I picked up a Samsung Upstage at Best Buy last night. While the whole experience has been a nightmare, I can definitely not recommend this phone. I'm by no means a power-user, but when the battery runs dry after 3/4 of a day's work, you've got problems.
I should have known when the salesman registered me on the Sprint network with a box with no phone. Let me tell you, it's a lot easier to get your number ported to a display phone than you'd think. We called Sprint, they stopped the number port from Cingular, but couldn't get it fixed right away. So I'm on a temporary phone number; which I'm thankful for considering how many times they told me that my number was irrecoverable. It's sad that your level of success if dependent on numerous calls just trying to find someone willing to help. It was a classic battle of Sprint saying "we never got your number from Cingular, and Cingular saying we don't know what the hell is going on, but the number is at Sprint and there isn't shit we can do about it."
But it'll all be worth it because I've gotten a very-much needed new phone (i'm going to get the samsung m610 when i return the Upstage) and shaved about 1/2 off my regular cellphone bill.
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Sprint users: you can get 300 free text messages a month for one year by showing your college id in a retail store.
also, check out sprint.com/sero for killer service plans. you need a sprint.com email address, but the system is a joke. any name.name@sprint.com works.
Posted by: regan at April 26, 2007 07:40 PM
ew... why in the world would you choose a phone that has a screen that small?? yuck.
and you're welcome for the tip on sero...
Posted by: whitogreen at April 26, 2007 09:09 PM
remember the 10 times i said it was double-sided?
no?
Posted by: regan at April 26, 2007 10:00 PM
Ooh, so you switched from Evil Cingular? I so want to do that. Tell me how it goes. I hate Cingular so much; it borders on unhealthiness.
I really, really hate them.
Posted by: elise at April 27, 2007 12:34 AM
i don't think it's a good vs evil battle. i can give definite bonus points to Cingular for having American customer service personnel. it was beautiful to be understood and understand them. of all my service calls yesterday, my Cingular calls were painless and my Sprint were painful...
but that's what i've always heard. Sprint has some of the worst customer care in the world..
Posted by: regan at April 27, 2007 06:39 AM
Dude - did you stop reading Engadget/Gizmodo? Both of them panned that thing like a month ago. Lately I'm rockin' the Moto RIZR. It's kinda high school, but it's built like a tank and I think the battery runs off trilithium crystals or something.
Posted by: Hoover at April 27, 2007 11:27 PM
Oh yeah - and Elsie's right. Cingular is evil. They are a Bell, and since Bell has the GOP bought and paid for, they are per se evil. I'm surprised George doesn't wear little Cingular and SBC patches on his jacket like a NASCAR driver.
Posted by: Hoover at April 27, 2007 11:30 PM
well cnet and a few others rated it semi-highly. said it had issues, but that overall it's alright.
i wanted something that was pretty cool and different, but i think i'm going back to the samsung m610. Lee likes his...
Posted by: regan at April 28, 2007 09:45 AM
regan, you realize that you will not be able to get an iPhone since you are switching from cingular, right?
i want to switch TO cingular for that reason alone.
Posted by: ian at April 28, 2007 11:08 AM
while i love the idea of the iPhone and I'm sure it will be nice, I think touchscreens are possibly the dumbest, most aggravating things i've ever used.
i just can't see using a touchscreen for everything will be very nimble...
Posted by: regan at April 28, 2007 05:08 PM
is this photo straight from the camera or did you enhance it somehow?
Posted by: ian at April 28, 2007 08:20 PM
i pulled it off google images. but it's representative.
Posted by: regan at April 29, 2007 12:43 AM
I like my phone (PalmOne Treo). I just hate my service provider. HATE THEM.
Burn in hell, Cingular. Burn.
Posted by: elise at April 30, 2007 10:51 AM