Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

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Post by dotBen » Mon, Jun 28, 2010, 11:12 PM UTC

djb_hackernews wrote: post #109

dotBen wrote: post #36

I'm onto my 3rd Android, an HTC EVO. The screen is amazing - yes it is big and makes the phone big but I don't really find that a problem in my pocket. My Sprint plan is $60/month for unlimited data, texts, calls to mobiles, calls at weekends... the only metered calling is landlines during the working day, which I have 500 mins/month on. That for me is = unlimited all the way through. The 4G is amazing, although not…

Are you on a special plan to get $60/mo? I thought the basic everything plan from sprint was 59.99/mo + the 10/mo for the 4g device. I am a sprint customer and ready for a new phone and I know Sprint has great retention deals if you ask, wondering if you went that route.

I have a former-SERO (Sprint Employee Referral Offer) plan, now known as Everything Data Plus 500.

You can get that via instructions at http://www.cellfanatic.com/2008/07/24/sprint-sero-plans-now-... (See the image for "Russ McGuire"'s info as your referree).

I got my EVO at Google I/O and so when I called up to put the phone on my plan they didn't ask what phone I had and so didn't make me take their kinda pointless $10 EVO tax. I've heard long-standing customers can usually ask retentions to drop it.

I also have an employer discount on there, but they now appear to be hard to get applied on already discount plans. So YMMV. Good luck

I have my phone rooted, so I can run the open source wifi tether and not need to pay Sprint to use the on that comes with the phone.

Also, it's all still cheaper than AT&T

Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

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Post by Supermighty » Tue, Jun 29, 2010, 12:27 AM UTC

jackowayed wrote: post #27

I have an Incredible. Sense (HTC's UI tweaks) is very nice, and I thought it was a must have, but I played with someone's Nexus One, and I think it's fine. In some ways I prefer the stock UI, and getting all of the updates instantly would be really nice. (I'm still waiting impatiently on Froyo, which will come "in the 2nd half of the year" or when someone figured out how to root the Incredible :) ) I'm not sure how p…

On my EVO I had to turn off wifi and the batter now seems better than my old iPhone 3G. There are supposed to be updates soon to fix the power/wifi issues.

Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

#113

Post by keefe » Tue, Jun 29, 2010, 5:05 PM UTC

mr_justin wrote: post #106

bdb wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page#Dream If you have a Dream (G1/ADP1) or Magic (MT3G/ADP2?), highly recommended.

Approach this with care. I just bricked my G1 with DangerSPL. Followed the steps exactly, never made it past the SPL flash.

lol and this is why I haven't done this yet...

Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 29, 2010, 5:05 PM UTC

mr_justin wrote: post #106

bdb wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Main_Page#Dream If you have a Dream (G1/ADP1) or Magic (MT3G/ADP2?), highly recommended.

Approach this with care. I just bricked my G1 with DangerSPL. Followed the steps exactly, never made it past the SPL flash.

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Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

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Post by djb_hackernews » Wed, Jun 30, 2010, 1:42 PM UTC

dotBen wrote: post #111

djb_hackernews wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you on a special plan to get $60/mo? I thought the basic everything plan from sprint was 59.99/mo + the 10/mo for the 4g device. I am a sprint customer and ready for a new phone and I know Sprint has great retention deals if you ask, wondering if you went that route.

I have a former-SERO (Sprint Employee Referral Offer) plan, now known as Everything Data Plus 500. You can get that via instructions at http://www.cellfanatic.com/2008/07/24/sprint-sero-plans-now-... (See the image for "Russ McGuire"'s info as your referree). I got my EVO at Google I/O and so when I called up to put the phone on my plan they didn't ask what phone I had and so didn't make me take their kinda pointless…

Hmm, I also jumped on SERO a long time ago, and it's really the only thing keeping me from upgrading to an android phone. To upgrade to any of the plans they offer for their android phones would double my current monthly bill. I've heard reports that its near impossible to keep SERO and have an android phone. I've been a sprint customer for 10 years, i hope to use that to get some discount.

Re: Ask HN: Which Android Phone to Buy?

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Post by peregrine » Thu, Jul 08, 2010, 1:29 AM UTC

keefe wrote: post #113

mr_justin wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Approach this with care. I just bricked my G1 with DangerSPL. Followed the steps exactly, never made it past the SPL flash.

lol and this is why I haven't done this yet...

I've flashed my SPL and my rom several times before. Getting close to 20 times I've flashed my rom and 5 times flashing my SPL and I've had little to no issues. Follow the instructions to the T and nandroid backup and you should be okay.