Ew, Android.

Ew, Android.

I refuse to have a $600 feature phone.My BroncoBob elitism-

 

I've been with Verizon 10 years. My Iphone 4 was free because I was due and upgrade. My Iphone 5 was $200 but I have unlimited data and text on it. They also sent me $80 worth of accessories free. Their customer service has kept me with them all these years. They don't even offer unlimited data these days. They stopped when they got the Iphone 4 and the I was supposed to change my plan when i go the 5 but they didnt force it.

 

 

 

 

 

I just hope Loria never buys Verizon.

Ew, Android.

I refuse to have a $600 feature phone.My BroncoBob elitism-

 

I've been with Verizon 10 years. My Iphone 4 was free because I was due and upgrade. My Iphone 5 was $200 but I have unlimited data and text on it. They also sent me $80 worth of accessories free. Their customer service has kept me with them all these years. They don't even offer unlimited data these days. They stopped when they got the Iphone 4 and the I was supposed to change my plan when i go the 5 but they didnt force it.

 

 

 

 

 

I just hope Loria never buys Verizon

 

 

I've had the exact opposite experience with Verizon. When I went to renew my contract, they refused to honor a $100 credit I got every two years for a new phone for 6 years, they said they didn't have it anymore and all I got was the same $50 rebate they give everyone else. Then when I upgraded my phone, they said, "Here, let me try to save you money..... Oh, if you pay 7 dollars more, I can give you unlimited everything....... No? Well, you can't go back to your old plan. You have to go to the 2 GB plan, and it'll cost you a penny extra." Really, it's the extra penny that's just enough to trigger my temper. And then they offered accessories, and when I normally get an instant discount, they said I had to buy two extra overpriced accessories I don't even need to get a discount on a simple touch screen guard. Last contract I'm ever signing with them. I'm guess it's an extremely different experience when they have a monopoly on the state of Nebraska..... well, except for crappy in-state cell companies with coverage that disappears if you dare leave the city the companies are based in.

Ew, Android.

I refuse to have a $600 feature phone.My BroncoBob elitism-

 

I've been with Verizon 10 years. My Iphone 4 was free because I was due and upgrade. My Iphone 5 was $200 but I have unlimited data and text on it. They also sent me $80 worth of accessories free. Their customer service has kept me with them all these years. They don't even offer unlimited data these days. They stopped when they got the Iphone 4 and the I was supposed to change my plan when i go the 5 but they didnt force it.

 

 

 

 

 

I just hope Loria never buys Verizon.

 

Now beat your chest.

Ew, Android.

I refuse to have a $600 feature phone.My BroncoBob elitism-

 

I've been with Verizon 10 years. My Iphone 4 was free because I was due and upgrade. My Iphone 5 was $200 but I have unlimited data and text on it. They also sent me $80 worth of accessories free. Their customer service has kept me with them all these years. They don't even offer unlimited data these days. They stopped when they got the Iphone 4 and the I was supposed to change my plan when i go the 5 but they didnt force it.

 

 

 

 

 

I just hope Loria never buys Verizon

 

 

I've had the exact opposite experience with Verizon. When I went to renew my contract, they refused to honor a $100 credit I got every two years for a new phone for 6 years, they said they didn't have it anymore and all I got was the same $50 rebate they give everyone else. Then when I upgraded my phone, they said, "Here, let me try to save you money..... Oh, if you pay 7 dollars more, I can give you unlimited everything....... No? Well, you can't go back to your old plan. You have to go to the 2 GB plan, and it'll cost you a penny extra." Really, it's the extra penny that's just enough to trigger my temper. And then they offered accessories, and when I normally get an instant discount, they said I had to buy two extra overpriced accessories I don't even need to get a discount on a simple touch screen guard. Last contract I'm ever signing with them. I'm guess it's an extremely different experience when they have a monopoly on the state of Nebraska..... well, except for crappy in-state cell companies with coverage that disappears if you dare leave the city the companies are based in.

 

 

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I've had Verizon for quite some time now mostly because I tend to get better coverage than my friends on ATT, and a few of the others. I will say I'm NOT fond of their customer service for the most part though. I recently moved from the Droid 2 to the Galaxy SIII because my droid 2 just wasn't holding a charge anymore (and it used to be that it was almost as cheap just getting a new phone as opposed to buying a new battery). Anyway, despite having had the Droid 2 for well over 2 years I still had to pay to "upgrade" to another phone. The hilarious thing about their "upgrade" plan (which apparently even if you've owned the same cell for 8 years it still applies) is that you can downgrade your phone and still have to pay an upgrade fee. This was a fee that apparently had come into play at some point in the last 2+ years since i bought my last phone. I went in expecting my $50 credit on my account since it had been over two years since I last bought a phone and yes, i did indeed have the credit on my account. However I was told that the "upgrade" fee was $45. "Good news Mr. Jones. Your account qualifies for a $50 credit that will cover the cost of your upgrade fee!"

 

I asked if I could wait longer if the upgrade fee would go away at any point in the future. Nope

I pointed to a relic non-smart flip phone and asked if I switched to that phone if I would still have to pay the fee. Yes.

I asked then if it was really a "phone switch fee and not an upgrade fee". The guy (and later another woman because we left the first store upon being told about this plan to try our luck at another although with the exact same results) just said no, it's an upgrade fee to get the latest features. I countered with "but you said even if i go from this smart phone to a standard flip phone I still have to pay it. I just got another yes, because you're upgrading as that phone is newer than the one you have now.

 

Anyway, I do love the fact companies add mysterious fees that really serve no purpose except to siphon whatever credit you earn to your account. I live in Tampa and I've lived in Phoenix, AZ before as well and everywhere I've gone the employees at cell phone companies are class 1 A-holes in the stores. Snobby, condescending, and will cut you off mid sentence if it suits their needs. I will say that the only store that has proven the exception the rule was a Lakeland verizon store that had one employee that was one of the nicest customer service reps I've ever run across. It was just a bizarre feeling from all my other experiences.

You guys aren't getting free anything. Even free phones when you renew a contract for 2 years aren't free. If you want good service, not great, unlimited everything with a soft data cap then use a prepaid service from Walmart. Its like $45/m for everything unlimited. New phone? Swap sim cards. Its easy.

 

Ive had att for years and I'm grandfathered into unlimited data. I need it as I go over 6 gigs a month easily. I have a second phone on simple mobile and the service has been good. Slightly worse than att but not by much. They use the same network anyways.

I hate to extend a non-baseball discussion, but if it's prepaid, how can it be unlimited? Isn't it limited to the minutes or gigs that you prepaid for? Am I missing something?

You guys aren't getting free anything. Even free phones when you renew a contract for 2 years aren't free. If you want good service, not great, unlimited everything with a soft data cap then use a prepaid service from Walmart. Its like $45/m for everything unlimited. New phone? Swap sim cards. Its easy.

 

Ive had att for years and I'm grandfathered into unlimited data. I need it as I go over 6 gigs a month easily. I have a second phone on simple mobile and the service has been good. Slightly worse than att but not by much. They use the same network anyways.

I hate to extend a non-baseball discussion, but if it's prepaid, how can it be unlimited? Isn't it limited to the minutes or gigs that you prepaid for? Am I missing something?

Never mind. I just went to the website.

I'll be honest, contact the loyalty department at verizon and they'll bend over and take anything like a champ. I had them waive the Early termination fee 6 months into a contract because the iPhone 4 my sister received kept acting up.

 

Turns out she dropped it in water but I didn't know at the time. I just asked them to waive it incase I have to get her a different carrier, but i plan on stayin with verizon if it sorts itself out.

 

Two weeks later she got the phone replaced and I could have walked at any time. But that unlimited data, that with Verizon's network is the shit. In Miami, I hardly ever lose a call and with the 4G LTE I've caught myself on my phone for an hour.

 

When you guys talk to verizon, do you contact them in person or by phone? In person I've told them their dicks and ill just let the loyalty department know what happened.

 

I think I did have to pay that upgrade fee though, but someone told me its part of their plans to increase the number of 4g towers and its kind of like an activation fee for the 4g towers.

I bought a Galaxy S3 a month back and I'm very happy with it. I have a lot of music and FINALLY I have a phone that can store all of it (with a 64 gb micro sd card.) I love the customization and the general lack of control that the developers of the OS have on any content published thereafter.

 

The iPhone blows, honestly.

The iPhone software blows. Good fucking luck topping the hardware...unparalleled.

I don't really do much on my Iphone, just visit MB.com- scour ebay and visit other sites. About the most fancy Apps I have are the Ebay ones, Geico, and my banking ones. I also use it as the primary way of checking my email. Anyone have any really good APP suggestions for me?

Angry Birds

Angry Birds

Really, I'm not much into games.

 

I worked at Gamestop when I was younger, I could sell games like no one else and sell the Game Informer/20% off cards but I never played them. Last game I played was Arkham Asylum. I still have Arkham City wrapped a year later.

Simpsons Tapped Out

WSOP

 

Simpsons Tapped Out

 

 

 

Samsung Galaxy Note

How well does Tapped Out run on your Note?

 

Oh yeah, that's right... it's iOS only.

Amazon app is one of my most used apps.

Just downloaded the CamScanner (sounds like a nice feature) and the Amazon and Zillow apps. Some homes in my area have sold for cheap so I might be willing to scoop up a second one and fix it up right to move in.

The iPhone software blows. Good fucking luck topping the hardware...unparalleled.

You've got to be retarded if you think any of those flimsy pieces of shit Samsung makes (or any third party phone) stands up to the build of an iPhone. iPhones simply use more quality material, and are much more reliable. And even when they fail, it's so easy to get them replaced.

and for the record the Samsung Note is too big. Even Andre Dawson thinks so (Inside reference)

You've got to be retarded if you think any of those flimsy pieces of shit Samsung makes (or any third party phone) stands up to the build of an iPhone. iPhones simply use more quality material, and are much more reliable. And even when they fail, it's so easy to get them replaced.

I've never had any issues with my "flimsy" Galaxy SIII. I've even dropped it with no damage done.

Well for starts I wasn't just talking about how it's a crappy plastic phone that will begin fall apart once it reaches half life, but I was also referring to the hardware as a whole. The batteries blow, the phones have overheating problems and signal searching issues, and getting anything fixed or replaced is a total pain in the ass.

Androids don't fall apart.

 

 

LOL.

 

 

 

Well damn. You should see mine. And my brother's. And my friend Mike's. And just about everyone I know who had an Android on their last phone. They're shit. They don't last.

You do understand android is the OS and not the hardware...right? Which phone do you have? How long, and how hard do you throw it on the ground for fun?

I threw my iPhone in a fit of rage at my windshield once, with only a 2 dollar silicon case on it.

 

It broke the windshield.

 

The iPhone 4?

 

Not even a friggin scratch or dent. No cracked screen, nothing.

 

The iPhone can take a beating.

 

For reference I could throw a baseball 80 MPH.