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What's coming out interesting that's available on Verizon, anytime soon?
I'm tired of my iPhone 5s but none of what is out currently looked that compelling.
I'm tired of my iPhone 5s but none of what is out currently looked that compelling.
BrutulTM
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There probably won't be much for a while. The new flagships for Samsung and HTC are usually announced around CES in January and come out in March or April.
FWIW, I'm a little disappointed in the battery life on the Moto X. It has made it to dinner time every day but by 8:00 PM it is usually in single digits where my G2 was usually good for a couple hours past that. On the upside, the high speed charger does work so if you can find a time during the day to charge it on that thing for 30 minutes you should be GTG.
FWIW, I'm a little disappointed in the battery life on the Moto X. It has made it to dinner time every day but by 8:00 PM it is usually in single digits where my G2 was usually good for a couple hours past that. On the upside, the high speed charger does work so if you can find a time during the day to charge it on that thing for 30 minutes you should be GTG.
I've been really digging it as well. Today was my first full day and I've gotten great battery life as well. Easily can be a daily driver for me. Few nit pick things I'm not crazy about like the white background on the keyboard and settings but that stuff can be changed. Overall it's been running really solid and fast.
Glad you gave it a shot and liked it.
I talked with my brother in law a few days ago and was shocked to see hear he was paying $110 for one line on AT&T. What?
I added him to my plan (we get a 25% discount on AT&T) and cut it down to like $40. I can't believe people are actually paying that much for cell service. Do any of you pay that much per line for service? That seems ridiculous. Get a mobile share plan the more you add the better it is assuming people can pay full price for their phone there isn't much risk in the whole thing. I'd even consider adding people from here if they agreed to certain things and weren't a total ass hole. I just can't believe people pay that much for service. No wonder the MVNO's are adding customers.
I added him to my plan (we get a 25% discount on AT&T) and cut it down to like $40. I can't believe people are actually paying that much for cell service. Do any of you pay that much per line for service? That seems ridiculous. Get a mobile share plan the more you add the better it is assuming people can pay full price for their phone there isn't much risk in the whole thing. I'd even consider adding people from here if they agreed to certain things and weren't a total ass hole. I just can't believe people pay that much for service. No wonder the MVNO's are adding customers.
Lenas
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You can change they keyboard to be a dark theme, think it's in keyboard settings. My only bug so far is not being able to install Brave Frontier, something that has been fixed in 5.0.1 I guess.
Edit also apparently a dark system theme is confirmed coming to lollipop, but no ETA
Joeboo
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Yep, my step-sister pays like $100 a month for her new iPhone on Sprint. I have a family plan with unlimited data on Sprint that runs about $55 per phone(with each line getting a subsidized upgrade every 18 months), but it's an old plan I'm grandfathered into so I can't add more lines to it (have 4 now), so she's boned.
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I used to pay ~$110/month for my iPhone with Rogers (our version of AT&T). The second my contract was up, I ran for the hills. $38/month now with a smaller carrier (WIND Mobile), but it lacks some of the features of the big players like visual voicemail.
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I used to pay 100 for my unlimited data iphone plan on at&t. I transfered to sprint for their 50 dollar/month unlimited iphone 6 plan, zero regrets. Sprint is slightly worse than at&t, coverage wise, but 600 dollars less a year is not chump change. I tend to keep my phone about 3-4 years before I "need" a new one, so it was pointless to be on a 2 year contract plan.
Got a text from TMobile offering 2 lines with unlimited everything, including LTE, for $100 a month...I'm not even sure I need unlimited.
BrutulTM
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I don't think there's much to be done about it. At least their website doesn't show any cheaper options and Verizon is pretty much the only option around here.
Joeboo
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Yeah, I know I could go a little cheaper, but I'm a mega tech nerd and have to get a new phone every year. Since I have 4 phones on my family plan, their upgrades are staggered to where one of them is upgrade-eligible about every 6 months, so I grab the latest and greatest for me and my wife ever year, then give our hand-me-down phones to my mother and father(who are both technology impaired). I'm tempted to switch to a cheaper, non-subsidized plan, but paying $200 for a new phone instead of $700 (times 2) more than makes up for the $10-$15 a month I might knock off my bill.
BrutulTM
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That equation is sort of changing with some new phones dropping down to the $400ish range. My neighbor also told me that Verizon knocked off $25 a month or them to give up an upgrade so if you figure that the subsidy costs you $25 a month you're not really saving money by not just buying your own phones since it's $600 over the 2 year cycle.
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The other problem for me with switching to a cheaper plan, is my options are more limited with CDMA phones. Tmobile tried to get me to switch, and could have saved me about $30 a month on my family plan, buy to purchase 4 new phones to replace the ones I currently have was going to be like $2200, lol. Told them no thanks.
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We currently pay $179/month for 2 lines (grandfathered) on AT&T. Both smartphones. I'm not sure how anyone could get a sub $100 rate when every plan adds 30/month data for each phone line on top of whatever your basic phone plan costs.
FamilyTalk Nation 550 with Rollover $50.00
AT&T Unlimited MicroCell Calling - Shared $19.99
Family Messaging Unlimited $30.00
Unlim data for 4G LTE Smartphones w/Visual Voice Mail $30.00
National Account Discount ?$6.40
1 Additional line costs
Monthly Plan Charges $37.59
Surcharges & Fees $2.00
Government Fees & Taxes $1.73
Total Wireless Charges
$179.22
It's a big reason we are considering moving to Tmobiles $100 unlimited LTE4G for 2 lines plan. So far the test drive phone works in house but it's on 2bars/LTE in our home not 4G. Not a big deal since it works with our wireless network though and we still need to test the coverage beyond our house.
FamilyTalk Nation 550 with Rollover $50.00
AT&T Unlimited MicroCell Calling - Shared $19.99
Family Messaging Unlimited $30.00
Unlim data for 4G LTE Smartphones w/Visual Voice Mail $30.00
National Account Discount ?$6.40
1 Additional line costs
Monthly Plan Charges $37.59
Surcharges & Fees $2.00
Government Fees & Taxes $1.73
Total Wireless Charges
$179.22
It's a big reason we are considering moving to Tmobiles $100 unlimited LTE4G for 2 lines plan. So far the test drive phone works in house but it's on 2bars/LTE in our home not 4G. Not a big deal since it works with our wireless network though and we still need to test the coverage beyond our house.
Denamian
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Jesus Christ. Straight Talk on AT&T, $45 + local sales tax per phone, unlimited minutes, unlimited data (throttled after 3GB) and your existing AT&T phones will work.
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