The Good, Bad, & Ugly of Boost Mobile

Originally Posted by pugman2

every one complains about boost phones why not just put a boost sim in a nextel i did it works fine

I've had bad results doing that. First I used the Boost sim in a BlackBerry 7520 (making it a Boostberry) that fizzled with errors after awhile. Then used it in an i860 and over a year later ALL of my java programs went to sod Just no warning, all my apps were unable to be used and a call to Motorola didn't help. Never did that again.

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I know the ST plan may not be for everyone but it has worked great for me. Maybe it will put enough pressure on the big companies they will have to be more competetive and everyone will win. Good luck.

The good : best plan out there.

im very hapy with the cdma switch
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boost mobile service is horrible dont get it it is cheap but not worth horrible customer service

you probably have iden ( which is nextel) switch to boost cdma which is the same as sprint better than T-Mobile and att... had both.

I am new to this site and i mostly went to this site to figure out how people liked boost mobile. I am now with Verizon (900 min, unlimited text and friends and family top 5 plan) i pay around $75-80 a month for my phone. I do use my phone alot to talk and text on. Im am highly interested in a unlimited blackberry plan via Boost for i think $65 a month with insurance. I am just wondering if it is worth it or not. I have heard people say it is not. I love my service with Verizon (my phone is another story, I have been through 4 on my 5th phone now) it's just the price that is getting to me even with my employee discount..
please tell me your thoughts. Thanks

I get the highest tier discount from Verizon with my employer's discount (UPS), but Boost was just way cheaper, only no cool phones, but you pay for that, way more. $50 a month for everything? Yes, it's no iphone or android but it's far more fuctional than just talk and text. I've had the phone for about a week now and love it and the service is fine. $80 for my incognito. If I drop it, oh well I'll get another one. I think the reason Boost does not have the fancy phones is because they would be so expensive that no one would buy them. $600 for an iphone? My ipod was only $300, where's the other $300? cell and improved camera? And modern Androids cost that much as well. I thought the internet would suck and compared to my ipod touch on wifi it does, but mobile versions of most websites are very useful and fast and there are many apps I am find about that are free. Just downloaded google maps, way better than using web based mapping. What ticks me off is how locations services are turned off, the info is already there, but boost wants more money for that I think, so the mapping app cannot find my location. Not helpful if I am lost, but hey, I have a GPS and it's way better than this phone will ever be at that. So far.....highly recommend!