Bought the Vibrant on amazon for 99 bucks. Not a bad deal. Had it shipped overnight (amazon prime).
Sadly, after testing for 2 days, I have to return it. The phone would not allow access to internal or external storage over USB. Tried on 4 different computers (2 win7, 1 XP, 1 Mac), no dice. Replaced the external SD and nothing. Formatted the card (did not want to erase Avatar), nothing. The other issue was signal : The phone kept flipping between 3G and Edge constantly. This happened all over town. The institution I work for has 6 branches. I was able to go to three and the results are disappointing : 2 branches had very low edge indoors, and one had no coverage at all. My old iPhone 3GS was on full 3G the whole time. Signal would drop significantly indoors, to the point that I had no signal at home or at work. After talking to TMOBs elevated support, they acknowledged that it is a network issue in my area and filled out a service request. They told me to call amazon for a replacement, which I did. Apparently, amazon does not do replacements. You have to return the item and then buy a new one. Also, it takes up to 4 weeks to get your money back. At that point I just gave up. Called TMOB and cancelled. It was just not meant to be.
The only high point was the screen : amazing picture quality and color. I really do like the form factor, although the device is way to light and feels somewhat fragile.
One other thing : The TMOB movie that plays when the phone powers on or off is way too loud and annoying.
Sadly, after testing for 2 days, I have to return it. The phone would not allow access to internal or external storage over USB. Tried on 4 different computers (2 win7, 1 XP, 1 Mac), no dice. Replaced the external SD and nothing. Formatted the card (did not want to erase Avatar), nothing. The other issue was signal : The phone kept flipping between 3G and Edge constantly. This happened all over town. The institution I work for has 6 branches. I was able to go to three and the results are disappointing : 2 branches had very low edge indoors, and one had no coverage at all. My old iPhone 3GS was on full 3G the whole time. Signal would drop significantly indoors, to the point that I had no signal at home or at work. After talking to TMOBs elevated support, they acknowledged that it is a network issue in my area and filled out a service request. They told me to call amazon for a replacement, which I did. Apparently, amazon does not do replacements. You have to return the item and then buy a new one. Also, it takes up to 4 weeks to get your money back. At that point I just gave up. Called TMOB and cancelled. It was just not meant to be.
The only high point was the screen : amazing picture quality and color. I really do like the form factor, although the device is way to light and feels somewhat fragile.
One other thing : The TMOB movie that plays when the phone powers on or off is way too loud and annoying.