LOL, you believe those things that sell phones at Verizon Corporate stores are actually 'human'??That truly depends on the humans at the store. You should be able to just do the battery
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LOL, you believe those things that sell phones at Verizon Corporate stores are actually 'human'??That truly depends on the humans at the store. You should be able to just do the battery
My niece who is like 19-20 attends the local community college in the town she lives. She applied to work at VZW retail store without any sales experience or phone knowledge. She got the job. I adore my niece but this is the kind of example Im talking about. She at least is nice but she is not tech savvy. Basically there are 3 kinds of reps at VZW corporate stores. 1) Pushy commission driven A-holes who don't have clue about phones ~ 80% 2) Nice friendly people who don't have a clue ~ 15% 3) Helpful friendly knowledge reps ~ 5%. If you find this third catergory take a picture they're like bald eagles.LOL, you believe those things that sell phones at Verizon Corporate stores are actually 'human'??
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Man, I really wish I had an experience that involved someone who was 'nice', 'helpful' or 'knowledgeable'. My experience involved "Category 1" at three different Corporate stores and one 'Premium Retailer'.My niece who is like 19-20 attends the local community college in the town she lives. She applied to work at VZW retail store without any sales experience or phone knowledge. She got the job. I adore my niece but this is the kind of example Im talking about. She at least is nice but she is not tech savvy. Basically there are 3 kinds of reps at VZW corporate stores. 1) Pushy commission driven A-holes who don't have clue about phones ~ 80% 2) Nice friendly people who don't have a clue ~ 15% 3) Helpful friendly knowledge reps ~ 5%. If you find this third catergory take a picture they're like bald eagles.
Yeah she's actually been there a few months now. Your experiences are much like mine and everyone elses here. I think my percentages are right on. Its literally 80%, 4 out of 5 which are rotten applies. And of the 1 out of 5 who isnt a rotten apple [like my niece] 4 out of 5 of those good apples arent knowledge. Still like you say I'd rather have friendly than knowledgeable. I am knowledgeable enough for both of us. I mean the day I got my SF's the glad who rang me up hadnt even seen the SF. I love my niece but I still remember when I first dropped the term Froyo on her a month ago [this is after she has been working at VZW for at least a month]. She was like "whats Froyo?" God bless her indeed she at least is friendly and you know what people reward friendliness. She does well because she already has the reputation as the friendly girl. She'll do fine even if she could stand to increase and broaden her knowledge base. That's at least something she can read up on. There isnt really a book for the A-hole personalityMan, I really wish I had an experience that involved someone who was 'nice', 'helpful' or 'knowledgeable'. My experience involved "Category 1" at three different Corporate stores and one 'Premium Retailer'.
Ok, I lied a little bit. When I finally just returned my 2nd Fascinate in order to get one at BestBuy for their protection plan(thereby eliminating any further interaction with Verizon store employees), the lady was very nice and didn't drop an attitude on me. It was like a breath of fresh, clean, mountain spring air... paradise really.
Your niece now works for Verizon and if she wants to keep her job then she can't really 'rock the boat' in a commissioned-sales environment like that. I know this from experience. Just please remind her to not lose her 'soul' in the process and stay 'human'. People may disagree with me, but in my experience when it comes to 'retail', friendliness and basic respect always trumps 'knowledge'. GL to her.
haha... totally laughing out loud at this one, saps!!My niece who is like 19-20 attends the local community college in the town she lives. She applied to work at VZW retail store without any sales experience or phone knowledge. She got the job. I adore my niece but this is the kind of example Im talking about. She at least is nice but she is not tech savvy. Basically there are 3 kinds of reps at VZW corporate stores. 1) Pushy commission driven A-holes who don't have clue about phones ~ 80% 2) Nice friendly people who don't have a clue ~ 15% 3) Helpful friendly knowledge reps ~ 5%. If you find this third catergory take a picture they're like bald eagles.
For what it's worth, I thought the battery on my Fascinate wasn't exactly spectacular either for the first few days. Then I noticed it getting better. When I arrived to "wow, this is pretty good" I decided to see how far I could get without plugging it in a few days ago. 34 hours and 50 minutes unplugged with moderate use. It just wasn't like that the first few days or so even with light use.I'm really surprised people are getting such good battery life. I just got the fascinate a few days ago (coming from the droid), and the battery life has been abysmal. I love the phone, but the battery life has had me considering returning the phone. I've tried everything (brightness set to minimum, regular wallpaper, background syncing off, bluetooth/wifi off, no widgets), and it hasnt helped. The only thing that has made a difference is if I put it in airplane mode, but I obviously can't do that all the time. It seems like I either have a defective battery or there is some background process I can't find that's draining the battery. Are there any default programs that might be doing this? Has anyone talked to verizon about it?
googoo for gaga heh SK, now thats [H]the lady gaga station sucked, fyi ...)
7. Turn brightness to AUTO in the display settings.
Just said this to SK as well but it bears repeating. If you use Auto, sometimes it will run the screen at lowest settings. In my own case I'd say most of the time its all the way down. But it can and does bump up it is detects more light it bumps up. I just yesterday took it off auto and now run it at lowest setting which again is the same as auto tends to be on especially indoors with moderate lighting. Overall, turning off auto and running it on the lowest should give you even a little bit more than autoBrightness to auto saves battery? Doesn't just turning the whole thing down to the lowest setting the most energy saving?
Agreed, after 3-5 drain/charge cycles I could tell my battery was moderately longer lasting. Equally true I was learning what tweaks to make to prolong lifeFor what it's worth, I thought the battery on my Fascinate wasn't exactly spectacular either for the first few days. Then I noticed it getting better. When I arrived to "wow, this is pretty good" I decided to see how far I could get without plugging it in a few days ago. 34 hours and 50 minutes unplugged with moderate use. It just wasn't like that the first few days or so even with light use.
I suggest giving it some time and see if it improves.
Agreed, after 3-5 drain/charge cycles I could tell my battery was moderately longer lasting. Equally true I was learning what tweaks to make to prolong life
Agreed, after 3-5 drain/charge cycles I could tell my battery was moderately longer lasting. Equally true I was learning what tweaks to make to prolong life
I totally get that and it's also precisely the reason I'm able to go ahead and drop it to zero; the display is that good. Coincidentally, I just came back in from lunch and had set the display to just over 50% to test the gps while I was outside.back indoors,i pulled out the SF to reset the brightness and I said to myself, "holy chit, this display is amazing."I would be silly to get this phone and turn it all the way down all the time, in my opinion ....
I just put my phone though the ringer starting at 7am, went to the hospital with my wife and mother in law. Dozens of texts/facebook uploads and pictures. Baby was delivered ~530pm. left phone in delivery room for 1.5 hours. ~7pm several pictures and a movie (45mb) taken uploaded to Qik and facebook, a few lucky people got them texted (pictures that is). 12pm more pictures, 3am more pictures and another movie uploaded again and text messaged. when on the charge with 37% of the battery.
Day 2 went very similar but with heavier use phone was off at 6am and at 3am back on the charge with 25%.
I did not expect it to last this long or take such nice images/video, it really made our families happy with the images and movies being uploaded.
of course each day involved a few hours on the phone talking family and friends.
Baby was delivered ~530pm.
Can someone post the way there settings is setup. 25-30hrs with moderate to heavy use is no where close to anything what im getting. 15-17 at most. and thats with a very minimal screen space taken up.
Congratulations on the little one, Kierik!! I wonder how young kids will be in the future to have their first cell phones.. LOL. this world is speeding forward in alarming (and exciting) speeds....
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