Samsung Galaxy Note 2 (Sprint) Amazon Upgrade $169.99

Quote from gambitlebo : Maybe for you but where I live I get better reception with Sprint than I did with AT&T or T-Mobile. Sitting at my desk at work I would be between 1-2 bars on AT&T and had to go outside to get any reception on T-Mobile. Been with Sprint for 2-1/2 years and right now at my desk I have 4 out of 5 bars on 3g and full bars on 4g. From what I've seen on google+ Sprint's LTE is pretty fast around here as well. I might have to jump on this phone Friday.

Wish I could say the same. North Dallas here and I very rarely have solid service, especially in buildings. Had to get an Airave just to keep from constantly dropping calls in my apt.

no go for sero upgrade

Quote from marvyzoro : no go for sero upgrade

You can upgrade with SERO, but not at $30. You need to pay $50/month (additional $10 for android phone and $10 data fee).

I have Tmobile and so want the Note 2. Anyone know of any deals for Tmobile?? I am on a grandfathered family plan with 4 lines....2 preferred android data and 1 with 200mb data. Thanks!!

Quote from waynebike : good phone and good deal, just getting tired of sprint. I'm in the Chicago suburbs and i drop calls every single day on my way home. I know exactly when I'm going to drop the call too, there are 3 specific spots on my way home very day that I've reported to Sprint multiple times but they've never done anything about it. Just going to wait for my contract to be up and switch to AT&T as my wife never has any issues with her service where we are at. I will say sprint's coverage has gotten better lately but there are still plenty of times where everybody around me has signal with other carriers and I've got nothing.

90 and cumberland - Without fail.

I left sprint and took my 5 lines to ATT back in the iphone 3GS days. It was horrible. All five phones were dropping 80% of calls. It didn't matter what city, indoor or outdoor, etc. On day 28, I went back to sprint. I see sprint 3G data on my current iphone 4S is blah (1Mbps max down) but it's do-able for my on the road needs for now. Other phones on my line are iPhone 5 and Galaxy S3's and they don't have issues anywhere they go usually (Palatine, UIC campus, Schaumburg, etc) so I'm going to stick with Sprint for the UNL data if nothing else but the service isn't all that bad for me. ATT is comparable pricing to sprint but verizon is quite a bit more expensive when I compare my current plan to their comparable plan.

Quote from WiredNix : I second this question. Anyone tried this yet?

Tried locally and online. Got declined.

Sprint rewarded my purchase today by turning 4g on in the tower closest to my house. Been averaging 13 down and 6 up inside.

Quote from namlook : You can upgrade with SERO, but not at $30. You need to pay $50/month (additional $10 for android phone and $10 data fee).

No go with sero for me. I have the $50 plan.

Thank the Lord i was able to price match with Best buy mobile. And i used the 50 buck promo gift card...Wife is happy and Happy V-Day to her..

Deal is dead, which sucks. From the time I left home, til the time I got to the store the price went from $169.99 to $249.99. Since I already paid the $50 early upgrade fee, I went ahead and got it and hope that it may drop a little bit before the 30 day prime match period ends.

Quote from onelord : Thank the Lord i was able to price match with Best buy mobile. And i used the 50 buck promo gift card...Wife is happy and Happy V-Day to her..

After reading some posts, I walked into my best buy. Dude didn't even ask a manager for pricematch. Manager came at the end of process and adjusted price.

$169.99
- $50 GC from S3 bought last week with $100 deal
- $50 GC from current purchase applied to same purchase
- $5 leftover on my old GC
- $25 Reward zone points
+ Taxes

Walked out paying $58. Vday gift for the wife as well...so it made her night!

Quote from m00ky : Wish I could say the same. North Dallas here and I very rarely have solid service, especially in buildings. Had to get an Airave just to keep from constantly dropping calls in my apt.

I live in Grapevine and work in Coppell. Maybe they upgraded our tower recently or maybe the Cyanogen rom has better radio than the stock rom?

I've never had a drop call but then again I don't really make a lot of phone calls.

I was with Voicestream until they were bought out by T-Mobile and had spotty service inside. After 10 years, we got into a "fight" over how much they wanted to charge me for a Blackberry so I jumped to AT&T.

AT&T was the worse. MMS would take forever to send/receive, text wouldn't come through at all, dropped calls, etc. I chalked it up on the iphone just coming out and their network not being up to par.

Either way, once that contract was up I jumped to Sprint because I didn't like Android phones on T-Mobile and haven't been happier.

I can't comment on Verizon because I would string together two cans and learn smoke signals before I give them another penny.

Quote from Cuteman : If you're satisfied with the service, but are on the fence about the phone itself I would HIGHLY recommend this phone. I got it the day it came out and have never been more pleased with a phone. The performance and screen real estate is obviously top of the line. The battery longevity is pretty much the best in the world in terms of stock devices. (I disconect the charge cable around 730am and do not plug it in until midnight or after and it RARELY even gives me the low battery warning, even with heavy use, gps, pandora, maps, internet, games, netflix, etc. during the day without charging) The only qualm I have is inconsistent 4G in my area, but otherwise I am completely satisfied and as a tech savvy, geek type I highly highly recommend this phone and suggest it to my friends and anyone I come across even if they're on other carriers.

I prefer HTC over Samsung, but they don't have anything like the Note 2. I know they have the DNA on Verizon but the storage specs on that are very lacking and it's on Verizon, a company I can't stand.

I was more waiting for the price to drop. Paying $300 + 2 year contract isn't my thing. I'm pretty sure I'm going to order it tomorrow. The good thing is I'm out of contract and outside of the battery life on my 2 1/2 year old Evo, I don't really HAVE to upgrade. My Evo is rooted and still does things most of my friends new iphones don't do.

I am impressed with the size and S pen on the Note. I will just have to root it because I don't care for their Touchwiz and (hate to say it) iphone like feel. I prefer all my apps to be on one page where I scroll up and down over the side to side iphone style.

Quote from gambitlebo : I prefer HTC over Samsung, but they don't have anything like the Note 2. I know they have the DNA on Verizon but the storage specs on that are very lacking and it's on Verizon, a company I can't stand. I was more waiting for the price to drop. Paying $300 + 2 year contract isn't my thing. I'm pretty sure I'm going to order it tomorrow. The good thing is I'm out of contract and outside of the battery life on my 2 1/2 year old Evo, I don't really HAVE to upgrade. My Evo is rooted and still does things most of my friends new iphones don't do. I am impressed with the size and S pen on the Note. I will just have to root it because I don't care for their Touchwiz and (hate to say it) iphone like feel. I prefer all my apps to be on one page where I scroll up and down over the side to side iphone style.

I went from the Touch Pro 2, the Hero (second hand), OG Evo (Great phone battery life terrible), Evo 3d (Gimmicky and terrible battery life slow updates), EVO4GLTE (better battery, horrible multitasking, non removable battery) to the Note 2. I am disappointed it took me this long to switch to Samsung. HTC has gone down in quality over the last few years qhile Samsung has improved.

I am not a huge fan of Touch Wiz, Just like I am not a fan of Sense. I bought Apex launcher pro so I don't have to deal with much of either.