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12/01/09
"We can replace your phone, but we'd need you to sign up for another two years and to move your upgrade date."
"But, you broke my phone, that isn't fair. This is a amss defect and another one will do it as well."
"We can replace your phone, but we'd need you to sign up for another two years and to move your upgrade date."
"... I'm going with AT&T, they'll give me a refurbed iphone for 50$ and charge me less a month anyway."
"..... uhhhhhhhh"
12/02/09
I vowed to never buy another LG and to leave Verizon as soon as my contract was up, which I did when it ended around the time the iPhone 3g came out.
Everyone is always hoping the iPhone comes to Verizon but I am praying any carrier but them gets it. The 2 years I was with them their customer service was so bad I could really care less how great their service was. No customer should be treated with such blatant disrespect.
12/02/09
Same deal with me, but they wanted to extend my contract just to replace with the same phon, said if Iw anted a different one I myself would choose I would have to pay full retail, though the Nokia Intrigue I have, that they sell, has incompatibilities with their network that renders it unusable.
How has AT&T treated you?
12/02/09
With the iPhone, you just deal directly with Apple for hardware problems so that side I can't really say. Apple is pretty good with replacing a broken iPhone though. I've known several people that have shattered their screens and many have gotten it replaced for free and at the very least they'll give you another for the subsidized price (although it seems that if you politely complain enough they'll always give it to you for free)
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12/02/09
Gee, too bad they won't do that with me. It's either a new phone with a new contract, full retail, or I take the same phone and wait for it to die, all while they tell me to kindly go screw myself and that this is all my fault.
12/01/09
I have a jailbroken 2g running on tmobile, I used to have a blackberry pearl. From the day I got the iphone it started dropping calls, crap call quality etc. Problems I never had with the blackberry.
Fortunately I use my phone more for text, internet and email because it pretty much sucks as a phone and unfortunately that isn't ALL att's fault.
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12/02/09
However, my roommate also has an iPhone [she made the switch to ATT and has a 3Gs] when I mentioned my issues she agreed.
Said the call quality is crap and she now drops calls all the time and barely gets service in our apt [I magically get service where she does not though...guess its my unlocked phone working "much worse than one on its proper network" huh?]
I think the issue in the iPhone, ATT just makes it worse.
12/02/09
I've used plenty of other phones that were unlocked and never had issues like this....
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Oh and don't ignore that fact that they clearly state under the scores "Differences in reader score of less than three points are not meaningful."
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That's what they get for bringing it up your rear.
Hahaha... ok I'll go now.
12/01/09
So, Verizon Wireless commercials aren't reputable sources?
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T-Mobile's target audience doesn't expect much and therefore has minimal complaints. That's the impression I get from the T-Mobile customers here in NYC.
12/01/09
In unrelated news: Wow that star didn't take long at all, did it? Kudos!
12/01/09
I told my friend my carrier was sprint ans she goes "why would you get sprint they suck." I asked them if they ever had sprint and she said no. She had Verizon, but the point is people say sprint is bad from word of mouth.
In reality though every time I called sprint customer support or used the web chat support they always left me satisfied. The one thing I love about sprint is when I had to get my phone replaced, they sent me a brand new phone at my request.
I know I sound like a corporate cheerleader, but I am just stating my experiences
12/01/09
12/01/09
...does it really take that long?
...and thank you very much sir for the congrats.
It is most appreciated.
On topic, AT&T Wireless ruined my friend's credit with their shoddy bookkeeping way back before they became Cingular and back to AT&T.
Their reputation will always be bad in my eyes.
12/01/09
I rarely have a problem with Sprint and they are always adding new services - sometimes without charge like the "Any Mobile - Any Time" thing.
With the max insurance plan, I don't pay a deductable or have any questions asked other than what's wrong with it.
They either fix it on the spot or immediately order a new one. People complain about customer service but they are the same people acting aggressively with the rep on the phone. Who wants to go out of their way for someone like that?
12/01/09
When a 3rd party company called me and asked me about my experience, I let Sprint have it. Other than that instance, I never have problems with anyone I talk to at Sprint.
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In reality, I pay almost HALF what I would pay compared to ATT or Verizon. In my area, T Mobile is a joke; better left for the high school kiddies that are only worried about texting and having a phone in wacky colors.
12/01/09
There were so many weird things happening on that bill that it looked like a Pittsburgh Pirates scorecard.
12/01/09
I practically get unlimited minutes and unlimited data/text on my TP2 for $69.99 + 25% discount for the company I work(ed) for.
I get fast speeds. I get no dropped calls. How can that be beat right now?
12/01/09
Let me ask you one thing though; are you getting tethering free of charge? If not, ask me how.
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11/25/09
A) A cheapass contract phone which while not having a huge amount of minutes has unlimited texting and 3G internet as well as free calls to anyone on the same provider.
B) Has Skype and facebook integrated. Skype is a big draw for me as I can talk to most people I know on it.
I was thinking of getting an iPhone but eh it's not that worthwhile. Don't get me wrong it's still a great phone but you can do a similar job with an iPod Touch and a 3G mifi for a lot less money which is what I'm doing instead.
Depends how much you value a compass, GPS and a camera. Out of those I think I'll only miss the camera and only barely.
If I do pick up a proper smartphone when my contracts up I'll probably go android. I couldn't justify an iPhone after purchasing a 3rd Gen iPod Touch.
11/24/09
Incidentally, that's what's in my pockets right now (Pre, Droid, 3GS, N900)...
Ah the joys of review units!
11/24/09
And Amazon has yet to ship my n900 :(
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11/26/09
Otherwise the N900 hardware wins in every way. Better primary camera (5 MP with Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash), higher screen resolution (800x480), hardware keyboard, standard micro USB data/power port, micro-SDHC card slot (in addition to the built-in 32 GB of storage), stereo speakers, secondary front-facing camera (VGA), built-in kick stand!
So how the iPhone 3GS hardware better than the N900 again?
I have both devices, and own the iPhone 3GS (the N900 is a review unit), so I'm just being objective here.
11/26/09
Out of all the things you listed, many actually make the N900 WORSE like a crappy hardware keyboard. Only 2 things are better: the screen resolution, and the 1.8 extra megapixels.
It is not worth using such an inferior phone with a pathetic crippled OS (maemo cant even use portrait mode) when the only advantages are more screen resolution (with an awful resistive touch screen) and a SLIGHTLY better camera.
Summary:
-The OS is literally the worst, even windows mobile 6 is better
-The hardware keyboard practically doubles the size and slows down your typing
-It has the worst type of touchscreen, a pathetic, atrocious resistive one
11/27/09
Have you tried the hardware keyboard on the N900? Obviosuly not, since it's pretty decent.
I generally avoid using the flash on any camera (except for fill), but saying it's useless is a bit much...
It's nice to be able to copy a music or videos from the 32 GB of storage to a friend's micro-SD card for them to enjoy on their phone without using Bluetooth or needing a computer - I've done it!
The front-facing camera is useful for video chat software (like Skype) - most people just don't know it's even possible to do this on a phone and assume a laptop is required.
Maemo is one of the best OS's I've ever used on any phone, and I've reviewed quite a few (check my blog: [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]) .
Maemo is pretty much a full-on version of Debian linux with a fast and intuitive touch UI sitting on top.
There's not technical limitation why the UI mostly landscape (the phone app and the picture viewer automatically switch to portrait, BTW).
It's just that the N900 is the successor to the N810/N800/770 Internet tablets, and as such is primarily meant to be used 2-handed in landscape.
Better than Windows Mobile? Are you kidding me? Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. Maemo is a gem.
Have you tried surfing the web with N900? It's pretty much full-on Firefox with Flash 9 support. Name another phone that can do this.
The resistive touchscreen is a hug mistake, I agree :)
11/27/09
Front facing camera is useful for skype and stuff, but not useful on a phone. Talking to someone while holding the camera filming your face is not very easy.
Maemo is fast, maybe even a little slick, but it is like a shiny yet EMPTY box. By that I mean, it has very little features in comparison to phones from better manufacturers.
Yes, it technologically can support portrait, but WHY DIDNT THE MORONS AT NOKIA ENABLE IT!?!?
Maemo is a gem... In the roughest of the rough. Windows Mobile is far superior. Running Maemo is like running a stripped out debian, and running windows mobile is like running FULL windows on your phone, complete with file explorer and right click.
Firefox is worse than safari, the only advantage is flash.
By the way, before I saw the flaws, I REALLY WANTED THIS PHONE, it was only after experiencing the drawbacks that I figured I will wait a revision or two.
In conclusion:
In a couple years, when Maemo has been outfitted with all modern features, and they put in a capacitive touch screen, I am sure this will be a wonderful phone to have. I am looking forward to the n91o or whatever they call the next version, which I prey will have capacitive :)
11/27/09
I'm done discussing this with you. I love my iPhone 3GS and my N900 and my Droid and my Pre, all for different reasons!
The smarphone world is clearly getting divided into 2 camps: OS X, Android, WebOS and Maemo at the top, Symbian, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile at the bottom.
If you can't see that, I don't have to convince you. Cheers :)
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Has to be. The service isn't actually that bad, if you're not living out in the middle of nowhere.
11/24/09
Sure beats the Blackberry I was using before.
11/24/09