Comments on: T-Mobile USA: Would sir like a shitty phone? http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/t-mobile_usa_would_sir_like_a_shitty_phone.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:06:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Giff http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/t-mobile_usa_would_sir_like_a_shitty_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-219453 Giff Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:24:43 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/t-mobile_usa_would_sir_like_a_shitty_phone.html#comment-219453 Yes, indeed, they have great service and rates. I have been a happy T-Mobile customer for 8 years. However, when your phone goes on the blink, you need a new phone then and there. You do not have time to go surfing around the net for a new phone. You need one now. Your customers are calling you on it! So you must buy a new phone that they have available at their shop, knowing that their 3g services are to be rolled out in the next two quarters. So what you are forced to do is buy a phone that you know you will replace in 3-5 months. That is WHY you would pay a premium for a 3g phone...so you don't have to buy 2 phones within 6 months of each other. You are missing the point here. Would you go buy a a new flat screen TV today because yours went on the blink even though you knew it would not work over the networks in a few months once digital came out? No, you would not. Yet this is what we have to do with phones. There are no converter boxes for mobile phones. That is what is frustrating! It is a waste of time and money to buy two phones so close in time. Yes, indeed, they have great service and rates. I have been a happy T-Mobile customer for 8 years.

However, when your phone goes on the blink, you need a new phone then and there. You do not have time to go surfing around the net for a new phone. You need one now. Your customers are calling you on it!

So you must buy a new phone that they have available at their shop, knowing that their 3g services are to be rolled out in the next two quarters. So what you are forced to do is buy a phone that you know you will replace in 3-5 months. That is WHY you would pay a premium for a 3g phone…so you don’t have to buy 2 phones within 6 months of each other.

You are missing the point here. Would you go buy a a new flat screen TV today because yours went on the blink even though you knew it would not work over the networks in a few months once digital came out? No, you would not. Yet this is what we have to do with phones. There are no converter boxes for mobile phones. That is what is frustrating! It is a waste of time and money to buy two phones so close in time.

]]> By: Matt http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2008/03/t-mobile_usa_would_sir_like_a_shitty_phone.html/comment-page-1#comment-219360 Matt Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:33:17 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/03/t-mobile_usa_would_sir_like_a_shitty_phone.html#comment-219360 Certainly, phone options at a T-Mobile USA store are poor. But as a T-Mobile USA customer for the last 4 years., I've been able to get what nearly any phone I want on the internet, and excellent service from T-Mobile. Currently, I have a SonyEricsson K790a. And it is good. Certainly, 3G would be better. But why would I pay a premium for a 3G phone when T-Mobile doesn't yet offer 3G service? That's the real tragedy. Certainly, phone options at a T-Mobile USA store are poor. But as a T-Mobile USA customer for the last 4 years., I’ve been able to get what nearly any phone I want on the internet, and excellent service from T-Mobile.

Currently, I have a SonyEricsson K790a. And it is good. Certainly, 3G would be better. But why would I pay a premium for a 3G phone when T-Mobile doesn’t yet offer 3G service? That’s the real tragedy.

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