Drifter
Footballguy
Of course it is. I checked earlier today and it wasn't there so I went ahead and ordered a One. The One has better specs, you just don't get the most recent OS.
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Save $ on cell service -- Ting Mobile / Solavei (+ other MVNOs) (1 Viewer)
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moleculo
Footballguy
lol. I have the nexus 5 page bookmarked and check it periodically - wife and I both desperately need new phones, are spoiled with flagships, but don't want to fork over ~$600 each. I read some reports about instability on the one due to the cyanogen mod OS, and that was enough to spook me. I have had it with unstable, buggy phones (from an older motorola phone I had that was loaded with Motobloat) The thing that appeals about nexus 5 the most to me is there is no manufacurer or service provider loading their crap onto the phone - it will be as pure of an OS as the driven snow.
Binky The Doormat
Footballguy
Had an unbelievably good experience at the Verizon store. Been waiting for this for several years. Last phone is off contract on the 13th. We were paying $222 (plus taxes) for 6GB with 2 smart phones, two basic phones and an ipad.
Now that all of our phones are off contract we can sign up the advertised discounts. NEW BILL AMT - $152 (plus taxes) for 10GB and the same phones. I am buying a couple Samsung Galaxy 3s off of ebay and will save another $10 a month when I get those (bigger discount on smart phones on the plan) - so new bill will be $142 (plus taxes). I am pretty pumped. Verizon has by far the best coverage around here so we were fairly restricted unless we wanted to suffer through slow/no coverage.
They jam the Edge program down your throat where you have to pay for new phones on a monthly basis to get on this discounted plan. I tried to get a straight answer no less than 10 times (over a couple month period of time) over the phone about getting on the More Everything plan without getting on the Edge plan and was told that I couldn't. Even when I went to the store I had a difficult first 10 minutes or so with the rep, but after I made it repeatedly clear that we owned our phones and had no interest in the Edge plan she helped set up the plan (and was nice about it).
This pricing is even better than the $160 for 4 advertised - I will wait and see if it all ends up as she described, but I had her write out what we were paying by service/phone and what we will be paying so I could understand what was changing and by how much.
Moral of the story for me:
- get off contract ASAP, don't fall for shiny new upgrade on the cheap (happened with my wife a couple of times)
- buy your phones off ebay from places that have good ratings and do refunds/exchanges
- go to the store and don't deal with call center people
Now that all of our phones are off contract we can sign up the advertised discounts. NEW BILL AMT - $152 (plus taxes) for 10GB and the same phones. I am buying a couple Samsung Galaxy 3s off of ebay and will save another $10 a month when I get those (bigger discount on smart phones on the plan) - so new bill will be $142 (plus taxes). I am pretty pumped. Verizon has by far the best coverage around here so we were fairly restricted unless we wanted to suffer through slow/no coverage.
They jam the Edge program down your throat where you have to pay for new phones on a monthly basis to get on this discounted plan. I tried to get a straight answer no less than 10 times (over a couple month period of time) over the phone about getting on the More Everything plan without getting on the Edge plan and was told that I couldn't. Even when I went to the store I had a difficult first 10 minutes or so with the rep, but after I made it repeatedly clear that we owned our phones and had no interest in the Edge plan she helped set up the plan (and was nice about it).
This pricing is even better than the $160 for 4 advertised - I will wait and see if it all ends up as she described, but I had her write out what we were paying by service/phone and what we will be paying so I could understand what was changing and by how much.
Moral of the story for me:
- get off contract ASAP, don't fall for shiny new upgrade on the cheap (happened with my wife a couple of times)
- buy your phones off ebay from places that have good ratings and do refunds/exchanges
- go to the store and don't deal with call center people
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Update: I've had Consumer cellular for 7 months now and love them 
Usually gets better coverage than my Verizon work phone.
Usually gets better coverage than my Verizon work phone.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
Glad I hopped aboard the Consumer Cellular love train.Update: I've had Consumer cellular for 7 months now and love them
Usually gets better coverage than my Verizon work phone.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
sbonomo, one thing you should know about Consumer Cellular is that your 4G is truly LTE. Basically, that means you get the same speeds as AT&T customers. I learned this when I researched the OnePlus One forums. I also read that this is not the case with Straight Talk, but I could be wrong.
(HULK)
(Smash)
Straight Talk on AT&T has the same LTE as AT&T. On T-Mobile it has HSPA+42 which is decent. On Sprint and Verizon it is 3G only.
sbonomo
Footballguy
google more than makes up for it with all of their tech apps....
sbonomo
Footballguy
thanks for the heads up..
Keerock
Footballguy
heckmanm
Footballguy
Yeah, their data gets pricey quick. It's keeping me on our Sprint unlimited data plan for my phone, but I'm really looking at seeing how much I can cut back my data usage so the switch makes sense.
If my work wi-fi didn't block streaming audio it would be a no-brainer. We already have our kids' phones on Ting, but I keep the data capped for them because I can.
Drifter
Footballguy
heckmanm
Footballguy
I don't know. They have a lot of broad categories blocked, and the official internet usage policy is "business purposes only". All types of streaming media seem to be blocked on my work computer. I think it's also a bandwidth issue.
The wifi appears to have the same restrictions as the wired network.
Sand
Footballguy
What about Cricket? I have two phones coming off contract this month (last one in May) and the $180 I pay for three phones is asinine. I can cut that in half with Cricket. From this thread looks like I need to look into Consumer Cellular, as well.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
Not too familiar with Cricket...only that it is pretty flaky in Memphis in terms of reception.
Sand
Footballguy
Supposedly it is on the AT&T network, or at least I thought so.
So if I switch to one of these folks I need to get a SIM card for each phone, switch over my number, then cancel with AT&T?
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(HULK)
(Smash)
Yup, Cricket is on the AT&T Network (used to be on their own, but they go bought by AT&T). FYI, they cap their LTE @ 8 MBps download speeds, so its not really full LTE. Just something to keep in mind.
ETA: When you port your number, it automatically cancels that phone's existing contract.
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Sand
Footballguy
- that's 3x my home DSL speed. That should be fine.
Jaysus
Good times!
Will "Softcaps" become a thing of the past? http://www.androidcentral.com/ftc-rules-throttled-unlimited-data-doesnt-qualify-unlimited
(HULK)
(Smash)
Yes.
Also, Google reportedly spinning up an MVNO this year too.
And Solavei changed their pricing back to something reasonable again.
Lots going on. DB is a pain to keep updated imo.
Can someone help me here?
I have a Nexus 5.
I downloaded an app called 'Clean Master.'
Seems to do a good job BUT ... whenever I plug the phone in to charge, it automatically starts running this program and I have to unplug the phone to get back to the homescreen.
I like to listen to music on the phone when I am charging it sometimes. But this makes it much more difficult.
Any ideas other than simply deleting this app, which is what I will probably do if there isn't a decent solution?
I have a Nexus 5.
I downloaded an app called 'Clean Master.'
Seems to do a good job BUT ... whenever I plug the phone in to charge, it automatically starts running this program and I have to unplug the phone to get back to the homescreen.
I like to listen to music on the phone when I am charging it sometimes. But this makes it much more difficult.
Any ideas other than simply deleting this app, which is what I will probably do if there isn't a decent solution?
(HULK)
(Smash)
(HULK)
(Smash)
You want Page Plus Wireless. The 2GB is between 2 phones? You can get unlimited calls/texts + 1 GB LTE plans... its $39.95 per line.
Not sure if you can bring your iPhone over though. You'll have to call them and see.
saintfool
Dead sexy
you might need to change the app settings. i have and use the app daily. i haven't had it do anything like what you are describing.
Tick
Footballguy
dmac37
Footballguy
Lot's of info in here but I'm hoping I can get a detailed recommendation for our family plan with 3 phones. We are currently with AT&T but looking for a lower cost no contract plan.
Service- 2 of us are in Michigan and one will be moving to the NYC area.
Talk- we would need unlimited talk or approx. 1200min per month if that is cheaper than unlimited
Text- need unlimited
Data- need approx 15gb shared
Phone- any good recommendations on a lower price phone with features close to the more expensive galaxy type smartphones?
The Motorola Moto G seems to be a good lower budget option but not sure the others would go for this lesser type......
Provider:
Cricket- meets all requirements but is their AT&T service a drop down from the actual AT&T?
Consumers Cellular- this would be my preferred but it looks like the max data plan is only 2.5gb shared
Other?
Service- 2 of us are in Michigan and one will be moving to the NYC area.
Talk- we would need unlimited talk or approx. 1200min per month if that is cheaper than unlimited
Text- need unlimited
Data- need approx 15gb shared
Phone- any good recommendations on a lower price phone with features close to the more expensive galaxy type smartphones?
The Motorola Moto G seems to be a good lower budget option but not sure the others would go for this lesser type......
Provider:
Cricket- meets all requirements but is their AT&T service a drop down from the actual AT&T?
Consumers Cellular- this would be my preferred but it looks like the max data plan is only 2.5gb shared
Other?
None_More_Black
Footballguy
Cricket basic plan just moved to 2.5 gb of data from 1. For 40 dollars inclusive of all fees and taxes (35 with auto debit) you get unlimited voice and text and 2.5 gig of lte data (capped at 8 mps) Can bring your own phone. They also have some decent models with large rebates. It's basically At&t, (no roaming) so if that it good in your area Cricket should be fine. Been on a couple of months and no problems yet.
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(HULK)
(Smash)
With that 15GB of data requirement, its gonna hurt almost anywhere unless you catch a promo deal or something.
Can you break out the requirements by phone? Would make this a little easier for me.
Also, to answer your questions... Cricket uses AT&Ts network, but they throttle the LTE at 8 MBps download speeds... so it isn't as fast as AT&T's LTE normally is.
Also, why is your data usage so high? Don't you have access to WiFi?
jpeace121
Footballguy
Hulk, just wanted to say thanks for your advice. We left Verizon first of the year, and had a couple issues with porting over as well as data setup on my new Moto X. CC's customer service did not always get everything right the first time, but they always were easy to get on the phone and able to get things cleared up with a follow up call. Coverage has been fine, service has been great.
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
Didn't want to start a new thread for this, and I'm glad that there are carriers like Ting putting pressure on Verizon to lower their prices.
Verizon will tweak it's data line prices.
Verizon will tweak it's data line prices.
Brady Marino
Footballguy
T-Mobile is HORRIBLE in my apartment, where any OTA signal basically goes to die. Any word on an AT&T launch?
(HULK)
(Smash)
Nope. They'll be Sprint and T-Mobile only for the foreseeable future.
T-Mobile is HORRIBLE in my apartment, where any OTA signal basically goes to die. Any word on an AT&T launch?
Jaysus
Good times!
Now this is interesting... I wonder if I will be able to beat T-Mo's $30 plan with my usage pattern?!?
Bull Dozier
Footballguy
OK, looking to see if I can get a recomendation. My 13 year old just made the A honor roll finally, and his promised reward was a cell phone. I don't want to add him to the plan my family plan, because he doesn't need a Cadillac plan, or a Cadillac phone. I'm guessing he is looking just to be able to play Clash of Clans and the like away from Wi-Fi, and text his friends. Talking will be minimal. What kind of options/phones am I looking at?
(HULK)
(Smash)
Any GSM phone and the T-Mobile $30 prepaid plan imo. 100 minutes, unlimited texts, 5 GB LTE. Ideal for young boys.
Get him a Moto G or E. LTE Version.
Jaysus
Good times!
I think that is great advice. Maybe set him up with a Google Voice number right off the bat so he will always have it.
ETA: get yourself a new Moto X and get a free Moto E for the boy
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Bull Dozier
Footballguy
That's the best I'm looking at? Bummer. I can add a line to my Sprint family plan for $30 with contract, but hoping there was a better option.
