Screw Sprint going to Cricket

[drbrock]

After waiting a month and half for an iphone 6 plus and getting fed up with Sprint signal issues and crap customer service I am switching to a prepaid option that I can move at will.

Cricket or Straight talk seem to have the best options.

I am a data hog so I will need the unlimited or pro plan.

Now which phone to get. I am thinking the Nexus 5, One Plus One, Iphone 6 plus.

Iphone costs 900 so it is a serious premium. Is the iphone worth triple the nexus 5?

Coming off a note 2 now and anything with bloatware scares me. Touchwiz is horrible.

That is the only reason I would get the nexus over the 1+1.

1+1 is not anywhere near as bad as Samsung but I am worried it won't get updated quickly and often. From the reviews I have read is that some of the updates fix things and then break other areas of the phone.

Any general suggestions?

 

[isekii]

1+1 gets updates pretty quickly.

 

[drbrock]

How hard is it to get an invite for the one plus one?

 

[dlock13]

Cricket has capped speeds whereas Straight Talk does not. They both throttle you after 3 GB. Cricket had amazing customer support when it was Aio, but once AT&T bought Cricket and merged the companies, I noticed CS go down hill and get outsourced quickly. I hear Straight Talk's CS is rather horrible, too, but I don't have experience with them.

At any rate, if you want a referral for Cricket, go ahead and email me. That'll earn us both $25 off our bill if you decide to stay with them for 60+ days.

I would suggest either the N5 or 1+1. They both can be found for relatively cheap. The 1+1 apparently has fantastic battery life and a great camera. The N5 is middling in both those aspects, but with Lollipop, it'll improve a slight amount. The only area I would be worried about is with customer support as 1+ is a small, small company compared to Google and LG respectively. You might have a horrible experience with 1+ if you get a bad unit, but of course, YMMV.

At any rate, I would suggest Cricket then Straight Talk. I would also suggest the N5 for quick updates, but the 1+1 follows extremely close behind it. That is a toss up there, and it would really be preference on your part.

 

[paperwastage]

Do you know whether att is decent in your area?

If you are thinking of hopping (between providers) often, something like the iPhone 6/6+ or nexus 5/6 would be good

iPhone 6/6+ = buy the Verizon model, works on Verizon/att/tmobile
Nexus 5 = works on Sprint/att/tmobile
Nexus 6 = works on Verizon (hopefully)/sprint/att/tmobile
1+1 = only on att/tmobile

*it'll work without problems on GSM MVNOs like Cricket/AIO/MetroPCS/... CDMA MVNOs like Ting might still blacklist/whitelist devices

 

[drbrock]

ATT is supposed to the best in the southeast and it is good in Florida.

Basically between the one plus one and iphone. Probably do the 1+1 for the huge price difference and wait for the iphone to come down in price if I don't like it.

If anyone has a 1+1 invite I would really appreciate it. It won't go to waste I will def buy it.

 

[paperwastage]

ATT is supposed to the best in the southeast and it is good in Florida.

sprint is definitely not good. at&t is good, verizon/tmobile is probably better

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459236,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459241,00.asp

http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/ATandT-Mobility/lte_310410#q=Florida,+USA|coverage

t-mobile LTE looks good in Florida... do you know if it's good in your specific area? (MetroPCS prepaid has unlimited LTE at $60 with lower priority on T-mobile, T-mobile has it at $80 + tax, maybe $50 with the unlimited LTE referral for1 year)

 

[EightySix Four]

sprint is definitely not good. at&t is good, verizon/tmobile is probably better

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459236,00.asp

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459241,00.asp

http://www.sensorly.com/map/4G/US/USA/ATandT-Mobility/lte_310410#q=Florida,+USA|coverage

t-mobile LTE looks good in Florida... do you know if it's good in your specific area? (MetroPCS prepaid has unlimited LTE at $60 with lower priority on T-mobile, T-mobile has it at $80 + tax, maybe $50 with the unlimited LTE referral for1 year)

T-Mobile is better than AT&T somewhere? I was under the assumption that it was pretty much Verizon/AT&T > T-Mobile > Sprint everywhere you went.

 

[paperwastage]

T-Mobile is better than AT&T somewhere? I was under the assumption that it was pretty much Verizon/AT&T > T-Mobile > Sprint everywhere you went.

depends. T-mobile is generally strong in metropolitan areas, but sucks for rural coverage

examples would be the links above... jacksonville, miami cities are good, but bad once you go suburban/rural

so if you need coverage in USA (travel a lot, live in suburban/urban areas), then Verizon/AT&T > sprint > t-mobile everywhere.

but if you spend 90% of your time in the city and are comfortable with 2G/no coverage when you go skiing/camping, then T-mobile/sprint might be better/cheaper

 

[drbrock]

Verizon would be best but they cost a ton of money. ATT is the next best thing for me locally.

 

[EightySix Four]

depends. T-mobile is generally strong in metropolitan areas, but sucks for rural coverage

examples would be the links above... jacksonville, miami cities are good, but bad once you go suburban/rural

so if you need coverage in USA (travel a lot, live in suburban/urban areas), then Verizon/AT&T > sprint > t-mobile everywhere.

but if you spend 90% of your time in the city and are comfortable with 2G/no coverage when you go skiing/camping, then T-mobile/sprint might be better/cheaper

I just meant from a raw coverage standpoint, not taking price into account. I did not realize there was any metropolitan areas where T-Mobile had better coverage than AT&T.

 

[preslove]

I have a one plus one on cricket and it's pretty great. Except, every week or so it crashes when I try to unlock the screen. I have to hard reboot, and it's fine for 7-10 days.

I don't have any invites, or I'd trade the invite for you joining cricket with my referral

So far, I've had great coverage with 2-6 megs/second. Not blazing fast, but still good. $55 for 10 gigs is totally worth not having blazing speeds.