New SERO Oct 1st

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by o0adam0o

I would pay $10/mo more for an evo... but SERO users are looking at $20 more for an EVO. Sucks! Guess ill keep my TP2 longer....

Man there are some cheap mofos over here... $20????

[BooDaddy]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Man there are some cheap mofos over here... $20????

I know I am
Thats $240 per year just for having the privelage of using the 4G phones (which has no 4G coverage in my area). So, over a 2 year period you pay $480 bucks extra...which is like paying for the phone twice. Just doesnt make sense to me. Oh well, to each his own.

[o0adam0o]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Man there are some cheap mofos over here... $20????

No.. theres just people with a different mindset than you... maybe even on a different tax bracket.

And its not only about the money.. its about what you are getting for that money. $240 more a year for a phone that does what my TP2 does only on a bigger screen? "Faster" and maybe "more stable" are qualities the average user doesnt need unless their work/lifestyle dependes on it.

Id gladly pay $100/yr more... $240/yr is too much. Everyone has their own limit.

[Bob45]

People complain too much. A discounted plan for X number of employees can easily be made up elsewhere. A discounted plan made available to the entire public is not so easy to makeup elsewhere. Their costs of maintaining their 3G architecture are reasonably expensive. 4G has not made it to but a few markets yet, so these phones designed to utilize 4G data capabilities are instead using the 3G network. This means that they have to make upgrades to accomodate this extra traffic on the 3G network. This is where the $10 premium phone, not 4G charge, fee comes in. The $10 fee to upgrade to the new plan makes available all non-premium phones (i.e. EVO or Epic) now, gives you unlimited calling to any mobile phone on any network, and provides unlimited Sprint Navigator. If you take advantage of both things then your total will come out to $50 + taxes. I encourage you to find a Verizon Wireless package containing the same features for the same price. You can't even find a package available to new Sprint customers offering those features for that price, as EPRP costs $70 if you want to use an EVO or Epic.

[BooDaddy]

As a SERO customer, I am very happy they are doing this. The only thing I dont like (and this goes for all plans, not just SERO) is the extra $10 fee for having a 4G phone (AKA EVO Coolness tax).

With that being said, if I were to get a 4G device, i still only end up paying $50 per month with is still cheap as hell I can't wait till October.

[bullet2300]

It's really great to hear this, but I am too impatient to wait until October.. I am getting the Epic in one week and ditching my SERO plan forever I will be sad to see it go, but I am looking forward to having the two year phone discount each year.

[yankees45us]

Originally Posted by bullet2300

It's really great to hear this, but I am too impatient to wait until October.. I am getting the Epic in one week and ditching my SERO plan forever I will be sad to see it go, but I am looking forward to having the two year phone discount each year.

Why do you want to get rid if your sero? Are you getting on a family plan? That is the only way you can even get close to saving that much money. I hope that is the case otherwise you are crazy. Lol. I had sero and switched over to 69.99 plan with 10/24 discount and 20% from my job and if I knew about the oct. 1 deal I would have waited. I'm paying almost $45 more just to have the evo. Luckily I'm getting a family plan that only costs me around $32 per line with my work discount. I recommend you stay with sero till oct.1. That's alot of money you'll be losing especially since sprint no longer is offering the 10/24 option. Good luck on your decision. Let us know what you decide. Hey if you want I'll take over your sero plan.he he

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[bullet2300]

Well my wife and I are both on SERO atm, but we both want the Epic or Evo, so I guess I will need to do a family plan. Honestly my work will pay for my family plan (but not additional lines).

Is the cheapest family plan with unlimited data the 130? that is way more expensive than I expected lol. I plan on staying with my company for years to come, but good lord that is expensive compared to our 60$ we pay now.

Can we not do one line and just add a line to it for 10$ a month? (plus premium data fees..) Do we have to do a family plan?

shit. lol

[bullet2300]

Is this thing for real? It's not some bogus rumor right?

I have done some debating and I can not justify losing my SERO. I don't care if my company pays, if I ever leave I don't want to be stuck paying 150$ a month for 2 freaking lines.

Looks like I may be cancelling my Epic reservation Unless I can test the phone for 30 days and return it without losing my plan? Anyone know?

[BooDaddy]

Originally Posted by bullet2300

Is this thing for real? It's not some bogus rumor right?

I have done some debating and I can not justify losing my SERO. I don't care if my company pays, if I ever leave I don't want to be stuck paying 150$ a month for 2 freaking lines.

Looks like I may be cancelling my Epic reservation Unless I can test the phone for 30 days and return it without losing my plan? Anyone know?

Bullet2300,
there have been alot of different confirmations on this rumor, which leads me personally to believe there is some weight to it. You only have about 5 weeks or so to wait, so why not hold onto the SERO until October? that's exactly what I am doing....just waiting these extra few weeks to see what they do about iconic devices and SERO. If it happens, I may pick one up. If not, I may check out the EPRP plans.


I also wouldn't try doing any plan changes at all since Sprint has been known to cancel SERO and not let you go back to it after plan changes.