Sprint announces new Sanyo phone

I have $10 Vision and do not plan to loose it even though I will most likely
upgrade to a Powervision Phone. I was told by the local Sprint Rep that all
I have to do is an ESN swap and not make any changes to the account.


"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>> What Sprint phone are you going with once you have returned the 920? I am
>> thinking of getting the 920 because I rely on Telenav and do not want to
>> carry an external GPS. I understand the the 920 works quite well with
>> Telenav.
>>
>
> Back to my Sanyo 7400.
>
> It was a real ordeal too. I had decided to take them up on a plan change
> for
> $50 with a new 2-year contract. I had that contract post dated to the
> beginning of my billing period on 8/3/06. Well, apparently adding
> powervision
> and getting the new phone reset my contract. Further, upon returning the
> phone, apparently I am no longer eligible for a $150 credit next year (I
> was
> only at 13 months) because the clock was "reset". I indicated that I
> didn't
> want to renew my contract then as it wasn't worth it to do so without a
> phone
> and I had one hell of a struggle getting that back. Apparently a priority
> note is required to avoid ETF, but we shall see, should I utilize it [but,
> I
> hope I don't]. Long story short is that I was told there was no risk and
> I
> could return it within 30 days if I didn't like it, but in fact, there was
> indeed risk ... I lost my chance at $150 towards a new phone for two years
> and
> my contract was reset [with priority notes to the contrary] and I had to
> get
> them to put my retention $10 Vision back on ... my account was set back up
> with $15.
>
> Bah! :-)
>
> --
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
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>

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Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have $10 Vision and do not plan to loose it even though I will most likely
> upgrade to a Powervision Phone. I was told by the local Sprint Rep that all
> I have to do is an ESN swap and not make any changes to the account.
>

In which case, you can not use PowerVision. You would only be able to use
regular vision. I suspect that would disable OTA software updates. To me, it
is probably worth the extra $5 to get the minimal PowerVision pack.

Now, in my case I suspect I have an worthless hand in dealing with retention
to get a decent phone next Summer [should one be available ... trimode EVDO
would be awesome], so I really don't know what to do when I am ready. One
thing I really hate is that Sprint forces a contract renewal with a plan
change [i.e. going to a newer Fair and Flexible plan], which is making me a
bit gunshy at this point.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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"Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:_2Dsg.11045$Nv.1635@fed1read10:

> I have $10 Vision and do not plan to loose it even though I will most
> likely upgrade to a Powervision Phone. I was told by the local Sprint
> Rep that all I have to do is an ESN swap and not make any changes to
> the account.
>
lots of luck with that one. They told me that to it was a crock

It is possible to use the phone in high speed powervision mode as long as
you don't use any of the other services such as the TV channels, etc which I
don't use anyway.


"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have $10 Vision and do not plan to loose it even though I will most
>> likely
>> upgrade to a Powervision Phone. I was told by the local Sprint Rep that
>> all
>> I have to do is an ESN swap and not make any changes to the account.
>>
>
> In which case, you can not use PowerVision. You would only be able to use
> regular vision. I suspect that would disable OTA software updates. To
> me, it
> is probably worth the extra $5 to get the minimal PowerVision pack.
>
> Now, in my case I suspect I have an worthless hand in dealing with
> retention
> to get a decent phone next Summer [should one be available ... trimode
> EVDO
> would be awesome], so I really don't know what to do when I am ready. One
> thing I really hate is that Sprint forces a contract renewal with a plan
> change [i.e. going to a newer Fair and Flexible plan], which is making me
> a
> bit gunshy at this point.
>
> --
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
> Key Fingerprint: 2DB9 813F F510 82C2 E1AE 34D0 D69D 1EDC D5EC AED1
>

If you called customer support, then they will make you pay, however, I
understand that you can buy the phone at Costco or Radio Shack and just have
them do an ESN swap.

"skip" <skip[@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Mij Adyaw" <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:_2Dsg.11045$Nv.1635@fed1read10:
>
>> I have $10 Vision and do not plan to loose it even though I will most
>> likely upgrade to a Powervision Phone. I was told by the local Sprint
>> Rep that all I have to do is an ESN swap and not make any changes to
>> the account.
>>
> lots of luck with that one. They told me that to it was a crock

Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> It is possible to use the phone in high speed powervision mode as long as
> you don't use any of the other services such as the TV channels, etc which I
> don't use anyway.
>
>

I was told that powervision requires provisioning and that it would require a
powervision addition to my plan. After such a point, it might be possible to
remove the plan and pay per KB, but I am not sure. That is what was indicated
to me.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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Mij Adyaw <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you called customer support, then they will make you pay, however, I
> understand that you can buy the phone at Costco or Radio Shack and just have
> them do an ESN swap.
>

PowerVision still requires provisioning. That requires a plan entry. Once
done, you might be able to remove powervision and pay per KB fees instead.
I don't believe it was possible to force the phone into Vision mode if
PowerVision is available, so I am not sure how things will work for you
with Vision provisioning only.

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Thomas T. Veldhouse
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