I have people who swear by Sprint and other people who have to have land lines specifically because Sprint doesn’t work in their homes (which seems to make the value moot).
Almost all phones now are world phones though, so it’s not like the old days where you couldn’t travel with a CDMA phone. But the bigger issue is that if you get a carrier locked phone then you will not be able to put a new SIM card in it once you leave the country. I keep an old unlocked iphone around for when I travel internationally.
Sprint is the worst. Dropped calls constantly, and our corporate account was hacked recently. Someone bought 20 iphone 6 pluses to the tune of $10K. Shut down our entire account for use over the thanksgiving weekend. Super fun.
I was recently on Sprint and it was bad. Dropped calls, and the ‘4g’ was useless. I always ran speedtest, and would have roughly 100-400 kb download speeds. Granted, it will work better in larger cities, but unless you are right on top of a tower, it was bad.
Decided to suck it up and switched to Verizon. Now running an HTC one M8. Design and build is very good. All metal casing gives it a good solid feel unlike my wifes Galaxy S5. I just wish the camera was a bit better on it. Still not bad, but it does lack compared to the galaxy
I updated from a Galaxy S2 to a Moto G (1st gen 4G model) a few months back.
Prior, I was looking at flagships almost exclusively, but then started thinking critically. Do I really want to pay 600-700$ for a phone? Yes, I do occasionally browse the web, check mails etc. but the Moto G handles these easily and it’s 200$. Very good value. Sprayproofing is a bonus. Camera is shit, but I use a compact for taking photos.
For me it’s all about value. Also I don’t like big phones.
Moto G rocks. I’ve owned mine for almost a year, thinking about upgrading to the 2nd gen. Moto G although I’d have to switch carriers since the new one is only available in GSM.
+1 on the shout out to Lumia unibody construction, I’ve dropped my Lumia so many times I’ve lost count. My older Lumia was a matte finish grey but my latest is a polished white and I like it much better, grease & grime don’t stick to it and it has that “makes me cooler” look.
Although the full logo/wordmark is not quite as nice, I think that is more the Halloween contrast instead of the logo Ray. They just need to make it grape-fruity again like Nokia has been doing. Voila:
It seems like waterproof phones are becoming more common, great must-have feature. I remember even the current iPhone was rumored to be waterproof before it came out.
It’s funny how everyone in the new Mission: Impossible movie uses Nokia Windows phones, hardly anyone I know does.
I’ve been using the MS Lumia 640 for about a month. Absolutely love it. The MS stuff is great: Office, email, OneDrive integration, the music app, the MS News and Sports apps, the phone app. However, the app store for 3rd parties is a graveyard.
It’s sad because I think that with Windows 10, Office 365 and the Surface tablets/Lumia phones, Microsoft has really reset the high water mark for usability and just desirable GUI and hardware.