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[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
That is totally GACHO ! This was one of the major benefits of staying with Sprint all these past 7 years ..... they better NOT change the unlimited data or they will lose customers because that is another main reason for choosing Sprint !
[Epic 4G General] pyoumans:
Well I've been a customer for 15 yrs. I still say they are better than the other carriers but i'm tired of getting dicked over. But that is the new company standard?
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
The first time someone sucsesfully pulls this, I garuantee there will be a massive thread. That's how I got a diamond (they were out of the vogue) and a tp2 (they were out of touch pro 1s)

It happens. Thbey usually will be out of stock for a few days while they are awaiting refurbs and will have to offer something from the authorized exchange list.

Its amazing how many phones take a bath that week.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
It's how I got my TP2
[Epic 4G General] Shoulon:
Seriously Texas? u just had to bring in the inside joke?lol
[Epic 4G General] cds0699:
****ing bull****
[Epic 4G General] TexasLTE:
LOL ... sorry , but this was TOTALLY worthy under the sad circumstances ... I will try to refrain myself in the forseeable future ... LOL ;)
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
Hey, there's kids on here too. Gotta tone it down. Ill help.

****ing bullhockey.

See. Its easy. Lol.
[Epic 4G General] cds0699:
Yeah my bad, apologies.

I'm really angry about this though, jeez man, I might not even upgrade to the Epic 4G Touch now. ETF all lines and go to Verizon is what I'm thinking.
[Epic 4G General] lynyrd65:
Tiered Data?

You guys want a real deal outside of sprint? Buy an unlocked i9000, i9100 or a Vibrant then buy an AT&T GoPhone with the $50 unlimited everything plan. After activation swap the sims and bam! you have one bad ass phone with true unlimited data (at a much faster speed than sprint too, my sister gets 7mbps while tethering).
[Epic 4G General] cds0699:
Sprint is slowly nickel and diming their customers, and I'd honestly rather pay for Verizon... I hate AT&T more than any carrier.

But I do appreciate your post.... I'm honestly just mad right now (I anticipated becoming gold for the yearly upgrade... almost upgraded my plan for it), but if things keep going like this I probably will leave. I think I'm gonna give it a lil time and see if Sprint replaces it with a new program.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
I know the IPhone is behind this ****.
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
no. this sort of thing has been Sprint's m.o. for the last 4-5 years at least, and it's become progressively worse as their ability to effectively compete with AT&T and Verizon has waned. I won't dispute that the iPhone has a role, but this is the kind of crap they've been planning for ages; it's their hope that the customer boost they'll get from the iPhone will offset the loss in customer loyalty triggered by these moves.

the only positive I can see in this is that hopefully it'll provide us with more ammunition to get out of our Sprint contracts. I was done with Sprint before this announcement - now I'm going to make it my mission to get the ETFs on both my lines waived.
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
I'm not leaving. I'm gonna ride out this contract and updateless phone, at that point I will reevaluate my loyalty to this company.
[Epic 4G General] nikon120:
Please point out in the ToS where it states that the Sprint Premier program is part of what you pay for. Otherwise, on this topic in particular, you have no grounds to argue the ETF if you decide to leave early.

If you're referring to the admin fee increase, or some other adjustment, then good luck.
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
I think at this point, I am deffinitly considering NOT resigning a contract with them. As they remove more and more perks, and increase prices on plans(I'm looling at you 10 dollar fee) paired with a much tighter contract with an almost astronamical etf compred to before, they are almost on par with others carriers and I think the att aand vzw may have better coverage. I know that I'm almost willing to find out.
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
At no point did I claim the Premier program was listed in my contract, but whether it is or isn't, I don't care. As soon as this announcement goes public, I'll be quite content to harass Sprint with daily phone calls demanding they release me from my contract.
[Epic 4G General] caileb:
If only those unlocked i9000/i9100 were cheaper...

I'm already paying $50/mo with Sprint. Might as well go postpaid and get an upgrade every 20month. That's still better than paying full price on the handset...
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Well whatever. Sprint already promised me early upgrade for increasing my rate plan for the next 2 months, with an email confirmation of what was promised, so if they screw me on it, I contact my lawyer. So what's it gonna be Sprint?
[Epic 4G General] belovedson:
have you read the article why>

its to keep sprint unlimited. if they dont then sprint will be no more. staying unlimited and attaining the loyalty plan plus the iphone 5 just cant work out.

i say i am riding this out. no way can i get the data useage out of the other companies without being penalized heavily.

i used verizon for awhile. have fun with your 100 dollar plus a month bills. or you can simply limit your data usage..

as i have said before whats the point of having a crazy bandwidth. 7mb downloads if your limited to a certain point and then hand slapped with a tiered rates? i would rather download at slower rates as long as it stands unlimited

many of you guys shouting in rage are short sighted. sprint will transition to lte at which point the prices we see now will be alot lower until then.
[Epic 4G General] Dulanic:
I am happy about the 20 month upgrade vs 22. But the rest sucks. And WTF is a upgrade fee? So now we have to pay a $36 upgrade fee and a $36 activation fee? **** you sprint if this is the case.
[Epic 4G General] lynyrd65:
My sis bought a vibrant for $110.
[Epic 4G General] blazinazn:
Thanks for once again showing customers who have been with you for a long time that we mean squat to you...

I was about to go gold for being with them for 10 years in November. Pretty f-in lame.

And people think AT&T buying Tmobile is a good thing? I don't see how having less choices helps anything. I don't want service with any of these companies now. the $55 unlimited everything with cricket is looking more and more enticing these days.
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
I Was about to wank ... until i read this :mad:
[Epic 4G General] austin420:
wank? do wut now?
[Epic 4G General] R3537L1F3:
I heard that when they switch to LTE they might drop the $10 premium 4G fee

Sent from my un-rooted Samsung Epic 4G with XDA Premium
[Epic 4G General] CapsLockKey:
I blame the iPhone. You know iPhone users would cause a huge increase in the number of one year premier upgrades. On a personal level, I'm not to bothered by it as I usually don't upgrade mid contract. Although I am a little annoyed that I was 9 months away from Gold status.
[Epic 4G General] njfoses:
The amount of people on these board's that this actually makes any difference to is very small. Lets be realistic, how many gold premiere customers are there here? How many people actually bought accessories from the sprint store and used their "premiere" discount? Everybody is getting worked up over next to nothing. For most here this is a benefit as you can upgrade 2 months earlier if you were not gold premiere. Now if sprint drops unlimited data then i will be right behind everybody else complaining and porting to vzw!
[Epic 4G General] iSaint:
Wanking- predominantely British term for masturbation

Buffing the Banana

Holding Your Sausage Hostage

Jackin' the Beanstalk

Rounding up the Tadpoles

Slap Boxing the One-Eyed Champ

Spank the Frank

Applying the hand brake

Attacking the one-eyed purple-headed warrior

Auditioning the finger puppets

Beef-stroke-it-off

Boxing the bald champ

Charming the snake

Checking for testicular cancer

Choking Kojak

Squeezing the cream from the flesh Twinkie

Straddle your paddle

Taking matters into your own hands

Teasing the weasel

Thumping the pump

Tickling the pickle

etc etc
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
In the grand scheme of things it's not that big of a deal, but damn I was a month and a half away from 10 years Gold after being demoted to Silver. I looked forward to having the option of upgrading to the SGSII or possibly Prime in January. Unlimited data is more important to me than yearly upgrades, but being a "latest and greatest" guy it stings. Craigslist looks to be my option if want to get off this Epic.
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
This just seems so wrong after Sprint was basically begging people to upgrade to the Evo 3D when it came out. Waiving early upgrade fees in the process. I guess this is what we get for choosing Sprints still running froyo red-headed step-child.
[Epic 4G General] onilink67:
Kinda pissed I just upped my plan to get gold a few days ago. I too will be one of the people calling in complaining either requesting an upgrade or a refund on the plan difference.
[Epic 4G General] shane6374:
If anyone gets anywhere, make sure to let everyone here know. I'm still 7 months away from gold so as they say I'm SOL and might have to wait until May when my 20 months is up, or swap upgrades with my daughter (she would be pissed at me) when her is eligible in February. Then my 3rd line would be eligible in March, which is an upgrade I should be able to swap with my line. I hope they will still allow us to at least swap upgrades with other lines on the family plans.
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
I'm trying to figure my situation out.

10 years wth sprint, Oct 5th, confirmed today.

Premier status going away, Oct 2nd, sprint playbook.

Am I really 3 days late!? Any hope for me?

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard
[Epic 4G General] dead78:
If you go into a Sprint store or use Sprint telesales, you can upgrade 14 days before your stated upgrade date. The problem is that you need to actually hit Gold status before they'll even acknowledge that you can upgrade...I'm pretty sure the "automatic" conversion to upgrade usually takes several weeks and sometimes months.

If I were you I'd start pestering Sprint to push through your gold status asap.
[Epic 4G General] snowmanwithahat:
As opposed to the 21 month upgrade cycle we have now? My mom is the plan holder and she us the premier customer. I don't get it because I'm a secondary line. I started august 31st when the epic launched... I'm available to upgrade june 1st
[Epic 4G General] pvtjoker42:
Well, good job Sprint, you just threw the 1 thing keeping me from switching to VZW out the window. I've been with Sprint for 11yrs and then some, and now they're canning the yearly upgrade, weak.. seriously weak. Guess it's time to pay more attention to the deal my ISP keeps sending me "half off my monthly bill for internet for a year if i sign up for a new VZW account"
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Right...so I've been upgrade eligible since April this year, but have been holding on until the next Nexus comes out. I just went Gold this month (10 years), so do I have to use that upgrade by the end of the year?
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
End of next year if you're already gold.
[Epic 4G General] walord:
according to the playbook the Gold members have till the end of next year.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
Proper thanks have been given to you both, and bonus that your answers matched!
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
Jinx!
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
But if I upgrade now, will I still get another towards the end of next year? Here's the thing...technically my wife is the 'main' line on our account (how that happened is beyond me) and she just upgraded her phone maybe 6 weeks ago or so. Do you think she'd still get another upgrade next year since it seems like she upgraded shortly before this all happened? That would be awesome...
[Epic 4G General] worldwidepmp:
This is what I got off Sprint's forum... "Once you use your annual upgrade on the qualifying line, that line would be moved into the New for You Program. If you upgrade before 10/2/11 it would be 22 months until your next upgrade. If you wait until 10/2/11 to use your annual upgrade, then your next upgrade would be available in 20 months since the new program does not go into effect until 10/2/11. Please let me now if you have any further questions. Thanks, Clarissa"
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
This is what i was told:

Some info first, I was supposed to turn sprint premier gold on October 5th, and then i was getting the E4GT. But then the sprint playbook said sprint was getting rid of it, but that gold members would stay that way through 2012 until they upgrade. So i was freaking out, they are getting rid of Premier silver/gold status 3 days before my 10th year anniversary with sprint! So, i was advised by my favorite sprint employee, Korey_Nicholson, to simply call *2. So, i did, told them my situation, and they sent me up one level. The 2nd guy on the phone said that all premier silver members that were turning gold between now and December 2012 will still turn gold anyways! So, i'm still going to be able to get it.

Short version: If you were supposed to turn Sprint Premier Gold status between now and December 2012, you still will.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
Found this on twitter

http://t.co/kBzDJTA5

no more 1 year contracts or upgrades. You have to wait 20 months to upgrade now. It says some where in there though that if your a sprint gold member with a upgrade from sept. 1st 2011 to the end of the year Dec. 31st 2011 you can use it but if not then your hosed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
If this is true, we can Thank the iPhone and all the Apple A-HOLES. The CARRIER KILLER Strikes Again. I now wish AT& T was able to buy T-Mobile. At least Sprint would have tried to stay competitive still. Once a Carrier gets the iCrap they forget who got them there
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
One of the many reasons the iphone can suck it....smfh...
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
I hate the iphone!!!!!.....it ruins everything....
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
This is a **** move from sprint, they are going back downhill. They are upping their etf to $350 and now this? If they had decent 3g then ok but service is subpar. They want to play with the big 2 (being Verizon and AT&T) and they can't even match them with service. Yes we have unlimited but what good is that if people are only getting 300 kbps downloads.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
Sprint is far from putting whip cream on waffles, they where doing good before these changes. I would not renew my contract for a $350 etf for **** service.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
What's funny is I just talked to a Retention Manager and He told me that he got that e-mail about 30 minutes ago about the Premiere Program going away and was surprised it was in the Interwebz already. This is horrible. I have been with Sprint 11+years and if they think they can move up to the big dogs (Verizon & AT&T) and NOT provide the same Speed in 3G and 4G (LTE) they are going to loose customers so quick it will make their heads spin. Greed plain and simple. Get the iPhone and get Greedy, A-Holes:mad::mad::mad:. Bye Sprint, Hello Verizon and the Bionic.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Torisen:
All of this is totally understandable to me at least on Sprints part. They have the best rates and want to keep them a little longer. They have to make cuts somewhere.

I probably don't sympathize well because I just now finally got a cell phone but I think their rates are way better than Verizon or AT&T.

I do understand long term bonuses though because I've worked at the same place for over 18 years and to lose something sucks.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
If I am going to get RAPED, I will at least have better coverage. Sprint has horrible coverage and thinks because they are getting the iPhone they can be Jerks. Adios Sprint, Hello Verizon. My Wife has a 24% discount with Verizon. Hopefully the Bionic is a nice phone. I may just go Trac Phone. This is getting ridiculous.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
This thread is going no where real quick.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Torisen:
What I really don't understand is why this would the the iPhones fault. I've read that iPhone users don't use as much data as Android users, so I'm a little confused why Sprint would need to put the new rules in place.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slag02:
perhaps for the subsidy costs that they are going to have to pay to Apple

I mean steve jobs has to get his colon cleansed right:?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
I spit my beer out on that one.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bigjim1488:
Apparently since this is your first cell phone.....you haven't been around long enough to understand.
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
Seems there's more, no more 30 day return. If you don't like it in 14 days then **** you.

http://tinyurl.com/6ypzete
[Motorola Photon 4G] criptix:
They are also making the return period 14 days instead of 30

Lol we posted at the same time
[Motorola Photon 4G] Torisen:
Yeah, I think you are right. This just does not seem logical.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
http://m.androidcentral.com/leaked-sprint-playbook-shows-big-changes-coming-premier-program-return-policy-and-more-and-you-wont#comment-316421

Here's the New iPhone policy. ****ing iPhone just KILLS CARRIERS and their existing customers.
[Motorola Photon 4G] xisaacbx:
Me and my gf signed up b4 the 14 day exchange policy do we still get our 30 days?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Sidewinder7:
This stinks but its bringing them to same as the other carriers. Also, at least they are giving notice, over 3 months for the people who are close. If I'm not mistaken, I believe Verizon gave like no notice when they screwed over. Not happy, just hit gold and all cause its a crappy iphone but I can't see leaving for another carrier when they do the same or worse. Sprint still has the best plan prices and unlimited data (not saying this won't change next) F Apple.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ghodzilla5150:
Unlimited Data is the Next to go. Enjoy Data Caps and Bandwidth Throttling. This is the iPhone effect. I HATE that phone. It has killed ALL perks for existing customers on all carriers. They can take that phone and shove it where the sun don't shine. Stupid Sprint.
[Motorola Photon 4G] allpapajohn:
So I was called an idiot for changing my plan before

I was one of those that took advantage of the new admin fees. I called and canceled my old account and then got a new with 2 photons at $99/each and a free Evo shift for my kid. I got my ass rode by a few people that said. You were an idiot for jumping ship when you did since your SP Gold was just a couple of years off. How I was so dumb that I was going to lose my yearly upgrade. But here I am now just a month down the line and still happy with my choice. I know that this move sort of sucks but what do you expect. Sad to see it go but not too surprised to see it happen.
[Motorola Photon 4G] GraphicDemon:
I Dont see why they dont just charge the F-ing Aholes more an leave all the other phones, plans, fees, ect alone. They'd make more money for the iphone herd, dont you think ****. Over a iphone and reason they dont use much data is cause there using wifi as much a possible!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikel719:
I called on that change and they've been giving me the run around about canceling my lines etf free.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LouieGrandie:
Yes and No, notice that they say that a National Carrier's return policy over rides the Sprint policy. I am going to get my next phone from Best Buy who does have a 30 day refund/exchange policy.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LouieGrandie:
You have 30 days from date of purchase. If you purchase on or after September 16th you have 14 days.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wynand32:
I also remember reading (and can't find the link now) that Sprint has also implemented (or is implementing) soft throttling. I'll see if I can find the link, but if that's the case, then Sprint is now no better than anyone else.
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
you won't find a link because it isn't true.
[Motorola Photon 4G] wynand32:
Maybe. Probably a bad dream from the crack... :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bigjim1488:
Haven't seen anything like that but I'd bet good money that unlimited data is going to head the same way Verizon went. Very sad to see, I guess I'll stick it out because there is no point to switch to Verizon now with the 2gig data cap.
[Motorola Photon 4G] falcoxda:
I still don't get it. How is this the Iphone's fault? Is it the higher subsidies that carrier's have to pay to apple? It can't be data usuage because Android users use more data than Iphone users.
[Motorola Photon 4G] LouieGrandie:
Like I said Yes and No. I am fine with my contract. It is exchanging the phone rights for 30 days that I am after.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abrcrmdl23:
you realize it takes money to upgrade the network right, and the stupid iPhone which you know we are getting is going to tape money from sprint. But if the rumors are true and evdo rev b is coming along side the 1x advanced and lte advanced sprints network will be amazing once the network vision is complete. Just hold out the polices are exactly what Verizon and att have, so what is the big deal we will get a better network here soon enough.
[Motorola Photon 4G] albe070:
Makes sense since the iPhone is only 3g n we know sprints 3g is horrible in most parts, at least here in Miami it is
[Motorola Photon 4G] e-motion:
Not only the higher subsidies but the fact that their planned influx of new customers (which they will also screw over once they get enough of them by capping data like all the other greedy carriers) will force them to upgrade the network.

No matter what, we're all paying through the nose because of the iPhone. And now that there won't be anywhere else to go for better conditions, guess what, we can all kiss unlimited data goodbye as well. I give it at most until beginning of next year for unlimited data to be a thing of the past.

What kills me is that most iPhone users I know couldn't even move a widget on Android if their life depended on it and barely ever use more than a few apps on their iFook yet think they have the hottest crap on the planet. Most are clueless technology-wise and totally feel like they belong to a cult where Apple can do no wrong. iDiots!
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kevets:
Android users are quickly gaining in the entitlement category.

"I want a one-click root!"

"Why doesn't anyone add the drivers that *I* want?"

"WY D0NT UTOOB PLAY RITE?"
[Motorola Photon 4G] alex2792:
Sprint still has the best plans so I will continue to stay with them. Can't wait for iphone 5 launch, I have been holding off on upgrading my wife's hero. Anyone wanna buy my photon?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sslbaron:
Wow this seems like daja vu! I just switched from Verizon, and when the Icrap went to Verizon this is exactly what Verizon did. They lost their 30 day return policy, their etf jumped to $350, and their loyalty program got phazed out. Why is it that we all have to suffer because Crapple has to be such a bully? This is BS. The next thing I'm waiting for is the dropping of the unlimited data like Verizon did. :mad:
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Major facepalm right here folks. Oyvae lol
[Motorola Photon 4G] xxxicu812:
"What kills me is that most iPhone users I know couldn't even move a widget on Android if their life depended on it and barely ever use more than a few apps on their iFook yet think they have the hottest crap on the planet. Most are clueless technology-wise and totally feel like they belong to a cult where Apple can do no wrong. iDiots!"

haha..soooo true!!!! I second that e-motion