Ok, so I'm on Verizon and my new every 2 doesn't come up until 12/15/2010.
I've put off getting a smartphone for a long time basically because I wanted an iPhone but I live out in the sticks and Verizon is literally the only carrier that I get a signal for at home.
I took my new-every-2 10 months ago for a Motorola Krave ZN4 with no data plan (haven't needed it yet - and I'm only on the 450 minute plan because everyone else I know is on Verizon too. I use about 20-30 out of network minutes per month) - I hate this darned phone. I won't go into the reasons, but suffice to say I've got an iPod touch that I carry around with me for data needs, but it seems like 95% of the time when I want to use the mobile data features I'm not near a wifi node.
Anyways, the Android phones are the only thing that has really caught my eye lately - particularly Droid Eris.
Is there any hope of getting one of those without paying full price? I understand I'm not going to get it for the $30-100 that a new-every-2 option would, but it it seems like there would be something between that and the $450-ish that a contractless phone would cost.
Any ideas?
BTW - where the heck are the cheap Taiwanese CDMA Android phones? I'd have figured they would be shipping those things over here for $99 by the boatload by now . . .
I've put off getting a smartphone for a long time basically because I wanted an iPhone but I live out in the sticks and Verizon is literally the only carrier that I get a signal for at home.
I took my new-every-2 10 months ago for a Motorola Krave ZN4 with no data plan (haven't needed it yet - and I'm only on the 450 minute plan because everyone else I know is on Verizon too. I use about 20-30 out of network minutes per month) - I hate this darned phone. I won't go into the reasons, but suffice to say I've got an iPod touch that I carry around with me for data needs, but it seems like 95% of the time when I want to use the mobile data features I'm not near a wifi node.
Anyways, the Android phones are the only thing that has really caught my eye lately - particularly Droid Eris.
Is there any hope of getting one of those without paying full price? I understand I'm not going to get it for the $30-100 that a new-every-2 option would, but it it seems like there would be something between that and the $450-ish that a contractless phone would cost.
Any ideas?
BTW - where the heck are the cheap Taiwanese CDMA Android phones? I'd have figured they would be shipping those things over here for $99 by the boatload by now . . .