Sprint tab3 for 49.99 - Galaxy Tab 3 General

As title says .. just got the email..course its with 2yr..I have the 10.1 tab2 but thinking of getting this for my daughter..thoughts?
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Sounds good to me, i paid 299 euro for the 8 inch one, and if remember correct the 7 inch was 199 euro. So 49,99 USD sounds almost free, go for it.
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I picked up 2 on Friday from Sprint. There is a $5 monthly plan which gives you basically no data, or a $15 plan that gives you 2GB of data. With the Wifi Tab 3 retailing for $199 with 8 GB of internal storage in the US this is a good deal. The major kicker is if you break your contract right away the fee is $200, so basically you can get a 4G enabled Tab 3 with 16 GB of internal storage for $250 and then no data plan.

I went for this deal last week as well, bought a Case/Pen combo from Amazon for 15$ w/ free shipping.
I used an additional promo code that has since expired, gave me a $50 statement credit.
I went with the $5 for 25MB of data plan, I plan on using this wifi only or with my unlimited VZW line if LTE band 13 is unlocked.
So after tax this is going to cost 54.43 - 50 + (22 * 5.34) = 132.59 USD
Now to start reading about what I can do with this thing Hopefully bootloader unlock, custom recovery and custom rom's are available.

afextwin said:
I went for this deal last week as well, bought a Case/Pen combo from Amazon for 15$ w/ free shipping.
I used an additional promo code that has since expired, gave me a $50 statement credit.
I went with the $5 for 25MB of data plan, I plan on using this wifi only or with my unlimited VZW line if LTE band 13 is unlocked.
So after tax this is going to cost 54.43 - 50 + (22 * 5.34) = 132.59 USD
Now to start reading about what I can do with this thing Hopefully bootloader unlock, custom recovery and custom rom's are available.
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One thing to note on this tab.. it is does not have the same specs as the wifi tab 3.. this one has 1.5gb ram (wifi is 1gb), this one is 1.7ghz, (wifi is 1.2 or 1.5.. I forget), and this tab has 16gb of storage) It seems to have a few quirks... I seem to have issues transitioning from cellular to wifi once in a while which requires a reboot.. I bought the Samsung folio case, which is pretty nice, and doesn't add bulk.. but sometimes the flip cover keeps the screen active...
I'm happy with my purchase.. 49.99 - Activation fee waved, and I opted for the 15/month plan.. sneaky SOB at the sprint store added a 13.00/month protection plan without telling me. Sleaze!.. Luckily I found it and removed it today. Love WAZE on this this tablet, and this fits perfectly in my console so it's like a huge GPS...
I also see that it's loaded down with useless applications.. I hope root comes soon, and somebody cooks a nice bloat-free ROM for this..

Order mine a few days ago just came in today. Ordering 2 more for the kids (and turning mobile data off.)

Went in to the store yesterday and picked this up. It was "Tablet Tuesday" that Sprint is doing this month so I walked out of there without paying anything for it. Tablet Tuesday is $50 off on tablets so of the initial price of $49 is still there next Tuesday it can be gotten for free then also.

richmc73 said:
Went in to the store yesterday and picked this up. It was "Tablet Tuesday" that Sprint is doing this month so I walked out of there without paying anything for it. Tablet Tuesday is $50 off on tablets so of the initial price of $49 is still there next Tuesday it can be gotten for free then also.
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did the same thing yesterday, however was unable to open a new line so they asked me for a $50 deposit on the line. activation fee was waived b/c of my discount so i did walk out with one for only $50, not a bad deal....only wondering how come there isnt any messaging app? theres a phone# associated with the tab so...

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Went in to the store yesterday and picked this up. It was "Tablet Tuesday" that Sprint is doing this month so I walked out of there without paying anything for it. Tablet Tuesday is $50 off on tablets so of the initial price of $49 is still there next Tuesday it can be gotten for free then also.
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I went yesterday too but there was no mention of Tablet Tuesday. What do I have to do to qualify for this? Does it have to be a new account? I added the tablet onto my existing Sprint plan.

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I went yesterday too but there was no mention of Tablet Tuesday. What do I have to do to qualify for this? Does it have to be a new account? I added the tablet onto my existing Sprint plan.
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I had read about it on s4gru.com so I went in and asked about it. Not sure if every store is doing it. At my local corporate store they are doing it every Tuesday in October.

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I had read about it on s4gru.com so I went in and asked about it. Not sure if every store is doing it. At my local corporate store they are doing it every Tuesday in October.
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I wish I knew of this when I went in yesterday. If my store was participating in this, do you think I'll be able to go in with receipt to take advantage of the deal after the fact?

I just got mine and I really like it. Do it on sprint.com and use promo code "Mobile50" to get a $50 account credit for doing a new line
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I couldnt get mobile50 to work when I ordered (online last tuesday). Hopefully cust svc can help once I receive the device (back ordered)
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ROMs
Would it be possible to use ROMs from the regular Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 with the Sprint one, or would I risk a brick by doing so?

I got mine rooted and awaiting for custom recovery so far it's great. But I'm spending more time on my note 3 ATM
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How'd you manage to root it?

I am thinking about getting this for my nephew for Christmas.

Go to kingoapp.com and dl the app, once your tab is rooted go to the play store and get supersu and make that the default root app and uninstall the Chinese one
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I just got mine yesterday. Too good of a deal to pass up. Not the best screen resolution, but lots of good features. I hope some rooms show up pretty quick. Can't stand being stock and way too much bloatware..
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The promo code "Mobile50" is no longer valid. Anyone have another?
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where did u get ur captivate at?

i see a lot of good deals on amazon, wirefly, lets talk.... but i dont know if i can trust those websites or just go to at&t... i really think im gonna choose a captivate over the iphone 4. seeing all the various homescreen mods on a thread here made me want it more lol. so where did u guys get it from and how much? if u got them not at at&t how does the it change ur service plan? does it stay the same? thanks everyone and hope to get a captivate, root and enjoy? im coming from a tilt 2 running one of nrg'z ROM's and have android 2.2 as well . cant wait to see froyo on this beast!
I got mine from Amazon, had to change/add the data plan (didn't get grandfathered in). I think letstalk is the only one that provides an option during checkout to "keep current unlimited plan" as of right now.
Amazon is definitely the best price for just the phone, but if you want to keep your data plan, I believe letstalk is the one you have to go to. You don't confirm any changes until you submit the order just to check, I did the same thing when I was shopping around.
Well I bought mine from a corporate store on launch day of the phone. I got to keep my unlimited data plan because otherwise I would have bought it out right at that point.
HTH,
Charlie
199.99 plus tax a few minutes after it became available on AT&Ts website
Got mine from wirefly, letstalk is another place. Nothing wrong with these sites, just more bs to deal with when ordering
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Amazon from the 1 penny sale. New ATT customer here.
I bought it a day after it was released at the nearby corporate store with no contract for $350.
Got mine at walmart for $148.88 on an upgrade.
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firehazard said:
I bought it a day after it was released at the nearby corporate store with no contract for $350.
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Where was it? I was about to buy one from craigslist for $350. Would anyday prefer the phone without contract at that price.
And was that a Samsung corporate store?
$199.99+tax, upgrade, 11AM EST opening day
Got two,
For the wife - Free with an contract renewal from Letstalk.
For me - Sold old iphone 3GS 32 gig (in contract till march'11), and invested the money on unopened Captivate of Craigslist for $330 USD, still have about $100 in pocket to look at avialable options to upgrade with contract revewal come march.
Btw, will ATT honor the 1 yr warranty on the captivate bought off craigslist?
Um, probably not..
$99 from Lets Talk
I got mine at Best Buy through their Best Buy Mobile department and they price matched Wirefly which had it at $169.99 a few weeks ago. Funny thing is my contract extended, but I still have my upgrade discount for another phone too.
Bought it at Best buy on launch day for $199.
Contacted AT&T 29 days later to complain about GPS and told them I was switching carriers.
They offered to give me the phone for free.
Got my 199. credit and I'm good to go.
net cost: $0 for the phone
Citznfish said:
Bought it at Best buy on launch day for $199.
Contacted AT&T 29 days later to complain about GPS and told them I was switching carriers.
They offered to give me the phone for free.
Got my 199. credit and I'm good to go.
net cost: $0 for the phone
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I'm surprised AT&T did that since the GPS issue has nothing to do with them. It's all Samsung's fault.
UberGoat said:
I'm surprised AT&T did that since the GPS issue has nothing to do with them. It's all Samsung's fault.
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I bet at the time they didn't know that
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I bet at the time they didn't know that
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Anyone at AT&T should know a GPS problem is not due to the network. Bottom line is they will do anything to keep you under contract, probably even more so if you're one of those deviants that likes Android better than the iPhone, lol.
I got mine off eBay for $400. I saw it cheap on NewEgg and you could keep your unlimited data plan.
$99 at AT&T, kept my unlimited data plan from my iPhone 3G. Talked to customer service and they told me if you have unlimited data you will keep it as long as you keep a smart phone and dont switch your data plan.
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At best buy mobile for 149.99 and they gave me free car charger and free samsung bluetooth headset and also got to keep my unlimited data
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AT&T Galaxy Tab 8.9 w/free Skyrocket Deal

So i went in to the AT&T store on Saturday to upgrade my phone since I was due. I was talking with the sales rep about the Skyrocket and slobbering over the 50Mbps download speeds, and he said if I was interested in the Galaxy Tab 8.9 I would get the Skyrocket for free. I told him I wasnt interested because I didnt want to get another data plan and the one for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 was $35/mo. He said I didnt have to get a data plan for it. Surprised, I told him I had seen the deal online but that it says you must get the $35 data plan. He said they found a loop hole in the system that allows them to skip the data plan for the tab as long as I have a data plan on the Skyrocket (which of course you have to have anyway).
So long story short, I walked out of the AT&T store with a new Skyrocket and Galaxy Tab 8.9 for $450 (he gave me a $30 discount over the advertised price also ) and I still have my $30/mo unlimited data plan on my phone. Essentially I got the Tab for $200. Did I get a steal or is this a known thing?
Love the tablet BTW, and it has a 4G LTE radio so if I ever want to get data on it I can.
Congrats! Yeah they have been doing this deal since black Friday but the post was a few pages back.
Enjoy! I passed on the 2 contracts deal myself ($450 plus $35/month x 24 months makes for an expensive tab) but if he got around that it makes sense.
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So i went in to the AT&T store on Saturday to upgrade my phone since I was due. I was talking with the sales rep about the Skyrocket and slobbering over the 50Mbps download speeds, and he said if I was interested in the Galaxy Tab 8.9 I would get the Skyrocket for free. I told him I wasnt interested because I didnt want to get another data plan and the one for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 was $35/mo. He said I didnt have to get a data plan for it. Surprised, I told him I had seen the deal online but that it says you must get the $35 data plan. He said they found a loop hole in the system that allows them to skip the data plan for the tab as long as I have a data plan on the Skyrocket (which of course you have to have anyway).
So long story short, I walked out of the AT&T store with a new Skyrocket and Galaxy Tab 8.9 for $450 (he gave me a $30 discount over the advertised price also ) and I still have my $30/mo unlimited data plan on my phone. Essentially I got the Tab for $200. Did I get a steal or is this a known thing?
Love the tablet BTW, and it has a 4G LTE radio so if I ever want to get data on it I can.
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AWiseMonkey said:
So i went in to the AT&T store on Saturday to upgrade my phone since I was due. I was talking with the sales rep about the Skyrocket and slobbering over the 50Mbps download speeds, and he said if I was interested in the Galaxy Tab 8.9 I would get the Skyrocket for free. I told him I wasnt interested because I didnt want to get another data plan and the one for the Galaxy Tab 8.9 was $35/mo. He said I didnt have to get a data plan for it. Surprised, I told him I had seen the deal online but that it says you must get the $35 data plan. He said they found a loop hole in the system that allows them to skip the data plan for the tab as long as I have a data plan on the Skyrocket (which of course you have to have anyway).
So long story short, I walked out of the AT&T store with a new Skyrocket and Galaxy Tab 8.9 for $450 (he gave me a $30 discount over the advertised price also ) and I still have my $30/mo unlimited data plan on my phone. Essentially I got the Tab for $200. Did I get a steal or is this a known thing?
Love the tablet BTW, and it has a 4G LTE radio so if I ever want to get data on it I can.
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Details on the loop hole please?? I need as much ammo as possible when I go visit my local att store!!
I did the same exact thing. Going to cancel the data in a few days since I wanted to try it.
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Really this is working??
I almost pulled the trigger but only will use tablet on wifi so.. extra data plan ruined it..
details please.. im heading to att in a few hours..
I didnt have to cancel the tablet data plan, they never even put it on. He didnt elaborate, he just said they found a way to enter it into the system as it only validates that one of the devices (ie the new phone) has a valid data plan. It was a corporate AT&T store, not just a reseller, not sure if that makes a difference.
my sales rep gave me a 50$ account credit to try it after a month and then said i could come back and cancel it. i didnt want to be screwed over, so i wanted to know if he was 100% sure. he then gave me his home phone number as well on the back of the card and said text him whenever i wanted to cancel it and he would let me know when he was in the store next and he would do it.
I've just tried it and it didn't work. They tried everything, at least it looked like it. No deal. I even offered to switch from an iPad 3G plan, but without commitment, it can't be done for less than 629 or so.
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I've just tried it and it didn't work. They tried everything, at least it looked like it. No deal. I even offered to switch from an iPad 3G plan, but without commitment, it can't be done for less than 629 or so.
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commit then cancel
By cancelling you incur an ETF on the tablet if you don't return it. That was the whole point of the 2 yr contract discount no?
OP, what does the the receipt say? my guess is it would show how to get the tab rung out. Possibly the phone first, then the tab?
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I got the 8.9 yesterday. They weren't willing to give me the deal but they gave me a $150 credit so I paid the full price with no contract. Anyone root it yet?
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I got the 8.9 yesterday. They weren't willing to give me the deal but they gave me a $150 credit so I paid the full price with no contract. Anyone root it yet?
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Sofar this device is non-rootable. I got it thinking i could root it and make real nice but unfortunately nobody has fiured out anything about root for this device. I am so far pretty disappointed with the device. It is slow and glitchy i have had it SoD many times for no apparent reason? Also i use Swiftkey X and have Swiftkey Tablet installed and it isn't anywhere as good on this as on my Skyrocket or Infuse. I still have not gotten it to do spell corrections on the fly or at all. Dolphin HD doesn't work properly and the Dolphin tablet version sucks.
It just sin't anywhere as good as my Skyrocket and it shoukd be as good or better than the phone. I may end up selling this paper weight.
I love the tablet personally. no problems what so ever.
I am also talking to a few devs about rooting
I agree it's not perfect. I'll wait a few weeks and try it out. You think it will ever get ICS?
OP and others who were successful: could you please PM me the name of the store + rep?
I just tried two at&t store in Manhattan (Wall St and across from the Public Library on 5th) and neither was willing extended any concession whatsoever. They insisted on getting a 2-year contract on both if I wanted both the free phone + subsidize-priced tablet (otherwise would have to purchase full retail @ $600+).
Also, were you an existing at&t customer: did they look up your account and perhaps saw you were eligible for an upgrade/ have a high average monthly bill or anything along those lines?
TIA.
Your best bet is to buy it on Craigslist. I've seen them going for less than $400.
How did you get them to give you a $150 credit?
Hmm...i really feel bad for you guys in the USA on ATT. No free tethering, and they rip you off on deal we have that are much better here. In Canada you can get a Galaxy tab 10.1 and a Skyrocket for 249$ and your contract only covers the skyrocket, so basically you can cancel the data plan for the Tab after a month. And since we have free tethering, you dont really lose the data on the galaxy tab
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How did you get them to give you a $150 credit?
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I walked out when I heard they wanted a 2 year contract. He came and got me and talked to his manager. They do have the option to discount these things.
Where are you located?
Yes, one rep last night told me each store as a budget for that purpose.
I suppose you have to go a store with very slow sales. I waited for the end of the month, thinking they'd be eager to make their monthly sales quotas, but I guess it doesn't work in NYC. There is just too much money.
Gotta try a far away at&t store somewhere ... or Canada given the deal being mentioned above.

How I got a discount on the gs3 from Verizon

I didn't want to lose unlimited data because my kids are old enough to use tablets now and I wanted to have a hotspot in the car. Sprint does not work in my area. I called Verizon and told the rep I wanted 50 off the gs3 32gb.
Then I said I can walk into a store start a new line for 250 and then cancel the line the same day, pay 350 termination fee and be out 600 instead of 650. So please save me the trouble and just give me the 50 off.
I tried 4 times till I got it.
They don't have the ability to discount the phone but they can do a one time credit of 89.99 to your line. So after taxes and the 89.99 discount I paid 600 for the gs3 32 gb for vzw.
gingi999 said:
I didn't want to lose unlimited data because my kids are old enough to use tablets now and I wanted to have a hotspot in the car. Sprint does not work in my area. I called Verizon and told the rep I wanted 50 off the gs3 32gb.
Then I said I can walk into a store start a new line for 250 and then cancel the line the same day, pay 350 termination fee and be out 600 instead of 650. So please save me the trouble and just give me the 50 off.
I tried 4 times till I got it.
They don't have the ability to discount the phone but they can do a one time credit of 89.99 to your line. So after taxes and the 89.99 discount I paid 600 for the gs3 32 gb for vzw.
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I didn't want to lose my unlimited data that I had for my original Dinc either so I added a line to our family plan and got the SGS3 (16gb) at Best Buy for $150 after they price matched wal mart. Then I swapped the SGS3 for an old basic phone (thus removing the data package) and then swapped the new SGS3 for my old Dinc and Voila, new SGS3 for $150 with unlimited data and my brother will just take over the new $10/month line when he moves back home in a couple months. Worked like a charm!!
I did't want to lose my unlimited data either. I was ready to upgrade from my Incredible, but was irritated about the $30 upgrade fee. I called to get the fee waived, but was told that couldn't be done. Instead, I was given a free month of service, which for me is $89.99, plus my $50 ne2 discount. I got a 32 GB for less than $250.00. It's still a lot of money and I had to pay the ridiculous upgrade fee, but I am thrilled to have the SGSIII on an unlimited data plan!
Yeah. Usually when you call and complain they give you credit. However, if you work for a company that gets Verizon discounts you can usually just use your work email and get the activation fees waived
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I preorderd the device. On my receipt when I got the phone it said if I cancel within 2 years i could face a etf of up to 175.00. Did anyone else notice?.
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Loving my unlimited data plan as wells. I just want to know if I tether a tablet or PC to my GS3 and really start burning some GB over 4G will Verizon see I am tethering by looking at the packets somehow and start dropping the hammer by rate-limiting the device?
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Loving my unlimited data plan as wells. I just want to know if I tether a tablet or PC to my GS3 and really start burning some GB over 4G will Verizon see I am tethering by looking at the packets somehow and start dropping the hammer by rate-limiting the device?
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I've never had a problem and some guy on the Rezound forums got to 1tb of data so I don't think so.
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Yeah. Usually when you call and complain they give you credit. However, if you work for a company that gets Verizon discounts you can usually just use your work email and get the activation fees waived
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I get a discount through work where do you enter your email to get the fee waived?
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I get a discount through work where do you enter your email to get the fee waived?
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Link below. Call once you get approved to get activation waived.
Verizonwireless.com/discounts
Or
https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/support/employee-discount-email
Enjoy
**Edit** Calling is the only way to get fees waived outside of the stores. They usually have to submit the waiver for approval and then authorize it later.
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taihard said:
I didn't want to lose my unlimited data that I had for my original Dinc either so I added a line to our family plan and got the SGS3 (16gb) at Best Buy for $150 after they price matched wal mart. Then I swapped the SGS3 for an old basic phone (thus removing the data package) and then swapped the new SGS3 for my old Dinc and Voila, new SGS3 for $150 with unlimited data and my brother will just take over the new $10/month line when he moves back home in a couple months. Worked like a charm!!
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I tried to do that originally but the $10 a mo plans dont exist anymore, no for a non smartphone to share a plan (for my wife who is new to verizon) its $30 a month, the math didnt work

Anyone has ATT Premiere account please answer

I'm upgrading one of my line to the S4 but the price went from $199 to $299 at the check out. How much did you guys with ATT Premiere account paid for your S4?
I paid the same as regular at&t. $199
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I'm upgrading one of my line to the S4 but the price went from $199 to $299 at the check out. How much did you guys with ATT Premiere account paid for your S4?
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If you have a premier account, they give you the "$100 off promotion" which brings the phone down from that $299 price to the standard $199. As explained here in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2247597
I just pre ordered through an actual store and paid the $199 price.
Okay, can someone explain to me what exactly is the advantage of AT&T premier? It seems that I have it (discount from my place of work), but from everything I've seen, the GS4 is still the same price as in store...?
Maybe I'm missing something..
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Okay, can someone explain to me what exactly is the advantage of AT&T premier? It seems that I have it (discount from my place of work), but from everything I've seen, the GS4 is still the same price as in store...?
Maybe I'm missing something..
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I get about a 22% discount on my service each month and you get a discount on all accessories and some phones. You usually don't get much of a discount on a phone that has just been released.
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I get about a 22% discount on my service each month and you get a discount on all accessories and some phones. You usually don't get much of a discount on a phone that has just been released.
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Gotcha. Thanks. Yeah, it looks like I'm getting a 15% discount which is alright. I was also told by 611 that I get free overnight shipping on all orders via Premier. Not sure if that's 100% true or not because I've always done my shopping at the corp store anyway.
Just contacted Premier CS. I had to upgrade my plan code. Everything works now. Waiting impatiently for my S4. How much could I get for me S3 on the black market?
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Just contacted Premier CS. I had to upgrade my plan code. Everything works now. Waiting impatiently for my S4. How much could I get for me S3 on the black market?
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I got about $350 for my wifes gs3 from tmobile a month ago. I plan on selling my unlocked note 2 on swappa for almost $500.
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I got about $350 for my wifes gs3 from tmobile a month ago. I plan on selling my unlocked note 2 on swappa for almost $500.
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mine they charged me $299 so pissed ordered 2 cells, gonna call in the morning
S4 Premier
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mine they charged me $299 so pissed ordered 2 cells, gonna call in the morning
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I got mine for 179.00 I think because I have been a premier member for a while maybe its a credit, I just got my phone yesterday. Its nice and thin but holy moly is it loaded with crap. Cant wait to root this thing!!!!
Weird, I had no such issues with mine when I ordered premier. I preordered 4/16 and got it 4/24. Great phone so far btw. Can't wait for root to clear out the crap on it though.
I ordered mine on the 24th and had an issue with the checkout button sending me to an error page at the very last step. When I restarted the process, it had changed my plan details from "550 minutes" to "Add a line" (my phone is a second line). This reduced the cost to less than the $35 dollar minimum or whatever that the $100 instant off requires.
I cleared my cookies in another browser and restarted the process. I was able to get through that time without an issue and it had reverted back to the "550 minutes" so I got the $100 off.
I did have to choose a "new" data plan though I was still able to select Unlimited Personal Data Plan for 4G LTE Smartphones (what I had previously). The code changed from LTEDPPBVM to LDPPBVM5 or something like that. Probably just a coding change internally.
I do get free overnight shipping with Premier, I don't know if this is the case for everyone. My phone shipped yesterday and is out for delivery today.
im on the phone now with them when i said $299 they guy was taken back a little bit and said that didnt sound right and he was also amazed that i got the phone 1 day after ordering, dont call the sales department tho i called them and have waited 20min to get transfered to internet department
long story short you need to upgrade your plan and they wont help me with any discounts because i have the old plan grandfathered in with unlimited data
Mine came in yesterday. I paid $174.99 and ordered over the phone with the premier dept. I've had better luck over the phone on prices. They seem to be able to "bend the rules" a little more.
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Anyone get the M8 using Edge program?

I picked mine up on March 25th and since I'm not due for an upgrade until this September I decided to purchase via the edge program. I'm still on the fence about the edge program and supposedly I have 6 more days to return the phone and cancel the edge upgrade. Anyone else get their M8 using Edge and if so what are your feelings about it? Also if anyone's been using Edge for a while now your input is appreciated too. Thanks!
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I've been using it since the m7 came out, no qualms with it. Raises your bill a bit. Got this on edge as well.
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Got mine on Edge. Was planning to buy it but when I added the 14.99 x12 +40 something initial it works out to me about 20 more overall. For me it was worth knowing I can turn my phone in after a year as I always want the newest phone.
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I've been using it since the m7 came out, no qualms with it. Raises your bill a bit. Got this on edge as well.
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My bill went down by 2 dollars by going with edge, so it's a win in my book. Did you get the 10 or 25(if over 10gigs) bill credit? That makes it a no brainer for me.
I had 8 GB of data they upped me to 10 and said my bill would be the same
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IMO, the edge is only good to get on if you are either getting a cheaper phone and want to stay off contract, really want to stay off contract with a more expensive phone and not have to pay the large off contract price up front, or you like to upgrade phones a lot and have the money to throw around for it.
For the M8, if they did it correctly, it would be like an extra 25 dollars a month for 2 years. It's supposed to be the off contract price broken out and financed basically over a 2 year period. You can upgrade at any time however, without renewing your contract by paying for at least half the cost off the phone and turning the phone in. Meaning for the M8, you'd have to pay at least 300 dollars totaly (either by 25 dollars a month or whatever the difference is between 300 and what you've paid so far when you want to upgrade).
Doesn't sound like a very good deal to me. But then again, I still have unlimited data If I was forced to give up my unlimited data for some reason, I might would consider the edge, but most likely I'd just buy an off contract more reasonable cost phone like a nexus line phone or something. The amount price of off contract phones is mostly ridiculous and way higher than they should be. These things could be sold for 300 - 350 dollars and the companies would still probably be making a profit, you can look at the Nexus 5 to tell that.
It really isn't a bad deal, you get a credit for $25 if on a 10gb or more plan, so your bill actually goes down just a little and you don't get locked in, I feel the edge program is a win win really
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It really isn't a bad deal, you get a credit for $25 if on a 10gb or more plan, so your bill actually goes down just a little and you don't get locked in, I feel the edge program is a win win really
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If you want out you have to pay off the phone and the etf... So, yeah... You're locked in.
M8, nuff said.
Well I guess I mean locked down for upgrades, (where I live Verizon is the only carrier that gets great service so in my eyes I will always be with them) but it's nice to be able to upgrade when you want
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How does it lock you in? My contract still expires this September.
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I'm on the fence about edge
I got the phone on edge cause I can't bring myself to spend $600 for a phone that I make less than 10 calls a month on. I use it more for music and occasional video, some ebook reading, little bit of web browsing, and once and a blue GPS. So the question was is my unlimited data worth $600 today? I use an average of 1.5 Gigs/month on edge the gave me 6 Gigs for the same price + $14 month for the phone financing. I paid $80 down on the phone. My thinking was; sooner or later VZW will just stop offering unlimited data to month to month users. So how would I feel if I spent $600 and in 2 months time I get a letter from VZW saying Unlimited data is no longer a service tier that they offer on a month to month basis. Now I have a phone that I cant take to another carrier(?) And I still don't have unlimited.
I'm still thinking about going back to the store before next week and switching back. I wonder if they will charge me a restocking fee, to switch me, meaning return my phone then do a new sale or will they just let me pay the difference of the retail price and my down payment?
I got edge program since my Bill overall at the end of the day is the same as it was every month on ATT. Basically pay the same every month with Verizon as I did on ATT but can upgrade my device every year (or sooner if I wanted personally) and again pay the same every month. Versus paying less a month and $199 or whatever phones cost and be locked in a few years on that device.
I don't know how it effects your contract ending... But edge actually extended mine
M8, nuff said.
If I check my contract end date it still says this September which means it didn't change since getting my M8 on edge
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afinita said:
My bill went down by 2 dollars by going with edge, so it's a win in my book. Did you get the 10 or 25(if over 10gigs) bill credit? That makes it a no brainer for me.
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I used Edge to get this phone. What's "Did you get the 10 or 25(if over 10gigs) bill credit?" mean..i don't remember anything like that??
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If I check my contract end date it still says this September which means it didn't change since getting my M8 on edge
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I need to go yell at someone then... Cuz mine went from ending in December of this year to March of 2016
M8, nuff said.
gehx said:
I used Edge to get this phone. What's "Did you get the 10 or 25(if over 10gigs) bill credit?" mean..i don't remember anything like that??
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It's a promotion I believe that started around day 3 this device came out on Verizon. When in store I got $20/month credit. They said call customer service tomorrow and I will get $25/month credit a s long as I have Edge. I believe my Edge cost is about $25/month so with the $25/month credit it's like it's free and can upgrade whenever I want zero down. Win win, call customer service, was quick and easy, took 5min to enable this.
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It's a promotion I believe that started around day 3 this device came out on Verizon. When in store I got $20/month credit. They said call customer service tomorrow and I will get $25/month credit a s long as I have Edge. I believe my Edge cost is about $25/month so with the $25/month credit it's like it's free and can upgrade whenever I want zero down. Win win, call customer service, was quick and easy, took 5min to enable this.
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I got mine the day it came out and was bumped up from 8 GB to 10 GB for no cost supposedly.
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I got mine the day it came out and was bumped up from 8 GB to 10 GB for no cost supposedly.
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Yes I have 10gb plan shared with my wife. For some reason though store couldn't enable and said to call next day. Just figured it didn't start til next day? Did all this I believe the second day this device was released for Verizon.
Old news but I'll just leave this here. http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/18/4...hone-upgrade-plan-same-bad-ripoff-as-att-next

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