Looking for feedback/ pricing information

**jlabruno** · 07-22-2012, 02:33 PM

Hey All,

My wife and I use sprint currently and are paying basically 172.46 a month for a 1500 share plan with unlimited call, text and web. It is just too much for us right now since I was laid off from work. Thinking of switching to metro. I look on the website and it just seems to good to be true. Pay for the phone, then its lets say $40 per month FLAT FEE? No additional chargers at all? Then If I add her I get $10 off so she is just $30 per month so $70 per month flat?

Also can any of our phones be used. Mine does not have a sim card the HTC Evo so I might need a new one but she has a sim card I believe can she keep her phone? And if he answer is no she has some school apps she paid for on her phone. Can the stuff be transferred over by them to the new phone?

Thanks for your time

**n4zty** · 07-22-2012, 03:34 PM

The prices are flat fee although if u pay at a metro authorized dealer store they charge you $3 convinience fee so $43 but if u pay online its just $40 and no fee is charged and as far as i know about the discounts for multiple phones added to your account i know i pay $5 less for each account so i pay $80 for account with 2 phones on it one being on the $40 plan and the other is mine on the $50 but ive also added metro guard insurance on my phone since i dont have money to buy a new phone if mine breaks or gets lots or stolen so my whole monthly total amount is $85 but if u get lets say two 4g Lte phones on the $50 plan each your total amount should be $90. now any phone with a sim car will not work on metro pcs and thats beacause we do no use sim cards on our phones we use whats called a uicc card very much like a sim card but operates in a different way, and its only used for 4g Lte other than that isnt used for anything else.

**jlabruno** · 07-22-2012, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by n4zty

The prices are flat fee although if u pay at a metro authorized dealer store they charge you $3 convinience fee so $43 but if u pay online its just $40 and no fee is charged and as far as i know about the discounts for multiple phones added to your account i know i pay $5 less for each account so i pay $80 for account with 2 phones on it one being on the $40 plan and the other is mine on the $50 but ive also added metro guard insurance on my phone since i dont have money to buy a new phone if mine breaks or gets lots or stolen so my whole monthly total amount is $85 but if u get lets say two 4g Lte phones on the $50 plan each your total amount should be $90. now any phone with a sim car will not work on metro pcs and thats beacause we do no use sim cards on our phones we use whats called a uicc card very much like a sim card but operates in a different way, and its only used for 4g Lte other than that isnt used for anything else.

Hell even if I get two $50 dollar plans and give each the $5 protection that is still $110 which saves me $62.

What about transferring over her apps?

**n4zty** · 07-22-2012, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by jlabruno

Hell even if I get two $50 dollar plans and give each the $5 protection that is still $110 which saves me $62.

What about transferring over her apps?

thats the beauty with android if u purchased them with your account you should be able to just download them right on to your phone. now free apps u gotta re-download them. and yes metro-guard is great!! and actually for 2 phones on the $50 plan each with $5 discount each phone and metro guard added it should be $100

**mike2828** · 07-22-2012, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by n4zty

thats the beauty with android if u purchased them with your account you should be able to just download them right on to your phone. now free apps u gotta re-download them. and yes metro-guard is great!! and actually for 2 phones on the $50 plan each with $5 discount each phone and metro guard added it should be $100

Remember he can always use titanium backup

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**n4zty** · 07-22-2012, 05:50 PM

yea but dont that need a rooted phone? i thought about that but dunno i thought it had to be rooted.

EDIT: yea i just checked it needs root so he would have to root both phones to transfer apps from his current phone and onto his new android phone.

**mike2828** · 07-22-2012, 06:08 PM

Originally Posted by n4zty

yea but dont that need a rooted phone? i thought about that but dunno i thought it had to be rooted.

EDIT: yea i just checked it needs root so he would have to root both phones to transfer apps from his current phone and onto his new android phone.

True true forgot about that

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**jlabruno** · 07-22-2012, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by mike2828

True true forgot about that

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What is root?

**n4zty** · 07-22-2012, 08:01 PM

lol never mind that its just a term we use to say unlocked and have super user rights to your phone. the app he mentioned requires you getting your phone rooted so we wont bother discussing that since its alot easier for you to reinstall your free apps from the market and purchased ones will always show up on ur account as purchased.

**mike2828** · 07-22-2012, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by n4zty

lol never mind that its just a term we use to say unlocked and have super user rights to your phone. the app he mentioned requires you getting your phone rooted so we wont bother discussing that since its alot easier for you to reinstall your free apps from the market and purchased ones will always show up on ur account as purchased.

Thanks bro you can have a job as a forum guide you help people out good job logical let's get n4zty a job

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**n4zty** · 07-22-2012, 08:30 PM

NOOOOO!!! lol they cant afford me plus remember we puerto ricans are hot headed and this forum needs people with patience and that keep cool as cucumber! and that is everything i lack lmao.

**ChazzMatt** · 07-22-2012, 08:49 PM

I'm just going to address this part, as the other has already been answered.

Originally Posted by jlabruno

Also can any of our phones be used.

Mine does not have a sim card the HTC Evo so I might need a new one

but she has a sim card I believe can she keep her phone?

And if he answer is no she has some school apps she paid for on her phone. Can the stuff be transferred over by them to the new phone?

Thanks for your time

Metro is CDMA + LTE, doesn't use sim cards like GSM. Their LTE phones DO have a similar-looking card, called a UICC card, but it's just for LTE phones (which can also handle CDMA). Some people refer to the UICC cards as sim cards, but it's not the type of sim card you see in non-LTE phones.

If you are with Sprint, and your wife has a "sim" card, what was it for, Wi-Max or something?

Also, while your EVO technically can be "flashed" to another CDMA carrier, it's more complicated than that. I don't know where you live, but in some markets Metro runs their service on AWS frequencies rather than the "regular" CDMA frequencies Verizon and Sprint use. So, phones manufactured for MetroPCS have extra chipsets to handle those added frequencies. If you live in Florida, your EVO could work just fine (if flashed). In places like New York or Phillie, NO. You would never get a MetroPCS signal with your EVO as your phone would not have the right chips inside.

At this point in time, it would probably be better for both of you to get MetroPCS phones. If you don't want new, there is always Craigslist. (That's where I'm about to sell a Metro LG Esteem and 2 Metro LG Optimus.)

**jlabruno** · 07-22-2012, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by ChazzMatt

I'm just going to address this part, as the other has already been answered.

Metro is CDMA + LTE, doesn't use sim cards like GSM. Their LTE phones DO have a similar-looking card, called a UICC card, but it's just for LTE phones (which can also handle CDMA). Some people refer to the UICC cards as sim cards, but it's not the type of sim card you see in non-LTE phones.

If you are with Sprint, and your wife has a "sim" card, what was it for, Wi-Max or something?

Also, while your EVO technically can be "flashed" to another CDMA carrier, it's more complicated than that. I don't know where you live, but in some markets Metro runs their service on AWS frequencies rather than the "regular" CDMA frequencies Verizon and Sprint use. So, phones manufactured for MetroPCS have extra chipsets to handle those added frequencies. If you live in Florida, your EVO could work just fine (if flashed). In places like New York or Phillie, NO. You would never get a MetroPCS signal with your EVO as your phone would not have the right chips inside.

At this point in time, it would probably be better for both of you to get MetroPCS phones. If you don't want new, there is always Craigslist. (That's where I'm about to sell a Metro LG Esteem and 2 Metro LG Optimus.)

I live in Jersey, I did think of one more thing. I bought a bunch of downloaded songs on my phone through amazon mp3. Are those songs mine to use and download again on the metro phone or do I need to buy them from scratch all over ?

**Mrcricket23** · 07-22-2012, 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by n4zty

yes metro-guard is great!!

There's a $100 deductible on the Esteem just fyi

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**Mrcricket23** · 07-22-2012, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by jlabruno

I live in Jersey, I did think of one more thing. I bought a bunch of downloaded songs on my phone through amazon mp3. Are those songs mine to use and download again on the metro phone or do I need to buy them from scratch all over ?

NJ is AWS so flash phones won't work,MP3s should be able to re download on new device as long you get another android device, I see my gf changing phones every couple of months she's also purchased a whole bunch songs and she's able to transfer them.
They have a cloud service that works well.

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