Thinking bout leaving Boost

[kevincott]

The Nexus 5 looks sick. Might be worth a little extra $ a month.

 

[kevincott]

Reports are Sprint is allowing phone-in-hand activations (first time ever) on the Nexus 5.

Could Santa bring a looser Boost phone-in-hand activation policy? Imagine the world where Nexus 5's are allowed freely on Boost.

I want to live in this world ...

 

[kate]

If you want to stay with a Sprint MVNO, Ting cell phone service can activate a Nexus 5 bought from Google. You'd have to buy it from Google, not Sprint, which is good since it's cheaper from Google (plus the link in my sig).

 

[akmsr]

well time has come for me to jump ship finally after 3 years. because of my location boost has horrible signal, last year was spent in frustration and barely usable service. an early christmas present is landing me a nexus 5 32G from play store. will activate on metropcs (for price) that will essentially use t-mobile towers (high speed data). win-win situation for me.

 

[new optimus]

well time has come for me to jump ship finally after 3 years. because of my location boost has horrible signal, last year was spent in frustration and barely usable service. an early christmas present is landing me a nexus 5 32G from play store. will activate on metropcs (for price) that will essentially use t-mobile towers (high speed data). win-win situation for me.

I did that last year, however let me save you some trouble and money.

Go with Straight talk, T-mobile sim. $45 monthly and at least 2.5GB full speed.

Metro is $50 for that same service I believe and Straight talk does not always Throttle, if you only rarely go over they don't seem to bother you. Both will get t-mobile LTE which was a welcome surprise for me when I switched 3 months ago.

 

[go2vegas]

I did that last year, however let me save you some trouble and money.

Go with Straight talk, T-mobile sim. $45 monthly and at least 2.5GB full speed.

Metro is $50 for that same service I believe and Straight talk does not always Throttle, if you only rarely go over they don't seem to bother you. Both will get t-mobile LTE which was a welcome surprise for me when I switched 3 months ago.

Can I use any unlocked phone that uses a sim card? Thinking about switching to straight talk. My prevail is still running strong. But looking for a larger screen.

 

[new optimus]

Can I use any unlocked phone that uses a sim card? Thinking about switching to straight talk. My prevail is still running strong. But looking for a larger screen.

Yes, but you need to use one that uses the frequency of the carrier you want, for example att uses 850 and 1900 I believe while t mobile uses 1700/2100. Att phones do not usually get 1700/2100 but most new t mobile phones will carry both tmobile and att frequencies.