Bought a Oneplus One 64GB and couldn't be happier. Fantastic 5.5" screen, unlocked Android 4.4 (Cyanogenmod 11), no carrier crapware.
faster CPU than a galaxy note 3, and 3GB of RAM. $350 if you can get an invite. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 7:41 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller via Af <[email protected]> wrote: > > Agree. I waited over a year after 4GLTE launched here to get a 4g phone > and when I did, it came off Ebay. Still have that phone...used PDAnet to > tether the old phone ; went a different route on this phone cause I knew > i'd be exceeding USB speeds pretty easily. :) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ken Hohhof via Af > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:41 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] i've never found an answer to this....cellular > > > What I think the cellcos (especially Sprint) do badly is not explain to > the > people with 3G devices that they need to upgrade them to 4G for the > higher > speed, even if that loses you a grandfathered plan. I believe the > transition to 4G/LTE has actually made 3G perform worse. I'm not sure > why, > maybe they take spectrum away from 3G at the towers and give it to 4G. > But > people don't understand this, all they see is their speeds are in the > toilet, so the last thing they are going to do is buy a new device and > sign > a new contract with the company that's responsible for their crappy > service. > > At a minimum, they should be informing their customers of this. Like we > sometimes have to tell people with a 10 year old computer and a 10 year > old > router that they need to upgrade. But really, they should have some > kind of > program to market the 4G upgrade to existing 3G customers with come kind > of > discount that encourages people to upgrade and stay customers. > > Instead, I think they lose customers to another cellco (or to a WISP!), > because the customer thinks the cellco just has crappy service. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Wright via Af > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 5:20 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] i've never found an answer to this....cellular > > You'd wind up pissing off a lot of legacy users and creating more bad > press > than it's worth. > > Chris Wright > Velociter Wireless > > -----Original Message----- > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > CBB - Jay Fuller via Af > Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2014 2:52 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: [AFMUG] i've never found an answer to this....cellular > > > Ok, so, when you have an "unlimited card" and you're lucky to never have > purchased another device, and it's still unlimited, why can't / why > DOESN'T > the cellular company just end your unlimited option and force you onto > something else? > > Is it a billing issue? Something their systems can't handle? I've > always > wondered why that is. > > Surely it's not something "legal", unless it's the fact you signed a > contract stating this is the plan i want, and they can't change the plan > off > what you signed up for? > > (hey! that makes sense...actually) > > Thoughts? > > I guess they could say we're no longer offering that plan and you must > sign > up for a new plan or your phone will be terminated? > Too many people on old plans to take that risk? > > > > >
