I currently have AT&T and I wanted to get the Motorola V3 Razr..I've been looking around at the prices and they are scattered..how much am I trully going to spend..any feedback would help..thank you

 

Lowest I've seen is $290 maybe?

http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/mess...&keyword1=razr

 

matters are you out of contract? looking to switch services? I mean depends on your hook up...i have seen them as cheap as 200 with new service..

 

if i keep att/cingular the phone will be cheaper or it wont matter?

 

If you can switch to T-Mobile along with your significant other you can get it for free.

https://acurazine.com/forums/sponsored-sales-group-buys-10/free-motorola-razr-v3s-162913/

 

the cheapest in a cing corp store is 500 with a 2 yr contract and the $18 processing fee

 

If you're talking real price such as buying it outright with no service... about $6-700.

 

but when your free phone has no service anywhere its kinda pointless

 

Sheesh Berner, you're getting a little repetitive with that line.. Does Verizon pay you to kiss their ass and bash T-mobile? You post the same reply anytime the name "T-mobile" shows up in any thread. You can't generalize that T-mobile service will suck for everyone just because it sucks in your area. Verizon may be stronger than T-mobile in some spots but there are also places where T-mobile gets a better signal. Not to mention T-mobile's plans are way better and so are their phones. I've had Verizon myself and have had nothing but problems. I'm a former Verizon vendor also so I know what the deal is with them... I can name a ton of bad things about Verizon but I'm not going to get into that...

 

LOL i know i prob am but i have had a real bad experience with t-mobile so am kinda bias. around this area it is really really bad and i know its not the same everywhere. i know you are running a business so i will stop with the trash talking.

 

I am working on a geographical map that shows who has what service in what parts of the U.S./Canada. Specifically on the East coast in Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, since there are so many hills/mountains, GSM coverage with T-Mobile is not the best. Cingular does a slightly better job in some of those states while Verizon tops the list especially in PA, so I understand where Berner is coming from. Just depends where you're at. Geographical location makes a huge difference.

 

Cingular piggybacks off of T-mobile's system on the east coast so it shouldn't be too different(It's the other way around on the west coast). I never claimed T-mobile's best. That can't be claimed by any carrier as each carrier has their strengths and weaknesses. I guess I just felt what Berner was doing was a little irresponsible. I had Verizon and service was not all that great in my area either. I don't go in every Verizon thread out there and claim that "Verizon has no service anywhere." I didn't mean to be hostile and I hope I didn't sound that way in my last post. Just trying to clear up fact and opinion.

 

The Cingular "piggyback" you are referring to is the state of NY where they share 1900. In other areas like Georgia, T-Mobile has their own 1900 and Cingular has their own 850mhz. On the west coast, Cingular and T-Mobile share 1900mhz towers but Cingular also uses AT&T's 850mhz brought to you by the guys at Ericsson (and Butler Communications) I had Verizon in a past life. They were great but customer care stopped answering my questions and service got terrible on my side so I cancelled and went with T-Mobile. Couldn't be happier...well when they implement EDGE, that'll be super but until then, on the voice/text/mms side, I like T-Mobile. I just wish everyone else could experience the same.

btw, hostile typing is WHEN YOU START TYPING LIEK THIS AHHHH IMMA FREAK OUT !#@$@#%@$%!!!

 

That's what I meant when I said they shouldn't be too different...hahah.. but yes, they do make a difference... there aren't that many 850mhz towers yet(well, the last time i checked)... I had a similar experience w/ Verizon. Wasn't too thrilled with having to call in everytime I got a bill. Their billing system and customer care was crap for me. Enough for me to have a friend take over my contract so that I was able to switch to another carrier.

 

What a lot of people don't understand is that 850mhz towers are not used as a replacement for 1900mhz...it is used to cover the areas the 1900mhz frequencies cannot reach. There is a website that shows all the towers in the U.S. along with MNC/MCC numbers. If you know what those means, you can differentiate between which towers belong to whom. Ericsson Communications does A LOT of work with basestations as well as Nortel (not Nextel). It's fun to point out towers but eh, it gets old. I feel for those (like one of my friends) that worked on and tested towers...I wonder what his children are going to turn out to look like.

 

Perhaps something like this: