I've had sprint for a few years now and the service is decent, but if you have to go to one of their stores the service stinks. You usually have to get a reservation if you don't want to wait. Also don't let them give you a crappy LG phone.
Yeah we have the same phone... but i have moved my way up through phones with sprint. I started out with the motorola ones and they were okay and when i started upgrading i got a lot more sanyo's and samsungs and i loved them all. They all worked well for me. I tend to pay more for the phone with features becuase they also seem to get a bit better reception than the cheaper phones. That is one thing i have always noticed with sprint. The better the phone the better the reception. My girlfriend is with sprint and she has the Blade phone and she really likes it. Da_Glyde...you still going to pdaphone home for all the phone info?
Sprint is pretty decent in Houston, except when driving under the bridge in Memorial Park. Sprint sucks in NYC, as does T-Mobile. Also, I cannot get a signal on Sprint from the second I leave I-93 to hit the Lakes region in NH...so all last week when I was on Lake Winnipesauke I was phoneless. I switched to Verizon this morning (bought the Q, plus I get 17% rates with company plan) and I am glad that VesceySux gives it the thumbs up here.
I was looking at the Nokia N91 last night. It has 4Gb of storage for music except the f-ing thing costs $599 . Note to self...keep your music player and cell phone devices separate.
SPCS user here since 2000. Overall I've been happy with the service and coverage over the years. In fact, I just switched from Samsung to the new Sanyo Katana from Costco. The Katana doesn't have all the bells and whistles as other similar phones (RAZR, Blade, etc.), but I really don't need video option or an extra MP3 player. It has a camera feature, just not the megapixel capability you see in other high-end phones...It does have bluetooth capability though. In the past, I'd always preferred Sanyo over Samsung for the quality, build, reception. Definitely check out sprintusers.com.
ROFL. Like I'm some expert or something. One thing I WILL say, though: I've heard that the Q is a big, steaming pile of glitchy, non-working crap. On Howardforums.com, both customers and Verizon employees have bashed the hell out of it. The "Q being returned" is almost considered a punchline now. It also gets very mixed reviews on Phonescoop.com. You have been warned.
I have an LG phone from Sprint (the VI-5225). Got it almost two years ago and it has worked great the whole time. I don't use it for anything but calls (which is all I wanted it for). My older son has the PM-A840 by Samsung that he got a few weeks ago, and my younger son has the Samsung A640 that he just got last week. They both seem perfectly nice, though I obviously can't give a long-term quality report on them. My wife is on Verizon and she just got one of those new phones with the MP3 player and all that. It seems nice. She was on some weird plan that was apparently only local, so I don't know how it would've worked in Houston (whenever we went out of town, we just used my phone), but it works as well as my Sprint service around Dallas.
My family had Sprint for the past 6+ years and switched to T-Mobile a few months ago. Sprint just started to suck. We live in Houston. The reception was ok but we got a lot of dropped calls and the customer service was bad at most times to horrible at other times. The one thing we hated the most about Sprint was their phones. They are ridiculously overpriced. Because they are only exclusive to the Sprint network, they can basically charge what they want. Their free phones are their cheapest and crappiest phones they offer. If you want a decent phone with Sprint, you will have to spend about 50+ bucks after signing a two year contract. The problem with two year contracts is 1) you are locked in for a long time and 2) the phones just do not last 2 years even if you take at least decent care of them. Because of drops and whatnot, you will be lucky to have your phone working and still pleasing you for 2 years. Phones will usually last a year +/- a few months. So what do you have to do when that happens? Sign another 2 year contract or pay 200 for their cheapest crappiest phones. After doing some research we found T-Mobile was the best in this area. This covers customer satisfaction, billing, service etc. http://www.jdpower.com/cc/rd/cc/telecom/ratings/wireless/service/results/index.asp?v1=Southwest We got one year contracts, 4 free phones with our plan (much better phones than Sprint was offering for free), and all at the same monthly price. We have been extremely happy with T-Mobile in the few months we have had it. When our contracts are up, we cna simply upgrade our phones at a discounted price, and once again, with a one year contract. Anyway, check out www.letstalk.com if you are switching carriers. They have GREAT deals on cell phones. Avoid going to the retail places...
I have Sprint in Austin with an LG phone and so far it has been pretty good really. I wouldn't mind a nicer phone, but meh...
...because...? The reason we're switching is they really dont care about current customers. We've been under contract twice (1 year contracts), and our current contract just expired in June. We asked to receive 2 new phones to renew all 4 lines, and they wouldnt give us a reasonable deal. The Sprint kiosk in Baybrook has a special going on for people switching carriers. They're offering $50 credit for each line you transfer. So since we're transferring 4 lines, we're getting $200 towards our bills. Along with that, we're not being charged activation fees on all 4 lines, and we're getting free phones (after rebates). Only problems I see are: signing a 2 year agreement and the phones arent all that, but like I said, I just need a phone that serves its purpose... P.S. Whats with every single carrier making you sign 2 year contracts now, that sucks...
That's how they make money. They take a loss on the phone and make a profit on the service. I believe (according to a lecture I had in class) it takes in the neighborhood of 16-18 months for a new cellular customer to become profitable to the carrier. (And yes, they have calculations for this.) If a customer jumps ship to another service before then, the carrier obviously ends up taking it in the shorts. Thus, the 2-year agreement is crucial to them, since carrier loyalty is just about non-existent. (Pre-paid cell phones are a whole different story.)
