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This is what happens when the FCC is run by the Republicans
Jun 9, 2018, 2:20 PM
in the Article: AT&T to Bump Price of Grandfathered Unlimited Plans by $5 forum

End of net neutrality, higher prices and cut backs in service levels to Americans. But what do you expect AT&T to do? They only received a 50% tax rate decrease this year.

Re: Meanwhile elsewhere...
Jan 28, 2018, 7:08 PM
in the Article: Verizon Debuts Discounted iPhone Promo forum

Verizon rarely ever has a good promotion for existing customers who wish to get a new phone. There is always some catch - new line required, and/or trade in. They get away with this because there is not a lot of competition for unlocked phones (most lack CDMA) and they do some odd things on their network that prevents unlocked phones from behaving properly with some of their services like WiFi calling and MMS/Text messaging. ...

What a scam, impose a new limit on unlimited plans charge $ 10 to get your old service
Oct 30, 2017, 12:18 AM
in the Article: Verizon to Let Subscribers Stream HD Video for Another $10 forum

So we buy a plan from Verizon, they impose a new limitation on that plan, and then offer the ability to remove the new limitation for more money. What a rip off. Here is a concept, we get some people to run the FCC that actually insure that communications companies operate in a fair and competitive way.

Re: Game changer.
Feb 13, 2017, 7:56 PM
in the Article: Verizon to Resurrect Unlimited Plan for $80 per Month forum

Well it's really $ 110 + $ 20 per line, + fees. There are no corporate discounts on this plan. Now there is also a tmobile plan that is a fair amount less expensive that includes HD video and the same tethering. It also has no additional taxes or fees. So if you are good with the Tmobile coverage its a less expensive alternative. Still this is a nice ...

Re: Game changer.
Feb 13, 2017, 12:12 AM
in the Article: Verizon to Resurrect Unlimited Plan for $80 per Month forum

Lets see what the fine print says. For example is the cost for a limited time only and they will jack up the prices. If its really $100 + 20 per line that would be the best multi-line plan in the industry. I would be surprised if they actually offered the best pricing in the industry without a serious catch, like the price is only good for a year, or you have ...

Unless you are on a really tight budget, consider the standard (not play) version
Sep 6, 2016, 10:13 AM
in the Article: Motorola to Sell Moto G4 Play Starting Sept. 15 forum

The play version comes with a smaller lower res screen, lacks the quick charger, and has a less capable CPU. The standard G4 is a signifant step up, it does coat a bit more though.

Re: Really?
Sep 6, 2016, 10:09 AM
in the Article: Motorola to Sell Moto G4 Play Starting Sept. 15 forum

I think it will have a charger, just not a charger with rapid charge capability.

No headphone jack = non starter
Jul 23, 2016, 2:21 PM
in the Article: Review: Motorola Z Droid, Z Force Droid for Verizon Wireless forum

This obsession with making phones thinner at the expense of functionality has gone another step with the elimination of the headphone jack. They already have to have a bulge near the top of the phone for the camera, why not extend that enough to have the headphone jack? Give me a phone that is 1/3 thicker for 2x the battery life anytime. Too much vanity over functionality!

No Compass
Jul 19, 2016, 11:28 PM
in the Motorola Moto G4 Plus forum

These phones lack a compass. Apps needing it will not work, and others that make use of a compass will be less responsive.

Rollover method not customer friendly
Jul 10, 2016, 4:37 PM
in the Article: Verizon Wireless Debuts New My Verizon App and Plan forum

The plans should use rollover minutes first then monthly allotment. They have you using your minutes before your rollover minutes minutes kick in. So basically any month you use an amount equal to your allotment you end up with no carryover regardless of how little you use in previous months. The method they use minimizes customer value. It is better than what they had, but not as good as it should ...

Apples and oranges
Jul 29, 2014, 10:44 AM
in the Article: T-Mobile Drops the Cost of Family Plans to $100 forum

Note that the data is not shared, it is strictly 2.5GB LTE per phone, not a bucket like the other carriers. Also LTE allowance goes down by more than half in less than 1.5 years. This is not exactly "UN-carrier" to promote this as equivalent. Yes there are advantages, including music streaming and overseas 2G data, but most users are going to read 10GB and four lines and not realize that this is a ...

Re: No
May 13, 2013, 10:16 AM
in the Nokia Lumia 521 / 520 forum

No LTE, No 2100, so no fast data here or 3G overseas.

Now that we have GSM is it SIM unlocked? What about US networks?
Dec 18, 2012, 1:16 AM
in the Article: Verizon Delivering Jelly Bean to Galaxy S III Dec. 14 forum

Has anyone put an AT&T micro sim in their updated G3? Did it accept the SIM, did it register on AT&T? How about Tmobile? Does it support HSPA?

An annoying drawback of this phone (true for all carriers)
Jul 22, 2012, 8:08 PM
in the Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon) forum

What is it with these new phones lacking an HDMI port? My HTC phones and Motorola phones had one. Even my year old Samsung Droid has one. On the Galaxy S III (like the Galaxy S II) they require a dongle to convert Micro USB, and then you need a special one so that you can power the phone because you used the port. Even more annoying is that ...

Re: not that simple
Jul 15, 2012, 1:29 PM
in the Samsung Galaxy S III (CDMA) forum

Rich Brome said: There's a lot more than just the SIM card and chipset. Most chipsets in most phones have some level of "support" for a hundred or more features that may not be implemented in that particular phone. There are also radio chips and antennas that need to be added; all kinds of extra parts and engineering that go into it. It's not at all like Sprint could flip a switch or add one part to enable GSM. They didn't "cripple" ...

Re: Calendar Expansion
Jul 15, 2012, 10:44 AM
in the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE forum

I would recommend just buying, or using the free version of the android application Business Calendar. It shows actual appointments when in the week view, it can also handle multiple calendars very well. A much calendaring application than any of the stock phone apps.

When will GSM be enabled and what about 3G data?
Jul 9, 2012, 8:11 PM
in the Samsung Galaxy S III (Verizon) forum

Anyone have an idea when GSM will be enabled on this phone and what kind of 3G data (for non-US carriers) will be available with it?

Why no SIM card Sprint?
Jun 30, 2012, 11:30 PM
in the Samsung Galaxy S III (CDMA) forum

So this phone has the chipset to support CDMA, LTE and GSM and UTMS, HSPDA. Verizon will be fielding one that will have access to CDMA, LTE and GSM etc, but Sprint managed to get the SIM card slot omitted an their version. Thanks Sprint.

Shouldn't add to data use when you pay
Mar 29, 2012, 6:26 PM
in the Article: T-Mobile Offering New Mobile TV Content Packages forum

When you pay a carrier for a streaming service that uses a lot of bandwidth, using that service should be exempted from data usage. A lot of people will chew up their high speed data limits when using a service like this and then be stuck on 2G, or worse use it when roaming and be cut off from network data entirely for the duration of the billing cycle.

WHat happened to GSM
Sep 10, 2011, 12:11 AM
in the Motorola Droid Bionic forum

I thought this was going to have GSM too! Si it's not a world phone any more.

Re: I would wait...
Aug 8, 2011, 9:54 AM
in the Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify forum

The ports on the side of the phone are a bad idea! It doesn't work with the kick stand I'd you have it on the charger. If you flip it over the picture is upside down for Netflix and also Vulkano (streaming video from my cable tuner to the phone). They certainly should have put it on the other side and had the phone switch orientation when it is in the dock! ...

Re: I would wait...
Aug 1, 2011, 10:55 PM
in the Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify forum

I did order one (its on back order now), I like my EVO but really wanted a world phone, and a bit better battery life. I hope you are correct about the ability to use the phone on the other side.

Re: I would wait...
Jul 31, 2011, 8:39 PM
in the Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify forum

I went to the Sprint store today to look at the Photon. The floor sample was totally locked up. Couldn't get it to restart. I couldn't remove the battery since they had the antitheft device on it. I asked the store people about it and they said it had been locking up all day. They brought out another one for me to try. It looked ...

Can you use the dock without tether charge
Jul 29, 2011, 9:51 AM
in the Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify forum

When I saw the Atrix (AT&T) I liked the dock concept, enabling big keyboard screen support. However they won't let you use the dock without paying for tethering on AT$T. Which seems like a rip off since you are not sharing data with an external device only controlling your local one with a more accessible input device and screen. I wonder if Sprint will allow the dock on the standard plan (naturally with our ...

I'm going to upgrade to this phone
Jul 29, 2011, 9:40 AM
in the Motorola Photon 4G / Electrify forum

Looks like a winner. We have the XPRT which runs well. Questions will be: Battery life? (way to short on my EVO) Will it be better at WIMAX (bad on my EVO and a battery killer when the phone is searching for a WIMAX signal, whereas the Verizon charge LTE works consistently and doesn't kill the battery)? Does it actually have GSM 1800? (not listed on the Motorola website specifications page but shown on Phonescoop.)

Do you think these will be allowed on SERO?
Jun 20, 2011, 10:03 AM
in the Samsung Replenish forum

Since this phone is not part od the $10 smart phone fee requirement do you think SERO plan people can get them?

Re: Battery Life?
Jun 19, 2011, 10:48 PM
in the Motorola XPRT forum

Better by a lot than the regular EVo, but I don't know about the shift. The sprint Xprt has a larger battery than the Verizon Droid Pro which is basically the Verizon version of the same phone.

GSM, Roaming etc
Jun 18, 2011, 12:53 AM
in the Motorola XPRT forum

Just got and XPRT tonight to replace a Hero. This phone is Sprints version of the Droid Pro. From some brief testing it looks like this phone is NOT SIM locked. It recognizes my TIM (Italy) SIM and my US Tmobile SIM and does not ask for a Subsidy Unlock Code. That said the phone will not work in the US for GSM voice or DATA. From the Driod Pro forums it appears that ...

Good if in Includes Hotsopt like Pre+ does
Feb 15, 2011, 8:38 PM
in the Article: Verizon Announces HP Pre 2 Availability for Feb. 17 forum

These are not bad phones, if you are looking for a powerful phone that is flip phone sized. They lack GPS assisted Google Maps (apparently Verizon killed this intentionally) but they sync well with google calendar, directory email etc. Obviously not the application support of Android but a lot of stuff that you actually need (except for mapping) is there and the phone is really quite small while being usable. ...

Very Disappointing (bait and switch) but the "spin" is even more insulting
Jan 24, 2011, 7:23 PM
in the Article: Sprint Revising 'Premier' Upgrade Program April 1 forum

'It's now large enough that having two levels of benefits makes sense. Our Premier customers have told us that it's only fair that we recognize those Premier customers who spend more or have shown us their loyalty by being with us longer." I think that I can say without any reservations that any Premier customers who told them to have better perks for those who spend more and have been loyal longer, didn't request that the recognition be accomplished ...

The industry is getting much worse, Sprint is getting just a little worse
Jan 18, 2011, 11:00 AM
in the Article: Sprint: Smartphone Users Need to Pay $10 More forum

If you watch the industry as a whole it is getting more expensive everyday. Customers are using more Data but the industry is fueling it, with a barrage of adds touting high bandwidth applications like streaming media and really fast networks. If you look at various 4G speeds how long can you sustain streams at those speeds until you run out of data allocation? AT&T for example, who cares if ...

He is sneaking off to Verizon
Jan 17, 2011, 7:57 PM
in the Article: Apple CEO Takes Second Medical Leave forum

He is on line at the Verizon store awaiting his CDMA IPhone because he has had enough of AT&T.

Looks like DATA is US AT&T only
Dec 8, 2010, 5:07 PM
in the Palm Pre 2 (GSM) forum

They should put in WCDMA, 1700 and 2100 on these phones so they are 3G word wide. I think that At&t has this done intentionally. I wish the FTC would mandate that carriers who charge a ETF have to unlock the phones after 90 days free of charge and that if the carrier asks the manufacturer to produce a phone that locks out competitive bands that this be considered anti-trust. We have enough phones ...

Sprint Charges an extra 30 dollars for wifi hotspot
Oct 13, 2010, 9:46 AM
in the Article: T-Mobile Clears the Air Over HTC G2 Wi-Fi Software Update forum

When a feature is native to a device but the carrier makes modifications to it so they can charge and extra $ 360 per year for it this is almost the same as removing it entirely. Not to mention that sprint charges an extra $ 120 per year to use the their android 2.2 handsets. So yea for and Extra $ 480 per year (or $ 960.00 over the life of your contract on ...

Inexpensive large battery
Sep 6, 2010, 12:03 AM
in the HTC EVO 4G forum

Purchased a "3500 mAh" battery on Ebay from an Asian vendor. Cost about 11 bucks with shipping and it also had a replacement back. The battery is roughly twice the thickness of the stock battery. While I have no way of testing it for capacity I have not had an issue with the phone running of of battery during the day. I can check some mail and talk for ...

Re: Calendar
Jun 5, 2010, 1:28 AM
in the HTC EVO 4G forum

I think that it is about the same. It lacks a 7 day display with the event titles, only has busy blocks. The one on the motorola droid is better it shows event titles in 7 day view. My old palm treo with datebook 4 was actually better for week view. The EVO is google calendar based and you can see multiple calendars, conflicts will show up as overlapping bars. ...

Carriers should have to give terms in easy to read format
May 27, 2010, 12:48 AM
in the Article: FCC Offers Consumers Advice On ETFs forum

The carriers should have to give people a contract that is easy to read. 1. You get this "Free Phone" from us. 2. You are agreeing to pay us a 39 dollar activation and no less than 39.99 per month for 24 months for total commitment MINIMUM of $ 999.76 + taxes and fees for an estimated total of $ 1045 over the life of the contract. If you choose not to fulfill the contract for the first 12 ...

Its just plain stupid!!!
May 27, 2010, 12:33 AM
in the Article: U.S. Gov Wants to Track Pre-Paid Phones forum

This is another stupid "national security thing" that will be a pain in the butt to monitor, cost everyone a lot, and provide no real security. Guess what a real terrorist is going to steal a phone or figure out how to get one with an assumed name, or do his thing and not care if you have his name, because he blows himself up. The US can't even keep ...

Re: It was fun while it lasted....iPhone
Apr 12, 2010, 9:12 AM
in the HTC EVO 4G forum

Lets look at this with some balance. While I plan on getting an EVO some things not all that black and white. 1. No way tethering is going to be free, it isn't on any sprint "phone". Some people do it, by hacking (they can be tossed, or charged) and some pay for it, no one gets it sanctioned for free. 2. It will be interesting to see how good the flash support is before just declaring "mission accomplished". 3. We ...

Not Good, it still requires a GPS signal to work
Apr 7, 2010, 10:37 AM
in the Article: Sprint Will Update Airave Femtocell for 3G Access forum

If you don't get a good signal because you are in a building with poor sprint coverage this device is useless unless you can get a GPS signal, which you can't unless you are near a window with a good view of the sky! So you cant use the old or the new Airave in basements or in buildings that don't have a good view of the sky (like many apartments etc. They really need a device that ...

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