I just recently got Verizon service but had some issues with customer service and the phone itself. These aren't necessarily deal breakers for me, however my friend Angela was showing me something on her phone (she uses Cingular) the other day and I realized she had roll over minutes. I am on a 450 min. plan but those rollovers could be useful in the future during a month where I'm all over the place. 3 other advantages off the top of my head with Cingular:
* Uses SIMM cards, so if my phone dies, I can just pop the card in a new phone and have service immediately (I know a lot of Euro companies do this). This also allows me to use literally any phone I want, unlike Verizon who pushes you into using their phones.
* This relates to the previous point. The contract that you sign with Verizon will limit you to that one phone until your contract ends (except if your phone breaks or something). So if you want to just upgrade to a new phone for fun, it will cost a shitload of money apparently. With Cingular, this won't happen.
* And the biggest advantage? Angela is friends with the owner of two Cingular stores. We went to the store 3 hours after it closed last night and talked about Cingular vs. Verizon and such. He has already basically said I'll have the hook-up's on phones, free accessories, and on top of all that he is someone I can trust. He has already told me a bunch of stuff that I didn't know about Cell phone companies.
I'm just looking at my options now. I'm still under Verizons 30 day trial type deal so I wanted to get input from others who use either of these services and see what you guys think. To make this music related, my girlfriend has a Bloodbath ringtone, my best friend has the beginning of "Think Not Forever" by Lost Horizon (WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh), and my normal tone is the very very beginning to OM (you know..the whole phone ringing bit...I thought it was funny to use that as a cell ring). Also have Sigh, Black Sabbath (H&H), Maiden, and Candlemass as ringtones for some other people. Hacking the phone is more fun than actually using it. =)
Thanks!
(PS. Thanks to Katie (mtndewqueen88) for encouraging me to post this (it was her idea to poll)! =)
* Uses SIMM cards, so if my phone dies, I can just pop the card in a new phone and have service immediately (I know a lot of Euro companies do this). This also allows me to use literally any phone I want, unlike Verizon who pushes you into using their phones.
* This relates to the previous point. The contract that you sign with Verizon will limit you to that one phone until your contract ends (except if your phone breaks or something). So if you want to just upgrade to a new phone for fun, it will cost a shitload of money apparently. With Cingular, this won't happen.
* And the biggest advantage? Angela is friends with the owner of two Cingular stores. We went to the store 3 hours after it closed last night and talked about Cingular vs. Verizon and such. He has already basically said I'll have the hook-up's on phones, free accessories, and on top of all that he is someone I can trust. He has already told me a bunch of stuff that I didn't know about Cell phone companies.
I'm just looking at my options now. I'm still under Verizons 30 day trial type deal so I wanted to get input from others who use either of these services and see what you guys think. To make this music related, my girlfriend has a Bloodbath ringtone, my best friend has the beginning of "Think Not Forever" by Lost Horizon (WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh), and my normal tone is the very very beginning to OM (you know..the whole phone ringing bit...I thought it was funny to use that as a cell ring). Also have Sigh, Black Sabbath (H&H), Maiden, and Candlemass as ringtones for some other people. Hacking the phone is more fun than actually using it. =)
Thanks!
(PS. Thanks to Katie (mtndewqueen88) for encouraging me to post this (it was her idea to poll)! =)