Comments on: That Sprint HTC Hero Just Got Sweeter

By: Kipler

Kipler — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:13:52 +0000

I think this offer is a rip off at $70 per month but then I don’t place a lot of store by having much data on my phone because I work on my computer so if I need to look something up on the net I use my PC. Cell phones are for communication and I make a lot of calls for work, mobile-to-mobile is too limited, I make land line calls as well. That is why it is better for me to use Straight Talk’s unlimited plan that gives unlimited, anytime, anywhere talk, texts and 30mb of data for $45/month. Straight Talk is also on a better network than Sprint because it uses Verizon’s network nationwide.

By: meh

meh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:55:47 +0000

i want a new android bad, but i can’t stomach getting one with a 528 proc or less than 8gig internal memory.

this sprint deal sounds delightful but man i wish they were offering better hardware

By: Chris M

Chris M — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:55:56 +0000

@Maddie; not sure where you heard that but the sprint Hero will have Google (android) apps, and from what I was told by my rep sprint isn’t taking anything away from the phone that’s one of their selling points. Maybe you should call sprint or go to your local sprint store to get more details. But as far as I know the hero will have all the benefits of sprint, and android with nothing being sacrificed.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:42:35 +0000

T-mobile is gonna respond by buying Sprint…

By: Maddie

Maddie — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:46:49 +0000

With the Hero lacking the Google Apps package, should one not just get the Mytouch phone? Or can the Hero stuff be synced up with Google apps? That is my big quandry right now. $52.50 after a 25% credit union rebate does not sound all that bad at all!

By: junior

junior — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:53:30 +0000

u shud switch to sprint.. i checked all the spec s for the motorola cliq nd its not tht great of a phone.. u shud switch to sprint nd get the hero when it comes out.. or wait till december nd get the motorola shole which will deff be the best phone on the market.. includin the iphone, although it will be on verizon which sucks ass

By: lowendall

lowendall — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 15:29:00 +0000

@ Colin:

I am also a Tmo customer on the “unlimited loyalty plan”, and even though I love it and that is why I am still with Tmo, the Sprint plan is still more bang for your buck! With the ULP, you do not get unlimited data, or text. Its only $50 though, so after $35 data/unlimited text, the price is at $85. Up until now, this was one of the best plans out there, but now Sprint has really one-up’d us here! I am hanging on with Tmo for the Cliq, so hopefully they will come up with a better plan soon!

By: Ruff

Ruff — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:28:16 +0000

My store guy just told me that Sprint will not require the expensive everything plans for the Hero ala Insticnt and Pre! Oh yea baby.
My two lines cost me $62 a month together with unlimited text and data ..Hero here I come!

By: mrhudson

mrhudson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:44:19 +0000

Sprint gets a bad rap…mostly from people who’ve never even used them. I’m about to call right now for my discount

By: mrhudson

mrhudson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:39:44 +0000

This is a hell of a deal. Ican lower my plan that I have which is for 80 bucks and 900 minutes to the 450 since I call so many cells. This is revolutionary if by nothing but defnition alone…..nobody else has it…

By: Norm

Norm — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:12:24 +0000

had an interesting talk with sprint yesterday—its only 450 minutes, not a family plan, and my favorite part, the person thinks that the Palm Pixi will be an android phone. I could have lived with the first two, but the Pixi thing just made me laugh

By: Dan

Dan — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 18:23:16 +0000

What I don’t get about Sprint’s pricing plans, or maybe it’s data pricing plans period (I’m on Verizon, but off contract and ready to switch to Sprint for either the Hero or the InstinctQ), is why to have two phones is virtually twice the amount, when on Verizon, you just pay $10 more a month to add a phone. But when I go to Sprint’s website, it does say add a line for “as little as $9.99 a month.” So I don’t know if they’re trying to get me to sign up two phones with the more expensive plan, or if that “as little as” is bogus. What I want is two phones for a little more than the one phone price. The second phone doesn’t even need data. Is this possible?

By: Colin

Colin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:26:59 +0000

Way to report this a day behind Rob! I posted about it yesterday, the real AMA announcement day:
http://androidforums.com/sprint/9075-any-mobile-anytime-new-reason-switch-sprint.html

What… did you have something else going on yesterday? :P

By: t1h5ta3

t1h5ta3 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:51:07 +0000

wow, its like when helio first unleashed ther unlimited plan, only better…

By: angelo

angelo — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:13:01 +0000

@Ronald
i would have to say people in the US would want this :) dumb@$$