By: James Carter on Sunday, April 15, 2007 From: Kailua-Kona, HI (United States) Experience: 5 Years
Pros: USED TO HAVE EXCELLANT CUSTOMER SERVICE.Cons: POOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, POOR COVERAGE, DROPPED CALLS, INCOMPLETE CALLS, LONG WAIT TIMES TO CONNECT.Summary: I have had T--Mobile for 5 years. I used to love them. Now, not so much. When I lived in Phoenix, Great. Move to Hawaii, less then great. But I could still live with it. Until lately. Now my life is PLAGUED with dropped calls, incomplete calls. No servivce. All circuits busy. Busy signals. It seems my phone has more excuses built right in then I could even imagin. Downhill. YEAH DOWN HILL. THEY SAID MY RAZOR DOES NOT GET GOOD SIGNAL. Try the Nokia. Well its better but it still is not good. Now I have to pay them $200 to Get out even when they are giving me BAD service.
By: Mandy Szymanski on Wednesday, March 21, 2007 From: Chicago, IL (United States) Experience: 3 Years
Pros: Awesome amount of minutes/texts for your money Cool phonesCons: Not many new phone deals for existing customersSummary: I have been VERY satisfied with T-Mobile. They are always helpful with any questions I have, and I hardly have to wait to talk to them. THe website is really easy to use and helpful, too. The plans offer great value. I wish they would offer better phone upgrades for existing customers. Otherwise, they are great!
By: Michele M on Saturday, March 03, 2007 From: Chicago, IL (United States) Experience: 7 Years
Cons: RUDE AND NOT HELPFUL CUSTOMER SERVICE.Summary: My husband and I have been with T-Mobile for years. Although I've had trouble with dropped calls and reception in the past, I've NEVER called to complain. I called for the first time last night as, for the past 8 weeks, I've been getting phone calls that are being dialed to a completely different number - people are calling me constantly telling me that I am calling them. Turns out, a number with a completely different area code (818, I'm 773), completely different exchange and completely different last 4 numbers is ringing my number when dialed. Needless to say, there are a lot of mad people calling me asking me why am I calling them when I'm not. I called T-Mobile customer service to explain the situation. The rep (Brian) said his records show that I only received 3 calls dialed to this number. I explained to him that I have received a lot more than 3 calls like this. He said "I only see 3". I requested a credit for the lost minutes and inconvenience and he said he can credit me one dollar and the only remedy is to issue me a new number. This is a problem for me, as I've used my number for business for years. I explained this to him and he was only willing to credit me one dollar. I explained that my husband and I are long-time customers and asked if T-Mobile valued this or was willing to lose us. He said "have a great night" and HE HUNG UP ON ME. Now, if I was being rude or belligerent, I could somewhat understand. However, I was completely calm and polite - and HE HUNG UP ON ME. I will NOT renew with T-Mobile and will NEVER use their services again. It is sad to say that I run into this type of behavior more and more in the service industries - people are not managed properly, do not take pride in their work and basically take their anger out on customers who are paying their salary! And they wonder why these jobs are moving overseas.
By: Margaret Tobin on Sunday, February 04, 2007 From: Palos Hills, IL (United States) Experience: 6 Years
Pros: Rates, coverage in Chicago areaCons: Allow non-account owner (member on family plan) to alter account; Deceptive methods used with services; Do not value long time customersSummary: Two recent poor experiences: 1) My teenage daughter, while visiting a family member, sent and received over 700 text messages in three days. When asked about these, she said she had signed up for free text messaging. When I called T-Mobile, they told me she had signed up for web access. My daughter showed me the menu option in her phone, and it indeed displayed "Unlimited Messaging", but T-Mobile told me it meant "web access." Yes, my daughter should have received permission to make any changes, but regardless, T-Mobile refused to adjust the bill. Customer Service acknowledged that the phone menu displayed this text. When I suggested I would complain to the State Attorney General, they hung up on me. 2. An electronic payment was returned for a cell phone account held for over three years for an adult disabled son, due to our overlooking depositing a check in the bank. The paper bill showed the total amount, including the returned amount, due three weeks into the future, with no warning that the account would be suspended. However, they suspended phone service within 72 hours of the electronic payment being returned. Customer Service completely ignored our 100% on time payments made for the past three years, prior to this one incident.
By: Adrienne Tongate on Friday, February 02, 2007 From: Chicago, IL (United States) Experience: 3 Years
Pros: Highest Amount of Minutes for Price (which I can't take advantage of because of no reception!)Cons: Dropped Calls, No Reception, Bad Customer ServiceSummary: Since I have moved to Chicago, I have no reception in my apartment. On the very rare days that I do have reception, my calls are constantly dropped, or my phone screen flashes "Call Not Allowed". I tried to terminate my plan and was told by a customer service agent that I couldn't because, according to their records, my area has excellent service. When I told her that I beg to differ she suggested I do what she does, and go outside to use my phone. When I explained to her that I have done this but I need to walk about 4 blocks (in Chicago winter weather) to receive a good signal, she basically said I was out of luck. Another agent said it wasn't the service but my phone, and they sent me a new one which hasn't helped the problem, but has prolonged my contract. Basically, every customer service agent has told me a different thing, and 98 percent of them are unhelpful and evasive.
I have no land line, and having a conversation on the phone in my home is a frustrating hassle with T-Mobile!
By: Barbara Andrews on Friday, January 26, 2007 From: Orlando, FL (United States) Experience: 2 Years
Pros: cheapCons: Lots of dropped calls, horrible customer service, will turn off your service for non-payment if you are less than 72 hours late on your bill which happened to me. Bill was due on the 21st, but my check didn't reach them on time, phone was shut off on the early a.m. of the 24th without even a warning! Customer service said, "You are an adult, we don't send warnings!". I just wish I didn't have their service, it's the worst ever. I will be looking for a new provider. Plus, 911 didn't work one timeSummary: Really consider your options before committing to a plan such as this.
By: Kelly Riggen on Saturday, January 20, 2007 From: Grass Valley, CA (United States) Experience: 30 Days
Pros: Customer Service, Calling Plans, My Faves, No Roaming, NationwideCons: Variety of phonesSummary: I have had the best experiences dealing with customer service, they are always helpful! The calling plans are more affordable and more extensive than other companies that I research before joining. I have a great phone, I just wished there were a few more choices. But the my faves compatibility with the phones are understandable when it comes to selection!
By: Suzanne . on Friday, January 19, 2007 From: Spring Hill, FL (United States) Experience: 1 Years
Pros: The plan worked well with our needs.Cons: Calls being droped no signal.Summary: We are having a lot of problems with calls being droped. Have no signal on the phones. I have called customer service many times and all I receive is the run around saying to turn my phone off everyday so things reset and that they need to check the towers. I was also told that I needed to purchase a newer updated phone when mine isn't even a year old. All they ever did for us if they did was to give us 100 extra minutes when we don't even use all of the minutes that we have. They could offer credits on the bills to try to please the customers. I am glad that my contract is up in a month. I would never recommend them to anyone.
By: Earl Conrad on Thursday, January 04, 2007 From: North Port, FL (United States) Experience: 6 Months
Pros: CheapCons: no service in my home, dropped calls, poor customer serviceSummary: While talking to t-mobiles (non) customer service about dropped calls and poor coverage the person talking to us got mad and hung up on us. Nice way to help their customers with problems.
By: Jenny Smith on Thursday, January 04, 2007 From: Bay Area, CA (United States) Experience: 45 Days
Pros: InexpensiveCons: terrible customer service-- representatives are unknowledgeable, systems are constantly down, totally unprofessional. Constantly experiencing dropped calls, poor reception, and the phone doesn't always work! Summary: I had my phone stolen and international calls were made out immediately. I called to report my phone stolen, and never once was I told that they needed verbal authorization to suspend my phone line. Being a new customer, and with TMOBILEs reputation for having great customer service, I assumed that was a good indication. However, two more international phone calls were made after. I called to ask what could be done, and the representative told me they could credit my account and I had nothing to worry about, and apologized for not being properly informed about their policies. A month after, I come to find my bill to be over two hundred dollars because they never credited my account. I called to ask if the bill was accurate, and the representative told me that I had to speak to the representative from the month prior to get it resolved. I waited for the call, missed it, and it was on my voicemail when I was informed that they were taking back the credit because of policy-- never once telling me! I called later on, and they could not find my bill in the system, told me they would call back, but never did, I talked to about 4 other representatives and all things said were inconsistent. Finally, one customer service rep. credited my account at 12:15 am, in less than 10 minutes. I spent the entire day trying to get it fixed, and it all could have been avoided if it was done properly the first time. JUST DON'T DO IT!!!
Part 2 of Noah's 2-part review of the BlackBerry 8220. The first-ever BlackBerry flip phone hides the buttons away for a sleek look, but does it have the juice to keep Crackberry addicts happy?
Part 1 of Noah's 2-part review of the BlackBerry 8220. The first-ever BlackBerry flip phone hides the buttons away for a sleek look, but does it have the juice to keep Crackberry addicts happy?
The first ever flip BlackBerry is a winner, so long as you play to its strengths. While the 8220 is very large for a modern day flip phone, it's lightweight and slick looking enough to trick you into thinking it's a little smaller than it really is. I've had the 8220 for just under a week now, and I very quickly grew used to carrying it around in my pocket. No, it's not as thin as a RAZR or as small as a low-end sliderphone,...
Fierce! It's the unique new LG Lotus for Sprint - a square-shaped clamshell with a full QWERTY board inside. GPS, Sprint TV & Music, 2MP Camera, HTML Browser, Mobile IM and Email ... Noah checks out this fashion-forward feature phone.
Hey, look what just came! Thanks, Vanessa ;-) Here are some photos of the black LG Lotus for Sprint. The QWERTY board feels GREAT so far, as those bubbled chiclet-style keys make up for the relatively small size of the layout. Sprint's new One Click UI is sort of cool and helpful and sort of overdone; I'll have to play with it more, but I hope it winds up being handier more often than it gets in the way. And I'm...
It's the ruggedized Samsung a837 "Rugby" for AT&T. It's the Crane of Death in downtown Berkeley, CA. Push to talk technology meets a giant crane. But will Noah have the guts to scale the crane to drop the phone? Find out here!
Heads-up, phone phans! Nokia's planned an announcemnet for next Monday, October 13th - and has a viral campaign to hype things up in the meantime - and Motorola's announcing something new and "Clear" (as per their PR campaign) on Tuesday, October 14th. My bets? I have no idea what Nokia's gonna drop, but I bet MOTO unveils the Kraze smartphone for Verizon Wireless.
Stay tuned for all of the juicy bits as we get them. And...
Out of the box! It's the newest AT&T 3G phone, the pearly white Samsung a637. Low-end means high-tech these days, and this candybar packs 3G, support for XM Radio Mobile & AT&T Music/Video, and a 1.3 MP camera with video capture.
Might this be a peek into our near-term future? I hope so. You're looking at the HTC T8290, a shiny, sleek, badass looking piece of kit from HTC destined for Russia's Yota network.
What's neat about this device, besides its obvious good looks, is that it packs both GSM and WiMax connectivity so you can get your voice and high-speed data on in style. There's a 3.8", 800 x 480 hi-res display for all of that content you'll be...
First off, how cool is it that HTC dropped some significant cell phone news on the blogosphere via Twitter the other day? I'm not saying Twitter itself is/isn't cool, but rather that it's neat to see a tech company innovate when it comes to communicating with the media. Particularly so a tech company that uses the word "Innovation" in their marketing materials.
Second, my post about the possibility of the HTC Touch HD coming to...
An Android Community user - and T-Mobile Store Manager in Florida,
apparently - who goes by kaziko has posted the first user
review of T-Mobile's G1 Android phone. The review - which takes the
form of an ongoing forum thread - is summarized nicely in this post if
you don't care to dive into the 11+ page thread. Of course, if you do
there's text galore to tide you over until those G1s start
shipping on the 22nd.
So what's kaziko...
For the past few weeks I've been considering writing a post about how California's law against driving while holding a cell phone has done pretty much nothing to curb the habit - at least in the Oakland/Berkeley area where I live and work. Yesterday on my bike ride home from the office I figured out why I hadn't penned the post yet. The law has done something, I think. Sure, I still see at least three drivers with cellies in...
While i'm not exactly sure what's going on with some of these code names (Behold? Eternal? Huh?), I am sure of this: Samsung Mobile's bustin' out all over with their Xmas-time lineup of new phones for US carriers. Here's a little summary for you, best as I can cobble it out of truth, rumors, and other stuff that's just across the line from pure fiction:
T919 "Behold" (T-Mobile): This one's all but a lock. TouchWiz UI...
Okay, this is more like a "Paper DogFight" than a real dogfight since, you know, none of these phones are actually available yet. So what? Let's look at 'em on paper and see how they stack up so you can get a jump on arguing with your FaceBook Friends over which of these new phones is the best.Note that I'll include the US carrier for each phone in the competitor run-down. I'm well aware that the Storm is also available in...
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October 6, 2008 - Cogratulations to Omar Flores of TX. He is our week 17 winner of a brand new Motorola Q9m. "It feels good to know i won, I really did not expect for me to win, it came of great shock to me, thank you phonedog.com for the awesome phone!"