luxury cellphone owners

I still use my old Nokia 6600 from like 1995 or something that I got for about 300 bux back then. I don't know why people would spend half of their salary for a stupid cell phone. It's just a phone.

 

Just bought a T-Mobil dash, I never thought I would spend more than a 100 bucks on a phone but what the hell

 

I'm about to switch to T-Mobile for the Friends plan. Thinking about getting a Crackberry. $150 when you sign the contract. Hmmmmmm.......

 

Well, clearly the people who are buying them aren't spending anywhere near half their salary on them.

 

Are you talking about My Fav?

 

whoa there buddy. $150?? try free. just go to Amazon. you can basically get all those phones free if you sign the contract (2 year).

Here's the situation I'm in. Been a loyal Verizon customer for about a decade. Well, I dropped by crackberry the other day, it got a little wet, basically crapped out. Go to the Verizon store, they can't fix it. I'm only in year 1 of a 2 year contract, so I don't "qualify" for any discounts. The new 8830 there is over $500 retail without any discount...heck, it's still expensive on the 2 year plan.

So, I ask how much cancellation is....she says $175. So I say, basically, what you're telling me, is that I can get a new blackberry with you and pay full retail of $500, or pay a $175 fee, get a free equivalent blackberry on Amazon (I'm thinking about going with AT&T and the new Blackberry Curve), and that's it.

she says, "well, yah, but nothing I can do about it here. You can try calling tech support."

I don't even know if I want to call tech support at this point. I guess I will call and see if I can get a replacement phone for free. It's either that or they lose me as a customer.

Anyone have any experience with the Curve? How about AT&T - good service, bad service? Is T-Mobile preferred?

 

I despise anything that has Verizon written on it. Long story....many stories.

I've been with good ol' Sprint since 1998. I am on an old plan that they've been trying to remove me from for years. But I'm not budging.

It's been reliable, no complaints.

As for the luxury phones....I thought having a camera AND a speaker phone was as good as it gets.

I've told myself I will never get a Blackberry, Treo, or anything of the sort. I just don't want to be that accessible.

 

anyone who spends more than $400 on a cellphone is a douche.

 

I consider my beloved Sidekick a luxury cellphone. <3

 

Truer words have never been spoken.

 

Uhhh. The 6600 debuted in 2003. Did you mean 2005?

As far as I'm concerned, I paid $300 twice when I first got phone service for the "newest" model. They both were considered crap phones after 6 months. Nowadays I refuse to pay for a phone if I don't have to. Every two years I sign a new contract and get a new "free" phone. My latest is the Nokia 6103. No complaints, so far.

 

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Fatty, you would be wise to not upgrade to a Blackberry or anything with more capabilities than that

 

I dropped my Razr in the toilet last spring. Right now I'm using an old Nokia phone (made for Cingular, because it says Cingular on it) with T-Mobile service. Is there any place you can look to find a good yet cheap unlocked phone?

 

Why do you say that?

finalsbound: Your better off just finding someone with a spare. I've done that before.

 

Be careful and document all your conversations with them, especially if/when you decide to cancel service or alter your plan. They are in the process of trying to screw us 8 ways from sunday & have done the same to 3 other people I know, dad included.

 

VERTU'S don't even have a lot of capabilities, they are comparable to a free phone in that department. It's more of a statement if you own one

 

Do people really pay $30-40 a month to send e-mails on their phones with Blackberry service?

 

$1,000,000 for this piece of crap? I think I'll get a house and a Ferrari instead.

 

companies do. there are likely cheaper ways to get your email remotely, but many (most?) corporations prefer Blackberry technology. I have to get a blackberry where i work, but then it is expense-able.