Help Halp, my fellow Motioners!! I can't make up mah mind!

[twogbsd]

I am looking to jump the LG Motion/MetroPOS ship and get faster speeds for a lower price, or just a lower price.


My first thought was the Galaxy S II for Virgin Mobile on the $35 plan. 300 Minutes, Unlimited everything else. The SII has some good roms (freedom!) and a good dev community, thats my big plus... and its $20 less than what I'm paying now with unlimited 4G WiMAX.



Then I saw a nice video on the SIII vs the Nexus 4, and thats where I fell in love...


The Nexus 4 on T-Mobile's $30 BYOD plan. 100 Minutes, Unlimited extremely fast HPSA+ and everything else. And regular updates from Google! :dancing:



Heres where it gets tricky.

My mom has my old Admire after coming from the Samsung Messager III and she has become very fond of her Droid, but she wants to save money too. We are on the family plan, and at $50 per phone, minus per $5 line, plus a $6 convenience fee and tax, it comes to over $100.

I don't talk much, but she does. I was thinking of going to T-Mobile and getting the Nexus 4 on the BYOD $30 plan for myself, and my mom grabs a cheap 3G Android (Kyocera Event?) on Virgin's $35 or $45 plan.


Does this sound like a good plan? Should I be jumping ship now? Is there any good reason I should stay on Metro, other than the fact that T-Mobile and Metro may merge?







@Mods:

Spoiler

If you really have to move this to another forum, then please atleast let my Motion friends give their input first

 

[ninjasinabag]

I've heard horror stories about the s3 from veteran droid users. The nexus 4 is quite literally a beast among beasts in the phone section.

Can't help you decide on a new plan. I'm more than willing to stay with metro to see how the deal with t-mobile winds down.

 

[johnnyolivares]

+1 Im sticking around to see what happens after the merger.
don't wanna lose my grandfathered plan (it was the first 4g plan), that's the main reason I'm staying. I don't wanna leave then be like daym should have stayed.

But if you don't have a grandfathered plan or anything you'd like to hold on with metro. I say go for it.

I must confess, I feel like making a persuasive case so you can stay. It would suck to lose such an active member from the motion forums
But Good Luck.

 

[Cogra147]

I am looking to jump the LG Motion/MetroPOS ship and get faster speeds for a lower price, or just a lower price.


My first thought was the Galaxy S II for Virgin Mobile on the $35 plan. 300 Minutes, Unlimited everything else. The SII has some good roms (freedom!) and a good dev community, thats my big plus... and its $20 less than what I'm paying now with unlimited 4G WiMAX.



Then I saw a nice video on the SIII vs the Nexus 4, and thats where I fell in love...


The Nexus 4 on T-Mobile's $30 BYOD plan. 100 Minutes, Unlimited extremely fast HPSA+ and everything else. And regular updates from Google! :dancing:



Heres where it gets tricky.

My mom has my old Admire after coming from the Samsung Messager III and she has become very fond of her Droid, but she wants to save money too. We are on the family plan, and at $50 per phone, minus per $5 line, plus a $6 convenience fee and tax, it comes to over $100.

I don't talk much, but she does. I was thinking of going to T-Mobile and getting the Nexus 4 on the BYOD $30 plan for myself, and my mom grabs a cheap 3G Android (Kyocera Event?) on Virgin's $35 or $45 plan.


Does this sound like a good plan? Should I be jumping ship now? Is there any good reason I should stay on Metro, other than the fact that T-Mobile and Metro may merge?







@Mods:

Spoiler

If you really have to move this to another forum, then please atleast let my Motion friends give their input first

All that And I get the admire................ XD

 

[jamesmania88]

I am looking to jump the LG Motion/MetroPOS ship and get faster speeds for a lower price, or just a lower price.


My first thought was the Galaxy S II for Virgin Mobile on the $35 plan. 300 Minutes, Unlimited everything else. The SII has some good roms (freedom!) and a good dev community, thats my big plus... and its $20 less than what I'm paying now with unlimited 4G WiMAX.



Then I saw a nice video on the SIII vs the Nexus 4, and thats where I fell in love...


The Nexus 4 on T-Mobile's $30 BYOD plan. 100 Minutes, Unlimited extremely fast HPSA+ and everything else. And regular updates from Google! :dancing:



Heres where it gets tricky.

My mom has my old Admire after coming from the Samsung Messager III and she has become very fond of her Droid, but she wants to save money too. We are on the family plan, and at $50 per phone, minus per $5 line, plus a $6 convenience fee and tax, it comes to over $100.

I don't talk much, but she does. I was thinking of going to T-Mobile and getting the Nexus 4 on the BYOD $30 plan for myself, and my mom grabs a cheap 3G Android (Kyocera Event?) on Virgin's $35 or $45 plan.


Does this sound like a good plan? Should I be jumping ship now? Is there any good reason I should stay on Metro, other than the fact that T-Mobile and Metro may merge?







@Mods:

Spoiler

If you really have to move this to another forum, then please atleast let my Motion friends give their input first

Here we go how about this get a job right, doesn't even have to be mainstream. All you have to do is get paid 40 to 50 a month. That way you continue to have your metro line incase you want to come back. You have not given up your plan. Then goto boost, virgin or, tmo. Pay the 30 a month or 35

 

[Shabbypenguin]

wait... i thought you were thinking of getting the spirit? or was it the SGS3?

 

[mai8ko]

If we lived in a perfect world, I would have a nexus by now. Any generation Nexus for that matter! They're all badd@$$. I like the GS3, but I've also read some incompatabilities with certain apps and whatnot... I agree w/ ninjas a/b the nexus as a beast. That was the phone I originally wanted to upgrade to from my admire, but found out that I'd either have to sign up with a 2-yr contract somehere (I've already been traumatized by verizon f*king me three ways from hell with that business) or pay almost 2 bills for one. Neither would fly round here, so here I am in the motion forum, partially thanks to your advice in the admire forum! I hear ya on wanting to upgrade though. This phone has a lot of potential, but thats about it-- PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG DEVS!!!:rofl: With the locked boot loader not getting anywhere, thereby lack of range in variety of custom roms (not to knock anyone's rom, but mostly they're just slimmed down with a few tweeks... I understand that it's difficult to acheive anything else with the locked bootloader/ lack of ability to successfully flash different kernels and the sort), and the inability to connect to a big screen--- it's more like a spruced-up 3G phone. I almost had the same capabilities with the admire on the OA rom! (Not quite though. The 4G, and dual core make a HUGE differrence.) But you're the dude who first convinced me to root my droid and got me hooked to this underground world of android. So do your thing homes, but just realize that you're a motherf*ker only cuz I wish I was in the position to upgrade too.

 

[Cogra147]

If we lived in a perfect world, I would have a nexus by now. Any generation Nexus for that matter! They're all badd@$$. I like the GS3, but I've also read some incompatabilities with certain apps and whatnot... I agree w/ ninjas a/b the nexus as a beast. That was the phone I originally wanted to upgrade to from my admire, but found out that I'd either have to sign up with a 2-yr contract somehere (I've already been traumatized by verizon f*king me three ways from hell with that business) or pay almost 2 bills for one. Neither would fly round here, so here I am in the motion forum, partially thanks to your advice in the admire forum! I hear ya on wanting to upgrade though. This phone has a lot of potential, but thats about it-- PLEASE PROVE ME WRONG DEVS!!!:rofl: With the locked boot loader not getting anywhere, thereby lack of range in variety of custom roms (not to knock anyone's rom, but mostly they're just slimmed down with a few tweeks... I understand that it's difficult to acheive anything else with the locked bootloader/ lack of ability to successfully flash different kernels and the sort), and the inability to connect to a big screen--- it's more like a spruced-up 3G phone. I almost had the same capabilities with the admire on the OA rom! (Not quite though. The 4G, and dual core make a HUGE differrence.) But you're the dude who first convinced me to root my droid and got me hooked to this underground world of android. So do your thing homes, but just realize that you're a motherf*ker only cuz I wish I was in the position to upgrade too.

So true..... Still have your admire?

 

[plasticarmyman]

Virgin is Awesome....and honestly the EVO 4g Lte is an awesome phone...wire fly has it for $150 right now..the T-Mobile plan is awesome too tho...Metro is just pissing me off...I've been with them for a while and I just don't like how they treat their customers... they don't give a **** about us they just want our money

 

[mai8ko]

So true..... Still have your admire?

Yep, my Redhead's rockin' the red. It's not on anything special, just root/ no boloat 2.3.6 She mostly only uses it for FB.

 

[Cogra147]

Yep, my Redhead's rockin' the red. It's not on anything special, just root/ no boloat 2.3.6 She mostly only uses it for FB.

Coolbeans! Glad it found a good use!

 

[BlazingFire258]

Get the Nexus 4 with Simple Mobile; Unlimited Everything and No Contact

 

[plasticarmyman]

Get the Nexus 4 with Simple Mobile; Unlimited Everything and No Contact

hows the network though?...and is it 4G?

 

[Ubercharrge]

delete this

 

[Cogra147]

If i'm right, it's a service that runs on AT&T'S and t-mobiles towers. You pick a SIM of what service you want. So say you want T-Mobile SIM on Nexus 4 using Straight talk. You'll get HSPA+. Also, i've been thinking of getting Straight Talk soon, too. Apparently T-Mobile doesn't slow down your speeds, but ATT does.Hope this helped somehow!​

Yes... Yes.... But simple also has cdma devices.... on cdma networks...

 

[rhino889a]

Anything with speed and is unlimited without limits is good

 

[twogbsd]

Get the Nexus 4 with Simple Mobile; Unlimited Everything and No Contact

Hot damn, why didn't I think of it? I think could jump on that train, and my mom hits up Virgin Mobile....

 

[Cogra147]

Hot damn, why didn't I think of it? I think could jump on that train, and my mom hits up Virgin Mobile....

And i get the admire...

 

[twogbsd]

wait... i thought you were thinking of getting the spirit? or was it the SGS3?

Yeah, I was going to get a GSIII, but as I said in that post, wirefly was giving me the run around as to where it was. I was tired of the run around so I asked for my money back. When I asked for my money back they magically found it and said it was held up at a processing center (doubt it, they just wanted my money, bastards) but I had my sights set on the Nexus 4 by then and I got my money credited back to my card...

Nexus 4 just seems like a great deal. Awesome specs, $300, no bloat, and regular updates from Google

 

[twogbsd]

And i get the admire...

Sure, I probably will have no use for the Admire by then, so I guess you can have it

 

[Cogra147]

sure, i probably will have no use for the admire by then, so i guess you can have it

yesssss!

 

[Shabbypenguin]

If i'm right, it's a service that runs on AT&T'S and t-mobiles towers. You pick a SIM of what service you want. So say you want T-Mobile SIM on Nexus 4 using Straight talk. You'll get HSPA+. Also, i've been thinking of getting Straight Talk soon, too. Apparently T-Mobile doesn't slow down your speeds, but ATT does.Hope this helped somehow!​

he was talking about simple mobile, different MNVO

Yes... Yes.... But simple also has cdma devices.... on cdma networks...

no simple mobile is 100% gsm

 

[Cogra147]

he was talking about simple mobile, different MNVO



no simple mobile is 100% gsm

Fail.... thinking of strait talk....

 

[Ubercharrge]

awkward. i read 'Simple Mobile' as straight talk.

 

[TheAmazingDave]

IN LOVE with my new Nexus 7. I say go for it and don't look back.

I still love my Motion though, makes a great companion to the N7.