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ALIVE! Nokia 520 $19.99 Amazon

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Muse said:
In my case, the simple fact that it can't run Verizon. They are hands down the favorite service around here, best coverage, simple as that. My AT&T is spotty, relatively speaking. More than 1/2 the time I have no coverage at home. However, I seldom engage in extra-home telephone activity, so I live with it. T-Mobile is no better here, apparently.

Do a local survey among random smartphone users in my area and you'll come up with 80+% Verizon, and that's probably conservative. I have stopped asking.
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I was with Verizon for many years before moving to ATT with this phone. I've always heard and believed that Verizon has the best coverage but to be honest, I have yet to experience an inability to make or take a call due to location or have and quality issues with a call. No doubt I would if I went far enough out in the country but for now all is good.
 
Still $29.99 this works great as an MP3 player, video player, and especially offline GPS navigation.

You don't even have to activate cell phone service!
 
Almost perfect. Battery is not user replaceable. What to do in about 2years when it can't hold a charge?
 
luv2liv said:
Almost perfect. Battery is not user replaceable. What to do in about 2years when it can't hold a charge?
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You throw it out and buy a new phone for $20?

Geez, even though the battery is replaceable, everyone will find something to complain about I guess.
 
For the life of me, I just don't understand why this phone is so loud (not voice settings, music / GPS voice stuff like that), setting it to 1 (out of 30?) is about 5x louder than my Moto G on the lowest setting. Going past 15 and the speaker can't take it, it sounds pretty bad at that level.
 
Doomer said:
I was with Verizon for many years before moving to ATT with this phone. I've always heard and believed that Verizon has the best coverage but to be honest, I have yet to experience an inability to make or take a call due to location or have and quality issues with a call. No doubt I would if I went far enough out in the country but for now all is good.
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Obviously it's a case by case thing, a YMMV affair. In my region, AT&T and T-Mobile are spotty in terms of coverage. When I got my 520 I started asking random people I encountered who were holding their cell phones who their provider was. I stopped at about 10... every single one said Verizon IIRC. I got my impression about the spottiness of AT&T and T-Mobile by reading Yelp reviews, IIRC, possible also another review site. I'm sure there are regions where AT&T is fairly reliable, else they'd go out of business in short order. Here in the Berkeley/North Oakland area they aren't reliable, to put it mildly. I would never give someone my cell phone number if I wanted them to contact me and I didn't want to miss their call (I give them my landline # instead)! The only people I give my number to is folks who may call me when I'm traveling, i.e. family members.

Nokia 520, $37 ATM. Amazon, in my experience, changes their prices on items frequently, so...
 
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RossMAN said:
Thanks for the update, I tried to update the thread title as DEAD! but it's not taking.

Mods - Please edit thread title indicating dead and lock this thread, thanks!
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Its been going up and down and even at $37 its still a deal for some. Maybe keep this open, I have a price watch at Amazon for this.
 
Muse said:
Obviously it's a case by case thing, a YMMV affair. In my region, AT&T and T-Mobile are spotty in terms of coverage. When I got my 520 I started asking random people I encountered who were holding their cell phones who their provider was. I stopped at about 10... every single one said Verizon IIRC. I got my impression about the spottiness of AT&T and T-Mobile by reading Yelp reviews, IIRC, possible also another review site. I'm sure there are regions where AT&T is fairly reliable, else they'd go out of business in short order. Here in the Berkeley/North Oakland area they aren't reliable, to put it mildly. I would never give someone my cell phone number if I wanted them to contact me and I didn't want to miss their call (I give them my landline # instead)! The only people I give my number to is folks who may call me when I'm traveling, i.e. family members.

Nokia 520, $37 ATM. Amazon, in my experience, changes their prices on items frequently, so...
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Where I live (NE Florida), AT&T has the best coverage (near 100%.) Verizon has very good coverage but there is one 5-7 mile spot on my wife's commute that has a dead spot. T-mobile is fair and Sprint stinks around here.

My wife has been using AT&T prepaid for several years. She bought the 520 in October of 2013 and has had zero problems with it. Phonewise, it may be the best phone we have ever owned.

More and more apps are becoming available for W8 phones. Be sure to try out the Gestures beta app.
 
I think ATT coverage is the best in flat areas. if you're in a hilly or mountainous area, not so much.
 
Purchased this on Friday. Asked AT&T for an unlock code and they sent it on Sunday. I had to cut my old standard SIM to fit the micro SIM slot on this phone but it worked out fine. The phone is easy to use and we are very happy with the price!
 
RossMAN said:
http://slickdeals.net/f/7643364-unl...8-out-of-contract-not-blacklisted?v=1&src=tdw
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I get this when I try to hit that link after signing into my Google account:

you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

The page you are looking for has been removed. If you are getting this error from a link via Deal Alert, this means that the thread was considered to be spam or inappropriate for the forum and thus removed.
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
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$40 right now at Amazon
 
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Major Orange said:
Hello folks! Figured I'd dig this one up again, because the 635 is back up now for 30!
AT&T version (easily unlockable!) on amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/AT-Nokia-Lumi...20&ascsubtag=6f27370be44c4b35808c3d210499b4ce

Boost Mobile on Amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/Nokia-Lumia-W...5c95150c880c&ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

There is a Virgin Mobile version but strangely enough that one -I- see as 99.99.
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Thanks!

Grabbed one for offline GPS (and as a backup ATT) for an upcoming backpacking trip. 🙂
 
Major Orange said:
Hello folks! Figured I'd dig this one up again, because the 635 is back up now for 30!
AT&T version (easily unlockable!) on amazon here:
http://www.amazon.com/AT-Nokia-Lumi...20&ascsubtag=6f27370be44c4b35808c3d210499b4ce
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The price I see now is:

Price: $48.99 & FREE Shipping

Did it jump up today already? 😕

Edit: WTH is going on? I click the link ~3 minutes later and it says:

Price: $52.70 & FREE Shipping. 😱

Jumps around like a jumping bean...

Edit 2: 2 minutes later back to 48.99... nutty.
 
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This was one of their daily deals. I'm guessing they "sold out" of the number they had available for the daily deal.
 
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