switching from Sprint to Verizon

[whootang12]

Does anybody know if verizon will give you anything to encourage you to switch from sprint to verizon? i'm sick of sprint's spotty service, and would like to switch, but i'm not crazy about the phones unless you pay $200 +. do they offer any service credits or anything that you can negotiate like I believe sprint has been known to do? Also, anybody know what sprint is offering for one to renew a contract (mine is up in a few months). last time i got $125 service credit from them.....thanks for any info anyone can provide me

Verizon doesn't - they don't need to - they are the best wireless carrier hands down.

Of course Sprint will offer you plenty to stay, because their network, as you have already discovered, has nothing to offer...

[larry]

Nothing to offer? How about the first nationwide high speed network?

How about Verizon already beat them to the punch months ago?

One again, "nothing to offer in voice" and a day-late-and-a-dollar-short in data...

How's that Sprint PCS stock doing? Is it below a buck, yet?

[Jack]

Talk to then they might give you some type of credit again

Jack

[larry]

Originally posted by: Anonymous How about Verizon already beat them to the punch months ago? One again, "nothing to offer in voice" and a day-late-and-a-dollar-short in data... How's that Sprint PCS stock doing? Is it below a buck, yet?

Last I checked Verizon does not offer it nationwide like Sprint does nor do they have the selection of 3G phones with color screens.

[Jack]

Correct Larry

Jack

[bobolito]

Color phones are coming out for Verizon soon.

Originally posted by: bobolito Color phones are coming out for Verizon soon.

ooooh explain! what phones and when? and does ANYONE know if/when vzw will have the v70?

[Mooby]

Originally posted by: Anonymous Originally posted by: bobolito Color phones are coming out for Verizon soon. ooooh explain! what phones and when? and does ANYONE know if/when vzw will have the v70?

Anonymous,
Unless motorola comes out with a CDMA version of the V70, Verizon won't carry it as the V70 is a 1900mhz GSM phone.

Sure they do Sprint PCS Larry...

Sprint PCS Vision Phones Trickle Into Stores By Kristy Bassuener
August 16, 2002
news@2 direct
Consumers excited to race to the nearest Sprint PCS store or retailer to buy one of Sprint's new third-generation phones may have to wait a while for the exact phone they want. Initial devices available for the PCS Vision service include the Sanyo 4900, the new CDMA-enabled Handspring Treo and in some stores the color-screen Samsung A500.
For example, the Sprint superstore in Culver City, Calif., says it only has the Sanyo 4900 in stock, and expects other models to arrive ''probably next Monday [Aug. 19],'' a sales rep tells Wireless Week. One store in suburban Denver also has the Sanyo phone and its sales rep says it received only one of the high-end A500 devices, which sold immediately. A Best Buy retail outlet says it is selling the Sanyo and the Samsung A500. The PCS Vision service offers high-speed mobile data services along with voice, using a CDMA2000 1x network. Applications include business user options like corporate e-mail and consumer-targeted options such as a snap-on camera.
Other PCS Vision-enabled phones expected to sell soon include the Samsung N400, the LG 5650, the Hitachi P300 and a Pocket PC-handset combo by Toshiba. The carrier in its initial announcement of the 3G service says many of the handsets will be available ''over the next several weeks.''
''This is a rolling launch,'' points out Sprint PCS spokesman Dan Wilinsky. ''Our shipments are coming fast and furious, and we have great confidence that the phones are on their way.''
Wireless analyst Andrew Seybold, a proponent of Sprint's national 3G rollout, says that the handsets are shipping one by one likely due to continued testing and approval needs. ''Some of these phones may not have been fully approved [by the FCC] yet or Sprint hasn't finished testing them,'' Seybold says, adding that he received that information from an insider he didn't want to name.
Some of the PCS Vision phones showcased on the company's sprintpcs.com site are visible with ''temporarily sold out'' tags. But at least one of the 'sold out' phones haven't even begun shipping yet, according to the manufacturer. For example, the Samsung N400, which according to the site is sold out, won't begin shipping until Sept. 1, according to Samsung spokeswoman Michelle Webb. The LG 5650, also showing as 'sold out' on the Sprint PCS Web site, likely will be on store shelves in two weeks, an LG InfoComm spokeswoman says.
''Thank you for pointing out the phrasing on our Web site,'' Wilinsky says. ''We're going to be fixing that. It shouldn't say that. The intent on the Web site is to preview phones that are coming soon.''

[bobolito]

New color Verizon phones have been discussed in other threads:
http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/wafor...&threadid=4828

http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/wafor...&threadid=2834


They point you to this page:
http://www.wirelessgamingreview.com/...?&threadid=132

[azcellphonejunkie]

I was talking to a verizon rep in a kiosk at a local mall and they told me that if I was to bring in a phone, any phone, they would give me a $65 service credit that would drop the privce of a phone that I would buy with them. This however was in AZ, so I'm not sure if the verizon stores in the Northeast are offering the same incentives. Give it a shot and they might give in to your offier...

[petenice]

you should also look into Radio Shack's trade-in deal on old phones. they're offering certain models for verizon (as well as sprint) somewhat cheaper.