Going to T-MO

[marc12868]

I am going to be moving on to T-Mobile if everything goes to plan. I am getting an LG G2x and going to their 4g monthly plans. But I will be keeping my MT so I will still be active here, but I am just sick of dealing with slow 3g speeds when I can have double the amount of 4g a month for only $5 more. Anyways this is if everything goes to plan and won't really effect anything I just thought I would let you guys know... Also if anyone has any feedback on the LG G2x (LG Optimus 2X) that would be great to be for I finalize anything. What I am seeing are mixed reviews...

 

[frdmspoplr]

I've been thinking about doing this, but any phone I'd want costs way too much off-contract. Good luck.

 

[marc12868]

you can always get one for cheap from CL or ebay... just make sure they aren't stolen and have a clean esn lol. Anyways I'm planning on buying a G2x for $200 and that's off contract so its not too bad.

 

[zajrik]

I was thinking about doing this, but my entire city is in a large circle of absolutely no T-MO coverage. :/

 

[idbl_fanatic]

May not want to get the G2X, was talking to my buddy that works for T-mo, and he said that they are buggy.

I am thinking about jumping as well, slow speeds, and then just this week, 2 outages.........not good. He says the Galaxy S, or the S II if I can afford it (I can't) but the GS doesn't have a flash

 

[marc12868]

May not want to get the G2X, was talking to my buddy that works for T-mo, and he said that they are buggy.

Lol... And you act like the triumph isn't? I've read reviews, watched reviews, looked at the forums... Believe me I've done some looking.

 

[idbl_fanatic]

Lol... And you act like the triumph isn't? I've read reviews, watched reviews, looked at the forums... Believe me I've done some looking.

Yes there are SOME buggy MT's out there, but I got one that works perfect now, and no problems at all

 

[shmackshmack]

id probably already be on tmobile if I still had my Galaxy vibrant.

also, my data speeds on VM in my area are comparable to tmos 3G speeds so I guess I dont really have a good reason to go there. Tmo kind of lost me after that whole sidekick disaster. I was a sidekick user from the beginning.

anways good luck

 

[marc12868]

Yes there are SOME buggy MT's out there, but I got one that works perfect now, and no problems at all

Me too... but its just like there are SOME buggy g2x's

id probably already be on tmobile if I still had my Galaxy vibrant.

also, my data speeds on VM in my area are comparable to tmos 3G speeds so I guess I dont really have a good reason to go there. Tmo kind of lost me after that whole sidekick disaster. I was a sidekick user from the beginning.

anways good luck

The only reason I'm going is I get horrible service and with T-mo I should be getting good 4g speeds in my area. Anyways this will just mean my triumph can be more of testing device without me having to worry about bricking it (which would never happen, but still) and other issues...

 

[shmackshmack]

The only reason I'm going is I get horrible service and with T-mo I should be getting good 4g speeds in my area. Anyways this will just mean my triumph can be more of testing device without me having to worry about bricking it (which would never happen, but still) and other issues...

good to hear

I have some spare verizon android phones that cost way too much to activate (70 bucks prepaid, 20$ EXTRA just for texting. making 90) ridiculous. I'm not a dev and these dont have any real communities around them and I cant seem to sell them. sucks

at least you can put that triumph to use still

 

[frdmspoplr]

I'm perfectly happy with my Triumph for now. If I were to get a different phone, it would be a high-end one, which would obviously be unaffordable off-contract. 4g speeds would be nice, but for $25 a month, I'll be content with whatever speeds I can get.

 

[CornfedChris]

I'm not quite sold on 4g just yet. I mainly use wifi wherever I go and I am content with 3g (Omaha) when I'm on the go. As for the Triumph... I'm not ready to give it up. I love the fact that I can completely customize my screen for performance, looks, gaming. It has everything I need already. IF and only IF I was to get another phone at the moment, I would agree that the T-Mobile G2x would be the way to go but at the same time... it's just a phone. I'll save the money and upgrade my PC instead.

 

[shmackshmack]

I'm not quite sold on 4g just yet. I mainly use wifi wherever I go and I am content with 3g (Omaha) when I'm on the go. As for the Triumph... I'm not ready to give it up. I love the fact that I can completely customize my screen for performance, looks, gaming. It has everything I need already. IF and only IF I was to get another phone at the moment, I would agree that the T-Mobile G2x would be the way to go but at the same time... it's just a phone. I'll save the money and upgrade my PC instead.

i think your idea on it is interesting becuase its the total opposite of mine

the way i see it, my PC is just a pc. it sits in my house all day and its nothin to show off. quad core 16gb ram gaming pc. gunna play most games for a long time. i only use it when im home, which is at night and some mornings.

a phone is something thats usually within arms reach of you 24/7, the main communication device with friends and the rest of the world. you use the phone day in and day out for almost everything. usually the first thing you check in the morning and last thing you set down at night. makes sense that a good phone is where your money should be spent before PC upgrades. at least to me :3

 

[CornfedChris]

i think your idea on it is interesting becuase its the total opposite of mine

the way i see it, my PC is just a pc. it sits in my house all day and its nothin to show off. quad core 16gb ram gaming pc. gunna play most games for a long time. i only use it when im home, which is at night and some mornings.

a phone is something thats usually within arms reach of you 24/7, the main communication device with friends and the rest of the world. you use the phone day in and day out for almost everything. usually the first thing you check in the morning and last thing you set down at night. makes sense that a good phone is where your money should be spent before PC upgrades. at least to me :3

Depends on what you do for a living as well. If your only playing games or rarely using your PC then sure spend your money on the phone. Good point btw. But if you spend half your day on it and your career involves a high performance PC then go that route. I do quite a bit of audio and video/graphic editing so I'm always looking to upgrade the computer. I can't accomplish any of those things on a phone. But I understand your ideas.

Is 5 dollars more a month worth it. Probably. Yes. But honestly I don't think it's gonna be such as drastic of a change as it sounds.

 

[shmackshmack]

Depends on what you do for a living as well. If your only playing games or rarely using your PC then sure spend your money on the phone. Good point btw. But if you spend half your day on it and your career involves a high performance PC then go that route. I do quite a bit of audio and video/graphic editing so I'm always looking to upgrade the computer. I can't accomplish any of those things on a phone. But I understand your ideas.

the only reason I have a powerful PC is to do those things as well. (designing parts and concept art for stuff coming up for work) gaming is just a nice bonus. even so, a powerful PC is going to be a powerful pc. when new parts get released, that doesnt make the ones I own suddenly terrible. i just think its interesting the opposing views on the same subject.

 

[CornfedChris]

the only reason I have a powerful PC is to do those things as well. (designing parts and concept art for stuff coming up for work) gaming is just a nice bonus. even so, a powerful PC is going to be a powerful pc. when new parts get released, that doesnt make the ones I own suddenly terrible. i just think its interesting the opposing views on the same subject.

Very True. And that way of thinking applies to smart phones as well. Because... isn't a phone nowadays just a scaled down, portable computer? And as soon as the next model comes out your automatically outdated. It's a huge mind game that drives the industry. Kinda funny to think about actually.

A friend of mine still owns an early model Gateway with a 13" crt monitor, like 512mb ram, and somehow manages to churn out some awesome music with it! Dunno how he does it but it's possible! Lol

 

[shmackshmack]

Very True. And that way of thinking applies to smart phones as well. Because... isn't a phone nowadays just a scaled down, portable computer? And as soon as the next model comes out your automatically outdated. It's a huge mind game that drives the industry. Kinda funny to think about actually.

A friend of mine still owns an early model Gateway with a 13" crt monitor, like 512mb ram, and somehow manages to churn out some awesome music with it! Dunno how he does it but it's possible! Lol

My friend produces amazing dubstep on a P2 with like 64mb becuase its all he has. its insane.

but phones are limited by size, its always going to be a certain form factor and it evolved quick but its not going to get a whole lot bigger or badder from where it is now.

1+GHz 4+" screen touch phones are the standard, and theres no practical application to having more power (dual core, quad core) other than to just have it. on a PC that power is actually put to use with creative apps that can harness it. (video editors, photoshop, CAD tools, rendering, all that stuff) none of those are things would would be comfortable or easy to do on a <5" inch touchscreen device.

if the phone gives you a tactile joy in using it (smooth scrolling, animations, no lag, that kind of stuff) that matters a lot more than its insides. proof of why the iPhone is doing so great amidst the android competition.

its in that respect where putting the money towards a phone that gives that experience is better becuase youll use it so often.

i waited on buying the triumph until good roms, totally worth it. even if nothing comes of ICS I'll be happy miui runs so well and smooth.

I ditched my Galaxy S Vibrant becuase samsung locked it down so much there were no good roms. the cm7 port had problems and they even discontinued it. I sold the phone and went to VM with the OV.

wow I think i went way off track. sorry, wont derail thread anymore

/rant over

 

[TriumphLance]

I don't blame you I would go to tmobile for the 4g too but I'm in a 2g area on their map=( I get good excellent coverage with virgin mobile but still slow at peak times throughout the day

 

[marc12868]

I don't blame you I would go to tmobile for the 4g too but I'm in a 2g area on their map=( I get good excellent coverage with virgin mobile but still slow at peak times throughout the day

Yea that's one thing I live in a populated area and still get bad VM service surprisingly, but T-MO service should be better. Its kinda interesting I asked Walmart if I can activate any T-MO phone on the $30 plan and they were like no, only certain ones. So I asked T-MO about it and they said that you can activate any T-MO phone on any plan as long as its a T-MO phone... People lol.

 

[shmackshmack]

Yea that's one thing I live in a populated area and still get bad VM service surprisingly, but T-MO service should be better. Its kinda interesting I asked Walmart if I can activate any T-MO phone on the $30 plan and they were like no, only certain ones. So I asked T-MO about it and they said that you can activate any T-MO phone on any plan as long as its a T-MO phone... People lol.

i searched MetroPCS website for stores that activate verizon phones and found one near me, went there, showed the person the website saying they do it, and she flat out refused to do it and said its not possible and I have to buy a metro phone.

went to another down the street and they did it just fine, no problems.

...people.. lol

 

[marc12868]

i searched MetroPCS website for stores that activate verizon phones and found one near me, went there, showed the person the website saying they do it, and she flat out refused to do it and said its not possible and I have to buy a metro phone.

went to another down the street and they did it just fine, no problems.

...people.. lol

Thats so funny lol. Lucky with T-mo all I have to do is buy a sim activation kit from them in store or online and can activate that way with no hassle.

 

[marc12868]

So I am getting a mytouch 4g slide today if this person doesn't skip out like the last one... Anyways its interesting because it has a asymmetrical dual-core cpu running at 1.2 ghz for each core, but only 1 core is used for the main app and the other manages all the background apps and processes which means that it should be able to handle things with ease right? Also no lag in the camera like on the MT! The only thing is it has a slightly smaller screen and no hdmi out (which I don't even have an hd tv for anyways). And the ICS development for it is fairly far! , but I'll probably stick with stock for a while anyways.

 

[Raptor5150]

So I am getting a mytouch 4g slide today if this person doesn't skip out like the last one... Anyways its interesting because it has a asymmetrical dual-core cpu running at 1.2 ghz for each core, but only 1 core is used for the main app and the other manages all the background apps and processes which means that it should be able to handle things with ease right? Also no lag in the camera like on the MT! The only thing is it has a slightly smaller screen and no hdmi out (which I don't even have an hd tv for anyways). And the ICS development for it is fairly far! , but I'll probably stick with stock for a while anyways.

You have betrayed your fellow Triumph Brothers... BE GONE AND NEVER RETURN I HATE U MARC ;-; haha thats what i would have said if this was a drama :3

 

[marc12868]

You have betrayed your fellow Triumph Brothers... BE GONE AND NEVER RETURN I HATE U MARC ;-; haha thats what i would have said if this was a drama :3

I'm still keeping my MT just switching service. Virgin Mobile sucks where I am. So HA! Plus its an upgrade and VM doesn't seem like they have anything anytime soon anyways.

 

[redgjm]

I'm thinking of making the switch too. I'd maybe go with the G2x or the GSII. I want something with at least a 4" screen and equal or better specs than the MT. What other phones did you consider moving on to?