Whats the deal????
I'm sure this subject has been beat to death but I still have yet to find an explanation. I am talking about the phones that US Cellular offers, or more accurately does not offer. I know they don't have any of the newer phones but I would like to know why. USCC has the lowest plan prices of any carrier and, in my opinion, the best coverage/service. I would like to know why they don't offer newer phones like Verizon and Cingular do. Is USCC putting all of their money and other resources into improving their infrastructure? Do they not have enough money to license new phones? If they could offer the phones that Verizon/Cingular offers I think they would be the ultimate carrier. Any ideas?
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willr said:
I'm sure this subject has been beat to death but I still have yet to find an explanation. I am talking about the phones that US Cellular offers, or more accurately does not offer. I know they don't have any of the newer phones but I would like to know why. USCC has the lowest plan prices of any carrier and, in my opinion, the best coverage/service. I would like to know why they don't offer newer phones like Verizon and Cingular do. Is USCC putting all of their money and other resources into improving their infrastructure? Do they not have enough money to license new phones? If they could offer the phones that Verizon/Cingular offers I think they would be the ultimate carrier. Any ideas?
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Nah...Cell phone mfg's will sell to anybody regardless of credit. They know the carriers will be bailed out by someone if they get in trouble. Seen it with my own eyes. Just a poor judgement call on Marketing's part IMHO. Be a follower not a leader type thing. Gotta agree with the great rate plans but poor handset selection.
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yeah, my Motorola v60c just isn't doing it for me anymore. If I have to replace the antenna one more time I'm going to throw the whole thing in the toilet.
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the motorola v60 antenna always breaks off at the base, but it will always be the customers fault, as for us cellular's testing process, motorola makes more than 7 different version of that phone for different companies, a color one and a push to talk one, that was one oftheir most popular phones,and one of their best, so you cant blame us cellular for it.
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You have no idea what you are talking about. The marketing position behind U.S. Cellular is to provided excellent customer service, and reception. The target marketing of other companies is to draw you towards their company with cool phones, but when you sign that contract with them they don't provide any coverage. The reason that U.S. Cellular does not offer the latest and greatest handset is because they have a better marketing platform. Maybe that is the reason that their stock has increased by $15.00 in the last year. If you put the gains together of every other carrier over the last year, it wouldn't even hit $12.00 combined. U.S. Cellular has some of the best credit out there and better yet, no bad debt like AT&T/Cingular and Ne...
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Verizon offers great coverage and great phones. Why cant US cellular?
"People on this forum need to think before they write" indeed.
"People on this forum need to think before they write" indeed.
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I agree with fauxdemon. As far as I can tell Verizon's service in the Chicago area is as good as or almost as good as USCC. And Verizon offers great phones. I agree that service is more important than a cool phone, which is why I am still with USCC. But if Verizon offered a comparably priced plan I would probably switch to them.
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doesn't verizon use us cellular towers in chicago or does that not happen everywhere?
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The map does not show the non-a or non-b side carriers. Digital service has freed up so much frequency USCC has purchased frequency for many of the Verizon areas in north and central Indiana. That map is misleading. Verizon and USCC do have agreements to use each others towers and if one sucked too bad I'm sure they wouldn't use them so heavily outside their own systems.
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go look on the verizon forum and see how many people complain about their phones. i know they have a bigger selection then uscc, but i'm just saying look at the complaints there as well
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I realize there are many frustrations about uscc handsets but rest assured that when you do buy a phone you are getting a good one. Sure phones are mass produced in other countries so bad ones slip through the cracks every once and a while, but over all uscc puts all of their phone through a great amount of testing so that the customer gets the best possible. When motorola, LG, kyocera, audiovox, and nokia can produce phones that meet uscc standards, we will all have "cool" phones but honestly I'm perfectly happy with my v710.
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outdated + discontinued = good cheap phone that USCC sells for CRAZY money.
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Thats true, the v710 is going for $170 on USCC's website right now. With Verizon you can get an e815 for $99 in store or free after rebate online. It's crazy to pay $170 for an older model.
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I got my 710 for $170 but its a good phone so i don't mind paying money for quality. And of course the e815 is going to be cheap, its a launch phone! The v710 is $40 after rebate in STL because its a launch market. It seems to me that you guys are not going to be happy with the phones that uscc has no matter what is offered. Its a cell phone! The sole purpose it to place and receive calls. You all know that uscc has great service or you would be with another carrier. If you want a phone that does cart wheels for your friends entertainment then by all means go and find one, but more than likely your friends phone isn't any better than the one in your pocket.
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My initial posting made no reference to Verison. Only to Nextel, Sprint, Cingular, and AT&T. I agree that Verizon has great coverage and great phones, that is why I did not include them in my posting. Moreover, Verizon has great credit. It helps when you are owned by the biggest wireless carrier in the world, Vodafone. Therefore they have more capital to invest in whatever target marketing they chose. U.S. Cellular is a smaller multi-regional carrier and they still offer better service and reception than most national carriers that have millions more customers. They don't have the capital that other carriers do, but they do the most with the money they have available. You brought up an excellent point, but please remember to thorough...
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From my experience, if you have choices of Verizon, or USCC, those are the 2 choices you should be looking at. And the deciding factor between the 2 are easy. If you travel and want the ability to use your phone almost nationwide with no limitations, then verizon is probably the company for you. If you stay in a local area mostly, dont travel to much, then USCC is your choice. AS stated, USCC is a regional carrier, and that is their speciality, and they do good at that. Both carriers have excellent service, you have to decide on how you will use your phone. On phone selections, both carriers have that problem, their customers always want what they dont have. As another post said, you can goto verizon's forum, and you will see the same...
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jesus it's amazing! there are intelligent people out there. georgia1 i applaud your intelligent post!
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usc does have the best service in eastern north carolina and they are making money i think that they are in good shape as far as money goes. 😁
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better_educated said:
They provide the coverage before the phone and not the other way around like all the other carriers. People on this forum need to think before they write.
I didnt take you out of context. You forgot to think before you posted. again.
For future reference, ALL does mean ALL.
ps. How have I embarrassed myself?
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wow you truly have no idea what your talking about. as much as i hate cingular i have to say the are the only cellular provider that is completely debt free!! us cellular is already in negotiations with altell and verizon to sell out and will not I REPEAT will not be here in 2 yrs! it is not a marketing plan. they have been trying to release the nokia 6255 since january and now the next projected date in october. What to know why. they don't have the buying power to have the phone manufactures produce phone's with there software and easyegde in a timely matter. say your a huge corporate like motorola what is your priority. to produce 800,000 new phones twice a year or 5 million new cingular/att/t-mobile phones a month. simple rule of sup...
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BigBossMan said:
us cellular is already in negotiations with altell and verizon to sell out and will not I REPEAT will not be here in 2 yrs!
Where is your proof Big Boy?
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HA HA Ha!!!! that is so funny. I'm sitting here in my store during a break and laughing out loud! Very Loud...OOooohhh Yeaaaahhhh!!!
-Gumbo76
-Gumbo76
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I second that, pfft no one listen to him he's not sitting in some corporate office with the contract in front of him saying that anyways most of the stuff on this site can be cast off to the side as rumors and rubbish. I'm dissapointed with a lot of what I see on this site, some stuff however is worth reading.
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Bankruptcy? What the hell are you talking about? What does that have to do with anything. USCC is not even close to Bankruptcy. Not to sound mean but maybe you should do some research on this topic. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
-Gumbo
-Gumbo
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I'm sorry are you in the financial department for US Cellular do you know this for yourself?
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On the downside you are correct US Cellular is and has always been last to market with phones. However for the most part they are the best to market a phone. Most Carriers only give the phones minimal testing while USCC has a minimum 6-8 week testing period, and if there is the slightest problem it fails. On the plus side there are several very cool phones they are testing at this very moment. a few Motorolas,Samsungs, and Nokias. Keep your eyes peeled there will be many more cooler things to come. 😁
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They dont have me brainwashed. read my reply to the original message. I think it's Bunk actually. thats all I will, you can read more on my other reply.
-Gumbo
-Gumbo
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First of all, boy do some of you all get angry with each other about this stuff?!?! I mean, these are cell phones we are talking about, not the war in Iraq... Secondly, U.S. Cellular carries a lot of phones that Verizon has, the exception being some of the newest equipment available to the market. I counted 10 additional phones (not including smartphones or aircards) that Verizon offers that USC doesn't, 3 of which are Samsungs, which USC has no offering for at this time anyway. One of them is the Motorola v60, which I wouldn't consider to be a better phone than most as well. You also have to consider that yes, USC is a much smaller company than Verizon and thus has less business "influence" to push new equipment to market very quickly....
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Unless you live in chicago, USCC does not have verizon's $40 national plan, a big loss for USCC. That would be another reason to go with verizon over USCC, if you are looking for a cheaper national plan. As I said before, both have good service.
As far as USCC being competitive in the national plans, they are not. Example below..
Verizon's plan:
2100 peak minutes $109.99 for 2 lines
includes unlimited night and weekend minutes
includes unlimited M2M minutes
Both at no additional charge.
No 50% rule
Grand total: $109.99
USCC's plan:
2000 peak minutes $99.95 for 1st line
add additonal lines at $20 per line
so to have 2 lines, $119.95 total
add unlimited N&W minutes $9.95 for family
add unlimited M2M minutes ...
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As far as USCC being competitive in the national plans, they are not. Example below..
Verizon's plan:
2100 peak minutes $109.99 for 2 lines
includes unlimited night and weekend minutes
includes unlimited M2M minutes
Both at no additional charge.
No 50% rule
Grand total: $109.99
USCC's plan:
2000 peak minutes $99.95 for 1st line
add additonal lines at $20 per line
so to have 2 lines, $119.95 total
add unlimited N&W minutes $9.95 for family
add unlimited M2M minutes ...
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those are right off the internet as of saturday, aug. 27th, for Iowa...make sure you check the prices out before telling me that.
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Thats true, and think about it wouldn't you rather wait for something of quality then buy something and not be sure?
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First off let me issue a disclaimer or two;
1.) I have not read any of the following replies to this message.
2.) I work for an agent of US Cellular.
That said, here I go...
I agree wholeheartedly that US Cellular needs to offer more phones. I think the selection needs to be deeper, but not quite as deep as other companies like Sprint, where you can walk into a store and find about 100 different phones. How would you know what was the best one for you? USCC needs to give their customers more of a selection than the 10 (Pushing it there) phones they do offer. i have had countless customers walk in and say nothing to me, and walk out after I finally get tehm to tell me that they are looking for a better phone...
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1.) I have not read any of the following replies to this message.
2.) I work for an agent of US Cellular.
That said, here I go...
I agree wholeheartedly that US Cellular needs to offer more phones. I think the selection needs to be deeper, but not quite as deep as other companies like Sprint, where you can walk into a store and find about 100 different phones. How would you know what was the best one for you? USCC needs to give their customers more of a selection than the 10 (Pushing it there) phones they do offer. i have had countless customers walk in and say nothing to me, and walk out after I finally get tehm to tell me that they are looking for a better phone...
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You are rught on Gumbo76. If anyone criticizes you for having your own OPINION, they are fools and not worth your time on rebuttal. 😳
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