I've been a long-time Verizon Wireless customer. I usually get a "basic phone" and upgrade to whatever free phones they are offering when it's time to renew.
I noticed a couple months ago that they were offering a Black or White iPhone 4 for free as an upgrade option. I went ahead and picked up a black one as my upgrade phone. I had never had an iPhone or any type of smartphone before.
So far, I like the phone pretty well. I realize this is not the latest model, but I am fine with that. I don't really care to spend all the money to have the latest gadget. I find myself using the web a lot and checking email. I don't use much of the data allowance because I mostly use wifi access. So I went with the 300MB data plan. I will be bumping that up to 1GB per month when I switch one of the other phones on my family plan to an iPhone next month, though.
I just thought it was pretty cool that one of the free upgrade cell phones is now an iPhone. This pricing is almost predictable the way technology evolves, but I can't help but think of all those people who line up and spend hundreds of dollars for a phone, when there are so many free cell phone deals out there.
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
Free Cell Phone Upgrade News
From FreeCellPhoneUpgrade.info comes this news release calledUltraCellSaver Relaunches Free Cell Phone Upgrade Site
I will quote it here, and you can also see the full release on the Free Cell Phone Upgrade Info site. If you are looking for free cell phone deals, one of the best offers is to see what your existing wireless provider can do if you extend your contract and upgrade to a new phone.
UltraCellSaver Offer Cell Phone Upgrade Deals
UltraCellSaver.com are extremely proud to announce the launch of their new and enhanced website. Since their business first launched, Ultra Cell Saver have been giving power to consumers who are looking for cell phone upgrade deals. Now, in an attempt to better serve their visitors, they have redesigned the website to show all of the information in an easily view able manner. Their front page lists all of the information visitors need to know about getting free cell phone upgrade deals. Currently, Ultra Cell Saver actively collects and scours the internet for the best deals. They list opportunities where consumers can pick up completely free phones – including smartphones in some circumstances.
Because Ultra Cell Saver works with different carriers, they are able to present and display the absolute hottest offers from around the United States. As their page explains, consumers are able to pick up great AT&T phones, and other phones for just a mere $0.01 when taken out with a 24-month contract.
To learn more about Ultra Cell Saver and their selection of cell phone upgrade deals, head over to: http://www.ultracellsaver.com/
I will quote it here, and you can also see the full release on the Free Cell Phone Upgrade Info site. If you are looking for free cell phone deals, one of the best offers is to see what your existing wireless provider can do if you extend your contract and upgrade to a new phone.
UltraCellSaver Offer Cell Phone Upgrade Deals
UltraCellSaver.com are extremely proud to announce the launch of their new and enhanced website. Since their business first launched, Ultra Cell Saver have been giving power to consumers who are looking for cell phone upgrade deals. Now, in an attempt to better serve their visitors, they have redesigned the website to show all of the information in an easily view able manner. Their front page lists all of the information visitors need to know about getting free cell phone upgrade deals. Currently, Ultra Cell Saver actively collects and scours the internet for the best deals. They list opportunities where consumers can pick up completely free phones – including smartphones in some circumstances.
Because Ultra Cell Saver works with different carriers, they are able to present and display the absolute hottest offers from around the United States. As their page explains, consumers are able to pick up great AT&T phones, and other phones for just a mere $0.01 when taken out with a 24-month contract.
To learn more about Ultra Cell Saver and their selection of cell phone upgrade deals, head over to: http://www.ultracellsaver.com/
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Motorola Rokr E1 and other Cell phones make Worst Gadget List
At one point the Cingular Motorola Rokr E1 was a pretty popular phone. It was the first phone widely available that worked with iTunes. And yes, it was available as a " free cell phone deal" and was also promoted as being free after rebate to existing Cingular Wireless customers who wanted a cell phone upgrade.
However, in the rush to buy the Rokr it soon became apparent this wasn't a great phone. It was the first to offer a valuable feature and it was cheap. Sometimes that is good enough.
You can always look back later and say something was overhyped. And that's what Switch.com decided to do when they named it one of the "Worst Gadgets of All-Time."
They noted that it took a very long time to load songs and playing songs made the Rokr very sluggish. This probably true, but perhaps we just have the luxury now of having the iPhone and looking back at the problems of its precursors. At the time, this phone was a big deal and many people were happy to have it. Believe me.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Most Popular Cell Phones Summer of 2008
Ever wonder what others are searching for when it comes to cell phones online? What's popular or hot in wireless? These days it seems like AT&T Wireless is very popular as far as carriers go. As I mentioned previously Smartphones remain popular. The BlackBerry models and Blackjack II are nice options.
As far as manufacturers go, LG seems to be making big strides. It seems that motorola has long dominated this field with all its different colored Razrs, krzrs, and everything else. The motorola krazr is still popular for ATT. But LG has really come along, led by multiple versions of the LG Shine on AT&T. There has been a big marketing push with television advertising aimed at younger people and it looks like it is paying off.
Here are the phones that we really see taking off and being the winners of the summer:
For AT&T- Sony w580i Walkman, LG Shine CU 720 in Black Red and Silver, Titanium Black Berry Pearl 8110, and LG Vu CU915 ( black).
Sprint also has a popular model- the Black LG ( yep LG again) Rumor.
These phone models are as hot as the 96 degree weather in my neighborhood.
As far as manufacturers go, LG seems to be making big strides. It seems that motorola has long dominated this field with all its different colored Razrs, krzrs, and everything else. The motorola krazr is still popular for ATT. But LG has really come along, led by multiple versions of the LG Shine on AT&T. There has been a big marketing push with television advertising aimed at younger people and it looks like it is paying off.
Here are the phones that we really see taking off and being the winners of the summer:
For AT&T- Sony w580i Walkman, LG Shine CU 720 in Black Red and Silver, Titanium Black Berry Pearl 8110, and LG Vu CU915 ( black).
Sprint also has a popular model- the Black LG ( yep LG again) Rumor.
These phone models are as hot as the 96 degree weather in my neighborhood.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Free Phones with Upgrade
This blog is all about how to get free cell phone deals. It is probably common knowledge that new contract carriers offer "free phones" to bring in business. It was this way back when I was selling phones in a Verizon store in the late 90s. Well, actually we had "penny" phones at the time. We had prices for New, Upgrade, and Equipment only. For example the Motorola StarTac ( popular phone back around 1999-2000) might have been $399.99 retail, $249.99 Upgrade, and $99.99 with a new contract. Usually there were a few cheap phones that went for a penny. I remember one Motorola flip phone, a Qualcomm ( 860 I think), and some Nokias in the 5100s, in particular. Upgrade deals were always much more.
These days prices on equipment are even more competitive and you can get new phones really cheap. A lot of smart phones are even free these days- I paid $700 for my first one!
Whats even more important is upgrade prices have dropped as well. With 100 Million people ( I guess, probably more) already using cell phones and happy with their service- a lot more are looking to upgrade. Instead of just going for new business, wireless carriers need to think about the cost of retaining business. The deal is, if you are willing to pay $40-60 a month or more for 2 years ( if you are an average customer this means you will be paying over $1000 and not costing the provider much in resources)your current wireless company will give you a free cell phone. And not just some cheap p.o.s. You can get a nice phone, whether you have Verizon, AT&T, T-mobile, or Joe's Wireless.
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These days prices on equipment are even more competitive and you can get new phones really cheap. A lot of smart phones are even free these days- I paid $700 for my first one!
Whats even more important is upgrade prices have dropped as well. With 100 Million people ( I guess, probably more) already using cell phones and happy with their service- a lot more are looking to upgrade. Instead of just going for new business, wireless carriers need to think about the cost of retaining business. The deal is, if you are willing to pay $40-60 a month or more for 2 years ( if you are an average customer this means you will be paying over $1000 and not costing the provider much in resources)your current wireless company will give you a free cell phone. And not just some cheap p.o.s. You can get a nice phone, whether you have Verizon, AT&T, T-mobile, or Joe's Wireless.
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