I wasnt eligible for an upgrade untill april 2012, my contract ends in october 2012...i called up AT&T and asked them for the price for the vivid.They said i'd have to pay 549 for it since i wasnt eligible yet..i told herthat i wasnt goin to pay that much after havin purchased 2 iphones in the past using an nearly upgrade i.e. 399 each.... i said i'd switch over to verizon when the nexus comes out...3 minutes later she says '' well what color do you want?" i asked how much ...she said we made an exception and will let you have it for 99.
and here i have the vivid shipped to me for 99 a day later..
it helps to talk to a rep..try it out guys if you are eligible for an upgrade in the coming months.
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So I was all pumped about getting an HD 7 and thought since WP 7is brand new to market, they would be opening up upgrade pricing to anyone. But, have come to find out, that's not happening. They can do it with iPhone releases and its just OS updates as WP 7 is. Someone tell me I'm not going to have to pay full price, especially since I got my HD 2 about 8-9 mths ago and was the only reason I switched to T-mobile.
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Anyone?.....
I called Tmobile and they said they dont have any info until later this week. Cant wait! I hate my Samsung Vibrant
the hd7 is on O2 not t-mobile, this could be one reason they wont offer an upgrade to it.
You can buy it on pay as you go for £380 (really good price) or do what i did and sell your phone and use the cash to buy out the contract then get a new one (my dad bought my desire and I paid off my contract and still had some cash left to buy my wife some jeans and shoes).
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I called Tmobile and they said they dont have any info until later this week. Cant wait! I hate my Samsung Vibrant
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Yeah, I called them too and they seemed pretty firm on not budging on allowing any kind of early upgrade for me (said to wait 6 mths and I started service with them in Mar. getting my HD2) at release time. They said I'll just have to wait until it comes out and could see what happens with them selling it for a lower\non-contract price.
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the hd7 is on O2 not t-mobile, this could be one reason they wont offer an upgrade to it.
You can buy it on pay as you go for £380 (really good price) or do what i did and sell your phone and use the cash to buy out the contract then get a new one (my dad bought my desire and I paid off my contract and still had some cash left to buy my wife some jeans and shoes).
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It's on Tmobile here in the USA exclusively. I thought about selling my HD2, but I really want to keep that phone forever. I've sold every other one (sometimes not needing to) and everyone now and then I regret it. So, I promised I would never give up the HD2. It was the beginning of an era and the best thing winmo ever ran on.
Oh oops my bad i keep forgetting that there is a world outside of this tiny island lol
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Oh oops my bad i keep forgetting that there is a world outside of this tiny island lol
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LOL! No, I totally understand and maybe $500 or so will be worth it. It's just the uncertainty of WP7 (although I'm sure I'll love it) missing some of the things I've become accustomed to.
The only time Tmo budges on upgrades is if a customer has been with em for more then 2 years or/and is over 14 months since their last upgrade and with that said all that depends on the rep/sup you talk too...only reason is tmo is coming out with so many new phones between now and Q2 due to the new hspa+ network....and if they continue to hand out early upgrades each time a new phone comes out we are losing a lot of money...also with it being around Christmas all tenure customers are calling in wanting full discounts....and when customers are wanting a full discount on a $550 phone before thier commitment time that difference comes out of tmo pocket....Tmo sells the phones not make em...
Remember you're not dealing with ATT or apple here so u cant really compare it to the iphone release....maybe u can call HTC and see if they'll switch it out for you lol im just saying...You made a choice of signing a 2 year contract 8-9 months ago to get a discount on the HD2....Tmo is out to make thier customers happy but everytime a new phone comes out we cant continue to hand out cause YOU feel its the right thing to do since u switch from a diff provider...They still have to run a company
And just so you know the only reason ATT offered the upgrade early for the iPhone 4 is because June 1st they increased their ETF to $375 so they were getting thier customers under this new contract policy by giving out early upgrades when the Iphone 4 released on July 27th
Sooo with all that said good Luck on getting that full discount...u might talk to the right rep and they will work it out for u
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The only time Tmo budges on upgrades is if a customer has been with em for more then 2 years or/and is over 14 months since their last upgrade and with that said all that depends on the rep/sup you talk too...only reason is tmo is coming out with so many new phones between now and Q2 due to the new hspa+ network....and if they continue to hand out early upgrades each time a new phone comes out we are losing a lot of money...also with it being around Christmas all tenure customers are calling in wanting full discounts....and when customers are wanting a full discount on a $550 phone before thier commitment time that difference comes out of tmo pocket....Tmo sells the phones not make em...
Remember you're not dealing with ATT or apple here so u cant really compare it to the iphone release....maybe u can call HTC and see if they'll switch it out for you lol im just saying...You made a choice of signing a 2 year contract 8-9 months ago to get a discount on the HD2....Tmo is out to make thier customers happy but everytime a new phone comes out we cant continue to hand out cause YOU feel its the right thing to do since u switch from a diff provider...They still have to run a company
And just so you know the only reason ATT offered the upgrade early for the iPhone 4 is because June 1st they increased their ETF to $375 so they were getting thier customers under this new contract policy by giving out early upgrades when the Iphone 4 released on July 27th
Sooo with all that said good Luck on getting that full discount...u might talk to the right rep and they will work it out for u
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Man, you must work for them for sure Especially with the "we" references. lol and JK. But, I understand your point and I'm sure tmob makes that difference up in the price I pay for service Or else they would never offer or upgrade people early. And besides that, I don't even care if they update my contract and extend 2 yrs from the day they give me the discount. So, increasing my contract every time I do that would benefit them, I would imagine? And I don't want to change phones every time one comes out. ONLY a great one from HTC, which at most may be every year, as slow as we get things here in the US. lol. Didn't know the stuff about ATT and the iPhone upgrade, so thanks for that piece of knowledge. All I'm saying is, I can disconnect a line and add a line at Wal-Mart, for cheaper (don't really care what phone number I have), so Tmob might as well put that money in their pocket and save the hassle. I have 3 lines (all ready to buy a new phone) and still have 2 lines with ATT. So, it's no joke with my service and ATT learned the hard way about not keeping up with device releases as they lost a lot of people for simply not carrying and providing what their customer's asked.
I bought the Aria in its first days, when there were only 2 roms not including stock!(CM7 and liberated froyo) and im glad to see tht this beast has come so far! Its little but it will compete! now i have a Cappy running at 1.6 GHz wish i still had my old aria...
Wish we could have achieved S-OFF sooner tho...
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The Aria is a great phone! I've had mine since last July and have flashed every ROM that has come through the development section. Currently I'm running the Evolve AOSP rom that came out not to long ago, loving it.
Sadly my days with the Aria are coming to an end though. Due to some issues with ATT dealing with Tech support, Actual Service and Customer care I'm paying the ETFs on both of my lines, switching to T-mobile and waiting for my T-Mobile G2Xs to arrive today.
That's a bold move. Is it costing a lot? I've thought about it. And what do think will happen when the -- very unfortunate, but probably inevitable -- t-mobile sale goes through?
It's will run me about 180 dollars a line but I'm not willing to deal with ATT for the remainder of my contract. Besides the technical issues I'll be saving about 40 dollars a month on my plans and we get the G2Xs for free. Since I'm in the military I get a 15% discount and waived activation, so no up front costs besides the ETFs.
I'm hope that the merger does not go through, however even if it does at least I have a T-mobile contract for two years regardless of what happens. After the two years maybe things have changed.
One other thing to note, T-mobiles ETFs are considerably less. They start at 200 dollars, 100 for 12 months and I believe 50 for the last 6 months of a contract.
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It's will run me about 180 dollars a line but I'm not willing to deal with ATT for the remainder of my contract. Besides the technical issues I'll be saving about 40 dollars a month on my plans and we get the G2Xs for free. Since I'm in the military I get a 15% discount and waived activation, so no up front costs besides the ETFs.
I'm hope that the merger does not go through, however even if it does at least I have a T-mobile contract for two years regardless of what happens. After the two years maybe things have changed.
One other thing to note, T-mobiles ETFs are considerably less. They start at 200 dollars, 100 for 12 months and I believe 50 for the last 6 months of a contract.
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I'm jealous!!! I'm a former iPhone user who wanted to try Android and unfortunately I started with the Aria. It is an incredible slow phone that would have been perfect for my 11 year old. Thanks to AT&T and their lack of customer service, I'm stuck with this phone for another year. I've looked at everything to get out of my contract....nothing! Thank God for this forum for helping me screw with my phone (Root) and have a little fun with it. When I see the new Android phones out there I want to cry. I'm hoping I can terminate before my contract is up, since I don't want to wait 'till next July for a new phone and I am absolutely NOT re-upping with those Mother Bucklers at AT&T!!!!!! AT&T sucks!!!!!!!! Heck, I'll get a Tracfone before I go back to AT&T!!!!!!! Congrats my Military Friend, stay safe and enjoy your non-AT&T Phone!!!!!!!
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The Aria is a great phone! I've had mine since last July and have flashed every ROM that has come through the development section. Currently I'm running the Evolve AOSP rom that came out not to long ago, loving it.
Sadly my days with the Aria are coming to an end though. Due to some issues with ATT dealing with Tech support, Actual Service and Customer care I'm paying the ETFs on both of my lines, switching to T-mobile and waiting for my T-Mobile G2Xs to arrive today.
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If you don't mind me asking, what is 'Evolve AOSP?'
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That's unfortunate. Its been my experience that All Carriers have their issues with things. I can't complain about att anymore than I could when I had t mobile or Verizon. In fact the only complaint with att was how slow they got going with Android..but they have an excellent selection of phones now and the service had been great for the two plus years i've had them. I've never had to deal with customer support though so I can't vouch for that...but I guess that's a good thing. As for the Aria its been a great phone for me since I got in June of 2010 and now it will be a dedicated work phone in a week when I finally upgrade.
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You know, you guys made me think of a question.
What will become of your Aria after new phone??
Maybe someone can create a Console Aria ROM to run like a Sega Genesis or a DS!
I love my aria. But I am sad because most of the good stuff is HDPI. My aria expires next september, and I will keep it in the case for backup. And when next september comes, I will make sure I get a phone that can run MIUI.
I don't know if anyone else has started getting these, but my mom got an email and I got a text, both stating we're eligible for an early upgrade. We both have the DX, so obviously nowhere close to the standard 2yr upgrade period. So if you want one, hold up, you may be eligible for the discount price soon if you bought your current phone on contract anywhere around last August/early September.
Does anyone know?
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Does anyone know?
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It has not been mentioned yet, but many people speculating that it will be released between the 15th-22nd because for the $100 gift card deal they are doing for trading in an old phone, it requires that you buy the phone before March 31st, and they would most likely give you about a week or more to be able to buy the phone in order to get that deal.
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It has not been mentioned yet, but many people speculating that it will be released between the 15th-22nd because for the $100 gift card deal they are doing for trading in an old phone, it requires that you buy the phone before March 31st, and they would most likely give you about a week or more to be able to buy the phone in order to get that deal.
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i definitely see what youre saying but i kinda feel like sprint would hold off so you had to go with their buy back program. i hope im wrong. also usually youre upgrades are available on the first like mine is 4/1 so im gonna call when they release it and beg to have it pushed up and send htc my og evo for the $100.
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i definitely see what youre saying but i kinda feel like sprint would hold off so you had to go with their buy back program. i hope im wrong. also usually youre upgrades are available on the first like mine is 4/1 so im gonna call when they release it and beg to have it pushed up and send htc my og evo for the $100.
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Yeah I was also speculating that as well, as carriers love to squeeze every last dime you have out you. :/ AT&T definitely is not excluded from that bunch (Carrier I use). I've had an upgrade available for more than 6 months. (Once every sixth and a half months since we've been with them for so long) We can use them any time we want, doesn't have to be the first of the month.
Definitely hope it's released before April rolls around! I was thinking that maybe the HTC $100 trade-in program required you to pre-order (aka buy) the phone before March 31st so was concerned that the phone for U.S. carriers wouldn't come out till April.
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Definitely hope it's released before April rolls around! I was thinking that maybe the HTC $100 trade-in program required you to pre-order (aka buy) the phone before March 31st so was concerned that the phone for U.S. carriers wouldn't come out till April.
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HTC just has a register page for the $100 deal. They do no have a pre-ordering here in the u.s.
Therefore, the device must be in your hands by the 31st. Which means it will have to release before the 31st. I'm assuming and hoping.
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I just got off the phone with a kind woman over at Samsung regarding my pre-order, placed on the 3rd of this month. I was simply asking her -- considering both t-mobile and verizon have begun charging/shipping phones -- whether or not I should stick with my order at Samsung directly, or cancel it and go through my provider (Verizon... I know).
She very warmly told me, that Samsung would not be shipping phones until mid-September... I got a little worked up at this point and said "excuse me? I ordered this on the pretense that it would be shipped AT THE LEAST by the 19th" to which she fumbled around for a bit and told me that, "No dear, all Samsung orders are going out mid-September."
Suffice to say - this was rather surprising news and I'm pretty damned upset about it. I think I'll be going ahead and cancelling my order and walking into a store on Friday.
Just a heads up to anyone else waiting (if anyone else is waiting) on Samsung direct.
ETA - I didn't mean to post this in the T-mobile section - my apologies!!
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I just got off the phone with a kind woman over at Samsung regarding my pre-order, placed on the 3rd of this month. I was simply asking her -- considering both t-mobile and verizon have begun charging/shipping phones -- whether or not I should stick with my order at Samsung directly, or cancel it and go through my provider (Verizon... I know).
She very warmly told me, that Samsung would not be shipping phones until mid-September... I got a little worked up at this point and said "excuse me? I ordered this on the pretense that it would be shipped AT THE LEAST by the 19th" to which she fumbled around for a bit and told me that, "No dear, all Samsung orders are going out mid-September."
Suffice to say - this was rather surprising news and I'm pretty damned upset about it. I think I'll be going ahead and cancelling my order and walking into a store on Friday.
Just a heads up to anyone else waiting (if anyone else is waiting) on Samsung direct.
ETA - I didn't mean to post this in the T-mobile section - my apologies!!
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I had also preordered the Coral Blue Note 7 directly from samsung.com and chose T-Mobile as the carrier. After reading your post, I called up samsung customer service too and they told me that those that preordered will be receiving the first batch before August 19th. I'm not sure if its just a T-Mobile thing though, since I see that you ordered from Verizon. Maybe you should try calling Verizon too to verify this information before you cancel.
I actually called back a couple of times to get some kind of statistical honesty... Yeah I know.
Finally I spoke to someone high enough up the ladder who said, "the only people who know when the phones from Samsung will ship, are the corporate execs. Despite what anyone tells you, only carriers can release early, as the manufacturer, we just wait. However, if you did preorder early, you will get your phone around the 19th as we've been told."
It only took me 5 phone calls to get some honesty... Albeit bizarre honesty. ALL I WANTED WAS TO HEAR 'Hey man, I'm gonna ship your phone on Monday!"
BTW I also went with coral blue, ordered on 8/3
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The difference is a carrier branded model vs an unlocked intl model...might be worth the wait to get an unlocked exynos next month than a carrier branded and bootloader locked device now (or within days...)
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The difference is a carrier branded model vs an unlocked intl model...might be worth the wait to get an unlocked exynos next month than a carrier branded and bootloader locked device now (or within days...)
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Yeah I'm realizing that now after I pre-ordered with a presumption that it would be unlocked. I cannot stand a locked bootloader with no root. Going to return it take a $50 hit for a restocking fee lick my wounds wait 2-3 weeks for the international version to come out.. they have them on Amazon already for $980 but you can't order until August 31st. I guess I'll play with this for 2 weeks before I return it cuz I'm getting charged $50 either way for a restocking fee whether I open the box or not... Plus China is getting a version with 6 gigabytes of RAM and 128 gigabytes of storage. That's what we were supposed to get the begin with from what I understand I've been waiting a year for this. I love the Note line..I have owned every Note ever made... in the last few years it feels like they add one thing and take away two! Samsung needs to be Samsung not copy or emulate Apple.. and also listen to the people because in the end it's us who spend our hard-earned money to buy these products they are now costing upwards to $1,000....if they don't... then I'll have to hit the lottery and start my own phone company with an S Pen...I'll call it Snapple....hahaha
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I actually called back a couple of times to get some kind of statistical honesty... Yeah I know.
Finally I spoke to someone high enough up the ladder who said, "the only people who know when the phones from Samsung will ship, are the corporate execs. Despite what anyone tells you, only carriers can release early, as the manufacturer, we just wait. However, if you did preorder early, you will get your phone around the 19th as we've been told."
It only took me 5 phone calls to get some honesty... Albeit bizarre honesty. ALL I WANTED WAS TO HEAR 'Hey man, I'm gonna ship your phone on Monday!"
BTW I also went with coral blue, ordered on 8/3
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Yeah I'm realizing that now after I pre-ordered with a presumption that it would be unlocked. I cannot stand a locked bootloader with no root. Going to return it take a $50 hit for a restocking fee lick my wounds wait 2-3 weeks for the international version to come out.. they have them on Amazon already for $980 but you can't order until August 31st. I guess I'll play with this for 2 weeks before I return it cuz I'm getting charged $50 either way for a restocking fee whether I open the box or not... Plus China is getting a version with 6 gigabytes of RAM and 128 gigabytes of storage. That's what we were supposed to get the begin with from what I understand I've been waiting a year for this. I love the Note line..I have owned every Note ever made... in the last few years it feels like they add one thing and take away two! Samsung needs to be Samsung not copy or emulate Apple.. and also listen to the people because in the end it's us who spend our hard-earned money to buy these products they are now costing upwards to $1,000....if they don't... then I'll have to hit the lottery and start my own phone company with an S Pen...I'll call it Snapple....hahaha
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Lol here's the deal- money talk and sh*t walks. Samsung will make WAY more money from idiots who haven't a clue what a bootloader even is thru samsung pay alone than what they'd lose if EVERY XDA member who's ever registered decided not to buy because of it...it's a no brainer for them. And as much as I've loved my Note devices (all of them since the N2) it's a real kick in the teeth smh makes me not want to buy one at all smh except I'll just wait on the 930F or get the Chinese 6gb model imported and activate on BYOD...
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