Upgrading to Android phones on SERO! (+$10/month)

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Coming October 1st, Sprint is opening up its SERO exclusivity to allow for Android phone upgrades.


The cost for upgrading to a non-4g phone is an additional $10 per month.

The cost for upgrading to a 4g phone is an additional $20 per month ($10 for a "non-WM" phone and $10 for the 4g tax just like the EVO and upcoming Epic).


I just called up Sprint and verified it through the CSR person I spoke to. She said that this information has been given out company-wide recently so everyone should know about it.


Here are some links to check for discussions about this (pulled from SlickDeals).

http://www.howardforums.com/showthre...lable-for-SERO!!!

http://www.sprintusers.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=120



Even though I'm afraid that this news is going to scavenge users from our community, I think a lot of people are going to be excited about this. Especially since dzo has said that he's going to be moving on from a Vogue in the near future. *sigh*

I know I'm definitely looking forward to it since I'm dreading the day dzo moves on. Haha!

What about you guys?



I didn't see this in any of the threads, so excuse me if I missed it...

I don't think there was a dedicated thread, but this was discussed a bit in the Wildfire Rom thread.

Anyway, I am definitely looking forward to it. While Android (2.2) is running pretty great on my Vogue, it would be even better to have a native phone with an accelerometer and possibly a slide-out keyboard (I'm unsure if I will get a used Hero or something else at this point.)

I am pretty stingy though, so while I think I could do another $10, I'm not sure about the $20 :P It would be hard for me to justify increasing my cell phone bill by 66%!

Originally Posted by Dassin4

I am pretty stingy though, so while I think I could do another $10, I'm not sure about the $20 :P It would be hard for me to justify increasing my cell phone bill by 66%!

Agreed! Haha!

yea, I'm thinking the same thing. And with Sprint's minimal non-4g Android offerings, how many people won't end up with +$20/month

I'll most likely be getting a non 4g one anyway, since no matter what I get, I'll be disassembling and removing the camera because of the rules where I work. I'd much rather do that to a used, older, cheaper phone than a brand new expensive one :P

Dzo & Myn

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Did dzo say what phone he is getting?

What did Myn get?

Dzo & Myn

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Did dzo say what phone he is getting?

What did Myn get?

I'm also debating on where I'm going with this. I've used the moment and am not too keen on its keyboard. Also don't really care for the builds over on sdx. Haven't really looked at any of the Hero builds nor used the hero. Really looking closely at the 4g phones as I'd kinda like having a phone that natively ran 2.2 and would be getting gingerbread natively as well (most likely).

Originally Posted by sricke

Did dzo say what phone he is getting?

What did Myn get?

dzo hasn't decided. myn went to the evo i think.

That aren;t really any phones that are coming out that appeal to me. The EVO is too large. One of the best things about the Vogue is that it's tiny. The Epic was the runner up but I don't see any need for a slide out keyboard with Swype installed, and for an extra $20/month I don't know that it will be worth it.

I may hold onto my Vogue until Christmas time to see what else comes out.