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atomicvocabulary posted:I have a question. While some people are attempting to upgrade from SERO 4g wimax to LTE and can't do it online, I can not DOWNgrade from 4g wimax to windows mobile. Did you call and talk to someone? Check the OP and use that number. rhombus posted:So I'm trying to get a new iPhone for two SERO accounts, 1 is SERO Premium, while the other is still on the old SERO 500. I just got off the phone with a nice Southern lady on the Employee Care line. I was trying to get both accounts upgraded to be ready for the pre-order tonight. She told me that since both accounts were employee accounts I wouldn't be able to pre-order. According to her the iPhone 5 will only be released to consumer accounts, not employee accounts. Also, this is a pretty big bummer if true. Guess they are trying to weed out the SERO accounts little by little?
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falz posted:Certainly experiences may vary, but the majority of users seem to have terrible speeds, possibly because those having a bad experience are more vocal. CaptainCaveman: definitely check with other Sprint users in your area to find out for sure. Yeah I got mixed reports on this, some people said it was OK, some said they got effectively no data. Looks like AT&T will let me stay grandfathered in on my current plan which will be cheaper with corporate discount anyway. Thanks for the advice, guys.
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Krime posted:Also, this is a pretty big bummer if true. Guess they are trying to weed out the SERO accounts little by little? I should say, they're not going to be released to employee accounts right now. I'm under the impression they would make it eventually. I'm still going to try to preorder online tomorrow morning so I'll see what happens.
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rhombus posted:So I'm trying to get a new iPhone for two SERO accounts, 1 is SERO Premium, while the other is still on the old SERO 500. I just got off the phone with a nice Southern lady on the Employee Care line. I was trying to get both accounts upgraded to be ready for the pre-order tonight. She told me that since both accounts were employee accounts I wouldn't be able to pre-order. According to her the iPhone 5 will only be released to consumer accounts, not employee accounts. You probably have a swac account a d not a sero account then. Sero accounts are not employee accounts. Swac accounts and ewd accounts usually do not get flag ship devices eligibility until a few months after launch.
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Giblet posted:You probably have a swac account a d not a sero account then. Sero accounts are not employee accounts. Swac accounts and ewd accounts usually do not get flag ship devices eligibility until a few months after launch. This. Fyi Sprint should be taking pre orders for the 5 starting Friday. You are going to see various opinions on how much one has to put down, my company currently has a retarded policy that a customer has to put down the full $200 to pre order (which is just stupid), standard tends to be $50 down. Right now inventory is probably a huge question mark across the board, honestly there is no guarantee on who will have what quantities on launch day between Apple, corporate, indirect, big box, etc. All I got is pick one and choose one. If I happen to get extra inventory available I'll be glad to let people know, but anything I would ship would certainly be a few days after launch.
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How am I supposed to preorder an iPhone if the stupid site is down 
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Sep 14, 2012 08:22
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Oh to be able to add a line to a family plan through the Apple Store. That would have made it so easy! I've gotten as far as the "my account" page at least.
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Sep 14, 2012 08:31
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Sep 14, 2012 08:39
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God, I loving hate Sprint. Typical that they can't even keep their website running so I can get my account number to forever escape their vortex of suck.
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Sep 14, 2012 08:45
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Apple.com posted:Account type not supported. I'm on a SERO Premium plan.
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Tykoe Corp posted:I'm on a SERO Premium plan. Only Sprint retail customers can buy from Apple.com. The rest of us have spent the last hour of our lives DDOSing Sprint. I'm probably going to call it a night and see what I can do first thing in the morning.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Only Sprint retail customers can buy from Apple.com. The rest of us have spent the last hour of our lives DDOSing Sprint. I was just able to order on Sprint's site. Don't give up!
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Giblet posted:You probably have a swac account a d not a sero account then. Sero accounts are not employee accounts. Swac accounts and ewd accounts usually do not get flag ship devices eligibility until a few months after launch. Well I've never worked for Sprint, and when I log in at Sprint.com it shows my account as SERO Premium. I hope that lady was just confused because I was able to pre-order online just now for both accounts. There was a nag screen I had to click through that mentioned my account would have to change prior to activation, but that should be expected apparently. I guess worst case, we have iPhones early and have to wait to activate them. Or flip on eBay and find a GS3. And oh yeah, gently caress Sprint's $36 activation fee for online orders.
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Why the iPhone 5 on Verizon and Sprint Won’t Juggle Calls and Dataquote:A lot has changed in Apple’s new iPhone. But with the Verizon Wireless and Sprint versions of the iPhone 5, there’s something that will remain the same from the old model: The phone still won’t be able to place a call and handle data activity over the cellular network at the same time.
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Sep 14, 2012 12:29
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All I have to say is, I am so sick of hearing about this drat feature. Its nice to have, but I just don't see how its a deal breaker. Best marketing campaign ATT did though.
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Sep 14, 2012 12:42
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Out of curiosity, my wife preordered a white iphone 5 this morning on a contract renewal, then decided an hour later she might want black. If ours doesn't end up arriving on launch day, could she actually pick one up in the store under the renewal and then cancel her pre-order?
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Sep 14, 2012 13:36
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Scipio posted:Out of curiosity, my wife preordered a white iphone 5 this morning on a contract renewal, then decided an hour later she might want black. If ours doesn't end up arriving on launch day, could she actually pick one up in the store under the renewal and then cancel her pre-order? Check her upgrade eligibility, as long as she is eligible yes, but if it already processed her upgrade no.
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I have ordered 2 new iphones with contract renewals. Got 4 lines on a Everything family plan, myself, the girlfriend, and my parents. Didn't want to leave the gf behind on an old blackberry, and my dad never uses his old phone, so I ordered one to upgrade my phone, and one to upgrade his. Could I basically, straight up switch her phone and his?
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Sep 14, 2012 13:44
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I have EPRP and I want to upgrade to the iPhone 5 64GB from the 4S, but I have no upgrade. I was just going to sell my 4S, buy the 5 outright for $850, but I was wondering if it would be more sensible to just cancel my contract and pay the ETF, buy the 5 subsidized. Not sure.
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Duckman2008 posted:Check her upgrade eligibility, as long as she is eligible yes, but if it already processed her upgrade no. Any idea when (if?) Sprint is going to get alternate colors on the S3?
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BusinessWallet posted:I have EPRP and I want to upgrade to the iPhone 5 64GB from the 4S, but I have no upgrade. I was just going to sell my 4S, buy the 5 outright for $850, but I was wondering if it would be more sensible to just cancel my contract and pay the ETF, buy the 5 subsidized. Not sure. If you cancel your plan you can't sign up for 2 months (or about that). If you add a line, cancel your current line and move your number to google voice, then you could get the subsidized pricing. I don't know what your ETF is (probably $300-350), so do the math on which is better. Fyi everyone, the iPhone launched on Sprint October of last year. So the lowest an ETF is for a Sprint iPhone customer would be a launch day purchase, which would have an ETF of about $300-310. ETFs start at $350 and after 6 months start going down by $10 a month. Personal opinion, but if I had a 4S on contract i would just wait for the next year's model, the 5 looks nice but i don't see it as an "OMG" upgrade from the 4S. If you are eligible then yeah, get the 5 for sure over the 4S. Edit: updated OP for basic iphone 5 info. Duckman2008 fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Tykoe Corp posted:I was just able to order on Sprint's site. Don't give up! The extra 20m+ of sleep feels worth it right now and so far I was able to order and still get a 9/21 ship date...either that or Sprint's site isn't updating yet.
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So I finally decided to replace my HTC Hero. I went through the pre-ordering around 7 this morning and got a confirmation page but when I tried to print it, Sprint's site crashed. According to my bill, it went through but I've yet to receive an email confirmation. Has anyone received theirs?
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Am I the only one looking to upgrade to the EVO lte over the iphone? 
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Sep 14, 2012 16:34
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CombatCupcake posted:Am I the only one looking to upgrade to the EVO lte over the iphone? even though I am downgrading I have considered doing this because my contract renewal is October 1 and they might make the EVO LTE 99 dollars or some such deal around the time the iphone 5 comes out. But LTE is months, at best, from being installed in Tulsa and lots of other reasons
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If you guys are preordering the iPhone and you already have a Sprint account, how is it billing you? Does it charge you right then, or does it add the charge to your bill?
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BusinessWallet posted:If you guys are preordering the phone and you already have a Sprint account, how is it billing you? Does it charge you right then, or does it add the charge to your bill? Sprint does not do that anymore (no one does). You pay yourself. That said I process 2 phone orders using Apple at 0420 est and they still haven't hit my credit card. I was told by Goons in the Apple thread it would tonight. That said you could do the Best Buy pre-order when it starts. It is only $50 to pre-order. nate fisher fucked around with this message at 17:09 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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I have an EPRP account so that probably won't work, right? Someone suggested preordering the phone on a new line, then paying the ETF on my current line when I get it, but when I tried to do that, it tried to make me change my plan to the regular plans. Is it possible to do this under EPRP?
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arak0r posted:I have ordered 2 new iphones with contract renewals. Got 4 lines on a Everything family plan, myself, the girlfriend, and my parents. Didn't want to leave the gf behind on an old blackberry, and my dad never uses his old phone, so I ordered one to upgrade my phone, and one to upgrade his. Could I basically, straight up switch her phone and his? I did this without a problem to steal my boss's upgrade and get a Galaxy Nexus. Can't remember the exact order if the steps, but just call to activate and explain where you want all the phones to end up and the CSR should have no problem helping you out. It'll help to have all the MEIDs of the phones.
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Why wife is going from my old mogul to an Iphone5...she might actually be impressed at the upgrade.
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$67 bucks for trading my evo 3d in is totally poo poo right? I'm sure I could get at least 100 on ebay after I upgrade to the iphone.
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change my name posted:$67 bucks for trading my evo 3d in is totally poo poo right? I'm sure I could get at least 100 on ebay after I upgrade to the iphone. Easily, or probably even more on Craigslist.
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Duckman2008 posted:
This. The 4S is getting iOS6, so the only thing you will be missing is LTE and a little bigger screen. Sure the processor is probably faster, but the 4S is pretty drat speedy itself. LTE is nice and all, to a point. Pretty much everywhere I go has wifi access anyways. The nice thing about LTE on Sprint compared to Verizon (which I'm on) is that it is unlimited.
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LorneReams posted:Why wife is going from my old mogul to an Iphone5...she might actually be impressed at the upgrade. Jesus Christ since my Mogul I have had a Touch Pro, Blackberry Curve, Hero, EVO, iPhone 4S, and I just ordered the iPhone 5 for myself. Tell her to live a little. Going from the Mogul to the iPhone 5 is like going from walking to riding in a Ferrari. Auron posted:This. There are some slight improvements on the 5, but overall it is not a must upgrade from the 4S. That said I love the look of the 5 (I hope it looks just as good as in person), and with 2 of my 5 upgrades just siting there I jumped on 2 5's. I just can't help myself. I already know I will end up with a 5S (?) next year too. Books and gadgets. My 2 addictions., nate fisher fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Lynchman posted:So I finally decided to replace my HTC Hero. Holy poo poo prepare to be blown away when you get the iPhone 
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Unfortunately the article is a bit wishy-washy on why the device supports neither SVDO or SVLTE. As usual, AnandTech provides a far more detailed explanation, which ammounts to a bit more than "missing third antenna lol". Basically, it turns out that the iPhone 5 uses the same RF transceiver (RTR8600) as the Evo LTE and SGS3. However, Apple decided to wire its antenna ports in a configuration that would allow it to support more LTE bands (European, Verizon's SMH C block, and Sprint's PCS G block) with the same hardware. In contrast, the Evo LTE and SGS3 have a duplicate CDMA signal chain for SVDO and SVLTE support, at the cost of supporting fewer LTE bands. FWIW, earlier I mistakenly assumed that Apple was using Qualcomm's newer WTR1605 transceiver (which has two additional ports over the RTR8600) to provide more LTE band supports than we've seen on LTE handsets so far. But that's not the case, the trade was no SVDO/SVLTE. Duckman2008 posted:All I have to say is, I am so sick of hearing about this drat feature. Its nice to have, but I just don't see how its a deal breaker. I wouldn't say that Apple made the wrong decision. They have a good reason for not including SVDO/SVLTE support. It fits in with their general strategy of limiting the number of hardware variants (even if the carrier-specific hardware changes are minimal). It also adds significantly to the device's roaming capability, and speaks of an approach that is intendeds to transcend the current awful legacy network situation, so it will remain applicable in a world where we're running LTE everywhere. ExcessBLarg! fucked around with this message at 18:13 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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atomicvocabulary posted:even though I am downgrading I have considered doing this because my contract renewal is October 1 and they might make the EVO LTE 99 dollars or some such deal around the time the iphone 5 comes out. Sprint employees, is there any validity to this? Perhaps this will give us an excuse to upgrade from our OG-EVO4G's?
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CombatCupcake posted:Am I the only one looking to upgrade to the EVO lte over the iphone?
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