PANTECH P9070 BURST UNLOCKED 4G ANDROID TOUCH 5MP CAM 16GB PHONE BLACK for $99.99 w/FS

I bought the red burst from them last year. It's a good phone for the price. Everything looks new. There were no scratches or blemishes, but when I went to AT&T to get a new sim card, the guy said it was a display model. He couldn't tell if it was a demo or strictly display. It was actually a replacement phone because the first one had a vibrator issue. The store was really good with the exchange. They sent out the replacement and return shipping label pretty quick. So they have good customer service, but I don't think their description of NEW is accurate.

I bought the red burst from them last year. It's a good phone for the price. Everything looks new. There were no scratches or blemishes, but when I went to AT&T to get a new sim card, the guy said it was a display model. He couldn't tell if it was a demo or strictly display. It was actually a replacement phone because the first one had a vibrator issue. The store was really good with the exchange. They sent out the replacement and return shipping label pretty quick. So they have good customer service, but I don't think their description of NEW is accurate.

I agree, how can an unlocked branded phone be new?

Verizon is typically more expensive. I pay just under $45 (including taxes and discount) for my share of the family share plan on Verizon which includes unlimited unthrottled 4glte. I have limited minutes, but never come close to it, and use Google voice for texts.

i never charged it more than once a day, and i work in a building with awful reception.. i did have it on wifi when possible though.. if you have LTE on where the reception is bad you'll eat your batteries and a common mistake is to leave GPS on since it hunts for satellites until it runs out of power.

Turn off GPS unless you're using it and battery life is very good

I tried this phone a few months ago on Straighttalk service with both Gingerbread and ICS. At times, it ran very smooth and pretty fast. But almost always, it would eventually bog down and I would have to shut down apps right and left. Also, the battery life was hit and miss depended on settings.
Overall the experience was frustrating in that I loved it when it worked, but it did not work for me enough of the time. I got my money back by reselling on fleabay so no real loss.

right now I am using my wife's old iPhone 3GS, unlocked much more satisfied.

op said 1.5 GHz but i'm finding both 1.2 GHz and 1.5 GHz specs

I suppose that's the difference at the end of the day - a supposedly unlimited plan versus a limited plan for basically the same price.

I'm sure my GF gets her $45 monthly plan for about $42 (including taxes) through a reseller online.

It's great not having to think about call/text limits other than perhaps going over the "unlimited" data allowance of 2 to 3GB.

that's the thing...i have used over 60gb a month before, no sweat on Verizon, plus Verizon does have the best total network coverage. But of course, you are paying a premium for Verizon. Luckily for me, i use little minutes and no texting, so pricewise, Verizon isn't really costing me much more than other plans, since other carrier's unlimited plans include unlimited talk and text, which I have no real use for. But for cases of high talk and text usage with lots of data, I could see how it could be quite costly on Verizon.

Wow that's a heck of a lot of mobile data!

I switched to android sg3 from iphone and it was a great regret. If you're thinking of doing it, stick with a jailbroken iphone. The 'freedom' they say android phones have is a joke. Yeah, there's great freedom for developers, but none for the user. I could customize and tweak the iphone to exactly how I wanted it, but with android you're forced with the decisions the dev's decide upon with their own roms.

Yeah. Try even changing the battery in that iphone of yours. How's that working for ya? Seems Apple doesn't trust you with even that most basic of tasks.