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Htc/sprint vs apple/AT&T gets me thinking

btcutter said:
I've been very intrigued by EVO 4G as well and Sprint's ability to tether to 8 devices.


BUT you all realize that there will be a 4G PRICE PLAN right?! It will not be the same as the current data plan Sprint is offering. Sprint management aren't idiots to offer 3x speed of 3G at same price while letting customers tether their laptops and iPads:). I see 4G price plan to be at least $15 more than it's current 3G data plan. It may still be worth the price.

Also, I believe CDMA DOES NOT allow talk and surf like GSM technology.
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hey I sell sprint..it is the same price! 4G has so much bandwidth that it doesn't matter... I saw the price plans, no difference.... same price = unlimited for all 8 devices :)
 
AppleFreak89 said:
hey I sell sprint..it is the same price! 4G has so much bandwidth that it doesn't matter... I saw the price plans, no difference.... same price = unlimited for all 8 devices :)
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Right now it might be.
If it remain the same price you can bet many will be switching to Sprint just for 4G and tether!.

I do believe they will eventually raise the price when it's available. Currently there are no 4G phones in US so there is NO such PRICE PLAN but that probably will change.
 
If the android operating system was as smooth & slick as the iPhones OS. Then I would definitely make a switch. I tried the nexus one for a second and it made me want to go back to my 3GS 3 days later. I know eventually I haveto switch carriers though most likely to wherever the iPhone moves too. If it's verizon then I'll just be on verizon if anything, they also got some pretty good devices with them now. The palm pre plus is a multitasking powerhouse also they'll be getting the incredible in. What made me switch from the N1 back to 3GS was the glitchy UI, screen wasn't up to par for me outdoors. The battery was terrible and I didn't want to have to use a task killer either that shouldn't have to be done. Not a fan boy of apple but jobs was right when he said you should not have to have a task killer if your doing multitasking.
 
marksman said:
Verizon sucks where I live.

Please dismiss with the generalized network statements, they only show ignorance.

With the exception of sprint of course.
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You make an awesome point. Verizon is pretty much "it" here. Perfect service, fastest speeds,etc. ATT pretty much sucks. There are numerous "black holes". Even back when I had my RAZR, walking in the grocery store results in a flatlined phone, unfortunately I do love my iphone. Sprint is somewhere in the middle. I also know this experience is totally different depending on where you live. My brother-in-law in Kansas City hate his sprint and constantly has dropped calls and no service.
 
HTC EVO 4G features the newest version of the highly acclaimed HTC Sense user experience. Along with all of the HTC Sense features first introduced on HTC Hero, HTC EVO 4G adds a number of new features, including Friend Stream, which aggregates multiple social communication channels including Facebook and Twitter™ into one organized flow of updates; a “Leap” thumbnail view to easily switch between home screen “panels;” the ability to download new, interactive widgets; and a “polite” ringer, which quiets the ringing phone once lifted up.
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That is a sweet feature! For me it will be a hard choice. I am a fan of innovation. HTC EVO seems to be bringing it to the table. The next Iphone is going to have to be REALLY good for me to not jump ship. Sprint is quite a bit cheaper and include mobile tv. I played with the HD2 at T-Mobile and I could hardly believe it was running windows mobile. The HTC experience was very smooth and very beautiful.
 
Applejuiced said:
Good luck getting 4G service if you dont live in the 3 cities that offer it currently in the US. :D
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Sprint currently offers 4G service in 27 markets, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., San Antonio and Seattle.

Following is a comprehensive list of markets by state where Sprint 4G is currently offered: Georgia – Atlanta, Milledgeville; Hawaii – Honolulu, Maui; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Chicago; Maryland – Baltimore; Nevada – Las Vegas; North Carolina – Charlotte, Greensboro, (along with High Point and Winston-Salem), Raleigh (along with Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Oregon – Portland, Salem; Pennsylvania – Philadelphia; Texas – Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls; Washington – Bellingham, Seattle.

For more information, visit www.sprint.com/4G.
 
Alchematron said:
Kinda scary how all these competitors look like clones of the iPhone :rolleyes:
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I don't really think htc phones look like iPhone clones at all. As a matter of fact, I think they are surpassing the iPhone in a number of ways. I have to jailbreak my iPhone to get it to do what I want. I shouldn't have to do that.
 
Rooftop voter said:
I don't really think htc phones look like iPhone clones at all. As a matter of fact, I think they are surpassing the iPhone in a number of ways. I have to jailbreak my iPhone to get it to do what I want. I shouldn't have to do that.
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I was referring mainly to the exterior look

The interior is whole other issue ;)
 
Alchematron said:
Sprint currently offers 4G service in 27 markets, including Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Portland, Ore., San Antonio and Seattle.

Following is a comprehensive list of markets by state where Sprint 4G is currently offered: Georgia – Atlanta, Milledgeville; Hawaii – Honolulu, Maui; Idaho – Boise; Illinois – Chicago; Maryland – Baltimore; Nevada – Las Vegas; North Carolina – Charlotte, Greensboro, (along with High Point and Winston-Salem), Raleigh (along with Cary, Chapel Hill and Durham); Oregon – Portland, Salem; Pennsylvania – Philadelphia; Texas – Abilene, Amarillo, Austin, Corpus Christi, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Killeen/Temple, Lubbock, Midland/Odessa, San Antonio, Waco, Wichita Falls; Washington – Bellingham, Seattle.
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Wow, 27 whole cities in the US?
Nothing near to where Im at.
How about the rest 18,000 markets in the USA?
 
ulbador said:
You make an awesome point. Verizon is pretty much "it" here. Perfect service, fastest speeds,etc. ATT pretty much sucks. There are numerous "black holes". Even back when I had my RAZR, walking in the grocery store results in a flatlined phone, unfortunately I do love my iphone. Sprint is somewhere in the middle. I also know this experience is totally different depending on where you live. My brother-in-law in Kansas City hate his sprint and constantly has dropped calls and no service.
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What part of KC? What kind of phone does he have? I'd had problems in the past when I was on a Samsung phone, but I got rid of it. I have a blackberry now and don't have those problems. I maybe have one dropped call a month, but I've never encountered anywhere where I didn't have service. The phone automatically roams for free if you need it to. I've been out to rural Kansas and had service when AT&T couldn't get a signal.
 
Alchematron said:
I was referring mainly to the exterior look
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Not to be difficult, but HTC phones aren't really like iPhones at all, unless by that you meant they have a screen and at least 1 button. HTC phones have a lot less wasted space on the front of the phone, and the back is flat, not ergonomic like the iPhone. There are only so many ways to intuitively lay out a phones design, if the general touch screen bar form factor is what you were meaning, it existed before the iPhone.
 
I recently had the opportunity to try Sprint and the HTC Hero and had a great experience with them. For a moment I even thought about dropping AT&T + Apple all together since because of my Job Sprint would actually save me about $124 a month. If it wasn't because I would have to pay an ETF on AT&T I would have left to save the $$$. Most apps I use on Apple have been ported to Android and with the Evo coming out I would have jumped. I personally really liked Sense and made me feel the iPhone interface was becoming kind of old.
 
hchavarria said:
I recently had the opportunity to try Sprint and the HTC Hero and had a great experience with them. For a moment I even thought about dropping AT&T + Apple all together since because of my Job Sprint would actually save me about $124 a month. If it wasn't because I would have to pay an ETF on AT&T I would have left to save the $$$. Most apps I use on Apple have been ported to Android and with the Evo coming out I would have jumped. I personally really liked Sense and made me feel the iPhone interface was becoming kind of old.
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i would jump ship for the evo 4g asap if it saved me 124 a month
 
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