Thinking of going with the Helio Ocean...

....thoughts, suggestions...?
I'm just done with a Verizon contract.

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"Xarias" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Xq2dnVktt-
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> I'm just done with a Verizon contract.
>

Aha! An escapee! Congratulations on your freedom....(c;

Xarias wrote:
> ...thoughts, suggestions...?
> I'm just done with a Verizon contract.
>

Your phone still works? And you WANT to go back under contract?????

Larry wrote:
> "Xarias" <[email protected]> wrote in news:Xq2dnVktt-
> [email protected]:
>
>> I'm just done with a Verizon contract.
>>
>
> Aha! An escapee! Congratulations on your freedom....(c;
>

Did you notice that he wants to run right back into the burning barn?

"Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>> I'm just done with a Verizon contract.
>>
>> Aha! An escapee! Congratulations on your freedom....(c;
>
> Did you notice that he wants to run right back into the burning barn?

So what? I fail to see the problem with a contract, _IF_ you receive
reasonable compensation for it. Where's a sense in paying $599 for a phone
you could get for $300 on a 2-year contract that, worst-case scenario, costs
$175 to break? You can often buy a subsidized phone and subsequently break
the contract cheaper than buying an unsubsidized one. Other than the
dubious bragging rights of saying you're not a contract, I don't see the
logic.

Obviously on lower end phones, this doesn't hold true- a $100 unsubsidized
phone "free" with contract makes less sense UNLESS you actually like your
carrier. My last one-year renewal with T-Mobile (a year ago February) to
get a $300 WinMo phone for my wife for $50 was a no-brainer- I've been with
them since October 2001 and saw no "danger" in sticking with them another
year.

I guess if Verizon is your carrier, a contract seems scarier! ;-)

Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>>> I'm just done with a Verizon contract.
>>>
>>> Aha! An escapee! Congratulations on your freedom....(c;
>>
>> Did you notice that he wants to run right back into the burning barn?
>
> So what? I fail to see the problem with a contract, _IF_ you receive
> reasonable compensation for it. Where's a sense in paying $599 for a
> phone you could get for $300 on a 2-year contract that, worst-case
> scenario, costs $175 to break? You can often buy a subsidized phone and
> subsequently break the contract cheaper than buying an unsubsidized
> one. Other than the dubious bragging rights of saying you're not a
> contract, I don't see the logic.

Me either, I would rather get the value. I need the best coverage I can
get so I know that unless something remarkable happens I will be staying
with that carrier so why not pay less?

>
> Obviously on lower end phones, this doesn't hold true- a $100
> unsubsidized phone "free" with contract makes less sense UNLESS you
> actually like your carrier. My last one-year renewal with T-Mobile (a
> year ago February) to get a $300 WinMo phone for my wife for $50 was a
> no-brainer- I've been with them since October 2001 and saw no "danger"
> in sticking with them another year.
>
> I guess if Verizon is your carrier, a contract seems scarier! ;-)
>
>
>

George <[email protected]> wrote in news:L-
[email protected]:

> I need the best coverage I can
> get

Iridium....$1.49/minute.....even in the middle of the ocean!

Just kidding....it DOES have a great footprint....IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE!