Upgrading Device

[geekydude]

So I posted on MPCS facebook page about how every company is offering device upgrades 1-2 times a year, while metro has nothing of the sorts and rebate are for new customers only. I'm getting frustrated with Metro phone prices and the fact we now (personally, thankfully) are owned by TMobile who offers cheaper prices and yearly upgrades. I don't get it, I'm *this* close to switching, am I alone on this?

 

[RLBSR]

I don't think any prepaid offers upgrades do they?

My personal feeling about MetroPCS in general is that they are the "new Cingular." In other words in a couple of years we will forget all about them just as Cingular was soon forgotten about after AT&T bought them. (merger... right HA!) Tmo bought MetroPCS plain and simple... bought customers, spectrum, whatever. The more I read the more I believe this to be the future... just like Cingular... and the only thing left from that if that even still exists is roll over minutes. Otherwise nobody even thinks of them anymore. It will probably be the same with this Tmo/Metro deal. I have a basic Metro phone on the $25 per month unlimited talk adn text I'll keep until they cut the CDMA network but for the smartphone... Tmo all the way. Can't get any new phones here in my area anyway... no GSM yet and who knows when it will be. Stores don't know or so they say. Anyway thats my opinion on the future in general and I know Tmo is what I'm doing about it. I had a pay as you go tmo phone for 10 years and never had any issues so I'm happy with Tmo and their offerings, prices, etc. Good coverage where I'm at too. I've never done a contract and never will. Won't even do Tmo's new postpaid deals. Won't deal with the two leftovers of the old monopoly either. I like what I have now with Metro but I think that is the last for me.

 

[RLBSR]

by the way I know how things were "structured" and written about concerning this merger but just look at which brand name is going to disappear... which corp people are actually running things... where the majority of the stock is and more. They can write or say whatever they want but we have to look deeper than that to know the real story.

 

[Fox Mulder]

You've always been able to upgrade or change your device any time you want, just at full ticket. That's how prepaid works. Yes the rebates are for new customers only, that's also how things work and it's not exclusive to Metro.
The upgrade offers you see are all for contract plans, where they lock you into a contract when you buy the phone and normally don't let you change phones during the contract period.
Even buying the phone at full price, Metro is still a better deal compared to what you'd pay for service with one of the major players.

 

[alfick3]

I don't think any prepaid offers upgrades do they?

My personal feeling about MetroPCS in general is that they are the "new Cingular." In other words in a couple of years we will forget all about them just as Cingular was soon forgotten about after AT&T bought them. (merger... right HA!) Tmo bought MetroPCS plain and simple... bought customers, spectrum, whatever. The more I read the more I believe this to be the future... just like Cingular... and the only thing left from that if that even still exists is roll over minutes. Otherwise nobody even thinks of them anymore. It will probably be the same with this Tmo/Metro deal. I have a basic Metro phone on the $25 per month unlimited talk adn text I'll keep until they cut the CDMA network but for the smartphone... Tmo all the way. Can't get any new phones here in my area anyway... no GSM yet and who knows when it will be. Stores don't know or so they say. Anyway thats my opinion on the future in general and I know Tmo is what I'm doing about it. I had a pay as you go tmo phone for 10 years and never had any issues so I'm happy with Tmo and their offerings, prices, etc. Good coverage where I'm at too. I've never done a contract and never will. Won't even do Tmo's new postpaid deals. Won't deal with the two leftovers of the old monopoly either. I like what I have now with Metro but I think that is the last for me.

I was with Cingular when all that went down. They actually bought the AT&T wireless division. They choose to keep the AT&T name because of name brand recognition. Cingular wasn't nation wide like AT&T was. In the T-Mobile/MetroPCS situation, you notice that both parties have kept their names (and actually T-Mobile became T-Mobile US (or something like that)).

 

[OcalaFlGuy]

My personal feeling about MetroPCS in general is that they are the "new Cingular." In other words in a couple of years we will forget all about them just as Cingular was soon forgotten about after AT&T bought them. (merger... right HA!) Tmo bought MetroPCS plain and simple... bought customers, spectrum, whatever. The more I read the more I believe this to be the future... just like Cingular... and the only thing left from that if that even still exists is roll over minutes. Otherwise nobody even thinks of them anymore. It will probably be the same with this Tmo/Metro deal.

Your pure supposition that Metro will disappear in the next couple years is Just Your Opinion and Isn't Supported by Anything that's been said about the merger Nor any of the combined companies Actions in the 5 months since the merger. Just because YOU want to pound the square peg of the T-Metro merger into the round hole of the Cingular/ATnSleeze deal doesn't make them the same. They are't.

It's been said a thousand times before about Metro, Location, Location, Location. If you don't have ANY Metro GSM phones now, you must be in an area (that you haven't noted in your profile) where Metro wasn't strong BEFORE the merger. ALL Metro areas I am aware of have BYOD now and have GSM phones available.

Here in Flo-ree-duh, which was perhaps Metro's #1 market, we are getting nearly the speeds (if not the same) as T-Mo for much less money. Even the same phones at Metro cost less than at T-Mo. At least for us, so far, the merger has been nothing but rainbows, unicorns and cute kittens. I have perfectly usable data speed with true unlimited 4G [1] for the cheapest rate in the whole country. (At least until 2015) I'm not going Anywhere anytime soon.

[1] 60 G before throttling is close enough to True Unlimited for me.

Bruce in Ocala, Fl

 

[RLBSR]

they have already moved a corp tmobile store where a corp metro store is here (the tmobile corp store was five miles away before it moved) and talking with various people involved with both corp stores... the tmo and metro... it has been said by all that the metro corp store will be closed sooner rather than later. the tmobile store was put there purposely they said so people would still have a corp store available there to buy metro phones and service. I have to go by what they say since they all agree.

and yes it is my "opinion" and others have theirs... and that is ok. Time tells all and I'm not afraid to be wrong. it is an opinion... not a fact. I read the investor notices way back when and know what they said then... if that has changed and it could have... I've not seen it. Those papers said the metropcs name would be gone... it did not say by when... but it did say it would be gone.

as for my profile... I fill in as much as I want filled in... but so you know... I have stated in other posts that I'm in the suburbs of Detroit... a long time loyal metropcs area where up until the merger things were fine. Since the merger... one metro reseller is slated to close at the end of the month... one has brought in every other carrier and put metro to the back corner of his store and several people I personally know that had metro have arleady moved to tmobile.

I've merely stated an opinion here and that should be ok. Disagree... that's ok too. Lets just keep it civil.

 

[the hulk]

Rattles Cages lol

 

[bnb25]

I get the rebates every time I buy a new phone. Takes them 5 months to send it but I get it. I've noticed here in south east Michigan that the T-mobile network is a lot more inconsistent than Metropcs was. With Metro's network I usually got about 2 to 3mb down any where i went. With T-mobiles ill be in one place and get 0.89 mover over two feet and get 11mb down. As for returns, I usually buy from corp store or this one Authorized dealer right across on the Detroit side. he seems to be pretty straight up in my Experience. Other tend to try and rip people off. This one store that also sells other prepaid phones tried telling my cousin in order to get the GS3 for 399 she had to buy a second phone for the same price.

 

[averagewonder]

In regards to the OP saying that t mobile is cheaper. Have you compared the price of the same phones offered? The prices on the same phones from metro are the same price if not cheaper for some phone if you are buying them out right.

 

[rsurfer]

what the heck are you talking about

Facts bout metro and costs vrs other cariers

- I purchased a optimus F6 for 199
-no rebate now for exhisting customers , in a few weeks rebates will be back as always
-purchased my lg spirit in march for $299 and got a $100 rebate via card
- can change my plan any time
-Paying $40 a month flat

give me a break , metro has real VALUE

 

[rsurfer]

In regards to the OP saying that t mobile is cheaper. Have you compared the price of the same phones offered? The prices on the same phones from metro are the same price if not cheaper for some phone if you are buying them out right.

A new no contract phone like my F6 , 1.2 dual core 4.5" screen , 46 etc . .
Priced from 499-599 , bought mine for 199 cash with no strings attached

 

[averagewonder]

A new no contract phone like my F6 , 1.2 dual core 4.5" screen , 46 etc . .
Priced from 499-599 , bought mine for 199 cash with no strings attached

See that's what I was talking about. I believe that the S4 is also cheaper even after taxes if you buy it on metro compared to T-Mobile.

 

[schemppjr80]

I bought my s4 off craigslist a month ago here in sunny brevard co FL for $400. Nothing wrong with the phone at all, no scratches no dents no cracks and a clean imei. All I had to do was unlock it so I could bring it on over to use on metros byod, and its been the best phone ive ever owned hands down. I had the lg connect 4g b4 so I guess any newer phone would b better but as far as the merger goes I think I read that the whole deal was supposed to b finalized by 2015 or 2017 where all cdma phones that metro have out r supposed to b brought back and traded in for a new shiny gsm phone and we r supposed to have the best spectrum frequency of all other carriers and I herd somewhere that they were changing the name of both companies to t-metro so all the old metro and t-mobile customers would still have there familiarity with there brand but I could've heard wrong or someone might've been screwin with me but whatever ive never been happier with the service im getting now from metro and t-mobile working together but if I had 1 complaint it would b that I wish they would hurry up and get them towers fixed or whatever they gotta do so we can really enjoy the supposedly super fast 40mhz spectrum...sorry 4 the winded post yall and enjoy the rest of ur day

 

[Gman9831]

I bought my s4 off craigslist a month ago here in sunny brevard co FL for $400. Nothing wrong with the phone at all, no scratches no dents no cracks and a clean imei. All I had to do was unlock it so I could bring it on over to use on metros byod, and its been the best phone ive ever owned hands down. I had the lg connect 4g b4 so I guess any newer phone would b better but as far as the merger goes I think I read that the whole deal was supposed to b finalized by 2015 or 2017 where all cdma phones that metro have out r supposed to b brought back and traded in for a new shiny gsm phone and we r supposed to have the best spectrum frequency of all other carriers and I herd somewhere that they were changing the name of both companies to t-metro so all the old metro and t-mobile customers would still have there familiarity with there brand but I could've heard wrong or someone might've been screwin with me but whatever ive never been happier with the service im getting now from metro and t-mobile working together but if I had 1 complaint it would b that I wish they would hurry up and get them towers fixed or whatever they gotta do so we can really enjoy the supposedly super fast 40mhz spectrum...sorry 4 the winded post yall and enjoy the rest of ur day

If you want the true merger facts there's this thread http://androidforums.com/metro-pcs/681160-tmobile-metropcs-merger-updates-questions.html

 

[rsurfer]

See that's what I was talking about. I beloved that the S4 is also cheaper even after taxes if you buy it on metro compared to T-Mobile.

Also forgot to mention , that the new phone rocks , and all Metro phones come with a 1 year warranty for defects , i xchanged one of my lg esteems a year or so ago when the screen went out , metro store popped my battery out and gave me a new phone , so that is way better than craigslist , again $199 for a rocking 4.5" dual core 1.2gz phone with led indicating home button. . . $199 derr

 

[kate]

So I posted on MPCS facebook page about how every company is offering device upgrades 1-2 times a year

Only the companies with contracts are offering those upgrades. None of the prepaid no contract companies have yearly upgrades.

MetroPCS does not have contracts, so they're not going to offer yearly upgrades.