I'm sad that none of the BBs within 200miles of me carry Sprint phones. By the time, they will have Sprint phones for the holidays, the coupon will have expired.

scoobydooby said:LightWallet said:Nobody is saying that is the new policy for all new smartphones. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember seeing somewhere that the Pro requires an Everything type plan or a $25+ data plan. That is a similar requirement to the Instinct.

Given the experiences in this thread, I'd say that there is a pretty decent chance you can get away without any updates to your data plan. The "official" Sprint price is $299 after $100 MIR and the requirement for a >$25 data plan or everything plan. But Bestbuy clearly did not get that memo. How long that'll last is anyones guess.

The Instinct was definitely different. BB signed an exclusivity contract for it and the data plan was one of the requirements of the contract. No such issue with the Pro, although, given the underestimated demand for it, you may see BB Mobile push hard in that direction. As with anything in this much demand, get it ASAP before the rules change.

EDIT: Get it ASAP if you're already in the market for it, that is.

drainu182 said:I had recently renewed my contract but didn't upgrade my phone. I was told that I'd have up to 90 days to do so to receive the credit. What do you guys think my chances are for picking up this phone at the 299
price?

it will be tough at best. BB has some margin on the phones, but thier real money comes in by selling contracts for Sprint. If you already extended, they wouldn't have much motivation.

good luck, though. I've seen stranger things happen.

Were they able to transfer your data (contacts etc) from the 6700 to the Pro? They couldn't do it for me at the one store I went to.

I managed to get the Pro tonight by signing up for the reward zone program at bestbuy.com and then printing the coupon.

I am typing on it right now. It is pretty cool. Not as polished as my wife's iPhone, but pretty good. The screen and keyboard are a bit cramped compared to the iPhone, but better than my previous flip phone.

The phone is officially supposed to be released tomorrow. The BB mobile sales lady had to call to confirm it was okay to sell. Also, neither she nor her manager nor an agent for the RewardZone program could find the official program detail for the 20% off offer. It took about 30 minutes of calls and manager approvals to sort that out.

I was able to get the phone as an upgrade phone, and keep my contract -- basically the same as the everything plan, but with 1000 minutes, for $70 for two linea (the second line is non-data). Not as sweet a deal as SERO, but not bad.

I will test this with my work email. If it works as it is supposed to, this will be a keeper!

drainu182, let's say you renewed your contract 60 days or 2 months ago. Assuming you qualify for an upgrade and you do, your contract will simply extend out another 2 months to make it a full 2 years. That's all it is.

btw, bestbuy has sent out an email saying that some 20% off smartphone coupons didn't have any barcodes on them so they were instructed to just take it off the price of the phone. Also data packages are only required when the carrier specifies it. IE right now it's only on the instint, g1, and iphone.

NOOOO. i'm not eligible for one year upgrade until april. do you guys think theres anyway i can bargain to get the phone for 240?

Sprint Website said:Savings Amount Eligibility Date
Up to $75 with a two-year subscriber agreement (or up to $25 with a one-year agreement) 07/01/2008
Up to $150 with a two-year subscriber agreement (or up to $75 with a one-year agreement) 05/01/2009

Sprint says I'm eligible for $75 upgrade savings but not $150 until May '09. Does this have any relevance when getting the phone from Best Buy?

LightWallet said:SADSADLife said:Were they able to transfer your data (contacts etc) from the 6700 to the Pro? They couldn't do it for me at the one store I went to.You can do it at home by syncing the 6700 to your pc in outlook. Then syncing your Pro to your PC. The contacts will transfer over automatically but data files you will have to do a drag and drop to the folders once you establish a relationship. You'll lose the text msgs as those cannot be saved and thus do not transfer over.

I've used the Funambol service to sync my contacts with great success. Free download and free to use