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I'm trying to justify spending $300 on a Nexus 5 or $350 on a Note 3, as opposed to just getting another Galaxy S4 for $200. I've decided I'm going to stick with my Sprint contract, I just don't want to live without unlimited data. Some months I do only use 2 or 3 GB, but I've had months where I've used 5+GB of data, and I just don't want to have to worry about it.

Does anyone know if carriers will give you an account credit of any kind if you renew your 2-year contract, but DONT get a new subsidized phone from them? I'm trying to figure out if instead of getting a subsidized S4 or Note 3, if I could put my Nexus 5 on my contract that I purchased on my own and offset some of the cost with an account credit.

I'm having trouble justifying an extra $100 for the Nexus 5 over the S4, if I'm sticking with my current carrier anyways.
 
Vaclav

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joe: As long as you don't care about having your data throttled to lower speeds there's plenty of unlimited options.
 
Joeboo

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Yeah, I don't really want to deal with throttling either. We have no wifi in our office at work, so I actually use 4G data 8-10 hours a day M-F, I'd be pretty pissy if I got throttled down to 2G speeds. I also bring my tablet to work with me pretty often and tether off of my phones internet, it's a wifi-only Nexus 7.
 
BrutulTM

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They don't give you a damn thing for bringing your own phone, even though that is a total rip off.
 
Joeboo

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Well that blows. Maybe I'll at least take a phone that would be free after subsidy and try to sell it second hand or something. Hell, from the looks of their site I could get an Iphone 4s for free, and then trade it back in for a $147 credit on their buyback service. I could also snag a 5C for $99 and try to sell it second hand. Surely I could get at least $250 for that...
 
gogusrl

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Hmm, a 5C sells for 700-800$ around here and I see it's 500+$ on ebay, guess I can give you 250$ for yours ...
 
opiate82

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joeboo_sl said:
I'm trying to justify spending $300 on a Nexus 5 or $350 on a Note 3, as opposed to just getting another Galaxy S4 for $200. I've decided I'm going to stick with my Sprint contract, I just don't want to live without unlimited data. Some months I do only use 2 or 3 GB, but I've had months where I've used 5+GB of data, and I just don't want to have to worry about it.

Does anyone know if carriers will give you an account credit of any kind if you renew your 2-year contract, but DONT get a new subsidized phone from them? I'm trying to figure out if instead of getting a subsidized S4 or Note 3, if I could put my Nexus 5 on my contract that I purchased on my own and offset some of the cost with an account credit.

I'm having trouble justifying an extra $100 for the Nexus 5 over the S4, if I'm sticking with my current carrier anyways.
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I have never heard of any sort of account credit, but you also shouldn't HAVE to renew your contract and can just go month-to-month. So your $100 will get you a slightly better phone then the S4 (imo) and the flexibility of not being locked into a contract.
 
Vaclav

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The stuff mentioned above is why I'm leaving Sprint myself - unlimited data just ain't worth it to me... especially with the extra cost.
 
Deathwing

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joeboo_sl said:
Yeah, I don't really want to deal with throttling either. We have no wifi in our office at work, so I actually use 4G data 8-10 hours a day M-F, I'd be pretty pissy if I got throttled down to 2G speeds. I also bring my tablet to work with me pretty often and tether off of my phones internet, it's a wifi-only Nexus 7.
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So what are you using so much data at work that you can't do on your desktop? I'm assuming since you mentioned a lack of wifi, it's not a web filter that's getting in your way.
 
Deathwing

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Right, that's my assumption too. Can't do that through your work desktop?

This is the reason I have my music library locally on my phone.
 
Joeboo

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Music and just general jacking around on the internet. Youtube, netflix, etc. Nothing I couldn't live without if I had to, but my Sprint plan with unlimited data is $75 a month, so paying an extra ~$30 a month is worth it to me. My job is REAL boring at times. That $30 is sanity money

edit - our firewall at work blocks a ton of sites. Gmail, youtube, imgur, the old FoH site used to be blocked (only screenshots is here), as well as a few of my favorite sports sites. Thats why I bring my tablet and tether through my phone. My work PC is pretty limited.
 
opiate82

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So you are willing to pay an extra $540 a year vs T-Mobiles $30 prepaid plan just to ensure you don't get throttled after using 5gbs of data? (Or an extra $360 a year if you need unlimited voice...)
 
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Deathwing_sl said:
Right, that's my assumption too. Can't do that through your work desktop?
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If streaming services are not blocked they are probably frowned upon by his IT dept. We had to block google play because of people pulling 3-5gigs a day streaming shit.
 
Deathwing

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Ah, so wifi wouldn't really help you then. Off topic: I wonder what percentage of work places have such restrictive web filters and if it actually increases productivity.
 
Joeboo

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opiate82_sl said:
So you are willing to pay an extra $540 a year vs T-Mobiles $30 prepaid plan just to ensure you don't get throttled after using 5gbs of data? (Or an extra $360 a year if you need unlimited voice...)
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Yes.

I would hate my job if I couldn't stream music and/or video. I'm often in an office completely by myself, just answering phone calls. I work for my father, but he only works ~20 hours a week anymore, he's semi-retired. I'd go completely insane without access to that stuff.
 
opiate82

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I still just don't understand. You have a tablet, you could easily load your music and/or download videos to watch without using any data and save so much money. If some months you are only using 2-3gbs it shouldn't be that hard to manage your media consumption just a little bit to ensure that you stay under the 5gbs and still do plenty of streaming.

I mean, I understand paying for convenience but you are talking about paying a 100%-160% premium here for something that could easily be avoided by spending like 30 minutes a week loading media onto your tablet instead of streaming it.

If paying an extra $500 a year for service isn't a big deal I don't see why the extra $100 for a phone would matter to you either, get the phone that you want.
 
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Zodiac_sl said:
If streaming services are not blocked they are probably frowned upon by his IT dept. We had to block google play because of people pulling 3-5gigs a day streaming shit.
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I wish our IT department would do this. Instead they just send the same email 3 times a week asking people not to stream.

Sometimes they do it in ALL CAPS and BOLD for extra useless effect.
 
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