Sprint will launch several new phones in April

Sprint will launch several new phones in April

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Published on: 23 February, 2008 by Pressian Karakostov

Sprint will launch several new phones in April

On April 16th, Sprint will launch a bunch of new devices, including its first Qchat capable phones ...

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An all qchat April?
So the Curve and LX will have ptt or are they just part of the April releases?
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Anyone who thinks Verizon rules
Explain something to me why is it Verizon rules? There high deposits? There expense plans? There "unlimited" data plans for laptops and PCs? Or is it there ability to have this great coverage area everywhere in the US? Wow all those things are very laughable and I will tell you QCHAT if they keep it under that title will blow the socks off of all the over paying, none believing, and cocky verizon customers not to mention this year sprints going past rev O while Verizon will be just getting it.
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M800
I heard that the Samsung M800 was going to be out before April. Q1 2008 release??
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Sprint good? HAAAAAA rite!
Ok 1st of VZW IS in Rev A. Maybe not in all markets but at least where I'm at they are. Sprint's CS is BEYOND subpar into definitions that should NEVER be used to clasify CS & that which is TERRIBLE. And their billing? Yeah let's not even go there. Yeah maybe a $400 deposit is a bit much but oddly enough those deposits only seem to come up with individuals who had another carrier, which most of the time coincidentally (SP), happened to be Sprint, that went into write off. Yeah there's a financially sound decision. Let's give a phone to the person who already had a phone with another carrier, eg. Sprint, & couldn't or didn't pay their bill. RIGHT..............
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to end all arguments about who is better...
i jump onto this site to read what some people think of the new phones, and all i see is petty, nieve, and immature arguments about which provider is better. GET OVER IT PEOPLE...to each their own...If you want to go by facts alone, Sprint may have more coverage and fast EVDO speeds, but verizon has more customers. Sprint has 7pm nights, but ATT has rollover. Who is to say that one is better than the other??? not me. Just cause Spring is great for me, doesn't make it best for someone else.

Just for kicks though...let me address the statment by comment #25.

I find it funny that you claim to know what carrier each of the VZW applicants came from...and why they are required to have a deposit...very funny indeed. Since when did a simple credit eval EVER give out that info? Its called credit class, and people get pooled in one for many different reasons...and if VZW decided to charge $250 more than its #1 competitor, more power...just don't seem dumbfounded when they get sprint instead...K.

According to facts alone, its simple to know that on paper Sprint is the clearly better choice for the majority of customers...(and if you know anything about the wireless world you will not argue this point) but the problem with this is that "on paper" isn't the end all...and never has been...

so lets stop being so stupid, and learn that each carrier has their own pros and cons, and STOP ARGUING.
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To Stuntz
From VZW's Website "With BroadbandAccess from Verizon Wireless in your notebook, you can access email, download files, and browse the Internet at broadband speed. Our growing high-speed wireless network covers more then 240 million people in 248 major metropolitan areas and 232 primary airports in the United States" Sprint doesn't even talk about how large their data network is. Yeah this is only VZW's EVDO-0&A coverage not including voice. Do your research.. Oh and about the fact taht vzw has pre-3g speeds... from speedtest.net if you go to Chandler Arizona b/c that is the only place I know taht has both Sprint and VZW broadband and not enough landline-based ISPs to drown out the data. VZW Cellco Partnership is 874, Sprint PCS 868.... Moron. I estimate sprint to file for bankruptcy or look to sell like Alltel did within 5 years. They lost a net 300,000 customers last Quarter while every other company gained around 1 million. You are a moron. I know everyone agrees with me.
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the man
Wow...I didn't know sprint carried phones. I'd get better service sending messages on the wings of a pigeon!
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schmuck
stuntz how more of a schmuck could you be. sprint is so close to going bankrupt. verizon will own sprint soon. and to me it sounds like you(stuntz) need to get your priorities straight. if verizon wanted a deposit that either means they know that you are homosexual and like sniffing pickles....or you never pay your bills and have even more homosexual credit. i know...its both huh? if you ever want any advice from a professional...let me or Chief know. that goes to all of you, we can handle all you pickle sniffers in denial. have a nice gay...i mean day.
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#28
Ok 1st of all if you don't want to "argue" or as most ppl would put it state & read the opinions of others than MAYBE you shouldn't respond to ppl's comments. ESPECIALLY ppl who have been doing this work for almost 6yrs having sold ALL 4/5, (depending how you still view Sprint/Nextel) of the major national carriers. Everbody know how the debt to income ratio credit classification works. FACT - Individual annual income of $36,000. Annual debt rate of only roughly $28,000 so we all know the debt to income ratio won't bother them or as others put it their credit isn't over extended. Has NO other write offs except for one from oh I don't know let's say Sprint say 5 yrs back. GUARANTEE that individual WILL have a deposit for 99% of other carriers. Period. Oh and as to how I would know this information, well when an individual comes to get a phone and they say but all the bills I have I pay on time etc etc and I ask have you ever had a cell phone before really w/ who and what happened? it's funny how the majority of responses is, Yes, With Sprint, and They were charging me for stuff I wasn't doing or they shut my phone of because I was short a dollar or 2 on my bill so I Just stopped paying it all together. If you honestly think that cell phones don't look at more than just a customers credit rating you are naive. They do look for outstanding balances with other cellular providers. ESPECIALLY write offs. Straight from the manual credit review departments of ALL 4/5 national carriers.
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Correction
I apologize but my last comment was NOT directed to #28. It was directed to Ryan.
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All April Qchat?
It looks like the majority of the phones released in April will be qchat, is the Curve and LX a part of that ptt movement?
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mult rep
credit class...its what the system works on...manual review is rare, and usually turns up because the system is unable to evaluate a credit class due to too much or too little info...

i see that you are more nieve that i thought, cause if you weren't, you wouldn't be putting so much value in what a customer says about another carrier. If someone doesn't pay their bill (Sprint/Verizon/ATT/USCell, etc...) it reports negetively to their credit, and thats not good...and just because a customer gets billed for something they don't understand, doesn't mean its wrongly billed.


Its clear that you don't understand how stuff "really works"...and thats fine. I can see now why you have sold so many different carriers...you can't keep the same job for very long.

what are you, 12...get over yourself and learn proper grammer please.
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Petty
ok...most of you people are just rediculous. #1....I'm gay, #2...I've sold every major carrier except for Verizon. #3...I've had Verizon. It doesn't matter whether a person is gay or not. I could walk in and get a Verizon phone without any trouble if I wanted to. However, from personal experience...Verizon couldn't pay ME enough to carry one of their phones. I have never had trouble with the customer service that I have received from Sprint. However, the customer service that I received from Verizon when I was a customer, was horrible. I have worked for Cingular before. Even when I worked for Cingular and had a FREE phone, I still carried a Sprint phone. It always works everywhere that I go. I've been in the wireless industry for over 7 years, and for the past 4 years, I've worked for Sprint. I have had many customers who have been Sprint customers, switched to Verizon, and in less than 30 days came back to Sprint.

So, it's really a matter of what works for the customer. If Sprint doesn't work for the customer, I will tell them that it's not going to work for them. Most people would just try to make the sell to the customer just because they're going to make a commission and don't care if it works for the customer.
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Now it especially doesnt matter since everyone jumped on the Unlimited bandwagon. Dont hate on #25. Sprint is doing something terribly wrong, or maybe some of its employees. I work for a VZW indirect dealer and half of my new activations each month are sprint portovers. I highly doubt both sprint stores in town all have terrible employees, in fact I know they dont, but their customer service is definitely lacking...possibly their rules and guidelines for employees as well which leads to even worse customer service. If you blame anything on any provider blame it on the Network's Corporate Advisors. Thats the real issue.
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Michael you obviously haven't been through Grand Junction, CO's sprint stores. Verizon rules the market in Colorado. I've never had a great or smooth convo with a Sprint Cust Service rep ever. Verizon I get right through and always have an American who speaks fluent English.
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Idiot Ryan
No really? That's what the system really works on is credit class? I didn't know that. Please get over yourself. 1st of all proper grammar:

na·ive /nɑˈiv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[nah-eev] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
2. having or showing a lack of experience, judgment, or information; credulous: She's so naive she believes everything she reads. He has a very naive attitude toward politics.
3. having or marked by a simple, unaffectedly direct style reflecting little or no formal training or technique: valuable naive 19th-century American portrait paintings.
4. not having previously been the subject of a scientific experiment, as an animal.

NOT nieve so maybe YOU should learn proper grammar. As for my job situation you really are an idiot. Did I say I worked multiple jobs? No I didn't. It is possible for an indirect, which is where I've worked for the last 5yrs, to sell MORE than one carrier, which is one of the pros that we have here, so only an idiot would make an a asinine, and just in case you don't know what asinine means:

as·i·nine /ˈæsəˌnaɪn/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[as-uh-nahyn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective 1. foolish, unintelligent, or silly; stupid: It is surprising that supposedly intelligent people can make such asinine statements.
2. of or like an ass: asinine obstinacy; asinine features.

assumption that I have held more than more than 1 job.

Yes we all know know that credit class is how it works BUT if you knew what in the world you were talking about, I'm not talking about just random customer but friends, acquaintance's & family members, who have a write off from a previous carrier, & I'm sure you must have seen at some point by now if you really have worked this job in any way shape or form and well versed as you claim to be, who have a deposit w/ a carrier and yet can go out a wk later and get a $27,000 vehicle or buy a house.A

ND as for my comment concerning MANUAL review it was a general statement for ppl to VERIFY w/ manual review of the company that they currently work for or sell and they will verify that they do look beyond the credit score to evaluate if there is past due balances or write offs w/ prior carriers.

So with that I'm going to end my "discussion" with obviously YOU don't know what it is YOU'RE talking about.
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Sprint Customer Care
I'll give you this....maybe Sprint needs to stop giving away the house. Everyone who calls in wants a credit for something. Maybe we need to be more live Verizon and say TUFF! Most Sprint customer's dont realize that being nice to the service rep will get you alot further than going off right as they come on the phone. I'm glad I work with the White Glove customers, they don't complain very much.
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Oh great more ugly phone
at least these ones make cool walkie talkie noises. hopefully they will remember to remove the developer tools this time so people cant erase there phones initial programming. LOL at LG Rumor for doing that
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to #20 sprint lover
Alltel actually has the largest voice calling area based of its roaming agreements with other companies, it covers 298 million peeps. Thats the reason why sprint doesn't advertise that they have the largest voice network anymore. And Verizon's ev-do mobile broadband network covers 240 million of the U.S. peeps. Sprint only covers 230 million peeps with its moible broadband network. Thats why sprint's "largest" mobile broadband network claim is based off of square miles, NOT actual U.S. population. And oh ya, verizon's rev. a data speeds cover there entire ev-do network and sprints rev. a only covers 110 million peeps. Thats less than half of there network. It sucks to be on rev 0 speeds (60-80k) upload. Learn your sh*t before u make yourself look like a moron. And everyone knows sprints customer service is horrible and a joke.
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to the morom that calls them self Horpo
its III for three...IX is nine...sad the uneducated people in this world
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