Should I dump my 1250 SERO plan to upgrade?

[StupidRalph]

I have the older 1250 SERO plan for $50 / mo.* Of course, I can't have any Android, Blackberry, or iOS phone without modifying this plan?* I NEED a new phone!* I'm looking at the Nexus Galaxy S II.* I was trying to figure out my options as far as upgrading my phone and get best plan possible.
Wants, Interests, Needs for plan and phone
I don't need to keep my current phone number.
I don't use a lot of minutes. (< 1000 over the entire last year according to usage history.)
Leaning towards Android for the open source platform since programming is my former profession.
Navigation capability would be nice
8 hour battery
Largest screen possible that makes texting easy. (Swipe was not agreeing with me on the PHOTON)
Won't be outdated in 2 months (wishful thinking)
Rear and Front facing camera
Ability to download an app that turns my phone into a Corvette that gets 80 miles per gallon (not a deal breaker ).
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My options (please correct me / add on if I have additional options)
OPTION 1 (a)
Keep my existing SERO plan and pay the additional $10 / mo. premium data + $10 / mo. 4G phone cost.
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SERO
$49.99 Minimum Monthly Charge
1250 Anytime Minutes
Nationwide Long Distance Included
America - Roaming Included
Unlimited Sprint Mobile to Mobile
Unlimited SMS Text Messaging
Unlimited Picture Mail
Unlimited Data Usage
Caller ID
Call Waiting
Three-Way Calling
Voicemail
$70 monthly costOPTION 1 (b)Downgrade to 500 anytime minutes and still pay $50 total monthlyOPTION 2
Sell my SERO plan (not sure as to how) and get a current plan and apply my 20% Company discount.
500 anytime minutes
mobile to mobile (any carrier)
$70 monthly cost - 20% = $56

OPTION 3
Sell the line and get the EPRP $60 plan.
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OPTION 4
Leave Sprint and use a prepaid phone such as Pageplus and the like.
OPTION 5

Get on a Family plan with my fiancee who currently has an AT&t account. (which I don't want to do)

As demonstrated above with my options I clearly need help as I don't understand my options.* Trying to see if it is worth keeping this line or starting a new one with discount.

[Aleki]

how about option 1.5? Upgrade to SERO Premium, but downgrade to the $40/mnth 500 minute plan. If a majority of your phone calls are to other mobile devices, the unlimited "any mobile any time" perk will take care of a good portion of those anytime minutes. Both my sis and her boyfriend switched to SERO P and downgraded from the 1250/mnth plan; they barely touch their minutes now.

[OPD1026]

I was thinking the same thing. Downgrade to SEROP for $50 a month and get 500 minutes, night and weekends 7pm to 7am, and free mobile to mobile and then you can get any phone you want.

I use more mobile to mobile minutes than anything, and I intentionally call people on their cell phones instead of their home phone. On a heavy month I use about 250 minutes a month and about 800 minutes of m2m and n&w.

[jamestan]

Switching to EPRP would be a wash. It's 59.99 plus $10/mo for premium data (required for all smartphones). It will cost you exactly the same to upgrade your existing sero plan with the necessary add ons for a smartphone to work on. The better news about keeping your existing plan is that you'll have 1250 anytime minutes instead of just 500 with the EPRP.

The better option would be to call employee account services and ask them to downgrade you to the 500 min sero premium plan ($40/mo). You can use most 3G smartphones with that plan. If you want an iPhone or any 4g smartphone, it requires the $10/mo premium data bolt on...bring your monthly total to just $50. This also includes unlimited calls to any mobile phone in the us so 500 min is usually more than enough for your calls to landlines.

Be warned that calling employee care may not work on the first try. If they tell you they can't downgrade you, simply hang up and call back again. My roommate just bumped his down from the sero 1250 to the sero 500 last week. He lucked out and got someone to do it on his first call.

Good luck

[Aleki]

↑ From what I can remember: People already on the $30/$50 SERO wont have an issue upgrading to SERO P, it's people on EPRP that have difficulty finding a rep to switch them to SERO P. Like I said before, my sister and her boyfriend had absolutely no trouble switching down from the $50 SERO to the $40 SERO P plan; and I've had luck switching between SERO P back to the original SERO $30, and back (re-activated my TP2). However, I have attempted several times in trying to get my brother's EPRP account switched into the SERO P; they absolutely wont have it :/