AT&T upgrade - Need help understanding

[35remington]

I bought an ATT 5S 32gb phone used for 200$. I activated it on Cricket for 45$ a month and it works off of ATT towers. Same service a lot cheaper and I own the phone. You can do the same with an iPhone 6 or newer also. Pay for the phone and use Cricket for the cheap service on the ATT network.

Cricket sucks balls. They had a nationwide outage not long ago where some people had no service for 17 hours. They offered a $5 credit for the inconvenience. AT&T customers were completely unaffected buy the outage. Not the same service at all.

194 one-star reviews out of 219 total: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell..._cellular.html

[WItoTX]

Cricket sucks balls. They had a nationwide outage not long ago where some people had no service for 17 hours. They offered a $5 credit for the inconvenience. AT&T customers were completely unaffected buy the outage. Not the same service at all.

194 one-star reviews out of 219 total: https://www.consumeraffairs.com/cell..._cellular.html

Nobody is going to consumer affairs to say they had a great experience....

[Mike D]

I bought an ATT 5S 32gb phone used for 200$. I activated it on Cricket for 45$ a month and it works off of ATT towers. Same service a lot cheaper and I own the phone. You can do the same with an iPhone 6 or newer also. Pay for the phone and use Cricket for the cheap service on the ATT network.

From what I've seen that works great as long as you stay in metro or suburban areas. As soon a s you get away from cities of any size you got nada.


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[kmitchl]

I've been eligible for an "upgrade" for some time. My iPhone 5 battery seems like it needs to stay on life support more of the day to keep charged. Of course when I went to AT&T the deal was pay the full price out monthly or pay it all up front. When I did the math it was all the same. I'm inclined to go to Verizon. Only reason I stayed with AT&T is because that was the only thing that worked at the ranch. Verizon doesn't work at all at the ranch, however, T-Mobil does. I can get a prepaid T-Mobil plan on an old iPhone 4 that cost $3/month to use at the ranch. I'm considering going to Verizon for my primary service and T-Mobil to use at the ranch.

[thegrouse]

From what I've seen that works great as long as you stay in metro or suburban areas. As soon a s you get away from cities of any size you got nada.


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It works everywhere ATT does. I was at the ranch this weekend between Brownwood and San Saba. My Sprint phone did not work there. I did a west coast road trip and there were very few parts of the country where it did not have service. Mostly in Central NV and a few 10 mile stretches in West Texas

[Jerry H]

From what I've seen that works great as long as you stay in metro or suburban areas. As soon a s you get away from cities of any size you got nada.


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Mike
I have Cricket and I have the same coverage I did with AT&T. I still have to drive to the top of the hill at my deer lease in the middle of no where to get service, just like I did with AT&T. We aren't close to any towns the cloest town is Turkey and it's over 20 miles away and Childress is 60 miles away.

[Black Ice]

I'm hoping I get a decent amount for my 6 plus 128G because I'm thinking about getting a 7 plus 128G but don't want to spend a $1000 for phone and wireless headphones.


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[Pedernal]

I've been eligible for an "upgrade" for some time. My iPhone 5 battery seems like it needs to stay on life support more of the day to keep charged. Of course when I went to AT&T the deal was pay the full price out monthly or pay it all up front. When I did the math it was all the same. I'm inclined to go to Verizon. Only reason I stayed with AT&T is because that was the only thing that worked at the ranch. Verizon doesn't work at all at the ranch, however, T-Mobil does. I can get a prepaid T-Mobil plan on an old iPhone 4 that cost $3/month to use at the ranch. I'm considering going to Verizon for my primary service and T-Mobil to use at the ranch.

I had the same issue with the battery on my 5. About a year ago I found out some of the 5s had a recall on the battery and you could get it replace at no cost. There was a place on the apple website where you could check if your phone was eligible by inputting the serial number. My has been great since I got the new battery installed.