release and comparing that to what they previously released for the pre and instinct, which REQUIRED an "EVERYTHING" plan. If you are telling me that the release was poorly worded and sprint did not mean what they said, I understand, and hopefully they will clarify it soon. Not trying to confuse anyone, just giving my opinion on what the press releases from sprint stated. E

[jbearamus]

I'll have to throw in with P and Chain on this one. I know my documents are probably slightly different being a third party dealer but my example is with the Pre. Everything I had in terms of internal documentation implied any plan with data would be acceptable but low and behold I call in to activate my Pre and had to flip to an Everything Data Share.
So based on my previous experience with Sprint's vague language, I'm figuring the Hero will require one of the Everything Plans or the Sero Everything equivalent

[maxxed]

i'm not buying into the no hero on sero debate right now. there are too many conflicting reports. on sprintusers a user indicated they are going to ease up phone restrictions for sero plans which only favors us sero users.

[capthr]

I pre-ordered today at BB on 5th Ave and 43rd st in Manhattan.

[ehanhan]

The fact that it is a Sprint exclusive for the time being gives it a nod to the Simply Everything column..

Someone mentioned how Hesse spent 100 million advertising the Instinct, which came to 200 per phone sold. But that also meant that he got 500,000 people on $100 a month plans, too. Thats the real scratch

[BigDiesel07]

Threads merged... Now for those that urged for this to hapurged, it hapurged..

[BigDiesel07]

Threads merged, purged, and urged..

[capthr]

I received this today. I sent email to Dan@Sprint.com. Everyone with Sprint should email them with questions on SERO and Hero, or what other phones will be available. Last month they told me to check phonearena.com to find out which phones will be available. At that time Phonearena had the Hero for 10/11, TP2 for 9/8 and the TD2(no date). If they see there is a great desire for the Hero w/SERO maybe they will be swayed.


"Thank you for your reply. There are no details on what rate plan
options will be required for the HTC Hero at the moment. However, our
HTC Touch Pro 2 was released today and is compatible with your SERO
plan. Once we have received detailed information on the HTC Hero I will
contact you with further updates. Additionally, you can view the
specifications of the phone at www.phonearena.com. If you have any
other questions you can contact me at 757-223-3363."


Sincerely,
Demetre B.
757-223-3363

Sprint

[orangekid]

Originally Posted by capthr

I received this today. I sent email to Dan@Sprint.com. Everyone with Sprint should email them with questions on SERO and Hero, or what other phones will be available. Last month they told me to check phonearena.com to find out which phones will be available. At that time Phonearena had the Hero for 10/11, TP2 for 9/8 and the TD2(no date). If they see there is a great desire for the Hero w/SERO maybe they will be swayed.


"Thank you for your reply. There are no details on what rate plan
options will be required for the HTC Hero at the moment. However, our
HTC Touch Pro 2 was released today and is compatible with your SERO
plan. Once we have received detailed information on the HTC Hero I will
contact you with further updates. Additionally, you can view the
specifications of the phone at www.phonearena.com. If you have any
other questions you can contact me at 757-223-3363."


Sincerely,
Demetre B.
757-223-3363

Sprint

does this mean that sprint is for sure getting the diamond 2 sometime soon (this year)?