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Abefroman

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I think TMO has a deal where they will give you a free little box that hooks to your internet and gives you service for your situation. At least I am pretty sure Legere mentioned something to that effect in between hurling insults at the other carriers last time he spoke.
Why T-Mobile wants to give you a wireless router for free

$25 deposit for a $200 router. Specifically for wifi calls so they don't drop when using netflix and other stuff. Get the deposit back when you return it.
 

opiate82

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VZW has that deal too, except you have to give them money for it.
Actually, if you are willing to invest several hours of your time you might be able to haggle them for a free one. It will involve several phone calls, a "can you hear me now" guy driving out to your neighborhood and more phone-calls after when they put it on your bill anyways while claiming the person who agreed to send it to you for free had no authority to do so... but it can be done.

Source: First hand experience
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Siliconemelons

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My sister used a samsung brightside before she went to a smartphone. It has a touchscreen and a qwerty slider. We are going to let Mom try her old phone but it seems like it might be nice to bypass the part where you have to arrow through a bunch of shitty menus. I can't say much about it because I haven't actually gotten my hands on it yet but my sister says she liked it and it was easy to text on. Mom had the env2 before that and she could text on it but fucked it up about 50% of the time or better. My only concern about the brightside is that she will break it because she is really fucking hard on stuff and she actually broke the inside screen on the Env2 somehow.

New Verizon Samsung Brightside U380 Blue QWERTY Slider No Contract Cell Phone 887276019352 | eBay
Wife had the non touch sprint version of that- in fact I am sure its ratteling around our house somewhere- was not that bad of a phone
 

Deathwing

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Actually, if you are willing to invest several hours of your time you might be able to haggle them for a free one. It will involve several phone calls, a "can you hear me now" guy driving out to your neighborhood and more phone-calls after when they put it on your bill anyways while claiming the person who agreed to send it to you for free had no authority to do so... but it can be done.

Source: First hand experience
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Yeah, I got as far as the dude coming out to check the signal. I do actually get some (weak) VZW signal outside of my house. They closed the ticket and that's as far I could push it. I didn't want to give them anymore of my money at that point anyway, so I went with ATT gophone for $54/month(no taxes or fees).

No nexus 4 or 5 on VZW certainly helped the decision along...
 

Tenks

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Sounds like the iPhone6 is fairly flimsy. So I don't think it'll work out for me. The pants I wear are way too heavy and I'd be nervous my screen would snap.
 

Lenas

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Unless your pants are made of metal I don't know why you think they'd be "too heavy" to put a phone in your pocket. What does that even mean?
 

Frenzied Wombat

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I ordered the 6+ (which I'm still waiting on) and think I might regret it now that I've seen the size of the 6. Will have to wait to see if my non-hipster jeans can manage it,
 

Tenks

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Unless your pants are made of metal I don't know why you think they'd be "too heavy" to put a phone in your pocket. What does that even mean?
Heaviness refers to the fabric weight. Or the weight of the fabric per yard. Normal weight for most department store denim will be around 7-9 oz. The pair I'm wearing right now is 24 oz.
 

Vaclav

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Heaviness refers to the fabric weight. Or the weight of the fabric per yard. Normal weight for most department store denim will be around 7-9 oz. The pair I'm wearing right now is 24 oz.
I hope you're just referencing comfort because pants won't break a phone.
 

The Ancient_sl

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What man running over to jcrew and blowing $300 on a pair of jeans isnt exciting to you?!
JCrew? I think Tenks travels to Japan and does an elaborate search for a master denim-smith eventually culminating at the noodle shop where he where the great denim master has "retired" to. Tenks then has to convince him to construct ONE LAST PAIR.

He does this for every pair of jeans he owns.