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High End Phones That Work On Boost Mobile?

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EnjoiPerson

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Does anyone know of any high end phones that work on boost mobile??:(

Honestly ist not fair that big time carriers get the good phones :mad:.
Who ever either the carrier or phone company paid for "Exclusive" phones :listen:. I like flagship phones and would buy one but this contracts and high prices for prepaid at those carriers are just too much :eviltongue:.The only phones I see are iphones at Virgin Mobile and S3 or Lg F7 at Boost mobile.I would mind buying one of them :rolleyes: but for 100 dollars more I can get a flagship phon:stupido2:.I know its business and all but seriously not one single flagship phone :banghead: ??I know Metro Pcs has the samsung S4 but they were just bought by T-Mobile and metro eventually disappear.:dontknow:
I just want an awesome phone...Just saying :proud:.
 
Sprint is trying to encourage us to go back to contracts.

You have a choice, either stick with Boost and the best monthly plan available, or go to a much costlier plan and get a flagship phone.

These are businesses and they want a profit.
 
Prepaid phones cost more because the service is cheaper. That's just the way it is. If you want to pay less for a good phone, get a contract and pay more per month to make up for the cost of that expensive phone.
 
You may want to shop around for other prepaid options. T-Mobile has plans now w/no contract and you can pay for the phone in monthly installments on top of the monthly cost. Cricket, Straight Talk, Virgin, and other prepaid options are out there.

I understand your frustration but these companies are out for money and you have to shop around to find what you want/need.
 
mydian said:
Prepaid phones cost more because the service is cheaper. That's just the way it is. If you want to pay less for a good phone, get a contract and pay more per month to make up for the cost of that expensive phone.
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Yes the first day you get them they are cheap.A 2 year contract with flagship phone cost
60 a month.Thats 1440 in the two years.Am not sure if thats how it works in T Mobile.
Thats only the Unlimited text and calls with 2.5 GB of data.At boost I pay 40 a month unlimited everything I think the CAP is 40 GBs a month.Not sure.And unlimited everything at tmobile is 70 and in a year contract is 1680. At Boost after 2 years is 960.
 
kevincott said:
Sprint is trying to encourage us to go back to contracts.

You have a choice, either stick with Boost and the best monthly plan available, or go to a much costlier plan and get a flagship phone.

These are businesses and they want a profit.
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I understan bussines but I just dont like we dont get no flagship phones.
 
tube517 said:
You may want to shop around for other prepaid options. T-Mobile has plans now w/no contract and you can pay for the phone in monthly installments on top of the monthly cost. Cricket, Straight Talk, Virgin, and other prepaid options are out there.

I understand your frustration but these companies are out for money and you have to shop around to find what you want/need.
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Yes i feel tmobile might the best option.I just dont like the price for the phones at carries.
I can find a flagships phones online for 100 dollars less.And the fact is that if I buy a flagship phone at a carrier they are going to ask if I want warranty and that is going to be another hundred dollars.I like having warranty on my phone.You could probably be a person that takes care of their phones well,like me but am just afraid whats around me is going to mess up my phone.My mother borrowed my phone and she droped it.
 
EnjoiPerson said:
Yes i feel tmobile might the best option.I just dont like the price for the phones at carries.
I can find a flagships phones online for 100 dollars less.And the fact is that if I buy a flagship phone at a carrier they are going to ask if I want warranty and that is going to be another hundred dollars.I like having warranty on my phone.You could probably be a person that takes care of their phones well,like me but am just afraid whats around me is going to mess up my phone.My mother borrowed my phone and she droped it.
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Well, accidents happen. There are other warranty or insurance options like Square Trade, Safeware, and others. Even your own home insurance may cover cell phone damage (call your agent). Don't let these big phone companies try to con you into their service plans. I wasted my money for 10 years w/Sprint on those insurance plans and I never used them.
 
tube517 said:
Well, accidents happen. There are other warranty or insurance options like Square Trade, Safeware, and others. Even your own home insurance may cover cell phone damage (call your agent). Don't let these big phone companies try to con you into their service plans. I wasted my money for 10 years w/Sprint on those insurance plans and I never used them.
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Sadly I live in an apartment..
But what are this Square Trade and safeware,I never heard of this insurance..Ill looked them thought.
Yes one of my family got the 2 year agreement for samsung s4 and got one for "Free".He got unlimited everything and insurance.Down payment was 300 dollars on the spot.90 monthly bill for each phone.Which adds up $4320!:vroam:Am not sure exactly is he still has to pay for the phones since they got it at deardens..:dontknow:
 
Am running Project X on a Sammy Galaxy 2 with Boost. It is AWESOME to see folks going beyond the call of duty to take what's there and create beyond where it's thought to be.

"Just when when you think it can't get no better then it does, it's always so much better then it ever was, it seems like all the good things have come and gone, just when you think it can't get no better then it was" - John Hartford
 
The F7 might as well be exclusive to Boost Mobile at this point.




The F7 is more or less as strong as the S3 with less room and storage.
 
Right now the best phone to get is the F7...here's why

* 4G LTE if you have it in your area
* Almost identical specs to the S3 for $100 less
* The software runs just as well as a high end LG phone through Contract (Well until this Fall)
* I've had less returns with the F7 than S3. I've had probably 10% of my S3 sales come back for exchanges, and none with the F7 so far.
 
I have an F7 and generally agree with slickyy. But there are a few differences not reflected in the specs that may be worth the $100 cost difference of the S3, depending on what you value.

1) F7 Main camera isn't as good as on S3 (even though it has same number of pixels in the sensor. Megapixels aren't everything.)
2) F7 gps currently has a problem. It can be very slow to lock in situations where other phones have no problems.
3) S3 has a bigger dev community, so you will probably see user roms and such showing up sooner.

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If you want lots of APP memory the F7 is out of the question. My S3 had 12gb available for apps. I have 144 apps installed and still around 10gb left. The S3 also has a lot more accessorIes available. Otterbox cases, wireless charging stuff, etc. The F7 looks decent but you get what you pay for.
 
EnjoiPerson said:
Sadly I live in an apartment..
But what are this Square Trade and safeware,I never heard of this insurance..Ill looked them thought.
Yes one of my family got the 2 year agreement for samsung s4 and got one for "Free".He got unlimited everything and insurance.Down payment was 300 dollars on the spot.90 monthly bill for each phone.Which adds up $4320!:vroam:Am not sure exactly is he still has to pay for the phones since they got it at deardens..:dontknow:
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Its renters insurance also that cover electronics.
 
allmanallpimp said:
Just curious has anyone put a device like the Note 3, Note 2, Nexus series, etc on Boost?
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Unfortunately Sprint doesn't allow newer high end phones to be brought to their MVNO carriers like Boost.

But if you want to use one of those with a Sprint MVNO check out Ting - they sell the high end phones (Note 3, S4, HTC One, Moto X) and you can also use a Nexus 5 with Ting when you buy it from Google. If they look good my signature will save you some cash :)
 
I know this is the boost section but tube517 said it best, your not stuck with boost.

I know the $35 per month is difficult to beat, though for most of you that is now $40 and that is not as hard to beat, plus you can have more choice of phone.
If you live where t mobile is strong signal and with LTE that would be a real plus you can get any t mobile phone, or unlocked phone but if not a t mobile phone make sure it has the AWS hspa. Att phones do not. Then go to straight talk with t mobile you get all the same service as t mobile at a easy to manage $45 per month, which you can even get discounted price on line some times.
Or if att network is king where you live straight talk is also doing att sim's. Same service you get lte and 2.5gb of data at full speed and throttled after that. but its still unlimited.
For att network any att phone or unlocked phone. many t mobile lte phones will do att frequencies too.
 
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