Comments on: Did Sprint Bet On the Wrong Smartphone?

By: Palm Treo 700W smartphone – Verizon: iGadget Life

Palm Treo 700W smartphone – Verizon: iGadget Life — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:17:05 +0000

[...] dnndev, what’s your issue with Sprint? You seriously would pick the Palm Pre if it was on Verizon? Sprint and Verizon Wireless have a voice and data roaming agreement. So if your coverage is terrible on Sprint’s network, …. That was when I had a palm treo 700p and the pre was not available. Other than the iPhone, I hated, absolutely hated ATT. Overpriced. High data costs. Shitty network etc etc. After this phone has run its course, I wanna go back to sprint (if they are …Read more… [...]

By: sfdkj

sfdkj — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:03:46 +0000

Sprint’s as good as any of the others; cell quality still has a ways to go before it can match landline for reliability, signal quality — everything except mobility really.

Sprint’s support for the Pre would have been a better investment if they’d involved themselves more heavily in making sure the design was as solid and user friendly as the iPhone. I have a Sprint Pre that I like, but it’s a bit touchy and does not yet have an impressive software catalog — most flagrantly from my point of view, Sprint should have required that key Treo applications like password vaults, ebook readers be fully-featured, fully-functioning on Palm’s WebOS, and readily available within a week of the official Pre launch. I’m still waiting for the ability to port my (popular) SplashID and eReader apps to the Pre platform so that I can port my logins and hundreds of eBooks to my Pre.

It boils down to market perception, and I think that both Palm and Sprint short-changed themselves (again!).

By: James D

James D — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:55:48 +0000

I agree completely. I did my research for a good 4 to 5 weeks and chose sprint and the htc hero over the iphone, mytouch, blackberry, any of those. HTC hero is simply amazing and I am really having the same issue of hardly even using my laptop now, it’s just not as fun for me =)

By: powel

powel — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:13:07 +0000

no, they didn’t bet wrong .. try out htc hero .. just a fantastic one. i have no use for laptop anymore.

By: seamonkey420

seamonkey420 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:20:37 +0000

umm, have you ever had to call sprint on a problem ever?

thats why i don’t like sprint. it takes me about 2-3 different customer service reps for them to understand my problems (i am our BES admin and do blackberry setups and TELL THEM EXACTLY THE PROBLEM, but reps have no idea since they are still outsourced or so it seems).

By: Drew

Drew — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:03:13 +0000

I think the Pre is a pretty good phone, but its not one that will bring Sprint out of its nosedive. Sprint did the smart thing and put out an Android phone, the HTC Hero. I believe they also have the Samsung Moment coming out running Android. Once people start buying Android phones in droves this holiday season, Sprint will look much better. Verizon’s Droid will hurt them though, no doubt about it. I do have an iPhone 3GS right now, but I may switch to Android when my contract is up (in a year and a half!). Needless to say, I am watching Android closely.

By: Palm Press — An AT&T Pre While Sprint Backs the Wrong Horse?

Palm Press — An AT&T Pre While Sprint Backs the Wrong Horse? — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:31:20 +0000

[...] still saw a big drop in contract subscribers, and is trying to offset that with prepaid customers. GigaOM is asking if Sprint didn’t back the wrong horse in the Pre, as sales numbers have obviously not brought [...]

By: Yuvamani

Yuvamani — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:58:56 +0000

Can anyone tell me whats so bad about Sprint?

I switched from Sprint to ATT because of … you guessed it. That was when I had a palm treo 700p and the pre was not available. Other than the iPhone, I hated, absolutely hated ATT. Overpriced. High data costs. Shitty network etc etc.

After this phone has run its course, I wanna go back to sprint (if they are still around) . Great value and decent coverage. Verizons coverage is not worth the premium for me.

By: Yuvamani

Yuvamani — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:55:08 +0000

Sorry dude. Phone maybe good, but it runs winmo.

By: Niraj

Niraj — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:51:40 +0000

Agreed, I love this phone. And for the Android crowd, they’re getting the Hero soon. So the Pre was just the first of a wave of new phones, and I think this will help because as mentioned above, their data plan is a great deal.

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:24:40 +0000

I switched to Sprint a few months ago for the price. I was looking for a smart phone and they tried to talk me out of a pre. I am very happy with the service, the price, and my pre but I cannot figure out why the salesman tried to talk me out of getting the pre.

By: gbp

gbp — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:43:56 +0000

Stacey,
One phone cannot change the fate of a carrier.
It happened with iPhone and it will be the first and last time such thing happened.

Phones are getting smarter , they are like cars , think about the dozen or so automobile brands, they are all making money in their own right.

By: TimB

TimB — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:49:45 +0000

This seems a little dated. Sprint has the Hero – which was the most-anticipated Android phone on the market until the Droid news of the last week or so. Also, while no fanboy, I’ve never had an issue with Sprint’s network, and they seem to have the most aggressive “unlimited” pricing, and are a contender for earliest 3g/4g deployments. Find me something better, and I’d switch, but Sprint has a lot going for it.

By: gbp

gbp — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:49:39 +0000

Sprint’s issue is marketing.
Hands down Pre is more productive phone than any phone available.

SPRINT dug a hole from which it never got out “perception”.

To overcome they should advertise the solid 3G network, cheap prices and the Pre too.
Then you see folks jumping to SPRINT.

By: dnndev

dnndev — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:29:32 +0000

A few weeks ago talking to a co-worker who was a happy sprint customer that switched to att and purchased an iphone. (this all happened within the last month – and he switched because he was upgrading to a smartphone)

Of course I talked to him about the palm pre and he said when he was at the sprint store the sales rep never told him about the PRE and he would have gladly stayed with sprint and purchased a pre instead of switching to att and iphone….the point is in this case it was a salesman who did not do his job! – inform customer of all smart phone options.

By: dnndev

dnndev — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:23:41 +0000

1) The company I work (who provides my cell phone) for has a verizon exclusive agreement
2) When I put my zip code in sprint’s website I get this message (57350):
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The following errors were found while processing your request
We’re sorry…
Sprint does not currently offer wireless service in this area. However, please check back because our coverage is continuously growing.

If you believe you entered a valid ZIP code, please try again.
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Where I live we have alltel and verizon EVDO data service.

the above issues aside, I would use sprint – especially with the free mobile-mobile on any network.