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Screw Sprint going to Cricket

drbrock

drbrock

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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?
 
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.
 
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
 
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.
 
drbrock said:
ATT is supposed to the best in the southeast and it is good in Florida.
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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)
 
paperwastage said:
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)
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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.
 
EightySix Four said:
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.
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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
 
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paperwastage said:
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
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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.
 
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.
 
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