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  • mag360
    Calguns Addict
    • Jun 2009
    • 5198

    tech gunnies: I need a new cell phone

    I have been using my palm pre for slightly over 2 years. I love this thing! Actually posting on it right now using the iphone mobile site. Works great! Anyways it's time for an upgrade. I love webos but hp is not committed to it and someone will likely need to license it to get new hardware.

    restrictions: need to stay on sprint I get a nice discount.

    don't want anything bigger than an evo but smaller is better imo.

    what do you think of motorola photon?
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    brassburnz
    Veteran Member
    • Nov 2006
    • 3553

    My son and I were just searching for a phone to add to our family plan. Consumer Reports gave the Motorola Photon the highest rating of the phones tested, but we just ordered an Evo Shift 4g because AAA had a special. $99 and the activation fee was waived.

    If you're a member of the Auto Club, order one through the AAA.com website and do a search for Sprint. It will show you the discount. The website wouldn't let me add a phone to an existing plan, only replace/upgrade or order with a new line. I finally got on the phone to talk to a representative. Much better that way.

    Not sure if this link will work, but this is where we were looking at the various phone.

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    • #3
      glockman19
      Banned
      • Jun 2007
      • 10486

      wait for the new i-phone 5...pre orders begin Sept 29

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      • #4
        joefrank64k
        @ the Dark End of the Bar
        CGN Contributor - Lifetime
        • Mar 2009
        • 10124

        +1 on waiting till end of September for iPhone 4s/5. Rumors are that it will be now be available on Sprint and T-Mobile.
        You will never, in your life, have a chance like this again.
        If I were you, I would not pass this up. I would not let this go by...this is rare.
        Come on...what harm??

        joefrank64k 251/251 100% iTrader?

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        • #5
          loose_electron
          Senior Member
          • Oct 2010
          • 784

          I got an iPhone 3 - don't use a lot of the features that are available for it. But....

          Got a love/hate relationship with Apple products, long story...
          The big thing I do not like about the iPhone is you can not R&R the battery without a major strip and rebuild of the phone. Stupid for the consumer, and good for Apple's bottom line.

          Apple has been playing the "no user servicable parts" game all their life.

          Take a look at one of the many Android based phones out there. Tons of smart phone options. Thats probably where I am going when this one dies.
          "Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." - Benjamin Franklin
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          • #6
            jcardona1
            Member
            • Dec 2007
            • 182

            Originally posted by glockman19
            wait for the new i-phone 5...pre orders begin Sept 29
            Link?

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            • #7
              perpetual otter
              Calguns Addict
              • Jul 2007
              • 5093

              Originally posted by glockman19
              wait for the new i-phone 5...pre orders begin Sept 29
              Source? Rumor mills don't count.
              I provide opinions...
              At a rapid rate.

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              • #8
                ChrisTKHarris
                Veteran Member
                • Sep 2009
                • 4203

                Originally posted by ArkinDomino
                Source? Rumor mills don't count.
                Best Buy is scheduling pre-orders for early October for Sprint iP5's according to leaked documents referencing instore display's being setup.


                On Sprint I would check out the Evo 3D, Samsung Galaxy S II and the iP5.
                Don't let the name fool you...

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                • #9
                  mag360
                  Calguns Addict
                  • Jun 2009
                  • 5198

                  yeah I dont think I want an iphone. I like all the "hackability" of the palm so I'm probably leaning towards android. I suppose I could get the photon and return it w/in 30 days if the iphone is out by then.

                  photon is a world phone too! will the iphone 5 be a world phone w/ sprint?

                  will likely check out galaxy s II and photon.

                  the 1 plus I can think of for the iphone would be knights armament ballistic calculator!
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                  • #10
                    ChrisTKHarris
                    Veteran Member
                    • Sep 2009
                    • 4203

                    Originally posted by mag360
                    yeah I dont think I want an iphone. I like all the "hackability" of the palm so I'm probably leaning towards android. I suppose I could get the photon and return it w/in 30 days if the iphone is out by then.

                    photon is a world phone too! will the iphone 5 be a world phone w/ sprint?

                    will likely check out galaxy s II and photon.

                    the 1 plus I can think of for the iphone would be knights armament ballistic calculator!
                    Supposedly the iPhone5 will be running a dual band processor similar to the Verizon iPhone4 and will only require it to be "switched" on. Not sure if they will advertise and utilize this feature for "unlocked" type use. I believe they did it more for a logistical manufacturing aspect so that they wouldn't have to redesign the phone for each carrier.

                    I would REALLY look at the SII platform. Samsung is making HUGE strides in terms of screen technology, form and function. I'm not the biggest fan of Motorola, as almost every person I know that has had a Motorola dumb and/or smart phone has always had problems.
                    Don't let the name fool you...

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                    • #11
                      WILDMAN442
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2010
                      • 1665

                      Is all this rumor mill buzz about the Sprint Iphone for real?

                      I have been hearing it for months

                      Justin
                      Originally posted by MHShooter
                      The whole time I was thinking "perfect calguns story"

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                      • #12
                        MASTERLAB
                        Senior Member
                        • Aug 2010
                        • 969

                        not sure if sprint is getting it, but take a look at the galaxy s2, ive been waiting on it for forever and there is finally some hard proof that the US is going to get it in mid october, the specs on it will put the Iphone 4 to shame and will easily rival, if not beat the Iphone 5 that is coming out

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                        • #13
                          WILDMAN442
                          Senior Member
                          • Jan 2010
                          • 1665

                          I read some reports from the wall street journal and a few tech sites refrenced to it and it made it pretty clear that Sprint will be getting an Iphone in October.

                          Thats the way it made it sound

                          Justin
                          Originally posted by MHShooter
                          The whole time I was thinking "perfect calguns story"

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                          • #14
                            WILDMAN442
                            Senior Member
                            • Jan 2010
                            • 1665

                            I read some reports from the wall street journal and a few tech sites refrenced to it and it made it pretty clear that Sprint will be getting an Iphone in October.

                            Thats the way it made it sound

                            Justin
                            Originally posted by MHShooter
                            The whole time I was thinking "perfect calguns story"

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                            • #15
                              Warguy
                              Senior Member
                              • Apr 2011
                              • 662

                              I too have a pre- for 2+ years......Samsung GSII September 16....enough said

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