bluebandit97
Well-known member
Yeah, but the problem is that people are changing carriers a lot more often now, jumping ship for the newest and greatest phones. Sprint always seems to be slightly behind in that department.
One of the pros of Sprint is the cost, and in turn the "Premier" program. The original intention had to be to reward customers for their loyalty. The upgrade at 22 months is no different than any other customer. Why stay with Sprint if the perks are the same for every customer?
Making the premier program more exclusive will encourage people to stay with Sprint and buy larger plans, but only if the benefits outweigh the costs. I think they are moving in the wrong direction with this one.
Just my opinion...
It didn't actually used to be like that "back in the day". Used to be, Sprint had the most cutting edge, state of the art phones (im talking back in like '96-97). I am also one of the thousands of ppl that got leveled-down. I used to work for a third party store has a Service and Repair Tech and havent had a phone for more then a year in the like the past 5 or so years. Ive had a real hard time deciding on what device to get because i have to go two years with the same phone . I agree that Silver should be upgrade at 1 yr, primary line only, $75 off+mail in. But when you think about it, anybody with a family plan or multiple lines, is going to be in the gold level anyway, so the primary line wouldnt exactly apply unless you have a second line that has minutes only. I dont know about everyone else here, but I dont like the idea of paying $90/month just to be able to upgrade early. youd be better off taking the $75 off -mail in.
I love sprint, always have. but they are starting to go the way of RIM, behind the times and always playing catch up.
My opinon