User: a99tandem
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Poor connectivity, inconsistent charging, but 3 â—s?
Just an opinion, but those are two CRITICAL functions. I feel 1 â— would have been more in order because these are basically unusable in regular everyday conditions.
This is the Samsung Intrepid
--Effectively.. yes- the ace 2
Re: As if being a sprint rep recently wasn't bad enough
That's ridiculous, degrading, and certainly not within store policy. Email HR, dan@sprint.com and Paget Alves.
Re: I want to pay the minimum...
Not alltel- competing cdma carrier not acquiring alltel.
I want to pay the minimum...
Customer comes in- "I wanna pay the minimum amount to restore service, how much is it?"
What I WISH I COULD SAY
--It's $xxx.xx
-WHAT!? Why is it that much?
((Research bill history))
Well, back in June, you got a $300 bill and only paid half of it, you keep carrying that past due balance over and each month you're paying the minumum so your balance is getting larger.
--Well that's BULLS#!+!! What can you do about it?
-Nothing, bills are charges for services rendered, frankly ...
Re: The death of do-it-all nice guy.
Yeah, I've been told by several people I have vented to that I should join along in the games, but that's just not me. I'm better than the rest of the crowd and won't sell myself short- ever. After 7 yrs in the industry, I'm feeling the mobile burn (no not the website.) I love the tech, like most of the customers, and hate the BS. Sadly until I graduate, I'm pigeonholed! Phonescoop, you're ...
The death of do-it-all nice guy.
:evil:
Ok, here's my rant-
I love working in wireless. I thrive in the midst of all this technology. It excites me so much it puts a twinkle in my eye. He's the problem though, after doing this for 7 years with 3 different companies, I know darn near everything there is to know about cell phones and troubleshooting. Desptie the fact I work in a Svc/Rpr store, I still find myself doing all the customer ...
Re: The V8
Ironically- the screen seems to actually be a VGA lcd, but WM6 Standard only support QVGA resolution. This gives the menus and icons a sort of unpolished look. You guys will see what I'm talking about when it comes out.
Re: What will be the difference?
The biggest difference will be that Cingular/Att's 3G network will actually exist. Where T-Mobile's 3G will continue to be a mysterious mythological entity.
(Note: I'm an employee- I'm not bashing- Just bitter!)
Re: Opera mini on T-mo 8100 pearl.
Yup- works great.
Re: Opera mini on T-mo 8100 pearl.
I had to not only add the TCP settings, but also went into advanced settings-applications-opera mini, and enable all of its permissions. I had to do that then reinstall..works fine now.
Enough with the damn Samsungs already!!!
Cmon TMO.. Im tired of selling ****ty ass middle of the road Samsung time bombs. They have crappy UIs, crappy build quality, fail at the fainest sign of moisture (OH NO ITS 10% HUMIDITY AND MY DOT IS TURNING RED!!!), and all the different phones are really just 1 model with a a different twist.. whether it slides, or its thin, or it has a big frickin gray stripe down the G**DAMNED middle.. theyre all turds! At ...
Re: Help!! Cops called because TMobile corporate store refused refund of $50 activation fee
"I was also told (verbal is binding in my state) by the sales rep that I would have 3 bars of service at home."
Your state is dumb. Verbal binding agreements never hold up in court.
Point is- coverage is not as predictable as picture on a map. All of the TMO brochures indicate that as well. There are numerous things that affect reception. -- Buildings, trees, bad electrical wiring... for all you know, your house could be ...
Re: The T-Mob needs Sony Phones
Not coming anytime soon. I met Neville Ray (the President of Network Development) and his team, and they told me that SE is a bit harder to work with in the states, particularly with the myFaves launch. Samsung will pretty much do anything TMO tells them to, which explains our wide selection of Samsungs. They are also improvnig reltions with Nokia and Motorola. On the other hand SE is harder to make custom software for, ...
Re: ExtUSB
The ExtUSB connector fits just like a standard usb cable does, only one side is squared off. This allows both standard 5-pin mini USB and proprietary cables to fit in the same slot.
Re: PTT?
VERY unlikely to happen... PTT has been an absolute money pitfor every carrier but Nextel.. When I worked for Cingular during the PTT launc.. NOBODY signed up- they wasted soo much money installing PTT and have nothing to show for. If T-Mobile does launch it.. it will be after the HSDPA launch early next year.. whats nice about HSDPA is that there is so much extra bandwidth that PTT is pretty much all software.
Is that 20 Years of Dischord I see??
Nice choice of tunes.. all 3 discs
Re: T-Mob?
T-Mobile will NOT be getting this model. We will, however be carrying the new Blackberry loaded with a camera and mp3 player. It is due out in September.. there is no model number or specific specs known, but it is a sure thing we will be the exclusive carrier of it.
Re: Tmobile is out of touch!!!
Sure people whined about not having high end phones.. but not as high end (and lo end on features) as the 8801. Every 8801 that we have sold has been returned because customers aren't getting their money's worth. I think it would be in T-Mobile's best interest to expeand the handset lineup. Our rate plans are fine.. that's what brings people into our stores. They leave when they see our crappy phones. We maybe ...
Re: Question For The Rep's
I work for Tmo in retail sales in the Dallas market. I happen to be in one of the slowest stores in my area, and I only work about 30 hrs a week. I typiclly can make about $3,000/mo gross but there are guysthat make $6-7g/month. T-Mobile is also nice and laid back about feature and accesory attachments. Yeah sure they want you to have good numbers on them, but theyre really more worried about ...
Re: Samsung T609
The T609 is a GREAT phone. The ONLY thing I dislike about it is the fact that it will not ring and vibrate simultaneously. It will vibrate THEN ring. As for the $50 dollar price difference, save the $50 get the T609 and for $50 you can get a 1GB MicroSD on pricewatch.com Alot better than the 64mb the t809 has. The T609 runs circles around the t809 in battery life, reception, and volume, ...
Re: How much will this cost?
Don't whine about not having HSDPA. We got it here in Dallas, and it is FAST. Point is- move to a bigger city.
Re: Competition
Moto WHO? Jk-i hate the WM5 platform. But in my dream world.. since Samsung DOES have rights to use BlackBerry Software, it'd be nice to see a Samsung blackberry handset in this factor.
Re: who is supposed to get it?
HAHAHA. Sure, Sprint has plans to launch it after they revamp their entire network to fully support GSM and drop CDMA.
--or who knows..--maybe I'M the fool.
Re: Best phone EVER!
They really are garbage. Best phone we have now-- besides the overpriced 8801.. I'd say is the 6103 or t609. Both are very well rounded in features, reasonably priced, and have great rf. I never get em returned either.. so taht helps.
Re: Just so you know..the backlight IS adjustable
See.. thats one of the things I HATE about the MDA. I don't want my contacts to be sorted like Outlook sorts them. I want them to be sorted like they are on a phone--IE: Bob Smith 555-5555 ... not Smith, Bob (h)555-5555. The windows platform is just too convoluted. You have to take three to four steps to perform operations that only take 1 or 2 steps on symbian.. or on regular phones. ...
Re: Just so you know..the backlight IS adjustable
Well frankly.. it's pretty hard to mess up a flash. But as WinHack said... if you're not 100% confident it'll work.. don't do it. The first time I was in the middle of a flash, my computer froze and I thought my MDA was a brick that I had just paid $200 for! :o Luckily, there is a special bootloader mode that allowed me to flash it with something called an RUU. The only ...
Re: Setting ringtones
That software caused too many bugs in my MDA. Instead, I just created a "My Documents" folder on my storage card, and windows will automatically populate those ringtones in its sounds list. This way you dont take up the device's storage memory/ram.
Re: Review in perspective
Well said. 99% of my returns are because our sales staff is qualifying the wrong customer for the device.
Re: Just so you know..the backlight IS adjustable
BTW - P910a (w/850mhz) or Nokia N70 or equivalent is what I'm after. If anyone is interested in a trade.. let me know. I'd gladly pay a difference.
Just so you know..the backlight IS adjustable
I've had the MDA since the day it came out.. (I work for TMO,) and while the screen looks pretty bad with the brightness down.. it can be turned up very easily. Go into settings>system>backlight. Voila! It gets bright enough to counteract most direct sunlight. As far as reception goes. Just flash a QTEK radio rom to it. I now have a phone with strong enough signal to make my computer speakers buzz from ...
Re: T-mobile Compensation
nice job bdcd-- although its impolite to talk about $$$. But yet TMO treats employees like gold.
--As for everyone trhowing my comments out of wack--
Slow down there! I didn't say ALL indirects are dishonest. I worked for a Cingular agent store for about two years, and we were definitely honest. I left there to getbetter pay with TMO direct. All I was sayin is that in some markets.. such as here in Dallas, indirects are ...
Re: T-mobile Compensation
I don't see it happening. I work at a TMO corp store, and the word around the regional offices is that TMO wants to get rid of alot of indirects and focus more on national retail. Indirects have literally ruined the company image in many markets, and that's not something TMO is too happy about.
Re: Agents Vs. Company Employees (Round 2) ::ding ding ding::
Cell. World
Re: Agents Vs. Company Employees (Round 2) ::ding ding ding::
Well outsourcing is something that we have to deal with. But I really think for something as serious as a job interview process, it would make more sense to keep it stateside. This argument went WAY off base. :lol: Getting back to my original point- I feel that because we as agents can't do as much as corp. employees and don't get paid as much, we (typically) have to make up for it with ...
Re: Agents Vs. Company Employees (Round 2) ::ding ding ding::
Im moving to Frisco. I wouldn't sell T-Mobile in McKinney-coverage ain't up to snuff yet. But I'm in the store at 380 and Redbud (across from the old Wal-Mart) until this Friday. Then I start T-mo by Stonebriar mall. Better credit, in addition to lower credit standards=more acts.
Agents Vs. Company Employees (Round 2) ::ding ding ding::
--Yes this is a repost--but i needed to take the floor for a moment and share my point--
I agree 100% with you nygiants about company store employees. I'm out here in McKinney, a suburb of Dallas, and we have (I feel) the best reputation in town, and we're an agent location. The local 'blue' store, while im sure they can be helpful sometimes, typically pisses off their customers and they come up here for ...
Re: RADIO SHACK YES, CINGULAR CORPORATE I BEG TO DIFFER
I agree 100% with you nygiants. I'm out here in McKinney, a suburb of Dallas, and we have (I feel) the best reputation in town, and we're an agent location. The local 'blue' store, while im sure they can be helpful sometimes, typically pisses off their customers and they come up here for better customer service.
The motiviation behind the excellent customer service is the fact that we have to rely on repeat business to make ...
Re: Warning this is a vent about a customer! You've been warned! -- BLAH BLAH BLAH!
It's far worse when customers don't communicate. I don't mean when they don't talk.. but when ever dang word they say is useless to your sales process. The worst is when you get a secret shopper who just WONT COMMUNICATE! What do I mean by communicate? Well:
Me: Hello! Welcome to Cingular my name is Jon, what can we help you out with today?
Customer: Well I want to look at some phones.
(Duh)
Me: Well are you a ...
Re: 6200??
Never had a problem w/my 6200 - I consider it my "GOD" phone. It gets reception almost anywhere, it's been dropped off of my balcony twice, wound up in a pitcher of beer twice, and even spent a few hours in a cup of Dr.Pepper. - I still use it if I anticipate weak signal or tough usage. - Try *3370# to change you speech codec and boost your reception - Its unrelated to GPRS but it's ...
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