User: youareretarded
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Re: Interesting....
Good point. I'm sure there is alot of validity to what you're saying!
Interesting....
The only reason I can see ATT doing this is out of fear of the new tech. Makes Sprint's latest decisions seem pretty on point doesn't it? This bodes quite well for the WiMax tech if a company is afraid of its nationwide deployment.
...I wonder if Verizon will jump on with ATT and also ask for some scrutiny.
Re: This may actually improve your coverage
I'm on my 2nd Blackberry. Had one with T-Mobile, now with Sprint. Personal opinion of the phone is extremely high, and reception seems excellent.
Random tip on phones: business type phones tend to have the best reception, but often the worst battery life.
Re: Wow! Can You Say Every Other Carrier Has Already Been Doing The Same Thing For Years?
This comment was made with 100% win.
I love the fact....
That you are all experts on market conditions, experts on how much money a company is making, and experts on everything relating to carriers you have no involvement in.
To add to that thought: do you think someone @ Sprint woke up today and said "Lets sell all our towers!!!!!111ONE!"? Seriously? This is called a business PLAN. It was planned, executed, and successfully implemented by people who get paid more than any of you. Speculation is one thing, but ...
Re: Still...
Your comments are concise and well put. Thanks for the discussion :)
Re: Decoy -- LOL!!!!
Owned.
Re: Decoy -- LOL!!!!
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2319684, 00.asp
Quote from the article:
"The phone auto-paired to the headset, and I found myself just leaving the headset powered on, even when I snapped it back into the phone. Apparently, it charges from the phone, and it just deactivates itself when it's plugged into the phone. Yeah, that probably draws battery— when I review the Decoy, I'll find out how much."
Congratulations on eating your foot. You sir are the winner of research.
Decoy -- LOL!!!!
Built in bluetooth headset that charges while in the phone? ROFL! So bad battery life due to CDMA, bad battery life due to bluetooth, bad battery life due to charging the bluetooth.
The idea is neat, the reality is retardation. I guess we'll see the real life iteration of this phone, but I expect this to be captain of the SS Failboat.
Flames Go Here.
I dont like steve jobs because he looks like a toilet bowl brush, therefore the iPhone sucks.
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Battery Life....
This thing is going to have an 1800mAh battery on it. That would give it the biggest battery I've seen on a phone to date (at least with the li-ion).
For a comparison, the Blackberry 8810 uses an 1100mAh battery for 240 minutes of talk. Its an increase of 63% on the battery -- which will be huge considering it appears to be a GSM phone. So this could potentially have roughly 390 minutes of talk time... 6.5 hours ...
Re: Bad for Sprint Good for Verizon
Just not gonna happen. The reason why Sprint/Nextel still has push to talk customers has NOTHING to do with speed. It has nothing to do with the fact that its Sprint/Nextel. It has EVERYTHING to do with the fact that there's 20 million people who can chirp one another. Verizon will fail at this attempt... again. Chirp is fantastic in the business world (I guess, cuz that's where I see them) and its a great novelty for regular consumers. ...
Re: The Instinct Will Still Be Better
First of all, Sprint Speed, you are the biggeset fanboy I've ever met. Shhh. Btw, things like periods, commas, and semi-colon's are allowed for use in your writing. Secondly, attvz, I sell both... BOTH ATT and Sprint, and you are as much a fanboy as Sprint Speed, you've just laid off the kool-aid a bit more than him.
Sprint has the best companies backing them??? Really, companies whose stock has grown by 300% like Apple? Oh no that's AT&T ...
Re: The definition of "Exclusive"
When I say everyone will get something like this so-called touch phone... this is what I mean....
http://gizmodo.com/364076/touch screen-blackberry-patent-suggests-rim-has-sid ekick+envy
Re: The definition of "Exclusive"
Do you think ANY of the carriers are interested in letting another iPhone fiasco happen? Do you think that ANY of the carriers are interested in losing a possible revenue stream?
So what is likely going to happen is that the phone that everyone will carry will be the 'Lightning' (just a made up name). It will be full touch screen, have a model number of 9400 or 9600 and not have a potential LTE chip in it. RIM ...
The definition of "Exclusive"
Exclusive phone (exception being iPhone): A carrier may be an exclusive carrier for upto 60 days on a particular handset. Said handset can then be released by all carriers after said exclusive period.
To clarify the point of this statement, and to enlighten the fanboys of the world, EVERY carrier will have this phone. Att, Sprint, Tmobile, and of course Verizon have already signed on to carry the phone. The exclusive is going to be launched with Verizon, yes, but ...
Re: Attention.
AHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHHA! This is gonna cause a new nightmare! 99% of Sprint's problems are fraud based, guess where the fraud comes from? TELESALES + CUSTOMER SERVICE! Its the idiots who get paid over the phone to 'replace' a customers phone who add lines and send new phones. Then the customer is wondering why their bill is higher, they already have a handset, and the original rep is never held accountable. If they pay you guys for being telesales pt.2 this ...
Re: views of a corporate user
I agree with both of you, but until they really fix the tactile feedback problem, I feel like buttons are much better. I know they have the technology to have a real 'push back' on touch screen phones. I understand its cost prohibitive at the moment, but until this comes out, its hard to compare the 2. Vibrating when you push a button doesnt really help signify that you're hitting the right key, just hitting a key in general. ...
Re: Verizon
See below post... Verizon is notorious for cutting phone capabilities to work better with their UI. When Sprint and Verizon have the SAME (model number even) and different camera... etc... its not BlackBerry who wants to cripple you or Moto or Sammy. As a phone manufacturer, you want the BEST experience possible into your customers hands... not the worst. Common sense is a tool, use it.
Re: Verizon
I love you guys. I really do. You keep me busy with all your FUD. Sprint has the exact same phones (8130, 8330) which both have 3g data, and oops! 2mp cameras. Verizon cripples the devices, dont think its the manufacturer. Or, you can just say that Sprint is using better technology, your choice. PS - I dont work for Sprint, I'm just clearing up your lack of insight past the company you work for.
Re: LTE?
Verizon has already stated they are going to use 700mhz for LTE. Not gonna happen.
Re: Well hooray for Kansas and Colorado
It was a Sanyo rep who had this phone, and we used it with a Nextel Blackberry (old phone)... It works. I saw it with my eyes as well as 17 of my colleagues.
Re: call screening????
To add to what you said, this phone uses QChat. QChat is the new sub-second PTT that Sprint is rolling out, and its FANTASTIC. Uses Rev.A data speeds to make it work, and works both with other QChat phones, as well as Nextel phones seamlessly. We went from this phone to an old Nextel Blackberry, worked flawlessly.
Re: like a home answering machine
Rich, I can confirm its a Sanyo exclusive. I met with a Sanyo rep last week and played with this phone. It is something that Sanyo owns the technology to -- and Kyocera since the buyout -- and will only be on their branded phones.
Re: Well hooray for Kansas and Colorado
What?! The new PTT is working in TONS more places. Tested in Indy last week, works fine. Used this phone.
Re: is it just me
The new Sanyo phones for Sprint are very attractive for being MilSpec(Military Specc'd). They look like the Katana/Katana2 but look like you can kick a field goal with them. I've held one, I was very impressed...
Re: Where's BROWN?
Next to the Vagisil and Monistat 7. Just below the Summers Eve.
Re: do you???
See douchebag comment.
Re: What a Rip-Off
You also get most of us thinking you're a douchebag for free. Congrats!
Re: Intel....
Oops. Nevermind, Intel and STM spun off their flash memory brands into another company. This has nothing to do with STM's new venture.
Intel....
I believe that STMicroelectronics is a branch or spinoff of Intel. Intel recently released a really power efficient, small processor called Atom. This might be one of the biggest pieces of news for PDA phones and cell phones in a long time. No more slow! WOOO!
Re: Yes-Yes-No-Yes & No
Yeah, I dont think so. I work for RadioShack. We arent in the acquiring other business mode, we are in fixing our own business mode.
Re: sprint 4g......
No, I dont work for Sprint, but I do know what it takes to run a successful business. I think my optimism is based on the fact that if my business was going downhill, but I would still have over 35 million people paying me at the end of next year... I wouldnt be all that worried. What you forget is that it took Sprint 20 years to build the business, its not gonna take 5 to unravel it. ...
Re: Why does everyone think Best Buy is a good bet for trials?
Best Buy has a large customer base, as well as a well known image. Sure there might be better, but that's like saying Ford or GM are bad measuring sticks for the auto industry. They are HUGE, they will ALWAYS be a measuring stick. Additionally, your own personal bias towards whatever company you work for doesn't reflect the general populations idea of where to buy things. Many > one.
Re: Yes-Yes-No-Yes & No
Incorrect. Costco is Wireless Advocates(WA) which is NOT affiliated with RadioShack. Wireless Advocates is a division of a company called CarToys. Additionally, the employees AND managers of WA are commissioned. I used to run one. As to the whole 'its gonna fail if they aren't commissioned', you are exactly right.
As a current manager of a RadioShack, SCK does sill exist, just not in all the markets.
EVERYTHING I have heard about the new venture @ BBY is that ...
Re: Doesn't BestBuy do this already?
Unless you have some kind of intimate knowledge of this... EVERYTHING I have heard is the oppposite. I work in a different retail channel that will compete with this, and my higher ups and myself have all heard it will be 3rd party employees. Although they may be employed by BB, they will be on a different pay scale. If they are not, this WILL fail.
Re: sprint 4g......
- Credit degraded to 'junk' status (very bad)
Many companies have had this happen, but have bounced back.
- Customers adds have been customers losses
Churn is part of the business, T-Mobile had this problem for awhile, and they figured out a way to fix it.
- Net loss of 29 billion last quarter (basically a write off of all iDEN customers)
Company write offs are totally normal, and they are done for a reason. I would find no reason what-so-ever for ...
Re: Doesn't BestBuy do this already?
My understanding is that they are going to sell ALL carriers. Additionally, Best Buy employees have a long-standing tradition of not being on commission. As a result, they have lost alot of marketshare by not getting deep into phones. If they were to have a bunch of commissioned sales people (this venture), then they would make alot more money in a very profitable and still growing sector. Also, from what I understand of Carphone Warehouse, they are HUGE in ...
Re: sprint 4g......
You, sir, are an idiot.
40+ million customers.
Average MRC of $40 +
1.7 BILLION dollars a MONTH from MRC.
Re: LTE 2 yrs???
ATT has a 'soft limit' on their data. They say 'Hey, you're running over, cut it out or we're gonna cut you off!'. Verizon also has a soft limit of 5GB... but instead they charge overages (aka make a ridiculous bill). Which would you prefer, 'Hey watch out' or 'HAHAHAH $400 bill'?
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