Given that the Evo is an Android 2.2 vs 2.3 on the Nexus S - and I'd be stuck with it for two years on a contract... I'd prefer to at least start out with something up to date. I think the chance of Sprint updating the Evo is close to zero.
But I see your point about picking a "free" phone ... that's an approach that I hadn't considered - thanks! > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karthik Poobal > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 6:12 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Nexus S ... Catch-22 > > Neuxs S has Quad band GSM but only has Tri-band HSPA > (900/2100/1700) and will work only on Edge when you are on > ATT. My opinion of T-Mobile network is that its a great > network when you are right under one of their towers. I mean > standing right under one of their tower. ATT does not have > any good Android phones. You are probably better off staying > with Sprint and possibly getting the Evo or Evo Shift. > > I bought the original Nexus One on ATT when it came out last > year and to off set the price full price I got the > Iphone4(when it came out) and sold it on Gazelle for about > $575. It does not make any economic sense to buy an unlocked > phone here in the US. > > Also, if you are certain that your credit should be okay then > make sure that all 3 credit bureaus have the same info. Few > years ago I was denied a very small personal loan and it > turned out my identity was stolen and Transunion listed me on > defaulting on a $70K loan. Both Experian and Equifax did not > have that loan default information. Needless to say I had > spent the next couple of years trying to remove that entry. > > > -- > Karthik Poobal > Louisiana Board of Regents > [email protected] > [email protected] > 225-341-5855 > Skype: poobal > > > > On Jan 20, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Edmund Cramp wrote: > > > I've tried both bestbuy.com and tmobile.com - the Google > page just directs you to bestbuy.com. The phone does not > appear on the T-Mobile web site. I'm starting to think that > the only way that you can get a Nexus S is to buy it unlocked > from BestBuy and with SIM card from AT&T to use it as a > pre-paid phone which is no big deal really - the cash up > front isn't a problem. I'm pretty certain that my credit is OK. > > > > It looks to me like the T-mobile stores just don't want you > to get the phone. > > > > I've always been a cell phone plan subscriber (I like the > convenience) so moving to unlocked SIM is a big step - it's > hard to see just how the economics will work out at this > point. Is it cheaper or more expensive as a prepaid customer? > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Clay Smith > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:55 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Nexus S ... Catch-22 > > > > Are you trying to buy the phone through bestbuy.com or > tmobile.com or are you trying to get it through > google.com/nexus/ ? I am only curious because there might be > a difference through how they are processing your credit. > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Edmund Cramp > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Has anyone managed by buy a Nexus S phone yet? > > > > Best Buy are advertising the Nexus S at $529.99 or $199.99 > with a new 2 year contract. I've been with Nextel/Sprint for > about 12 years and it's time for a change - and I really like > the new version of Android so I figured I'd buy a couple of > new Nexus S phones... > > > > The Nexus S is ONLY available through Best Buy and you can > only buy it at the $199.99 price on the Internet. I've been > trying to order through Best Buy for the last few days > (signing up as a new T-Mobile customer) and they keep saying > that "there is a problem with the order" - talking to Best > Buy it is seems that T-Mobile will only approve me for a > pre-paid plan (flexpay). Oddly enough, Verizon approved me > for a $80 phone plan last week for my daughter and didn't > even blink using the same information. > > > > But you only get the $199.99 price on the Nexus S phone if > you sign up for a two year contract ... but T-Mobile say that > my credit is not approved for a contract phone. They'll only > offer me a pre-paid plan if I want a Nexus S. They say that > they have lots of phones that are "better" than the Nexus S > and they're happy to sell me one of those with a plan, but > not a Nexus S. I pointed out that all of the phones they > offer have appear to have old versions of Android and > T-Mobile appear to have no plans to update their phones to > the current version of Android. > > > > So basically they refuse to sell me a Nexus S (at 199.99) > with a 2 year contract but they are happy to give me a G2 > phone for free with a 2 year contract - so my credit problems > seem to be specific to an attempt to purchase a Nexus S phone. > > > > I've been on hold a lot the last few days. > > > > It looks like I have to buy the Nexus S at full price and > then use the pay-as-you-go plans - which seem to cost more > than a plan where they give me a free phone. > > > > [RANT]I can see why the iPhone is selling so well - Steve Jobs > > understands that people buy phones, not cell phone plans > ... and the > > cell phone companies are all about selling plans and see a > phone only > > as bait to lure the customer.[/RANT] > > > > Even the sigmonster is pissed. > > -- > > "It is explained that all relationships require a little give and > > take. This is untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give > > and give and at the last, as we flop into our graves > exhausted, we are > > told that we didn't give enough." - Quentin Crisp > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
