Cell Phone Deals for 3/10/02 - 3/16/02

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Cell Phone Deals for the Week of 3/10/02 - 3/16/02

Best Buy - Nokia 3360 - $49.99
Digital phone with wireless internet, 3.5 hour talktime/10.5 days standby, composable ring tones, 200 contacts memory, color front/back covers

Price after $50 mail in rebate. With bundle purchase of any wireless accessory: Save 30% instantly. 600 anytime and 3000 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires AT&T activation

Best Buy - Samsung SPHA400HS - $149.99
Dual band phone, GPS enabled

Price after $50 Sprint mail in rebate. With bundle purchase of any wireless accessory: Save 30% instantly. 350 anytime and 3650 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Best Buy - Motorola V60T - $299.99
V.Series 60t Cellular Phone. Intuitive user interface, voice activated dialing, external Caller ID, integrated FM radio. SMS messaging

With bundle purchase of any wireless accessory: Save 30% instantly. 600 anytime and 3000 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires AT&T activation

Circuit City - Motorola V2397 - $-50.01
Dual mode PCS Cellular phone. Send and receive text messages

$50.01 cash back, Price after $50 Cingular, $50 Circuit City mail in rebates. 150 anytime and 3500 night & weekend minutes for $35 per month. Requires Cingular 2 year activation

Circuit City - Nokia 3360 - $0
Digital phone with wireless internet, 3.5 hour talktime/10.5 days standby, composable ring tones, 200 contacts memory, color front/back covers

Price after $50 Mfr, $50 Circuit City mail in rebates. 600 anytime and 3000 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires AT&T 2 year activation

Circuit City - Sanyo SCP4700 - $99.99
SCP-4700 Digital PCS Cellular Phone. Voice activated dialing, 300 number directory

Price after $50 Sprint PCS mail in rebate. Free Palm M105 PDA, $150 value. 350 anytime and 3650 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Circuit City - Samsung SCHN200 - $99.99
Digital Sprint PCS Cellular Phone. Works on digital and analog networks. Voice activated dialing

Price after $50 Sprint PCS mail in rebate. Free Palm M105 PDA, $150 value. 350 anytime and 3650 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Office Depot - Motorola i1000 Plus - $69.99
Nextel i1000 Plus Internet ready cellular phone. Email, calendar, address book. View last 10 numbers received/sent from phone

Price after $100 mail in rebate. Nextel service

Office Depot - Motorola i85S - $99.99
Nextel Cellular Phone. 165 minutes talk time, 135 hours standby. Voice activated dialing, voice memo, VibraCall alert, Speakerphone. PDA Persoanl Organizer functions. Built in Web Browser

Price after $100 mail in rebate. Nextel service

Office Max - HW Touchpoint 1100 - $79.99
Touchpoint 1100 Cell Phone. Calendar, built-in calculator, built in games. Silent vibrating alert. 4.2 oz. light

Price after $50 Sprint mail in rebate. 500 anytime and 4500 night & weekend minutes for $49.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Office Max - Nokia 3360 - $99.99
Digital phone with wireless internet, 3.5 hour talktime/10.5 days standby, composable ring tones, 200 contacts memory, color front/back covers

Save $50 after mail in rebate. 400 anytime, 200 bonus anytime and 3000 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Save $35 with AT&T 2 year activation

Office Max - Samsung N200 - $99.99
Dual mode PCS Cellular Flip Phone. Voice activated dialing, Menu navigation, joystick button

Price after $50 Sprint mail in rebate. 500 anytime and 4500 night & weekend minutes for $49.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Staples - Motorola i1000 Plus - $119.99
Nextel i1000 Plus Internet ready cellular phone. Email, calendar, address book. View last 10 numbers received/sent from phone

Price after $50 Service credit. 600 anytime, 400 direct connect and 7000 night & weekend minutes for $69.99 per month. Requires Nextel service

Wiz - Audiovox CDM9100 - $29.99
Digital Tri-mode Cellular Phone. Text messaging

Free $70 worth Accessories. 300 anytime and 3000 night & weekend minutes for $35 per month. Requires Verizon activation

Wiz - HW Touchpoint 1100 - $79.99
Touchpoint 1100 Cell Phone. Calendar, built-in calculator, built in games. Silent vibrating alert. 4.2 oz. light

Price after $50 Sprint PCS mail in rebate. 350 anytime and 3650 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Wiz - Samsung N200 - $99.99
Dual mode PCS Cellular Flip Phone. Voice activated dialing, Menu navigation, joystick button

Price after $50 Sprint PCS mail in rebate. 350 anytime and 3650 night & weekend minutes for $39.99 per month. Requires Sprint activation

Please add to this list if possible.

 

[JeffCutter]

FYI - the SonyEricsson T68i will be coming to US later this year. They are available in Asia and throughout Europe now, but have only been available in the states through gray market fleaBay sellers for around $400.

The phone has just about everything you could possibly imagine, including color screen and tons of games and ringer tunes that sound like full bands playing music. Plus, the phone supports BlueTooth wireless which means you can use the somewhat impratical (yet space aged) wireless headset or the extremely practical wireless PC connection (e.g. phone in your pocket, and PC on your lap and no cables connecting the two while you surf the net).

I believe the will be around $200 once it is released in the US. You may want to wait for this phone...

Details: Phone Details

Article about the upcoming release in USA

 

[JEDI]

ah..thx..was wondering what happened to the cell phone deals?

 

[RNG]

not sure if a hot deal or not but I just got one for my wife and I :

Cellular One

$50 dollar activation fee
Free (yea right) Ericssion 1228
$10 dollars a month
8 Cents a min.

I thought it was a pretty good deal for my wife and I because we don't talk on the phone that much but both still need the capability. We share this plan and it was cheaper than anything else for a two phone plan than I could find.

Biggest problem is that this may be a select area plan. In Columbus/ Ft Benning, GA This plan was offered to military only.

RLTW !

 

[dentalboy]

great deal .but i wonder if anyways to get the phone stick with sprints old plan of night time calls starting a 8pm instead of 9pm

 

[abaez]

hey guys, what's a good normal cell phone. I don't need one that does all that whiz bang microwave in 5 seconds without power.
Just one that takes and receives calls and has a phone directory. I hardly would ever use it, maybe 60 mintues a month or so.

 

[FreebieBoy]

i miss the good old days of free phones with 0 contract. I hate this long 2 year contracts they want to screw you with bad service and 2 years of nightmare.

 

[erub]

i dont remember them ever giving away free phones with no contract..they have to recoup their investment. Cell phones aren't cheap, even the basic Nokia 3360 probably cost carriers $100.

abaez: If your looking at Cingular TDMA (most of their area, except for on the west coast) or AT&T, good phones are the Nokia 5165 (usually given away for free with a 2 year agreement) or the 3360 (slightly smaller, will run about $50 - has slighlty more features). I have the Nokia 3360, and it works great

 

[Ogewo]

jeffcutter-

if you're waiting for a phone then wait for this one.

http://www.nokia.com/phones/9290/index.html

supposed to be out first have this year...i can't wait.

gew

 

[iamme]

<< FYI - the SonyEricsson T68i will be coming to US later this year. They are available in Asia and throughout Europe now, but have only been available in the states through gray market fleaBay sellers for around $400.

The phone has just about everything you could possibly imagine, including color screen and tons of games and ringer tunes that sound like full bands playing music. Plus, the phone supports BlueTooth wireless which means you can use the somewhat impratical (yet space aged) wireless headset or the extremely practical wireless PC connection (e.g. phone in your pocket, and PC on your lap and no cables connecting the two while you surf the net).

I believe the will be around $200 once it is released in the US. You may want to wait for this phone...

Details: Phone Details

Article about the upcoming release in USA >>



$200?

With a color display and built in Bluetooth....I doubt it..

I'll believe it when I see it. Don't get me wrong, I'm and ATT customer, and I'l lbuy that in a hearbeat if it retails for $200

 

[JeffCutter]

Agreed Ogweo - the communicator is sweet. I have wanted one of those since James Bond drove his BMW with one.

Also - iamme - The $200 tag was what was quoted in the Reuters article. I would imagine that is with a 1 to 2 year agreement of course. The $400 you are paying to folks on fleabay is to make up for the fact that they don't get a service commission for the new cellular contract.

But I agree with you, at $200 the T68 will be a sweet deal. The communicator will be nice, but I don't need all that functionality 98% of the time, and I can't justify the bulk of the unit for just that 2% of full featured use. The T68 with it's T3 interpretive text input will let me type almost as fast.

 

[Milkyman]

<< hey guys, what's a good normal cell phone. I don't need one that does all that whiz bang microwave in 5 seconds without power. >>



My friend's dad has a 60 minute plan with Voicestream i think, with a nokia 8290 I dunno how much it costs but i guess you can look into it, the phone is pretty good, nice and slim with no antenae sticking out.

 

[iamme]

<< Agreed Ogweo - the communicator is sweet. I have wanted one of those since James Bond drove his BMW with one.

Also - iamme - The $200 tag was what was quoted in the Reuters article. I would imagine that is with a 1 to 2 year agreement of course. The $400 you are paying to folks on fleabay is to make up for the fact that they don't get a service commission for the new cellular contract.

But I agree with you, at $200 the T68 will be a sweet deal. The communicator will be nice, but I don't need all that functionality 98% of the time, and I can't justify the bulk of the unit for just that 2% of full featured use. The T68 with it's T3 interpretive text input will let me type almost as fast. >>



I know that wasn't your personal estimate I'm doubting the article.

But, like I said, I'd get that phone in a second at that price

 

[LakerGod]

The Motorola V60t through AT&T Wireless is listed at 250.00 on their website, so paying 50 bucks more through best buy is probably not much of a deal.

 

[PKPunk]

<< FYI - the SonyEricsson T68i will be coming to US later this year. They are available in Asia and throughout Europe now, but have only been available in the states through gray market fleaBay sellers for around $400. >>



Just wanted to say that this sony/ericsson phone is avaible in the US. you get it from AT&T's Mlife program. but the bad new is that it's only released in two markets right now, chicago and somewhere else, and AT&T will only roll in out in a few big cites at the end of the year. but you can go to the mlife page and click on phones and see they do sell it for 199, that beats the hell out of the new nokia 8390 for the same price.

 

[elfbomber]

It seems that the sony/ericsson is going to rock all the other phones if it's only for $199.
What's the likelyhood of getting a deal if you go into one of these stores? Wouldn't you get a better deal if you go into a "authorized dealer" store, since they are more likley to cut you a deal than the network store?
This is kinda off topic, but I know that when decide.com was around, you were able to check the call quality in your area, do you guys know of any website that does this?

 

[LakerGod]

<< It seems that the sony/ericsson is going to rock all the other phones if it's only for $199.
What's the likelyhood of getting a deal if you go into one of these stores? Wouldn't you get a better deal if you go into a "authorized dealer" store, since they are more likley to cut you a deal than the network store?
This is kinda off topic, but I know that when decide.com was around, you were able to check the call quality in your area, do you guys know of any website that does this? >>



That's a great question, you may want to put a seperate post on this in the Off Topic forum. I'm interested to know personally, PM me the link if you ever do.

 

[SLEEPER5555]

some of those prices on the sprint phones are retail! you can do better than that!

 

[elfbomber]

I was at BestBuy this weekend and the SprintPCS at the Costa Mesa Store at Metro was having a $100 MIR for all their phones. So you can get a SprintPCS phone for dirt cheap and if you sign up with a specific plan, they'll knock off 30% of accessories.

 

[JeffCutter]

PKPunk is right - it is available now from ATT WS.

Click Here for Details

It seems like it is only available under their Wireless Internet sale program, not under any plain old cell phone deals. Click on the Order Now button at the top right of that page to see if it is available in your area.

T68 rocks.

 

[misterj]

<< I was at BestBuy this weekend and the SprintPCS at the Costa Mesa Store at Metro was having a $100 MIR for all their phones. So you can get a SprintPCS phone for dirt cheap and if you sign up with a specific plan, they'll knock off 30% of accessories. >>



sprint sux in the socal/orange county area. right above cingular in suckage. get att, if not verizon

 

[iamme]

Here's an awesome way to try the Ericsson phone: LINK

 

[elfbomber]

what about Nextel in the So Cal area?

 

[iamme]

Holy crap!

I just got off the phone with the AT&T GSM customer service. Sony Ericsson T68 phone is $50 with a 1 year service agreement!!!!!

She quoted me a plan of $39.99/mo for 700 anytime and 3000 nights and weekends. I'm not sure I get this because I've been with ATT so long. One bad thing is that ATT's GSM isn't available everywhere. If you go in an area that's not covered, your phone's a paperweight. But, a color display and Bluetooth!?!

Arg......is there any reason I shouldn't get this????

 

[JeffCutter]

iamme that is a great deal.

Where are you located?

When word of this gets out it's going to put those ebay auctions down a notch or two!