Plan price

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Take this for what you will, I asked two reps and here's what's one said:


03/26/2010 04:01:12PM william: "hi, i was wondering, do you have any knowledge of the release date of the evo 4g and its cost, and if 4g will cost extra? thank you"
03/26/2010 04:01:51PM Agent (Michael CC): "That is a great question, I would be happy to research that information for you."
03/26/2010 04:05:29PM System: "I appreciate your continued patience. I am still researching this issue for you."
03/26/2010 04:06:55PM Agent (Michael CC): "According to my resources, the release date of the HTC Evo 4g will be Summer of 2010. There is not a specific date available as of yet."
03/26/2010 04:09:57PM Agent (Michael CC): "Regarding cost, the service will be the same cost as with 4G devices."
03/26/2010 04:10:12PM william: "so, $70/month for everything 450?"
03/26/2010 04:12:08PM Agent (Michael CC): "Yes, that is correct."

so no info on phone price, but it looks like we won't be paying a premium for 4g, which is awesome. I'm sure they'll charge something for the hotspot app though

I work for Sprint (before you jump the gun and say reps don't know anything, I'm not your average rep ) and in my store we were discussing this topic not even an hour ago.

We all concluded seeings how Sprint isn't charging extra for 4G on the Overdrive or other data devices it would be senseless for them to charge extra on our best phone to date. So pricing will probably still be the best pricing out as far as wireless carriers. Seeings how Sprint doesn't charge extra for Blackberry plans anymore its bundle into our data packs.

So simply put I don't see them charging extra for the rate plan.

As for price of phone (don't quote me on this) I would expect the phone to retail somewhere in the $700-$800 range. And for signing with a contract I would assume somewhere around $399.99 AFTER mail-in rebate. Again please don't quote me on this and tell everyone this guy said it WILL be this much. I'm just guessing by the pricing I've seen on PDA's phone within my store over the last 3 years.

Hope this answers your q's.
Stephen out.

Originally Posted by stephen240

As for price of phone (don't quote me on this) I would expect the phone to retail somewhere in the $700-$800 range. And for signing with a contract I would assume somewhere around $399.99 AFTER mail-in rebate. Again please don't quote me on this and tell everyone this guy said it WILL be this much. I'm just guessing by the pricing I've seen on PDA's phone within my store over the last 3 years.

I really don't think it will be $399.99. It seems that Android phones are more heavily subsidized then WinMo, as they are for a much larger audience. I can see this phone being $300 but no way sprint will charge $400. This is a real lure to gain back customers from other carriers but that won't work if the initial investment is too high. I wouldn't be surprised if it was in the 200s.

I think that the data part will be unchanged, however the HotSpot adon will not be optional, it makes sense since the greatest benefit of 4G is to allow other devices to connect to the internet.

That said, the phone should be priced competitively ~200$ and the everything data plans should cover the data, then there would be the HotSpot adon (not optional) so this is how trey would profit from this I think.

So I'm thinking ED450 = 70$ + HS adon = ~20$ = 90$ grand total for the plan pricing.

This seems reasonable to me, I guess we'll have to just wait and see.

4G is $20 extra for me.

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Originally Posted by stephen240

I work for Sprint (before you jump the gun and say reps don't know anything, I'm not your average rep ) and in my store we were discussing this topic not even an hour ago.

We all concluded seeings how Sprint isn't charging extra for 4G on the Overdrive or other data devices it would be senseless for them to charge extra on our best phone to date. So pricing will probably still be the best pricing out as far as wireless carriers. Seeings how Sprint doesn't charge extra for Blackberry plans anymore its bundle into our data packs.

So simply put I don't see them charging extra for the rate plan.

As for price of phone (don't quote me on this) I would expect the phone to retail somewhere in the $700-$800 range. And for signing with a contract I would assume somewhere around $399.99 AFTER mail-in rebate. Again please don't quote me on this and tell everyone this guy said it WILL be this much. I'm just guessing by the pricing I've seen on PDA's phone within my store over the last 3 years.

Hope this answers your q's.
Stephen out.

How is it that when I wanted to use my U300 with 4G Sprint said I had to pay an extra $20/mo.

Well I called Sprint and they said I was on a 3G plan and also said I would be switched over to a 3G/4G plan for the same price. They must have changed their plan fees since a month or so ago.

can you use clearwire service on this phone ?

Originally Posted by stephen240

I work for Sprint (before you jump the gun and say reps don't know anything, I'm not your average rep ) and in my store we were discussing this topic not even an hour ago.

We all concluded seeings how Sprint isn't charging extra for 4G on the Overdrive or other data devices it would be senseless for them to charge extra on our best phone to date. So pricing will probably still be the best pricing out as far as wireless carriers. Seeings how Sprint doesn't charge extra for Blackberry plans anymore its bundle into our data packs.

So simply put I don't see them charging extra for the rate plan.

As for price of phone (don't quote me on this) I would expect the phone to retail somewhere in the $700-$800 range. And for signing with a contract I would assume somewhere around $399.99 AFTER mail-in rebate. Again please don't quote me on this and tell everyone this guy said it WILL be this much. I'm just guessing by the pricing I've seen on PDA's phone within my store over the last 3 years.

Hope this answers your q's.
Stephen out.

So what about folks on EPRP, the one for $59.99?

I just got off an online chat with 3 different Sprint reps to check and see if my plan would support the Evo and 4G. 2/3 said that the Evo will be able to use WiMAX on the Simply Everything/Everything Data plans.

Of course these are reps, and not sure how valid they'd hold up:

Rep 1 - I have no information regarding that phone's plan details at this time.

Rep 2 - As with all our SmartPhones/PDAs, the Everything Data and Simply Everything plans allow you to be able to utilize the phone to it's fullest.
(Me: So that means 4G will be available just by being on one of these plans?)
Rep 2: If our 4G coverage has been launched in your area, then yes it will.

Rep 3 - I have no current information on the plan details at this time, however, it is my understanding that this will be the case.
(My question: Will 4G be available to Everything Data plan at no additional cost?)