Replacing ~26 Phones - What's the cheapest way?

[zerocool84]

Speaking of rep's blowing me.... I signed a sales agreement with copier company B to buyout existing leases for two of our copiers and put in new equipment at a lower price. The president of copier company A keeps dropping by unannounced to try to convince me the other company is trying to screw us. Then he sends me this:

Phil,

I was just here thinking about you again. Here is a question I never asked and should have asked you or Erik. Why are you upgrading these machines with so much time on the lease? There must be a good reason, I just didn?t ask. If you let them run to term your payment would drop another $1200 per month from the $1910?

Can?t get you off my mind,

Dan

^lol wat?

Maybe he wants to blow you.

 

[blurredvision]

I would also recommend looking into going WP7.5 if you're able to get rid of the Blackberry's, especially if you plan on implementing Lync in addition to the new Exchange 2010 server. Lync mobile hasn't been released yet as far as I know, but should be soon.

 

[gsaldivar]

One possible option might be...

Virgin Mobile:
26 x Motorola Triumph Phone ($210* per phone) = $5460
26 x Virgin Mobile Unlimited Plan ($55/mo per phone) = $1430 per month

Optional:
26 x Generic TPU Skin Case = $130
26 x Motorola micro-USB Rapid Car Charger = $139

PROS: Unlimited** data/email/texts/minutes so no overages to worry about. Prepaid so no service contract to worry about. Phones are cheap, readily available, and easy to replace. Android Activesync support gives you full Exchange compatibility for real-time sync of emails, contacts, calendar - at no extra charge. Low-cost Android phones are much less of a "thief magnet" than iPhones are.

CONS: Virgin uses Sprint 3G network, but you get no roaming privileges. However, if you are in a metro area with good Sprint coverage, this should be a non-issue. Virgin Mobile is not a business class service provider, so expect somewhat less reliability than a business account with a major carrier. As a rough example, you might regard VM as "90%+ reliable" whereas a major carrier might be "95%+ reliable". If the extra 5% is worth the price difference to you, then you should probably not be considering Virgin as a business solution.

* Search Techbargains.com for coupon code.
** Unlimited service on VM is throttled after 2.5GB of usage.

 

[gsaldivar]

Phil, I was just here thinking about you again...Can’t get you off my mind, Dan

hahaha

 

[preslove]

Speaking of rep's blowing me.... I signed a sales agreement with copier company B to buyout existing leases for two of our copiers and put in new equipment at a lower price. The president of copier company A keeps dropping by unannounced to try to convince me the other company is trying to screw us. Then he sends me this:

Phil,

I was just here thinking about you again. Here is a question I never asked and should have asked you or Erik. Why are you upgrading these machines with so much time on the lease? There must be a good reason, I just didn’t ask. If you let them run to term your payment would drop another $1200 per month from the $1910?

Can’t get you off my mind,

Dan

^lol wat?

Dan,

Are you on drugs?

Best,

Phil

 

[MotionMan]

OP, what happened?

MotionMan

 

[cardiac]

Him and Dan are locked up like a couple of nightcrawlers.....

 

[tfinch2]

Him and Dan are locked up like a couple of nightcrawlers.....

lmao

 

[sjwaste]

OP, what happened?

MotionMan