Prepaid smartphone plans(iPhones and Androids): mo' contracts, mo' problems

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Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

I'm with AT&T now, and have an iPhone 4. My contract is up in Janurary or February, so I'm probably going to wait until then to switch to pre-paid. I'm just tired of paying $97.50 a month for what I could be paying $55 a month for from Boost.

I realize I'll end up spending $299 on a new phone, and I really don't care that it will be a Android. I'll make that up in 6 months. My big worry is that if the service stinks, I'll have a hard time going back to AT&T since I canceled my contract, or I'll lose my number or something dumb like that.

This is the only phone contract I've ever had so I don't know what to expect switching. I used to handle all the phones for the companies at my past two jobs, first with Nextel and then Verizon. So I'm used to the 15% company discounts on everything (not to mention my employer footing the bill for my phone...)

Are the delays and non-deliveries of texts as bad as people make it out to be?

# ¿ Jun 27, 2012 01:24

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 09:41

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Krailor posted:

Why not go with Straight Talk? Same AT&T coverage but at $45/month.

I heard of issues getting iPhone 4's working, using MMS messages, and (even though I only use a couple hundred MB per month) data getting throttled or limited.

# ¿ Jun 28, 2012 23:11

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Is there any difference between buying the HTC EVO 4G on Amazon for $229 instead of buying it at Best Buy or from Boost.com for $299? Do the Boost stores/resellers generally sell them at less than Boost.com?

# ¿ Sep 25, 2012 13:29

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Can you use a Sprint or Boost Android phone with Virgin Mobile? They're all the same network but I'm sure there's more to it than that.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2012 15:13

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Mister Fister posted:

Nope

Not even with a flash/root job? I didn't see an obvious solution on a quick search so that's what I feared.

# ¿ Oct 2, 2012 17:46

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 09:41

Bob Morales: Aug 18, 2006; ~~Just wear the fucking mask, Bob~~

I don't care how many people I probably infected with COVID-19 while refusing to wear a mask, my comfort is far more important than the health and safety of everyone around me!

Mister Fister posted:

According to howardforums, this new Verizon MVNO is launching around 11/1 and near year's end they will have 4G:

http://www.talkforgood.com/why-choose-talkforgood/

$55 per month for unlimited everything with verizon 4g is pretty nice.

Would really like more details on 'unlimited', especially when it comes to data.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2012 15:31

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