Hi all ! This is my first post here on the forums, but a long time lurker. I wish I had a better subject to talk about but I felt like I needed to post on this particular topic. Before beginning I want to say that I've enjoyed Boost when I had my Prevail, it was small but rock solid quality. So this isn't a riff on Boost or anyone that enjoys what Boost has to offer, I'm in complete agreement generally with all the arguments for why Boost is basically a good setup. I also have loved all the work that people like HROAK and the rest have put into these phones. It's been really appreciated (though from a Distance until now) and enjoyed. Now with that said.
My experience with the ZTE Warp has been nothing short of an absolute unmitigated disaster. It was fine for the first week than after it began to crash from the silliest things (like pressing the back capacitive button for example). I've now put up with this non-sense for 3 weeks, the return policy was just silly. I don't want to be without a phone (in fact I can't be without a phone due to work). The specs on the ZTE Warp are really pretty decent given it's price, and the unlimited nature of Boost Mobile, that is; When it works. I realize I could stop whining and try sending it back and hope I get a much more reliable Warp. But I don't really have the time or the patience to go that route. Given that I went to Boost for a long term "commitment" in the first place (ie: though it is month to month I really figured I'd be with them for years) I finally had to decide either fish or cut bait with the Warp and Boost at this point.
The biggest problem I had was once you went to the larger screen size of the warp, and the larger amount of RAM & storage for apps. It's really hard to go back to the Prevail. So I owe the ZTE Warp that much gratitude. But ultimately I had to decide what was best for me and my work situation. So I finally bit the bullet and just went with Verizon and the HTC Rezound. It has all the things I liked about the Warp (big screen, memory, faster proc) just sans all the bother of the crashing and instability issues.
I would never personally recommend the ZTE Warp now based on my own experience. But I don't begrudge anyone trying this phone. Because I can certainly tell that if you get a good working one without all the problems I had; I'm sure it's an amazing phone to own and use. I just wanted to more or less lay out my own experience with this phone.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and remember this is just one persons opinion. It's probably not even a good opinion and as I said if the ZTE works great for you than I'm extreme happy for you. Had mine worked well too, I'd of been in the ZTE fanboi camp.
My experience with the ZTE Warp has been nothing short of an absolute unmitigated disaster. It was fine for the first week than after it began to crash from the silliest things (like pressing the back capacitive button for example). I've now put up with this non-sense for 3 weeks, the return policy was just silly. I don't want to be without a phone (in fact I can't be without a phone due to work). The specs on the ZTE Warp are really pretty decent given it's price, and the unlimited nature of Boost Mobile, that is; When it works. I realize I could stop whining and try sending it back and hope I get a much more reliable Warp. But I don't really have the time or the patience to go that route. Given that I went to Boost for a long term "commitment" in the first place (ie: though it is month to month I really figured I'd be with them for years) I finally had to decide either fish or cut bait with the Warp and Boost at this point.
The biggest problem I had was once you went to the larger screen size of the warp, and the larger amount of RAM & storage for apps. It's really hard to go back to the Prevail. So I owe the ZTE Warp that much gratitude. But ultimately I had to decide what was best for me and my work situation. So I finally bit the bullet and just went with Verizon and the HTC Rezound. It has all the things I liked about the Warp (big screen, memory, faster proc) just sans all the bother of the crashing and instability issues.
I would never personally recommend the ZTE Warp now based on my own experience. But I don't begrudge anyone trying this phone. Because I can certainly tell that if you get a good working one without all the problems I had; I'm sure it's an amazing phone to own and use. I just wanted to more or less lay out my own experience with this phone.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and remember this is just one persons opinion. It's probably not even a good opinion and as I said if the ZTE works great for you than I'm extreme happy for you. Had mine worked well too, I'd of been in the ZTE fanboi camp.
