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panda
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5185 points
41/F/, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2009 | SparklyKatie said:
You don't get a free phone with your contract? I did 
Yes, I can get a free phone but it's usually a standard model. I've been looking at phones and just can't see getting another one with a 2 year contract.
jonnythan said:
That phone, the Hue, doesn't have a real web browser. It's really for highly limited WAP sites only.
A modern smartphone is what you want. The iPhone, Moto Droid, HTC Hero, Palm Pre, or HTC Eris is what you really want if you want to do mobile web surfing.
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Lili
Silly Lili
Über-Monkey+
52710 points
27/F/Sunshine Land, California
Join Date: Apr 2005 | Panda said:
Yes, I can get a free phone but it's usually a standard model. I've been looking at phones and just can't see getting another one with a 2 year contract.
Do you have any of the above? I know you use a phone to post.
All of those phones are going to be just as expensive if you don't have a contract, there's no way around that. Your choice is: get a contract, or pay full price (usually over $500).
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime." | | | |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Giant Donkey+
134455 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | Panda said:
Yes, I can get a free phone but it's usually a standard model. I've been looking at phones and just can't see getting another one with a 2 year contract.
Do you have any of the above? I know you use a phone to post.
I have the HTC Hero on Sprint. Kyahbean has the Palm Pre. Lili has the T-Mobile G1, which is similar to my Hero but a bit older. A couple of my friends have iPhones and one has a Blackberry Storm (which is a piece of s***).
If you try to get a smartphone without a contract, though, you're going to be spending big big bucks.
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panda
Debater
5185 points
41/F/, Texas
Join Date: Sep 2009 | jonnythan said:
Blackberry Storm (which is a piece of s***)
Thanks for letting me know that. The reviews I read were awful. I've found bad reviews for every phone. Some people were complaining because they had to charge their phones each night.  What's so terrible about that?  | | | |
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jonnythan
Cucumber cowboy
Giant Donkey+
134455 points
100/M/The north,
Join Date: Aug 2005 | People are very very picky over their phones. It's like Apple vs Microsoft vs Linux. People choose their sides and then defend them with great vigor.
My only suggestion, if you do get a smartphone, is to stay away from anything running Windows Mobile. The Imagio, Touch Diamond, Touch Pro/Pro 2, Omnia, etc etc. Windows Mobile sucks and is very archaic compared to the other options (WebOS, which is on the Pre; Android, the Google OS, which is on the Eris, Hero, G1, MyTouch, Moment, and Droid; iPhone).
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Lili
Silly Lili
Über-Monkey+
52710 points
27/F/Sunshine Land, California
Join Date: Apr 2005 | jonnythan said:
I have the HTC Hero on Sprint. Kyahbean has the Palm Pre. Lili has the T-Mobile G1, which is similar to my Hero but a bit older. A couple of my friends have iPhones and one has a Blackberry Storm (which is a piece of s***).
If you try to get a smartphone without a contract, though, you're going to be spending big big bucks.
I read a "leak" that the Droid is coming to T-Mobile too, I might not have to switch to verizon to get one  Verizon is so freakin' expensive.
"Give a man a fish, he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime." | | | |
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Lili
Silly Lili
Über-Monkey+
52710 points
27/F/Sunshine Land, California
Join Date: Apr 2005 | Panda said:
I'm thinking about switching to AT&T because Verizon is not what Alltel was or CellularOne before that.
If I'm gonna have to renew a contract, I'd rather do it with a company I like and get a certified refurbished Apple iPhone for $50 (or $99 for a new one). What do you think?
You can only get the iPhone with At&t, it doesn't work on any other networks without being hacked.
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