Hero Plan rumors? - Page 2

**bradart** · #11 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 01:27 AM

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Originally Posted by lkctd8

Are you sure that is the plan he is talking about? I am on the 3rd party dealer plan as well with the Hero. It isn't the friends and family plan that the sprint employee has to be held accountable for. It is a free and clear 3000 plan that includes a free unlimited data pack for $20 a month. It is used for authorized dealer employees and employees of Radioshack and places like that.

Yeah thats the one. The only caveat was that i had to go to a corporate sprint store to process my account with the upgrade.

jamn424 · #12 (**permalink**) 10-29-2009, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by lkctd8

Are you sure that is the plan he is talking about? I am on the 3rd party dealer plan as well with the Hero. It isn't the friends and family plan that the sprint employee has to be held accountable for. It is a free and clear 3000 plan that includes a free unlimited data pack for $20 a month. It is used for authorized dealer employees and employees of Radioshack and places like that.

So if F&C plans can get Hero, why cant F&F plans?

mbaseball3 · #13 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:24 PM

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I had to say good bye to my fair and flexible plan I've had forever. Got a better deal for our business by using the family share simply everything plan with 1500 mins. With sprints anyone anytime deal that leaves us with basically 1500 land line minutes. Huge savings with this deal =D

thelastpoet · #14 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by jamn424

Has anyone heard if Hero will be available to Fair and Flexible customers in the near future?

short answer...no...

all the newer headsets will require you to get off the legacy plans

every data 450, 900 and simply everything for individuals
everydata share 1500, 300 and simply everything for family plans

the hero, moment, pre, BB(though you can kinda get away with it but the BB data pack addon is hella expensive), pixi, instinct, instinct s30 and instinct hd all require one of those 6 plans

thelastpoet · #15 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by jamn424

So if F&C plans can get Hero, why cant F&F plans?

because they are employee plans...and those will probably go away as well as sprint corp is creating new soc codes to accomodate the new pricing strategy

the issue is this...if sprint gives you a highly subsidized phone (500 retail but you get it for 100) they have to get that money back, invest it in the network, better phone lineup, pay off debt, spend more money on customer service, and maintain your service etc etc...you have to be locked into a 2 yr agreement and you have to be on a plan thats going to bring in more money...

its why iphone plans are so expensive...why most other carriers require you to have a Blackberry addon plan etc etc...

it sux...but its a necessary evil

badshah · #16 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by lkctd8

Are you sure that is the plan he is talking about? I am on the 3rd party dealer plan as well with the Hero. It isn't the friends and family plan that the sprint employee has to be held accountable for. It is a free and clear 3000 plan that includes a free unlimited data pack for $20 a month. It is used for authorized dealer employees and employees of Radioshack and places like that.

There are 4 types of cheaper plans other than the Simply Everything that will work with the hero, pre, similar phones. Sprint employee, Advantage line plan, store demo phone plan and the 3rd party dealer plan. There are no exceptions, the system store employees and customer support uses requires to change the plan as soon as the esn is entered, otherwise it wont let the user save the changes. So yes be very careful when a telesales rep says that it will work yada yada, cause he/she is lying to get the sale, as for the store rep he/she cant let you leave the store without paying for the phone which has to be activated before you leave, which in turn requires plan change.

thelastpoet · #17 (**permalink**) 11-02-2009, 11:35 PM

f telesales...

seriously...just go to a best buy or do it online or something if you dont have a store close...

**bradart** · #18 (**permalink**) 11-03-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by thelastpoet

f telesales...

seriously...just go to a best buy or do it online or something if you dont have a store close...

Yeah, i'd rather build my own cell phone out of scrap metal than call telesales.

r29355 · #19 (**permalink**) 12-05-2009, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jamn424

I agree. But my plan does have unlimited DATA already. So I'm just wondering if they'd ever change and let me get Hero on this plan. Essentially, i'm looking for hope! haha... so i know whether to wait or plunge into HTC TOUCH PRO 2, which I know works with older plans.

I called Sprint to upgrade my phone to a TP2 and they told me that my Fair and Flexible Family plan with a data pack addon would not work with this phone ... told me I would have to change to an Everything plan. You said that you know the TP2 works with the older plans ... can you elaborate on how to make this work because I do NOT want to give up my Fair and Flexible plan.

Unprezz · #20 (**permalink**) 12-09-2009, 02:13 AM

I have a fair and flexible family plan and I have a Hero.