This is why we laugh at contract phones

[platypuss94]

for everyone who has just switched to virgin mobile and are questioning if it was a good decision, i urge you to look at this:

Compare HTC ThunderBolt 4G vs Motorola Triumph full Specification, features & price

after you have looked at that, i urdge you to look at this:

Virgin mobile:

Cell Phone Plans - Pay As You Go and Prepaid | Virgin Mobile

Verizon:

Plans - Verizon Wireless

As you can see above the verizon "unlimited everything plan" would come to a total of 189.99 a month. now if that still doesnt shock you enough, here are the prices of the phones that i have shown above.

TRIUMPH:

Motorola Triumph Android Smartphone | Virgin Mobile

THUNDERBOLT:

Set Your Location

(put your area code in and then you will see a drop down box that has two year plan on it. click that and change it to month to month)

Next i present to you the coverage maps:

Sprint:

http://coverage.sprint.com/IMPACT.jsp?ECID=SEM:Google:P:Sprint:Mobile:Broadband

Verizon:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/CoverageLocatorController?

Now if all this hasn't shown you why virgin mobile is obviously the better choice than i have one final statement. verizon doesnt offer truly unlimited where as virgin mobile does. as you can see from there data plan, 12 gigs a month costs 100$. anything over that and they start charging you big time. virgin mobile being the little brother of sprint (only truly unlimited plan) gives us unlimited data, messaging, calling for only 55$ a month. thats half of what verizon charges for there so called "unlimited data" plan alone. add on there other services and the total monthly charges come to 189.99 a month. anyone else see the problem with this?

lets do a little math. there are 12 months in a year.

Virgin Mobile:

12x55=660

660+300 for the phone=960 total for one year of unlimited everything.

Verizon:

12x190=2280

2280+570 for the phone=2850 total for one year of "unlimited" everything.

if my point still hasnt been made than please kindly continue paying 1620$ more than those of us who stick with the company with the horrible name. =)

have a great day!

this is dedicated to my parents who don't even use data on verizon and still pay 70$ a month.

~platypuss94~

 

[slider6996]

Correct me if im wrong cuz i honestly hope i am but didnt virgin mobile just start this month in october by limited data usage to 3 or 5 gigs then u get throttled down to slower speeds? I read it myself months ago but idk if its in effect now.

 

[agentc13]

They haven't started throttling data yet, but they plan on doing so (April, iirc).

 

[jefboyardee]

I pondered becoming a Virgin but am unsure about its 3G tethering (on the sly) capabilities. I hear that since it’s mooching Sprint bandwidth, it is not reliable 24/7. It’s cheaper though, which continues to tempt me.

 

[jordonwii]

I pondered becoming a Virgin but am unsure about its 3G tethering (on the sly) capabilities. I hear that since it

 

[platypuss94]

The Optimus is ridiculously easy to tether. The Triumph, not so much. With CM7 it's much easier, but on stock you have to install an app, and then change the MTU on devices that connect to it, which is a bit of a pain, but not too bad.

In my area, (Spokane, WA) it's very reliable. I've got coverage everywhere without issue. I've heard that's not the case everywhere though. You'll have to test for yourself.

All in all, it's a great plan if you've got good coverage.

i am in Vancouver Washington and have miui loaded on my triumph. the wireless tether works flawlessly (wireless tether for root users) and as you said in Washington and Oregon i get great coverage everywhere.

 

[Vinoykr]

Thanks for the first site which you menstioned Phonesvilla
Its a cool site with lots of comparison of phones

Good one

 

[Frisco]

This thread is a duplicate of:

http://androidforums.com/android-lounge/426747-why-we-laugh-contract-phones.html