What Cell Phone Do You Carry?

Frankly, I think I'm just looking for an excuse to get an iPhone.

iPhone is dope, there's your excuse.

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Originally Posted by Advocate

MetroPCS and Cricket both have unlimited web/data/text/long distance.

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I like the simplicity of the plan; $30/month for unlimited voice and text is damn cheap. Are the phones garbage or do they get the job done? Is there anything I should be wary of? I don't use my phone for the internet.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

It's finally happened: Helio's deader than dead.

I just got a card in the mail from Sprint today. They're advertising I should kill my Virgin Mobile (Helio) contract and go to them and they'll cover termination and activation fees. I'm not too excited about this prospect.

Under Helio, I pay $65 + tax for UNLIMITED everything except my 500 minutes. That was quite a deal. From what I understand, every other carrier's phone + Data plans are MUCH higher. This bothers me, but I guess I'll pay extra if I have to.

At this point, considering my field, I'd probably benefit more from something I could develop on. Android or iPhone makes more sense, I guess. Now, I still don't like Verizon. Way too pricey and they block EVERYTHING. That's why i left them to begin with. My plan was to wait for the next iteration of the iPhone anyway, but that's June and these guys are pushing for end of January with this Sprint horseshit.

So, AT&T isn't THAT bad in the NY area, is it?

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Nah, no month-to-month for me. NEED DATAAAA. I'm sure I'll be able to use the service as I always have 'til the end of my contract, I just don't know what dirty tricks they'll try to pull to get me to leave it behind. Don't trust 'em!

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AT&T isnt that bad but in certain areas, reception sucks. GSM and iDEN (Nextel), I have barely any service. I have to go outside or near a window. With Verizon, I was able to get service without a problem. I live in Queens.

I work in Garden City/Westbury and in our cafeteria, I have minimal service but enough to hear and talk to someone clearly and receive data. Coworkers have AT&T and they get no service unless they walk away from table and go near window.

A couple of my friends have Spring/AT&T and when we're in the basement of my friends house, they have no service where as Verizon has no problem.

You pay extra but you avoid the frustration and aggravation from not having service. I have a Blackberry and have no problems doing what I want to do and install whatever I want to install. The same would be with Droid.

The iPhone is great in DFW, but it's ass here (Sioux Falls, SD) because of no 3G. AT&T can sue all they want, but the truth is that their 3G coverage is limited to major cities. Also I can't imagine how bad data would be in NY.

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Originally Posted by Schlep

The iPhone is great in DFW, but it's ass here (Sioux Falls, SD) because of no 3G. AT&T can sue all they want, but the truth is that their 3G coverage is limited to major cities. Also I can't imagine how bad data would be in NY.

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Tall buildings, skyscrapers, thick walls/structures kills receptions.

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Originally Posted by ChaoofNee

Now, I still don't like Verizon. Way too pricey and they block EVERYTHING.

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pricey yes, but jesus people....they don't block ANYTHING. Some of the dumbphones are, for the lack of a better term, dumbed down, and none of them run java. But any BB, WinMo and Android device is wide freaking open. Hell, they are now even requiring WiFi on all new smartphone devices before they approve them...

I can get a Palm Pre for $150 or an HTC Hero for $180 through Sprint. I've read reviews on both, have played a little with the Palm Pre (and liked it), but if anyone has any better insight I'd love to hear it before I make a dumb choice.

The pre hardware is crap. A guy I know went through 2 of them, then gave up and got an iphone.

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Originally Posted by Michael

I can get a Palm Pre for $150 or an HTC Hero for $180 through Sprint. I've read reviews on both, have played a little with the Palm Pre (and liked it), but if anyone has any better insight I'd love to hear it before I make a dumb choice.

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I don't think either phone is a dumb choice. Android's got more developer support right now, but Palm just announced that they'll be on Verizon and AT&T soon and I expect developer support to pick up significantly. Still doubt it will match Android any time soon, as Android is everywhere, especially outside of the phone market.

Play with the phones extensively in a store and see which you'd prefer to use on a daily basis. IMO, the Pre has the best form factor and interface of any smart phone.

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Originally Posted by stormy

The pre hardware is crap. A guy I know went through 2 of them, then gave up and got an iphone.

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I've got two of them (mine and fiancee's) and the hardware is perfectly fine. I know two other people with Pres that haven't had hardware issues. What problems did your friend have?