Black market sprint touch pros?

stemo76 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-24-2009, 10:59 PM

I noticed that there are a lot of almost new or new sprint touch pros on the market and very few Verizon branded. I also noticed that the sprint models sell for almost half of the Verizon version. Seems pretty strange that the superior model would be selling cheaper.

I recently bought a sprint "almost new" phone off of craislist and I went to register it with HTC and they won't accept the S/N. Sprint did confirm it was a clean ESN.

Anybody else find this strange?

qobra · #2 (**permalink**) 05-25-2009, 12:54 AM

how much do you want for the sprint one (assuming you want to sell)?

stemo76 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-25-2009, 01:01 AM

I haven't yet given up on trying to get verizon to put it back on thier network. If they won't then I will sell and probably go to ATT and get the FUZE or wait for the new HTC to come out in June / July.

**shaggylive** · #4 (**permalink**) 05-25-2009, 01:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stemo76

I recently bought a sprint "almost new" phone off of craislist and I went to register it with HTC and they won't accept the S/N. Sprint did confirm it was a clean ESN.

Anybody else find this strange?

no, this is perfectly normal. you can only register unbranded devices with htc.

stemo76 · #5 (**permalink**) 05-25-2009, 01:11 AM

I was able to register my xv6800.

**shaggylive** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-25-2009, 02:20 AM

hmm, i've never been able to register my sprint phone, but I do see that the site say's they now do operator-branded devices too..
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