T-Mobile’s original Android phone, the G1, is now selling for $130 (with a two-year contract) direct from T-Mobile’s web site. That’s a $20 price reduction, although savvy bargain shoppers know that you can find the G1 from plenty of reputable places for around $100.
Does that mean, then, that stores like Amazon and Walmart, for instance, will soon be discounting the G1 down to around $80 like they just don’t care? I guess we’ll find out. At $80, the G1 is pretty much a no-brainer if you’re already on T-Mobile or you’re looking to switch.
T-Mobile G1 [T-Mobile via TmoNews]
Rogers (Canada) has this going for $30 Canadian right now. Three years of course.
Where are some of the reputable places that offer a G1 for $100?
http://www.letstalk.com/tmobile-g1-with-google-black-tmobile
This past weekend, my fiance and I took a trip up the coast of Washington. On our way back down the coast, we saw a car drive over an embankment…the car was going about 60. It literally flew off the road, flipped over, and landed in some brush.
Immediately, we stopped the car and jumped out to help. While my fiance was running down the hill to help the family in the car, I was trying to call 911 for help. To my utter amazement-I had NO cell phone service. We were not in a major city when this happened, but, we were not in the middle of the country, either. We were in an area that, according to T-Mobile’s website, should’ve had cell service. (Both my fiance and I have T-Mobile service).
The driver of the car that flew off the road was able to get out of the car and move/walk around. He got out and tried using his cell phone as well; unfortunately, his cell service was through T-Mobile as well. We were terrified because there was at least 1 serious injury as a result of this accident and no way for us to get help. All the while, the young woman in the car with the worst injuries was going in and out of consciousness, asking “when can I get out…when is help coming?”
Luckily, 2 more cars saw us outside car, and stopped to help. A woman and her husband from California stopped, and tried their cell phone. They were able to get through to 911 to get police and an ambulance on the way. Their service was through AT&T. All I can say is THANK GOD for AT&T, or we would’ve been stranded, with no way to care for the injured. Had my fiance and I not stopped on the side of the road, no one would’ve known there was a car accident. The car that flew off the road was far enough down the embankment that you couldn’t see it just driving past. There was no visible sign of a car accident from the road.
I’m sharing this story because I hope it makes you think twice about what carrier you want to go with. Don’t just go with the cheapest, because they may not be there when you need them the most. I would’ve paid $1000 dollars a minute to get through to 911 on my cell phone when this happened, heck..I would’ve paid more than that…there is really no price I can put on it. T-Mobile was not there when I needed them…when that family needed them.
AT&T and Verizon, even Sprint, all have better service than T-Mobile, I can attest to this (not only from what happened over the weekend, but after having their service for a year). My fiance and I are switching carrier’s immediately, because we do not want to end up in a situation like this ever again.
Had the other people not stopped, and been able to get through to the police, minutes…hours could’ve gone by before help arrived.
Please pass this story along to anyone who may have T-Mobile service, or who may be considering switching to T-Mobile. What’s good cell service worth to you…what’s it worth to be able to make a phone call when you need to the most…
I do not buy this BS “T-Mobile Bad Service” story whatsoever. I’m in a band that has played out of state many times and I have had T-Mobile since 2005 – I’ve had great service in every play I’ve gone (CT, MA, PA, NY, RI, FL, NH, ME, VT) besides one ten minute stretch of road in Vermont in the mountains – and if you want to read this and tell me that AT&T, Verizon and Sprint don’t have ANY dropouts of service (especially in mountain areas), you are purely and utterly wrong.
That story is sooooo obviously B.S.
And if you think that THIS post could just as easily be B.S. – technically, you’re right, but my post isn’t a neat little perfect package of a story demonstrating the exact worst-case scenario.
The story isn’t BS…go ahead and check it out, would you like some proof? If it helps, I can show you what I sent the FCC about not being able to dial 911. I wouldn’t make up a story like this…sorry, I’m not that kind of person.
I never said other carrier’s didn’t have dropped calls, or service issues. I had T-Mobile, as did a few others at the scene, and our cells didn’t work. None of us could get through, our cells said ‘call failed.’
You clearly didn’t read the story very well…I didn’t say I was in mountains…and I didn’t say other carriers are all the best, and T-Mobile is awful. I simply shared a story.
My intent was to tell a story, and hopefully it helps one person. If one person reads this, and puts a little more thought into choosing a cell carrier, even if they still choose T-Mobile, that’s all I care about.
Oh yea, there are also police reports…so next time you want to say something is BS, you should make certain that you’re right :)