I usually love Sprint but the way they handle the Windows Phone OS is just pathetic. Waiting almost a year after the launch of WP8 then not really promoting the current & upcoming devices. It's like they want WP to fail so they don't have to spend advertising $$$ on it & just stick with the Top 2 horses iOS & Android, and lets be honest does Apple or Android need advertising anymore. Then don't even let me begin to mention the pricing for the Rehash type devices, if it was a brand new Samsung device for $150 AFTER A MAIL-IN REBATE price tag would be easier to swallow but for a scaled-down Ativ S that's ridiculous. For the record I heard & read from my research that the Ativ S is an incredible phone, but 6 months after it's launch I would've preferred an upgrade version for $150 without a mail-in rebate or the same exact Ativ S for $99.
I honestly do think they're doing what they did with the HTC Arrive and just going to take stock, price it way too high, not promote it, then come back and say "See we knew the WP8 wasn't going to sell, or we tried". That was their excuse in the first place when they decided not to carry the platform! They said because WP7 didn't sell well they were going to wait. They didn't even try to sell the Arrive which was $199.00 on a 2 year contract.
There's 2 reasons I haven't jumped ship yet. 1 is I'm trying to get another line on the family plan to come with me, but they're still a few months away, 2 I'm curious to see how the Ativ S Neo comes out, but the fact we haven't heard anything, I doubt it will be released the August 16th date. Also apparently it's a downgraded version of the Ativ S which makes absolutely no sense! You'd think after making everyone wait so long they'd come out with the mother of all WP8 phones. They say patience pays off, but not if you're with Sprint apparently. Also look where they've placed the 8XT in their phone menu. Bottom of the page next to phones that are over a year old.
I know everyone loves the unlimited data plan, but doesn't Tmobile offer that now? Also that whole new Jump program is something I find very intriguing since you can update phones more frequently. Plus they have the 925.
I know I've already posted this, but I think sprint users should vent on the sprint website's forums. There's already a bunch of us going back and forth with their reps, but I think more people venting tends to get them to respond quicker. I sure as hell don't want to promote them or their site, but got to hit em at the source.
I hope this phone sells well and Sprint becomes a major carrier of the WP, but as you can tell from my username, I have no faith in that.