Not to mention how odd it is, at least in my eyes, that in this day of total market saturation with new cell phones releasing every 3 months in several different flavors from the same manufacturers, they'd want to try and lock you into a two year contract in which you can't upgrade for until month 20?
Maybe they know there's far too many people (like a friend of mine...) that is willing to pay a company over 150 dollars for nothing more than getting out of their current contract AND STARTING ANOTHER WITH THE SAME COMPANY! It's ridiculous!
I use Voip so dropped calls don't matter as much to me anymore. Verizon doesn't have the BEST Androids. They don't have this amazing device coming out this summer. Sprint has the BEST ANDROID SMARTPHONE AGAIN. HTC EVO 3D - Full phone specificationsThis is all that it takes....
"Give people the best that you have and get them HOOKED! Then, you can do whatever you want...you can take it away little by little and they won't go anywhere."
Look at the Gas Prices...they can raise them up to 6 dollars and people will still go to the gas station...Big Red has its customers right where they want them...and then having the best phone service (the least calls dropped), why would its customers go anywhere else? Especially when they end up with the BEST Androids.
This was the point I was also trying to get across...the grass is not always greener on the other side. Someone just posted a few posts up that they can't even find anything about 1 year contracts on AT&T now.To all of you jumping off The Verizon Ship!! Don't be surprise if by the end of the year Sprint and AT&T will follow suit...
To all of you jumping off The Verizon Ship!! Don't be surprise if by the end of the year Sprint and AT&T will follow suit...
You'll pay $20 for less than a GB of data and no 3rd party apps with AT&T???To all of you jumping off The Verizon Ship!! Don't be surprise if by the end of the year Sprint and AT&T will follow suit...
You're probably right, but AT&T (the only other option for me besides VZW) - if they offer 1-yr plans, still not certain about that - won't cancel them this month. I can get a Galaxy 2S on a 1-year and see how that goes. If they suck, I can go back to VZW the following summer, when the new 3ghz quad cores are rocking.
Oh yes they do! I just did it on Tuesday to get the TBolt. I am locked into unlimited 4G for the next 2 years, and if I don't like my TBolt after year one, might just get another 4G phone on the same plan for year 2.I never got 1 year contracts so I don't really care. Plus after a year you can always do an early upgrade for an extra $20, and I've done that a couple times already.
I don't think Verizon does early upgrades anymore. You may get one more if you signed your contract before this January, but its the last early upgrade you'll get.
Oh yes they do! I just did it on Tuesday to get the TBolt. I am locked into unlimited 4G for the next 2 years, and if I don't like my TBolt after year one, might just get another 4G phone on the same plan for year 2.I never got 1 year contracts so I don't really care. Plus after a year you can always do an early upgrade for an extra $20, and I've done that a couple times already.
I don't think Verizon does early upgrades anymore. You may get one more if you signed your contract before this January, but its the last early upgrade you'll get.
By 2013, Verizon should have a better feel of the tiers and have made it more sensible for users. Blast them all you want, but EVERYONE on here who has had their phone for a year is eligible for an early upgrade for $20.
People just need to chill out. Verizon is not trying to screw us all. They provide a good service, and they are going through measures to make sure that people on their networks are not abusing said networks.
People just need to chill out. Verizon is not trying to screw us all. They provide a good service, and they are going through measures to make sure that people on their networks are not abusing said networks.
Oh yes they do! I just did it on Tuesday to get the TBolt. I am locked into unlimited 4G for the next 2 years, and if I don't like my TBolt after year one, might just get another 4G phone on the same plan for year 2.I don't think Verizon does early upgrades anymore. You may get one more if you signed your contract before this January, but its the last early upgrade you'll get.
By 2013, Verizon should have a better feel of the tiers and have made it more sensible for users. Blast them all you want, but EVERYONE on here who has had their phone for a year is eligible for an early upgrade for $20.
People just need to chill out. Verizon is not trying to screw us all. They provide a good service, and they are going through measures to make sure that people on their networks are not abusing said networks.
That was your last early upgrade so you're stuck with the Thunderbolt for 20 months. Whoever told you that you were getting another one probably lied to you.
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