Big Red recently notified me I was due an upgrade so I pulled the trigger on a Samsung Galaxy S4 this past weekend. Wal-mart had the phone for $167 with a $50 gift card, so I went to Big Red, changed my plan from the grandfathered unlimited Alltel I was on to a 4 GB Share Everything plan and had them add my employee discount [that they wouldn't give me with the Alltel plan because it wasn't a Verizon plan]. I've evaluated my use for the last 18 months, which was as far back as online billing would allow me to go. I usually hover at just under 2 gb and have run slightly over 3 gb twice in the last 18 months, so I should be fine at 4 GB. With the 20% discount from my employer my bill won't go up, and actually might even go down by a few dollars a month.
In a word, the new phone is great. Lots of great features. It is a big improvement over the Bionic, which I always thought was a pretty good phone. It just seems much faster than the Bionic. There has been some talk about a lag in the user interface but I am not seeing it. Dan Droide, who used to be over here and has also jumped to GS4, sent me a couple of video links containing adjustments to the phone that really speed things up and remove any lag [assuming there was any in the first place].
Thanks to everyone here for the help and friendship over the past almost two years. There are lots of good people here who have gone out of their ways to help others, particularly with rooting and restoring bricked devices. I rooted my phone, took it off the Verizon update path and was able to return it to same to get ICS when it finally arrived thanks to the help of those here. It was a hell of a ride. Thanks again.
In a word, the new phone is great. Lots of great features. It is a big improvement over the Bionic, which I always thought was a pretty good phone. It just seems much faster than the Bionic. There has been some talk about a lag in the user interface but I am not seeing it. Dan Droide, who used to be over here and has also jumped to GS4, sent me a couple of video links containing adjustments to the phone that really speed things up and remove any lag [assuming there was any in the first place].
Thanks to everyone here for the help and friendship over the past almost two years. There are lots of good people here who have gone out of their ways to help others, particularly with rooting and restoring bricked devices. I rooted my phone, took it off the Verizon update path and was able to return it to same to get ICS when it finally arrived thanks to the help of those here. It was a hell of a ride. Thanks again.
