Well, I did have Sprint Premier Gold, and I thought they did away with the 1-year upgrade at the 2-year price. But I'm also on SERO-P... Maybe an incentive for SERO-P?
Has anyone else checked their upgrade date since they purchased their EVO 4G LTE?
"You qualify for a great price on a new phone on 01/01/2014."
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Mine says 6/2013 also. Was premier gold and on sero premium.
Quick let's close this thread before sprint catches on!
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gonna think its a tie over of sero-p more than anything else...
Sero P here 605 days Feb 01 2014.
Just checked my upgrade eligibility. 5/01/2013. Weird. I thought the one year premier upgrade was gone. Had my line almost 12 years. Other than the credit union discount, nothing else special. Hope it stays this way.
I've got the text message that was sent to me from them saying it. I'll hold onto it until next year when I go to upgrade, LOL.
605 days here too
For people who don't know the different ways to check...you can view all of your account's lines upgrade eligibility through the Sprint Zone app (at least on the new one that came with the Evo LTE), you can login to your account on the sprint website, or you can text the word UPGRADE to 1311 from your phone.
not me 14... I'm a sad panda, oh well at least I'm at best buy getting another fifty knocked off the bill
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I also have one on 6/1/13. Non-sero account but been with them 12 yrs. Gonna save that message til next june.
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mine is 1/1/14, been with sprint for over 10 years.
Anything I text to 1311 comes back as texting to an invalid #.
I did use the website to check and also have the 5/1/2013. I was (am?) premier gold. When I log into my account, it still shows gold too. Wonder if that will fall off at the end of this year. I do get an emp discount, so maybe that has something to do with it too.
4/1/2014 according to Text Method.
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i was saying this since i ordered... i've even called and confirmed it
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I have June 1 2013 on mine too. Don't have sero or any other discounts.
Hope it stays that way (the upgrades not the discounts)
14 for me too....
I got this text
as of 6/1/2013 you are eligible for 2yr agr savings on a new phone,Plus sell us your old phone and get up to an addtl 300 at a print store.
hope it sticks till then. i bet it will be changed sometime down the line. but i hope not.
Weird Sprint Zone app says 6/01/13 but online my Sprint account says 2014. I think the online statement is correct...
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Weird Sprint Zone app says 6/01/13 but online my Sprint account says 2014. I think the online statement is correct...
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Screen shot it and when the time comes go get your upgrade. They technically can't deny you if they told it to you
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I saw this at PhoneDog. PLUS, i just got an email from my BestBuy per-order, the very first email from BestBuy. It doesn't say when, but its a change from silence...
http://www.phonedog.com/2011/03/11/rumor-htc-thunderbolt-trophy-hitting-verizon-later-this-month/
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edit: To me, the text on the bottom looks a little fake. It's a different font and it looks slightly slanted.. might be me though.
I got that email myself today, funny thing is, I cancelled my preorder last week since i was about to hit 30 days to return the giftcard and once the buyback program was off the table I was out of there
I just saw this on androidandme and came here to post it....
I sure hope this is correct. The font difference doesn't bother me...I've worked for companies that have different fonts in the same sentence. Some people don't care, especially on internal docs.
What I wish it didn't say was "release dates subject to change".
I'm still going to keep hoping this phone comes out next week. I've been tempted to dump VZ but honestly, I'm worried the other companies service is going to be sub par.....and the only other phone that interests me is from Samsung....which also makes me not interested. LOL
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I'm still going to keep hoping this phone comes out next week. I've been tempted to dump VZ but honestly, I'm worried the other companies service is going to be sub par.....and the only other phone that interests me is from Samsung....which also makes me not interested. LOL
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I ported my number to AT&T to get the Inspire 4G. AT&T is sub par, at least in my area. I have until 3/22 to port back to Verizon so I'm hoping too its 3/17.
So what made you return the Atrix?
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So what made you return the Atrix?
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Resolution bothered me a lot; everything was super small. Plus, the screen was long and skinny and I wanted something more proportional like the TB or Inspire.
I got an email Best Buy about my preorder today as well. This is the first email from Best Buy since I preordered one month ago, it must be a good sign.
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If you want to believe Engadget the TB is dropping on the 17th.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/14/htc-thunderbolt-tipped-to-launch-march-17th-again/
We should find out in the next day or so.
17th looks to be a good possibility. However maybe not. Wait and see. I find it funny to watch all those getting aggravated with the speculation. Get a life, all in fun.
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Looks like the 17th it is. Our VZW Business Rep confirmed I'll be able to order with him over the phone. He of course, did say, "unless something crazy happens and they dont let us sell it"
So excited!!!!!!!!!
17th it appears to be.
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Just saw a commercial for the thunderbolt. First ive seen. Signs seem to be pointing at a release fairly soon.
I would put money on the official announcement coming from VZ tomorrow if the 17th is indeed going to be the day. Not a lot of money....gotta buy accessories.
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The phone is launching on the 17th, there is no doubt about it. Its official, and an annoucement should be made tomorrow morning.
P.S. Some stores are opening at 7 AM. I would call your local store to double check. If you're in the LA area, pm me and I'll give you the info to the stores that I know of that are opening early Thursday.
God I hope that the 17th actually sticks! I love my Evo but Sprint service sucks at my job and we have a Verizon cell of some kind there with antennas all throughout the building so I'm dying to be able to make the switch now that they'll have an awesome 100% hackable phone!
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Looks like wirefly has pre-order up and says they will ship on the 17th and verizon changed its homepage flash to thunderbolt. Looking good for 17th.
Trust me, its launching on the 17th....
Barring something totally catastrophic happening, its going to launch, ready or not....
I'm getting one. I'm stoked.
VZW has officially announced the Thunderbolt release on the 17th.
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Any announcement on the 4G pricing plans?
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Any announcement on the 4G pricing plans?
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No change in price
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Someone explain to me what this means...
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I put this order in on the 17th
I just want my phone
Seems like a shortage/backordered/out of stock!
Uhh oh.... looks likevyou might be waiting longer than you hoped..... i hope im wrong tho.. good luck bro
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well, i just cancelled my wirefly order yesterday, so maybe that'll help u along
I have gone through sprint and mine still says "Order in progress".
Makes me kinda worried.
hahah.... no shortage? r-i-g-h-t...
also used wirefly for my pre-order...ughh!
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hahah.... no shortage? r-i-g-h-t...
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Exactly...there are also claims of backorders in this thread!
Amazon is showing backorders also. I got mine from Sprint.. but they have yet to call me to make an appointment to pick it up :/
Ya know, I went through Wirefly fully expecting this to happen, but since I got it for $130, while keeping my EVO (giving to the wife), I can wait a few days to save a few $$$.
^^I didn't order mine fast enough, so I paid $180 for the phone and $20 for next day shipping. I might cancel my goddamn order if they don't get their sH#! together.
Sent an email bombarding them with questions; will post response.
It just means they are waiting till the 24th to start shipping. Since the phone does not come out till then. They have no inventory of it to ship.
I just called sprint and they stated that there are plenty of 3VO's at telesales. It may cost you more but you will get it at least.
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It just means they are waiting till the 24th to start shipping. Since the phone does not come out till then. They have no inventory of it to ship.
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That's my understanding as well.
I ordered online with Radio Shack, and I have the same screen. I called them up, and they said they are not yet authorized to ship.
I'm in black, rep in red.
I didn't waste any time, i order mine yesterday morning (6/21) from Sprint for $199 and it arrived today.
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Ya know, I went through Wirefly fully expecting this to happen, but since I got it for $130, while keeping my EVO (giving to the wife), I can wait a few days to save a few $$$.
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$130. How?
I'm gonna guess 179.99 and 50 cashback if using BofA add it up. I did the same thing and I had my order since the 6th. I'm sitting here checking my email at least ten times a day waiting for this thing to be shipped already. This can drive a sane man nuts I tell ya!!
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Amazon is showing backorders also. I got mine from Sprint.. but they have yet to call me to make an appointment to pick it up :/
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Amazon does show it back ordered on the Add To Cart screen, but when you're ready to pay for it the delivery date is June 28th. That's right on spot with their free 2-day shipping.
That's where I ordered mine from this morning.
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$130. How?
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Most likely bank of america add it up cash back ($50). $180-$50 = 130.
You get $50 in 6-8 weeks if you order it through the add it up website. Wasn't worth the hassle and you can't switch the phone to a different line on your account for the 1st six months or you get charged like $350.
I have called Sprint multiple times in the past few weeks and days to ask when I can upgrade.
This applies to everyone.
This especially applies to anyone who bought the Epic 4G the very first day it came out. I did and my upgrade got set to June 1st rather than the original date of September. September would have been two years since the Epic came out, but Sprint is nice and has moved the upgrade up. Yours should have too. I did nothing special to get it like that.
Anyways....
If you call Sprint you can get your upgrade pushed forward up to a maximum of two weeks.
Users that can upgrade on June 1st, can actually upgrade two weeks earlier, May 18. Which just so happens to be the day the EVO LTE gets released.
You must call Sprint the 14th day before your upgrade and say you want this applied to your account. Then you can walk in any store and upgrade/renew your contract.
Best thing is, it's free.
Like everything else you may need to speak to a few different reps. I called this am and the first rep told me Sprint would only move it if i went to a Sprint corp store and they verified there was an issue with my current handset that i wanted to perform the upgrade on. I asked when did this start and the rep said it has been that way since he has worked for Sprint. I hung up and called back, spoke to a new rep that told me on Friday the 18th he would submit the request and i would be all set. So it will be moved from 6/1 till 5/18. You just have to get an informed rep with Sprint.
Do it while you can. Rumor is they are stopping that option next month,
http://www.technobuffalo.com/news/wireless/sprint-set-to-cancel-early-upgrades-starting-on-june-1st/
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Never knew this offer existed. Seems sprint had always adjusted my account within a few days for each of there summer launches. guess I'll call in tomorrow just incase.
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How much money do they really lose by letting customer's upgrade 10 days early?
They should focus their energy on real money making strategies instead of pissing off their customers. The board should force dumb ass Dan Hesse to resign for signing that iPhone deal that's costing them so much money.
I am definitely an HTC fan, and will likely remain that way even after this is over, but, this whole situation has got me reevaluating the phone and whether or not I would rather just hold off for the Galaxy S3 and switch to another carrier with a working LTE. I just read another article on Sprint stating as of June 1st they will be cancelling their early upgrade program (the one that allows you to upgrade 14 days early). This is the program that I planned on using come Friday morning, and this just marks another feature that has been dropped by the carrier in the past year to cover their iPhone venture.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sprint, and have been a loyal customer with them for over 8 years now. However, I'm thinking that it's going to likely take Sprint another two years to get LTE setup completely enough for them to actually compete with the big two, and by that time a new contract with either carrier will be up and I can just jump back on with Sprint when the dust has settled. Looking at both AT&T and Verizon plans, I can set myself up with plans that will cover most of my needs, and run me about 10$ - 20$ more than what I'm paying for now a month with my discounts. Over a two year period, this will only cost me $480 more than if I stayed with Sprint.
Let the flaming begin - What are y'all thoughts overall?
engadgets early preview photos from the LTE, a graveyard.
now im paranoid. conspiracy.
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I just read another article on Sprint stating as of June 1st they will be cancelling their early upgrade program (the one that allows you to upgrade 14 days early). This is the program that I planned on using come Friday morning
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You're pretty much unaffected by that then.
Honestly, do what you think is best for you & research the service options in your area.
Keep this in mind:
AT&T's LTE is barley out there so VZW is the only real LTE you can go to bat with.
Overages, if you avg over 2GB in data. Expect to either pay more on a higher data pkg or see overage warning.
Noiro said:
You're pretty much unaffected by that then.
Honestly, do what you think is best for you & research the service options in your area.
Keep this in mind:
AT&T's LTE is barley out there so VZW is the only real LTE you can go to bat with.
Overages, if you avg over 2GB in data. Expect to either pay more on a higher data pkg or see overage warning.
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I agree Verizon would be that way to go if they didn't have 2GB cap at least 4-5GB would be manageable but it is really expensive that's why I moved from sprint back then I was paying 175$ for 2 lines when I moved to sprint I was paying 129$ for two lines but 3G was better now is getting worse :'( but I they att and since it was faster I was using up to 5 GB paying 20$ extra which it was 110$ for one line this networks got us really good in the US they know if they service is better they can charged wtv they want. I as getting from 3-8mbps on my iPhone on att tho now I cant even hit 1mbps on sprint where before 1-2mbps was easy and that's all I needed for YouTube
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I really hate that verizon told me that they were shipping my phone to me via fed ex even though I went into the store to preorder. I now have to wait for fed ex to drop it off so I am on their time until it arrives. why have a store that just makes me order it the same way I can do it myself. I would much rather have the phone in my hands at 8am when they open on wednesday morning not 2pm when the fed ex driver gets done eating lunch.
other things that irritated me about the preorder experience.
1. they dont accept Cash
2. they tried to make me sign the ipad for my receipt... I made them print me one and give me a pen (just to be a prick more than anything)
3. $30 upgrade fee? wtf is that... once I get the phone I'm going to call and get that removed since its a bogus charge for a 13year VZW customer... you dont even need to call and activate anymore all I need to do is swap my sim from my nexus and put it in the DNA so I'll ask them what the $30 covers cause its not VZW store employees who are accepting my order and helping me "activate" or set up my phone which they shipped to my house.
did anyone else preorder instore? or did everyone else order online?
I'm not sure why you would pre-order today as you won't get it for 2 days, if you wanted to pick it up at 8AM in store why didn't you just wait until tomorrow and go in and get it? I never heard of anyone pre-ordering in store.
Also, Verizon has been charging the $30 upgrade fee for a while now, but only if you buy it subsidized.
I preordered last week on Wednesday... I always do it in store cause I always upgrade a different line than my data line... Call me old fashioned but every once in a while I like to interact with other people and not a computer.
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sucks. That's why I didn't bother to pre-order. I'm just going to go when they open at 8 tomorrow.
I pre-ordered it last wednesday as well. Still no update. :/
My tracking just updated... I might get it today if it comes before work... No one knows about this phone other than people who follow android so I doubt you will have a problem walking in and getting it.
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My tracking just updated... I might get it today if it comes before work... No one knows about this phone other than people who follow android so I doubt you will have a problem walking in and getting it.
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Best news I've seen all day.
You don't have to go by FedEx time. Have them hold it at the station so you can go pick it up when they open.
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two_cents said:
I preordered last week on Wednesday... I always do it in store cause I always upgrade a different line than my data line... Call me old fashioned but every once in a while I like to interact with other people and not a computer.
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I'm the same way, I always go to the store to order new phones and accessories.
My question though was why you drove to the store to pre-order it when you could have just driven there tomorrow morning instead and know that you can just pick it up then and there.