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Originally Posted by Atunah
Thanks. That is a nice looking phone. I am glad to see more and more of the no contract ones are coming up. But how the heck does one know which service to take the phone.  .
Still wouldn't replace my kindles, but I don't expect my phone to do that. |
Yes, hopefully contracts will someday be a distant memory. Don't all the big carriers now offer some type of month to month plan? But if you get a phone from them you still to pay it off over a period of time, right? So they probably end up making the same amount of money as they would if you opted for a contract because you end up paying more for the phone.
Anyway probably wouldn't choose Sprint if I had an unlocked phone. I bit the bullet in December and replaced my ancient HTC Hero with a Galaxy S4. One reason was that I thought it would be speedier in terms of downloading/streaming data. Not so. A lot of connectivity problems. Their 3G is barely usable at times and their 4G LTE is a joke (I've turned it off). Sprint claims problems are due to work on upgrading their system.
I'm envious of sirmaru's speedy ATT service
I've wondered how it works with an unlocked phone. The carrier isn't selling you phone at a discount and locking you into a contract or charging you essentially the full price of the phone if you are paying it off monthly. So what kind of plan could you get?
The OnePlus phone looks pretty good spec-wise and the price seems pretty reasonable but would have to see how it performs in the wild. I like the idea of a CyanogenMod OS pre-installed. But no micro-SD and inability to remove the battery would be problems for me.
I first started reading ebooks on my phone but "graduated" to a Nook tablet and then to eInk devices. I did install the Kindle app on my S4 but have never used it. Based on what simaru says, I guess I will try it. But a dedicated ereader just seems to work better for me for reading.