With the exception of SF and northern Idaho (never been) your list and comments would match exactly to my experience with Verizon. On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > You can check coverage at http://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/pcc.aspx(drill down to the street level). > > My personal experience.... > > Seattle - great > Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Chandler, etc. - great > Payson - 4G - I loose connectivity in the mountains on the way to Payson > Pinetop/Lakeside/Show Low - 2G/4G roaming - depends on location > Greater LA - great > SF and Bay Area - great > Northern Idaho camping near the Canadian border - no coverage...ATT has > some coverage in this area! > Driving to Tucson - no loss of signal as far as I remember. Tucson has > great coverage > > YMMV > > Mark > > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 10:49 AM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> What about service - like out in rural areas. Between here and Tucson. >> I like T-Mobile's plan and price points, however I am concerned about >> coverage. >> >> Please share your thoughts. >> >> Thanks! >> >> ------------------------ >> Keith Smith >> >> --- On *Sun, 6/24/12, Mark Phillips * wrote: >> >> >> From: Mark Phillips >> >> Subject: Re: OT Verizon Smart Phones >> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" >> Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 9:22 AM >> >> >> As a point of comparison, t-mobile offers an unlimited voice, text, and >> data plan for 2 phones for $140/month. Unlimited data means 2 gb at 4g >> speeds, and if you exceed that, they just throttle you back to 2g at no >> additional charge. They have lots of good android smart phones available >> (no iphones). I have had 4 phones with then for many many years, and I keep >> renewing every 2 years. >> >> Don't go to a franchise store unless you know it is a good one. Go to a >> corporate store for best service. >> >> Mark >> On Jun 23, 2012 8:42 PM, "Lyle Tuttle" > >> wrote: >> >> We have two Verizon HTC Thunderbolts - new in Feb 2011. >> >> $174/month, unlimited everything.....voice, text, data...' >> >> Have never had it freeze; rebooted on its own once but I think that was >> an update. >> >> Worst problem is battery life.....very short, even with larger battery. >> One day will go all day, next day need to charge twice in one day - low >> usage.....go figure. >> >> Did you know verizon has a box that will serve as your phone? $20/mo >> unlimited calls in/out......it received via cell signal and you plug your >> phone into it.....and US Cellular has a small "deck of cards, only half as >> thick" Samsung "hot spot"....$25 for up to 2 gig of data/month >> >> I learned the above after bad storm left sis-in-law without phone or >> internet for 4 days......guess what she has now!!? >> >> >> At 02:12 PM 6/22/2012, James Dugger wrote: >> >> I have been with Verizion ever since our other carrirer was buoght by >> them in the mid nineties. I have had a Driod and currently have a Droid >> X. I can't really compare the difference between carriers in dropped >> calls but we get are share of dropped calls as well. My wife and son have >> the iphone 4s and love it. My wife had an older Droid and it used to drop >> calls more than here iphone. Having used both (my wife's iphone and my >> Droid X) my comparison would be as follows: >> >> Screen Freeze >> Droid - this happens quite often on both the older and newer Droids >> (though not as much on the X) >> iphone - rarely freezes. >> >> Keyboard key selection >> Droid - They both struggle (especially in the portrait keyboard) to pick >> the correct letter/number. >> iphone - Even with fat fingers it is uncanny to me how the portrait >> keyboard can still seem to pick the right letter/number >> >> Text completion >> Droid - Okay >> iphone - Great slightly faster >> >> Animatromics (screen responsiveness) >> Droid - slight hesitancy at times >> iphone - smooth and quick >> >> I have no experience with HTC however my brother has the Samsung Nexus II >> through Version and says that it runs circles around his old Droid, and is >> much closer to the iphone with respect to hardware responsiveness and >> features. >> >> Since the versions of OS Android is somewhat splintered across different >> devices, there are a couple of other points to consider if an android phone >> is your preferred choice: >> Google owns Android and Motorola ( Droid ), but Nexus is a Google >> sponsored partnership program for application and hardware development for >> the official release version of Android by Google. Currently Samsung is >> the Nexus partner. >> >> This may have changed and I may be wrong, but it is my understanding that >> anything Android with the Nexus name is part of this partnership with >> Google. >> >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Stephen > >> wrote: >> >> >> Android brutally fc's inactive apparently to free space before that goes. >> On Jun 22, 2012 9:59 AM, "Eric Cope" > >> wrote: >> Thats interesting to hear about not rebooting? Maybe the tide is >> changing. Someone I carpool with is also constantly having to close apps >> because the phone is "out of memory". Does anyone else experience this? >> >> I think the iPhone forces stale apps out of memory automatically (I never >> get an out of memory notice). Can anyone comment on that? >> >> Eric >> >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Stephen > >> wrote: >> >> I forgot. >> >> On a rooted phone there is an app that will backup your root so you can >> switch root on and off easily so you can do some root only tasks and then >> unroot for day to day. >> >> Its called voodoo ota rootkeeper >> On Jun 22, 2012 8:46 AM, "keith smith" > >> wrote: >> >> >> Hi, >> >> This is very OT. >> >> I have been with verizon for 8 years. Voice only. It has been 4 years >> since I upgraded our phones. It is just my wife and I. >> >> We are thinking of going with smart phones. >> >> A friend suggested HTC phones because of the better quality of speaker >> and mic. Voice quality is very important to me. >> >> As it stands we can get unlimited voice for $120/mo, 1000 texts for >> $10/mo and 2G of data for each phone for $20/ea/mo. Total is about >> $170/mo + tax and fees. >> >> I like verizon because they have always provided top of the line service. >> >> I've briefly looked at Straigt-Talk, T-Mobile, and Sprint. My fear with >> these providers is quality of the call, availability, and dropped calls. >> >> Any suggestions on which phone to get? From prior conversations on this >> list it seems a Droid phone is the way to go. I don't think I will ever >> want to take the time to root my phone, however you never know. >> >> What about phone apps and other things I might not be thinking about? >> >> I appreciate all the feedback you will provide! >> >> Thank you in advance for your help!! >> >> >> >> ------------------------ >> Keith Smith >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> James >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James