Buzz Out Loud Lounge forum: Palm Pre - looks great, but Sprint? :0(

What is it pre to?


Also, sprint? That's CDMA right? That prettyy much means north American and japan.... Sigh.


Nicholas. - annoyed Australian

i have a friend that works for verizon. she swears its cuz verizon takes more care in selecting phones because they have so many government contracts... what a load of crap that is. she says spring just throws crap at a wall and sees what sticks...

i dont mind the latter at all, at least i have the choice....


-karl

The Storm was another Verizon roll out that failed/

...and will likely never change. Bout time they got a good phone or two.

anyone gotten a MSRP ? cause i would love to give it a try but will have to wait till december because i got a new phone this year (had a centro got a new centro under my dads employee plan)

but i think i want this because its NEW!!!!

OK, so you hate Sprint - anyone can have an opinion. I personally like Sprint's customer service a heck of a lot better than AT&T's.

Regarding the facts, Gizmodo just ran a test of 3G speeds and Sprint showed the fastest download speeds in their test.

The fastest 3G downloads speeds and what might be one of the best new phones - sounds like it could be a winner.

I keep on being this Verizon hold out and I'm rewarded with false promise phones. You would have to be retarded to have missed the iphone, then the Bold, the Pre. Gool lord who's running this company, is anybody home?

which imho is a total load of boollschit, but w/e, she told me that verizon needs to carefully test their phones because they have so many more corporate contracts than sprint (which to me is still weird cuz... um... nextel?), so therefore it takes them longer to come to market.

lame. she has no reason to lie to me, so i feel as if verizon lies to her, but either way its crap and its unacceptable... except for the fact the sprint sucks hardboiled eggs all day long. bad coverage and bad custo-service. so its the perennial choosing of the lesser of 4 evils...

btw id kill for a touch pro 2 right about now, lol.

UPDATE:

10:37 EST

1. I was super excited about the Pre so I had my wife go wait in line to get one while I'm fuming here at work.

2. I'm a loyal Sprint customer (a rare breed, indeed) and I'm getting worked over.
My contract isn't up until August, therefore the price of the Palm Pre for me is over $400!!!!!!

3. Furthermore, they are saying that I will be unable to keep my family plan (that I am currently under with my Centro) unless I move my other 3 family members to the same data plan for the Pre (even though they own non-smart phones!)

4. I am just shocked! When Sprint/Palm needed a PR boost, they are unleashing a PR nightmare here!

5. I'm ticked!!!!!!!! (please Have Molly read this for best effect. She can even ad-lib just to get my point across better)
The new iPhone is coming into the picture for me....

I'm a current Sprint customer under contract until August 2009.

The cost for the Palm Pre for me: $550 - $75 rebate = $475.

$475!!!!

I called Sprint customer service because I'm deluded enough to think that they could offer me a deal.

But they could do no better than kick it down to $400. And that was after being on the phone with them for about 1.5 hours.

Bottom line:
This is the ultimate irony! The best Sprint phone ever is a terrible deal for existing Sprint customers!

I am seriously considering breaking my contract for $200 and then giving Apple $199 for whatever hotness they are announcing on Monday.