It all depends on your region. I have had Sprint for around 4 years. Compared to my At&t Blackberry, my Sprint phone consistently has better reception in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Just like any other carrier, field test the phone in the area you will use it most. If you aren't satisfied with the reception, then return the phone and cancel service.

 

in terms of reception, i haven't had a problem in 9 years with sprint.

but by service, you mean customer service....

 

My boy owns a Sprint store in Yonkers and called me when he got them in. Yup $100 mail in rebate.

 

In my family alone, i have Sprint, my father has tmobile and att(work), my bro has sprint, and my lil sis has Verizon. The Sprint is by far the best. Never dropping any calls, blazing internet speed. Sprint 3g is available in the boonies. And their unlimited plan cannot be beat.

 

I went with ATT...

 

$129... thats had to beat... has anyone seen one yet???????

I got an email offer where I coulda hit the store up for one today....the 19th... but I didnt even have time to walk thru a sprint store door to look at one until after 8pm... my life is so jacked up....

 

I looked at one at Bestbuy yesterday on the way to work I think that i'll leave Tmobile and go to Sprint

 

yeah, I haven't seen one in person, but have seen enough demo on youtube and Sprint's site to be convinced... I should be picking one up tomorrow... Hopefully the Sprint store around the corner will hold one for me (like they said they would)

 

ok.... sounds like a win-win for sprint if peeps are gonna grab them like yall are.... I still have a few things to do this summer with my cash before I can buy one.... I will prob go by best buy on the way home or the sprint store... sometimes BB has the none working models... that aint right!

 

played with my brothers phone today. The web browser absolutely sucks. My touch with Skyfire or opera mini blows this thing out the water with windows mobile flash. Another waste of a nice screen with no flash support. Safari is way better. The nstinct is the best non windows mobile phone sprint has, but coming from a touch I will never own a closed platform phone ever again.

 

I am still rockin a treo 650 , so I will be moving forward most likely with an instinct... Question: can you surf the web and talk and or text at the same time?

 

this phone is shit... as in crap, sucks, don't-get-this-phone SHIT I'm gonna see if I can get my money back tomorrow... and stay with Verizon...

 

explain?

saw the phone at best buy today, and i liked the way it looks and feels.

but as usual, it was just on display. it wasn't turned on.

 

too much to type/explain. I'll do it when I get home (with the PC)

 

a lot of my complaints may or may not apply to you... it just depends on what you do with a phone and what your expectations are... I mean... there are some nice things about this phone... big clear screen... and all... but all those things mean nothing if I can't do some of the stuff I do on my Treo 700wx.

so, here it goes...

complaint #1: NO copy and paste I post a lot on AZ and other forums... I'd say about 70% of my posts are done with my phone (the Treo 700wx that is). I DO use the copy and paste feature a lot... I mean A LOT. How long has copy and paste been around? since DOS went to Windows? Give me a f-ing break... my Treo 700wx with Windows Mobile 5 has copy and paste... this phone is suppose to be running on WM6!!! WTF??!!!

complaint #2: Can't sign into eBay. I'm one of those people that like to make last minute or last second bids on eBay... and have done a lot of that with the Treo when I'm on the go... where ever I'm at. Well, there's some kind of glitch... and I can't seem to sign into eBay... And eBay is one of the sites that's listed on Sprint's home page web browser. (and don't even tell me perhaps I'm not entering the right password, cuz it's the same password I've been using all these years since I've been shopping on eBay).

complaint #3: terrible coverage, at least around here, damn I didin't know how good I had it when I was with Verizon (technically still with them til Tuesday). Earlier tonight... just before making that post about about this phone being shit, I was trying (again), to sign into eBay... and couldn't. So, I was sitting in my car, in the middle of a parking lot of a mall/24 Hour Fitness... mind you, this is a heavily populated area... I got frustrated and decided to call *2 which is Sprint's C/S line... and after a couple rings... I get a automated message that said "Thank you for calling Metro PCS C/S" I was like WTF??!!! I looked at the display and I was in roaming... Do you see the irony? I'm pissed off already about a bunch of stuff, I needed to vent with Sprint's C/S... called them up... but only to reach Metro PCS's C/S... again, this IS a heavily populated area... with no tall buildings or what not... in the middle of a parking lot... and I wasn't getting any service.

complaint #4: GPS is slow and also bad coverage, outdated maps. Several times it tells me that the GPS signal is weak and try going somewhere else Tonight, as I left the house to go to the gym... I decided to test the feature where you say "Go To Search" and then say whatever business name. I said "24 Hour Fitness" and after a few seconds (longer than desire), a bunch of 24 Hour Fitnesses popped up... but not the one I was going to It's been there for like 5 years now... WTF??!! It's not listed?? It also has a tendency to give you some wacky directions... which I DO find most GPSs do anyway... while it thinks that it's giving you the quickest or shortest directions... it may actually be longer because perhaps there's more stop lights... WHATEVER. So, with my other phone, I was able to get the address, I decided to manually enter the address... NO, it didn't give me my usual route there... so I decided to just proceed with mine, and see how it changes/recalculate... it was very slow... and rather stubborn... kept telling me to "U-turn". Then I got to an area where there are some back streets that were put in about 5 years ago... and apparently, these back streets (yes, they do have names), didn't exist... kept telling me that I was off course.

complaint #5: Sprint's Media Manager: this is where you download a software that came with the phone lets you manager your music player and whatever else fall in the "media" category... I wasn't really planning on using this phone as a music player, because frankly, the only time I listen to music with my earphones is when I'm working out... and the iPod Nano is perfectly fine... it's compact fits in my pocket perfectly... but earlier tonight I decided to download that software anyway and see how this thing works with music... So, this is what I get:


that page says "Connecting phone, this may take some time" Well, it took some time alright... it can't even connect... and that spiral bar just keeps spinning... and I can't "x" it out... in order to get rid of it I have to restart the computer.

there's a couple more minor things, but I'm done typing for now... I'm just annoyed and tomorrow I'm going to march into Sprint and see if there's any way I can back out of this contract... cuz I'm staying with Verizon... I'd rather get that XV6800...

 

...actually, I just realized this phone isn't running Windows Mobile 6, the guy at the store said it was, I'm so fvcking pissed right now

 

@ "This may take some time"

 

... not good so far... anyone else have a different experience?... since is300eater had a palm phone, I thought it would be an upgrade... oh no...

 

well, mine was a window's ppc based Palm... 700wx... but I'm on my way out the door to the Sprint store to return it... I'll probably get something with Verizon... XV6800(?). It's bulky as hell... but I don't mind it. It's got everything I need. The only time I need a music player is when I'm working out, and the iPod Nano does just fine. (So, don't bother suggesting 2nd gen. iPhone)

 

If you can live with you palm for a few more months than do so. Sprint is do to get a replacement for the Mogul, which is the xv6800, and it rns on WinMO 6.1. Its called the touch Pro, or Touch Rafael. The 6900 is a good phone but low on memory. The Touch/6900 is a much better phone. The only problem with it is that it has no keyboard.

 

ugh!, so I went to a different Sprint store to return the phone, because the store I got it from is not open on the weekends... well, turns out, the store where I goit it from isn't really a real Sprint store but franchised store, therefore the one I went to just now wouldn't take it back, but suggested that I take it back to the store where I got it from tomorrow. damn, it looks just like any Sprint store too. They better not give me the run around too... I need that money back to apply towards whatever else I end up buying...

but, I must say... my negative posts may be a bit misleading... for $129.99 (after all the incentives and rebates) it's not a bad phone at all... it just doesn't do what I need it to do...

btw, $129.99 if and only if you sign up with the $99/month plan... If you wanna go with the 450/900 minutes ($69/$89), you pay $199.99 for the phone.

 

oh, I can wait...

but do you think the XV6800 will be replaced too? Right now... I'm leaning towards staying/renewing with Verizon... because it's simlpy better coverage in my area

 

what about waiting for the Bold to come to verizon?

 

I'm not keen on blackberry's

 

thanks, is300eater.

i'm willing to wait, and since i have a $150 credit towards a new phone, i just may wait and see what the htc diamond and blackberry bold look like.

i hear blackberry is coming out with a touch phone (no keyboard), but i think it's only for verizon.

 

I'm sorry, i actually meant that the xv6800 was low on memory, not the 6900. And the xv 6800 will most likely be replaced before the 6900.

 

...good coverage is a MUST!!!!...I almost left sprint b/c the coverage went foul in my neighborhood...but for some reason came back...like a new tower near my houz...LOL....

BTW...did sprint take the phone back?

 

yeah, they took it back. But the guy at the store told me that I'll probably get billed for 2 days (prorated) of the $99, which isn't a big deal, but I have a feeling that the $38 activation fee is none refundable... so, they'll probably add that to the 2 days prorated bill

 

btw, aren't there any forums or sites that talk about up and coming phones? (kinda like Autoblog with cars)

 

I hit cnet.com for most of my info... they have pretty short and to the point vid clips and articles on almost all kinds of products including electronic gadgets...

 

howardforums.com and ppcgeeks.com

 

but cnet usually review the phones just as they're released... not so much "up and coming" phones, right?

thanks

 

howardforums is the shit.


and for reviews i like phonescoop.com

 

phonescoop!!!! That's the one I couldn't think of!!! Thanks!!!

 

LOL... I am so very behind on techno stuff that I still have a fred flinstone phone...

I need to look at some of the other sites too... cnet has been good for me because I dont like to look tooooo far ahead and get all excited about a product I will never see or be able to afford... like a two door acura

 

I hear ya...

 

Phonedog.com (also type phonedog in youtube and see his ultra in depth review of the instict - like 10 different videos. Another awesome site is engadgetmobile.com

 

Phonescoop is great for side by side comparisons, but for new or techy or rumors IMO the two best sites are www.gizmodo.com and www.infosyncworld.com

 

crazy situation with dat phon... glad they didnt burn u too bad...