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The Mango posted:The prices that I'm seeing range from $220 to $250, with the lower ones being small-time Chinese sellers and the higher ones being small-time US sellers. In both cases the warranty or return policy may be questionable or non-existent. See above. Waiting for an eBay deal to get a new LG G2 or Moto X for ~$200 is your best long term solution though. Either would last you much longer than the budget phones you're looking at. You shouldn't worry about T-Mobile compatibility, in the sense that you just figure out the model number you need and search for it (Moto X XT1053, LG G2 D801, etc). I'd personally probably get an awful and super cheap Windows Phone (Lumia 521 is $20 in stores at Target, supposedly) to last you a week or two and buy the next Moto X you see for ~$200 on eBay.
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Being dead set on buying new limits your options a whole lot at that price, just get the moto g if you really want that box seal cracking experience. or give that up and do some haggling and get this http://swappa.com/listing/EZL074/view or this http://swappa.com/listing/DUA194/view or this http://swappa.com/listing/RIF624/view or this http://swappa.com/listing/PKJ904/view or this http://swappa.com/listing/LYM435/view
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Mar 31, 2015 10:41
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It looks like the Asus Zenfone 2 has good enough specs at a good enough price that I should just wait for it to be released and buy it new.
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Mar 31, 2015 16:43
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The Mango posted:
I didn't see anyone answer this, and I'm also very interested to know the answer.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:03
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Mnemosyne posted:I didn't see anyone answer this, and I'm also very interested to know the answer. The answer is yes, you have to buy a phone that is sold by T-Mobile to get wifi calling. Case in point: 2014 Moto X comes with a T-Mobile SIM card but it isn't actually sold by T-Mobile. It doesn't support wifi calling.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:11
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nimper posted:The answer is yes, you have to buy a phone that is sold by T-Mobile to get wifi calling. I bought a T-Mobile S4 and enabling wifi calling totally ruined my phone; whenever I was on wifi it would totally disable cell service so I wouldn't get text messages and the call quality sucked pretty badly. Apparently this is a known issue with S4s...so I guess maybe do some research on the feature before buying a phone if it's an important selling point for you.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:42
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Still waiting for the Xperia Z3 to get the Lollipop update. Looks like we are getting very, very close.
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Mar 31, 2015 23:00
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nimper posted:The answer is yes, you have to buy a phone that is sold by T-Mobile to get wifi calling. Alternatively, get a G-Voice number and use Hangouts for a Wi-Fi-calling second line. That'll work on any modern android, but I'm not sure about iOS. I've done it on a few OEM-purchased phones, and it'll even work on a tablet without cell service. There are a few perks like enhanced blocking and online/transcript voicemail. You even get the bonus of picking your own number, within the available pool per region. Downside is some people don't like dealing with your two numbers, but even MMS works on it these days.
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Mar 31, 2015 23:41
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Doesn't matter since iOS has wifi calling regardless of where you buy it.
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Mar 31, 2015 23:50
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Endless Mike posted:Doesn't matter since iOS has wifi calling regardless of where you buy it. Yeah, that's better. I didn't notice an OS preference given, and just wanted to make sure that option was mentioned.
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spiralbrain posted:Still waiting for the Xperia Z3 to get the Lollipop update. Looks like we are getting very, very close. I'm not imagining that the T-mobile Z3 will be getting the update soon. In fact, given that they are planning an update in May, related to Band 12 (I think), I wouldn't really expect it until then. Unless you are talking about an unbranded Z3 then yes, I think that may already be available through the PC companion. T-Mobile hasn't even switched the page here, https://support.t-mobile.com/community/phones-tablets-devices/software-updates still shows it in manufacturer dev, which is obviously a bit behind the times.
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sweart gliwere posted:You even get the bonus of picking your own number, within the available pool per region. Downside is some people don't like dealing with your two numbers, but even MMS works on it these days. I actually used Hangouts calling/texting for a little while. The two numbers thing is a little confusing for most people. MMS does work but only for sending pictures/videos. The real problem I found is that group texts come in as individual messages and you can't reply to the group as a whole. Which is fine if you don't have any friends, I suppose. 
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Apr 1, 2015 02:10
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nimper posted:The answer is yes, you have to buy a phone that is sold by T-Mobile to get wifi calling. Thanks for the answer, though it sucks. I guess that crosses the Moto X off my list of possible phones. I could really use Wifi calling because the service is terrible to non-existent at my house. I can't really use Hangouts because I need it to work for incoming calls, not just outgoing. So that basically leaves me with the M8 as my only option, but Tmobile doesn't even seem to sell new M8s anymore. 
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Mnemosyne posted:Thanks for the answer, though it sucks. I guess that crosses the Moto X off my list of possible phones. I could really use Wifi calling because the service is terrible to non-existent at my house. I can't really use Hangouts because I need it to work for incoming calls, not just outgoing. You can use hangouts for incoming calls too if you have a Google Voice number.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:12
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Mnemosyne posted:Thanks for the answer, though it sucks. I guess that crosses the Moto X off my list of possible phones. I could really use Wifi calling because the service is terrible to non-existent at my house. I can't really use Hangouts because I need it to work for incoming calls, not just outgoing. Assuming you are using a google voice number, it will also work for incoming calls. I can answer incoming calls on my phone, tablet or even my computer, it rings whatever device (or devices) you want it to. You could port your current number to gvoice and go that way.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:13
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Walrusmaster posted:You could port your current number to gvoice and go that way. This is exactly what I'm doing in a few days when my Sprint contract is finally over. Protip - if by any chance anyone is still using the Sprint/GV tie-in, disable that before you try to port it to GV.
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Mnemosyne posted:Thanks for the answer, though it sucks. I guess that crosses the Moto X off my list of possible phones. I could really use Wifi calling because the service is terrible to non-existent at my house. I can't really use Hangouts because I need it to work for incoming calls, not just outgoing. You can get a free cell spot from Tmo that may help with signal inside your house.
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Apr 1, 2015 05:03
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Verizon just opened preorders for S6 and my wife is already using hers after it got here and I had my chance to play with it. Thanks T-Mobile.
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ruby idiot railed posted:Verizon just opened preorders for S6 and my wife is already using hers after it got here and I had my chance to play with it. I got my S6 on Monday. So far so good. Felt smug going into Best Buy last night looking for cases and was told they wouldn't have any until they're released. What's this then BAM! Shout out to the super friendly TMOBILE rep who transferred my SIM.
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Apr 1, 2015 22:19
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Co-worker got a notice that his S6 just came in, he's going to activate it as soon as he gets off work. I'm super jealous but have to wait till Friday to see what I can do about getting mine. I never thought I'd be so interested in a Samsung phone 
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Does anyone know roughly how much the next day shipping would cost for a pre-order?
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Skeezy posted:Does anyone know roughly how much the next day shipping would cost for a pre-order? I pre-ordered the One M9 and they tossed in next day shipping free of charge. I got it yesterday. I dunno if they'll do it for everyone but that's what happened to me.
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Apr 2, 2015 01:42
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AbsolutZeroGI posted:I pre-ordered the One M9 and they tossed in next day shipping free of charge. I got it yesterday. I dunno if they'll do it for everyone but that's what happened to me. Sounds good to me.
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Apr 2, 2015 03:38
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I had the prepaid nerd plan, and couldn't get data when roaming on AT&T network. Is this normal? I phoned 611 and the tech couldn't do anything because it wasn't T-mobile's network.
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Apr 2, 2015 04:22
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Rated PG-34 posted:I had the prepaid nerd plan, and couldn't get data when roaming on AT&T network. Is this normal? I phoned 611 and the tech couldn't do anything because it wasn't T-mobile's network. This is normal. You only roam voice and SMS
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gariig posted:This is normal. You only roam voice and SMS Okay, some brief googling reveals that there is a domestic data roaming quota for some plans. Does the nerd plan not have any?
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Rated PG-34 posted:Okay, some brief googling reveals that there is a domestic data roaming quota for some plans. Does the nerd plan not have any? Yeah prepaid has pretty much no roaming for data. Skeezy posted:Does anyone know roughly how much the next day shipping would cost for a pre-order? $25 for next day shipping.
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Two questions. First, activated my Nexus 6 on the nerd plan last night. I got the $30 kit from Walmart that's supposed to include $30 worth of airtime credit out of the box, but it still made me buy another $30 via the website while I activated (and last I saw, my balance was just that $30 I bought). Do I need to do anything or just wait until it's been at least 24 hours for the $30 credit that came with the SIM to show up? Second, is there any reason to not buy these to refill?
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IOwnCalculus posted:Two questions. First, activated my Nexus 6 on the nerd plan last night. I got the $30 kit from Walmart that's supposed to include $30 worth of airtime credit out of the box, but it still made me buy another $30 via the website while I activated (and last I saw, my balance was just that $30 I bought). Do I need to do anything or just wait until it's been at least 24 hours for the $30 credit that came with the SIM to show up? I made the same mistake. You paid for this month with your Walmart kit and then you added a $30 balance to cover next month.
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As long as it shows up eventually, that's fine by me. T-Mo's site does seem to be pretty loving broken in a lot of regards, it puked all over the place when I tried to set my security questions. Just now it tells me it can't actually pull up my account. Phone still works, so who cares!
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IOwnCalculus posted:As long as it shows up eventually, that's fine by me. T-Mo's site does seem to be pretty loving broken in a lot of regards, it puked all over the place when I tried to set my security questions. Just now it tells me it can't actually pull up my account. Phone still works, so who cares! It won't ever show $60 from what you did today. The $30 from the walmart card was already deducted to pay for service from April 1 to April 30. On May 1, the extra $30 you funded will be applied for May 1 to May 31st and your balance will show $0 until you add a refill to cover June and beyond (or it will just continue showing $0 if you autopay.) You're good to not add any money until the end of May if you want to.
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eddiewalker posted:It won't ever show $60 from what you did today That... makes total sense. First time ever dealing with a prepaid account and still getting used to it.
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So I can't sign up for jump partially through cause I really want that S6, I'm about halfway through paying for my iphone6.
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LionYeti posted:So I can't sign up for jump partially through cause I really want that S6, I'm about halfway through paying for my iphone6. You can only add jump to your plan within 14 days of purchasing your phone. . Can't add it after that unfortunately.
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Apr 3, 2015 02:48
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Burden posted:You can only add jump to your plan within 14 days of purchasing your phone. . Can't add it after that unfortunately. Ah well, might be able to find it used for cheap afterwards, not like I hate my iphone6 or anything just wanted the new hotness.
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You can trade the iphone6 in the regular way if you've paid off enough of it that the trade-in value nearly matches your EIP payoff value. And since it's an iphone6 the trade-in value should still be pretty high.
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ruby idiot railed posted:You can trade the iphone6 in the regular way if you've paid off enough of it that the trade-in value nearly matches your EIP payoff value. And since it's an iphone6 the trade-in value should still be pretty high. How would I find out both of those things?
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LionYeti posted:How would I find out both of those things? What you would do is go through the phone ordering process only long enough to find out what the estimated trade-in value of your iphone is (obviously don't complete the process), and look up the EIP payoff for your iphone in your my.t-mobile profile. Then you think over it and decide if the difference is worth it for you to switch to a new phone way ahead of time. You'd pay off the iphone and get the trade-in credit in your bill when you purchase the new phone and turn in your iphone (whether it all be done in-store or completely online, I think you get better trade-in value online but I don't know that for certain). VAGENDA OF MANOCIDE fucked around with this message at 04:41 on Apr 3, 2015 |
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LionYeti posted:How would I find out both of those things? You can find your trade in value at https://www.t-mobile.com/tradein The T-mobile iPhone 6 16GB is at $261 right now. Your EIP balance will be on your my T-mobile account as the previous poster said.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Second, is there any reason to not buy these to refill? I'd also like to know if you can use these to pay the $30/month for the nerd plan. 31% off would effectively make the nerd plan $20.70/month.
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