My phone is experiencing a lot of problems, most noticeably that call quality has been abysmal. So I’m looking at new phones and perhaps a new carrier / plan.
Obviously the phone choice may depend significantly on carrier. I’m currently with AT&T, which many people dislike, but with whom I’ve had pretty good service, especially compared to others. I dislike that AT&T is trying to buy tmobile, whom I dislike and distrust with the intensity of a thousand suns. If I want to get s subsidized phone that means a new contract. The carrier plan I am most interested in is Sprint’s Everything Data 450. For ~ $80 a month I can get:
- unlimited calling to any mobile phone, regardless of carrier
- unlimited data and messaging
- unlimited nights and weekends calling starting at 7pm
- 450 minutes a month for calling land lines during the daytime on weekdays
It’s a bit more than I would like to spend but it does come with a lot. By comparison AT&T offers for $65 (40 voice + 15 data + 10 messaging):
- unlimited calls to other AT&T cell phones
- 200MB data, 1000 messages
- 5000 night and weekend minutes starting at 9pm
- 450 minutes for calling non AT&T phones during daytime weekdays (with rollover minutes)
As for phones I’m leaning toward an Android based phone. Some thoughts so far:
- AT&T Samsung Captivate (Samsung Galaxy S) – amoled screen, good battery life
- AT&T HTC Inspire 4G
- Sprint LG Optimus S
Research: