My 2 yrs R up, any plan better than Super Saver 100?

[Mike]

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My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with 7:00
as the start stop time.

Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?

What a good basic text message phone?

If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?

 

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In article <8975cf9a.0412021606.25d65a91@posting.google.com>,
mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:

> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?

No.

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Mike wrote:
> My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
> about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
> Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with
> 7:00 as the start stop time.

Nice OLD plan. Sadly, if you change it, your night time start time will
move to 9:00 pm.

> Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?

I recently changed the batter in my 9155 Audiovox. Lasted 18 months before
call time became really short. Phone would rack up about 600+800 minutes
per month total.

> What a good basic text message phone?

While I really like my new audiovox cdm9900, the number of keystrokes to get
a text message out is a bit more (maybe I'll find a short cut) than the
9155. I played with the Samsung A650 and LG vx6100 ... texting pretty
simple too.

> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?

Shouldn't but ... never say never
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- Philip

 

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On 2 Dec 2004 16:06:06 -0800, mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:

>My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
>about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
>Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with 7:00
>as the start stop time.
>
>Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?
>
>What a good basic text message phone?
>
>If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?

If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If you
pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.
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Evan Platt wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2004 16:06:06 -0800, mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:
>
>> My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
>> about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
>> Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with
>> 7:00 as the start stop time.
>>
>> Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?
>>
>> What a good basic text message phone?
>>
>> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
>
> If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If you
> pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.

Did this change? Upgrading equipment used to simply extend your
termination date (even if your plan was no longer offered).

-Quick

 

[Dean]

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That's contrary to what I was always told in the NE market, anyway.

Anytime you took any type of new promotion (and a DISCOUNTED phone is a
promotion), I was given to understand your contract clock would start again,
and you had to convert to a current plan.

The way I understand it, the only way to go back on contract with an
old-style plan is if you want to change the minute allowance up or down. (I
could have kept SingleRate East, but would have had to up it from SRE 300 to
SRE 500, for instance), but no new phone.

I wanted a new phone, but hung onto my SingleRate East for a couple of years
because of that.

You can change phones online, and AFAIK, it has no effect whatsoever on your
contract, non-contract status or whatever else.

I don't believe they care where you get the phone as long as it's legal (ESN
is clear) and Verizon-compatible.



Dean
_________________________________________> >>
> >> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
> >
> > If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If you
> > pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.
>
> Did this change? Upgrading equipment used to simply extend your
> termination date (even if your plan was no longer offered).
>
> -Quick
>
>

 

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Mike wrote:

> My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
> about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
> Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with 7:00
> as the start stop time.
>
> Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?
>
> What a good basic text message phone?
>
> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?

Mike, you might want to consider a new plan anyway. For about ten bucks
more, you'll get four times as many anytime minutes plus unlimited
nights and weekends and no long distance or roaming. Of course, nights
start at nine instead of seven.

--Dave

 

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Quick wrote:

> Evan Platt wrote:
>
>>On 2 Dec 2004 16:06:06 -0800, mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
>>>about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
>>>Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with
>>>7:00 as the start stop time.
>>>
>>>Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?
>>>
>>>What a good basic text message phone?
>>>
>>>If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
>>
>>If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If you
>>pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.
>
>
> Did this change? Upgrading equipment used to simply extend your
> termination date (even if your plan was no longer offered).
>
> -Quick
>
>
It still works that way. You only get a new plan if you want one.

--Dave

 

[Guest]

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Absolutely not true (although death is only absolute). You can stay on your
current plan for life. Someone may "encourage" you to change, but you don't
have to. It will not hurt to ask for a supervisor if someone tells you
otherwise.

Our experience has been stay on the same plan, move up to new technology,
extend your "grandfathered" contract. You could be the exception, but hold
steady, you shouldn't have to change your plan. 99.9% of the time anyway.
dr (we could be wrong)

"Evan Platt" <evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message
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> On 2 Dec 2004 16:06:06 -0800, mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:
>
>>My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
>>about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
>>Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with 7:00
>>as the start stop time.
<snip>>
>>If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
>
> If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If you
> pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.
> --
> To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.
>

 

[Guest]

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I'm inclined to agree with you. I just renewed my 3500 minute Single Rate
Western plan for another two years but upgraded my phone with the NewEvery2
allowance. The more closely I studied the plans I might change to AND the
more accurately I assessed my true calling habits, the more apparent it
became that I need stay with my old plan.

--

- Philip

dr.wireMORE wrote:
> Absolutely not true (although death is only absolute). You can
> stay on your current plan for life. Someone may "encourage" you to
> change, but you don't have to. It will not hurt to ask for a
> supervisor if someone tells you otherwise.
>
> Our experience has been stay on the same plan, move up to new
> technology, extend your "grandfathered" contract. You could be the
> exception, but hold steady, you shouldn't have to change your plan.
> 99.9% of the time anyway. dr (we could be wrong)
>
> "Evan Platt" <evan@TheObvious.espphotography.com> wrote in message
> news:6q61r097rn63fhf5410pod60j4k5giqvqa@4ax.com...
>> On 2 Dec 2004 16:06:06 -0800, mikefordz@gmail.com (Mike) wrote:
>>
>>> My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
>>> about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
>>> Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with
>>> 7:00 as the start stop time.
> <snip>>
>>> If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
>>
>> If you get a new phone from Verizon at a discounted rate, yes. If
>> you pay full retail or buy elsewhere (ebay), you will not.
>> --
>> To reply, remove TheObvious from my e-mail address.

 

[Guest]

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Excellent, I will start working on which phone to get, and hopefully be
able to use the NE2 and keep my plan.

BTW originally it was 30/500, then several months ago something changed
and the min time I think on all plans was raised to 100 prime min, so
now I get 100 min at the same price as when it was only 30 min.

I am a minute squeezing SOB, rarely exceeded the old 30 min, and never
have exceeded the 100.

OTOH I make a 3 day trip to Las Vegas every year and this last year
they refused to do whatever it is they used to do in the past when I
would call, and all my LV calls had about a buck a min in roaming
charges tacked on.

Thanks for the help.

 

[Guest]

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One more thing: More than likely, you will get to keep your old plan. But
additionally you want NE2? I believe NE2 is reserved for people with a plan
$39.99 or higher. For various reasons, they may offer the NE2 to you with a
plan less than that; but it is discretionary. But again, doesn't hurt to
ask.... Let us know how you do on a NE2. dr

"Danglerb" <mikefordz@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Excellent, I will start working on which phone to get, and hopefully be
> able to use the NE2 and keep my plan.
<snip>

 

[Dean]

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Hey Mike,

Were you really happy with the 135? We took ours back twice, kept seizing
up, etc.

Might you be better off just picking up a mint StarTac off of eBay and
keeping the plan you're happy with?

Dean
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> Mike wrote:
>
> > My Audiovox cdm135 is ready for its 3rd battery, so I am thinking
> > about a new phone, but I don't want to lose my current plan, Super
> > Saver 100. Its $25/mon with 100 prime and 500 night weekend, with 7:00
> > as the start stop time.
> >
> > Is one year normal for battery life, 1000 mah, btr-1100?
> >
> > What a good basic text message phone?
> >
> > If I get a new phone will I lose my old plan?
>
> Mike, you might want to consider a new plan anyway. For about ten bucks
> more, you'll get four times as many anytime minutes plus unlimited
> nights and weekends and no long distance or roaming. Of course, nights
> start at nine instead of seven.
>
> --Dave

 

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Dean wrote:
> Hey Mike,
>
> Were you really happy with the 135? We took ours back twice, kept seizing
> up, etc.

I had an Audiovox PCX-1100 through Northcoast PCS, a flat-raid prepaid carrier
serving Northeast Ohio. The PCX-1100 is functionally almost the same as the
CDM-135, but the 135 is a tri-mode and the 1100 is a 1900 MHz digital-only
handset. It ran ok. It was not a wonderful phone, but NCPCS had just launched
when I picked up service from them and they didn't have the selection they have
now; just two Avox models. It ran fine most of the time. It tended to crash a
lot more than it should have, but I don't know how models with other carriers'
firmware fared. The 1100 is the only Avox phone I've ever owned.

Hyundai, Toshiba and Curitel have manufactured phones for Audiovox over the
years. The Toshiba-sourced phones have traditionally been high-quality. The
Hyundai phones haven't. The 135 and 1100, I believe, were made by Hyundai.
Don't know how well the newer Curitel-sourced Avox phones work.

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[Dean]

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Hi Steve,

Yeah, our 135 seized up often (yep,Hyundai) and the only good thing I could
say about it was IT WAS LOUD.

Just offering the OP an idea.

Actually I have a couple of A-vox 9000's I still use occasionally.
They're boat anchors but bulletproof. I can't kill them (including the 4
year old batteries!!) and they are giveaways on eBay. Still better than the
135.

Dean
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> Dean wrote:
> > Hey Mike,
> >
> > Were you really happy with the 135? We took ours back twice, kept
seizing
> > up, etc.
>
> I had an Audiovox PCX-1100 through Northcoast PCS, a flat-raid prepaid
carrier
> serving Northeast Ohio. The PCX-1100 is functionally almost the same as
the
> CDM-135, but the 135 is a tri-mode and the 1100 is a 1900 MHz digital-only
> handset. It ran ok. It was not a wonderful phone, but NCPCS had just
launched
> when I picked up service from them and they didn't have the selection they
have
> now; just two Avox models. It ran fine most of the time. It tended to
crash a
> lot more than it should have, but I don't know how models with other
carriers'
> firmware fared. The 1100 is the only Avox phone I've ever owned.
>
> Hyundai, Toshiba and Curitel have manufactured phones for Audiovox over
the
> years. The Toshiba-sourced phones have traditionally been high-quality.
The
> Hyundai phones haven't. The 135 and 1100, I believe, were made by Hyundai.
> Don't know how well the newer Curitel-sourced Avox phones work.
>
> --
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> Apple Valley, California Nothing scares me anymore. I have three kids.

 

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Dean wrote:
> Hey Mike,
>
> Were you really happy with the 135? We took ours back twice, kept
seizing
> up, etc.

Never an issue with the 135, other than my 2 years were up just a few
months ago and I am waiting on battery number 3 to arrive soon ($7 via
ebay).

Verizon says my SuperSaver 100 plan at $25 only qualifies me for $30 on
a 2 yr extension or $15 on a 1 yr, no NE2 $100.

I may just switch to Consumer Cellular, they have a plan for $5 less a
month and 90 nationwide anytime minutes. Or may just keep the
SuperSaver and wait for better deals.
Something like a Vonnage wifi internet phone would be hot.