[olug] [OT] Purchase new cell phones WITHOUT contract?

[Aric]

If you want to be really cheap check out http://www.republicwireless.com/
I think they also use Sprint Towers.


> Wirefly.com would be an option...with a used phone, you should have the
> ability to buy a 1 year warranty from squarespace, even if it is from
> ebay.
>
> Craig Wolf
> (402)990-3010
>
>
> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
>> (Delete this message if you're just looking for Linux/Unix
>> discussions...)
>>
>> My wife and I are looking at moving to Ting wireless (www.ting.com) - I
>> estimate we'll drop to the $80-90 range with past usage of our two
>> smartphones (Verizon DroidX Gingerbread).
>>
>> Since Ting is a Sprint MVNO we can't bring our old phones over, but then
>> we
>> wouldn't want to: they have been dying strange hardware deaths (touch
>> screen on my wifes dies and has to be powered off to reset, mine takes
>> 30+
>> seconds to start a call, etc).
>>
>> I was all set to pull the trigger last night and buy two refurbished
>> phones
>> via Ting, but my wife (The "Voice of Reason and Finance" in our house)
>> got
>> worried that we'd be trading in our old DroidX's for something else that
>> only has a 30-day warranty.
>>
>> Looking at new phones via Ting and Amazon (which I assume will have a
>> year
>> warranty), we're well into the $500-$600 range. :(
>>
>> Aside from buying the phone from Ting.com or Amazon, are there other
>> places
>> to buy phones for Sprint that aren't tied to a contract and will have a
>> decent warranty?
>>
>> (I now return you to your regular Linux/Unix discussion.)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> DanL
>>
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