Sprint phone

[slappy4428]

KG started it with AT&T, but I figured a new carrier with a new thread...
same thing, I'm going to upgrade my phone this week and want suggestions. Was leaning toward a Kitana Eclipse and away from a Blackberry or something like that, because I like flip phones. Only draw back to the Eclipse is it's kind of set up as an MP3 phone and I could give a **** about that.
However, I also want something that I can use as a modem in a pinch -- but I wouldn't have to buy an unlimited data plan.
Suggestions?

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

This is the one I use. It's pretty reliable. Never drops a call.

 

[slappy4428]

This is the one I use. It's pretty reliable. Never drops a call.

And you get calls from who, besides your mom...

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Oh I get it. That was a joke.

Very much like the funny kind, only different.

 

[whatwoulddamondo?]

paging patchs on cheap sprint plans...

if you get a phone with bluetooth, you should be able to use it as a modem in a pinch. iirc angola described how before. i know places such as best buy sell bluetooth usb adaptors, too, but your computer may not need one. i'll let the more technologically intelligent chime in.

 

[Matt1735]

The correct recommendation for a phone with Sprint is. ....
Drop Sprint! They suck!

That is all.

 

[budcrew08]

= EPIC fail.

Go with Verizon. Less dropped calls and better service.

 

[slappy4428]

I haven't had problems with Sprint and my plan is outstanding...

 

[Diabeetus]

I haven't had problems with Sprint and my plan is outstanding...

Same for me.

 

[slappy4428]

Do I wish I had better coverage in the house? Yes. But that's a problem of my location and I'm not losing the landline any time soon....

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

I was good with Sprint too. But my employer has a deal with Verizon where I get 18% off everything, including my monthly bill.

Verizon is good to me.

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I got an HTC Touch a couple months back. I love the phone, although, honestly, I'm still struggling on some of the functions. There are times when I wish I still had a simpler phone, but the Internet/Email functions on it get used all the time.

 

[slappy4428]

Never had a problem with my Sprint phone, although I went for the (now-defunct) Sanyo instead of the Kitana when I got mine last year. Kitana just didn't feel right, for some reason.

The unlimited data plan isn't that expensive, though (I pay $15/month for unlimited data/texting/picture mail, and get more than my money's worth.)

I went withthe Kitana Eclipse...
Have you ever tried using your phone as a laptop modem with that plan?

 

[MU_was_not_so_hard]

I do the 99.99 plan, and that includes unlimited everything. Seeing as I was going over my texts, and Internet was expensive as hell, I figured it was a good idea.

 

[MrWrite]

I have an LG Rumor, which has the slide-out keyboard. Every phone I've had before it was a flip phone, but i've adapted and like it. Much easier to type on this phone.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

= EPIC fail.

Go with Verizon. Less dropped calls and better service.

Then you go to Europe and your phone is now a paperweight.

 

[slappy4428]

I have an LG Rumor, which has the slide-out keyboard. Every phone I've had before it was a flip phone, but i've adapted and like it. Much easier to type on this phone.

Reviews said the internet was slow on that...

 

[linotype]

I'd recommend Googling "Sprint SERO" -- Sprint apparently has made its employees-only plan available to all of us. I did this a year or so ago, bought the Motorola Q, and get unlimited data/texting plus about 450 minutes all for the low monthly price of about $35.

 

[Songbird]

for a sec i thought the thread title was spnited phone.

 

[slappy4428]

for a sec i thought the thread title was spnited phone.

you used SEC and spnited in the same sentence and there was no bashing involved....wow.