Need your help - which phone for a WinMo convert?

[jfriend33]

I believe after 6 months the bad esn is removed from the blacklist.

Edit:

This thread has various remarks regarding bad esns on page plus.
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php/1607075-Can-a-Verizon-phone-with-BAD-ESN-be-activated-on-pageplus-or-others/page2

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[Rumblur]

that might be true, but in 6 months a Droid X will be worth $25 instead of $75 I'd have to pay to get it now... I offered him $20, he said he'd keep it just for an MP3 player lol.

[jfriend33]

You are frugal!!!


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[Rumblur]

damn right!

In these times, you have to be. With the economic situation as it is, every penny counts. Plus, I'm a computer guy not a phone guy, so I dont switch phones until they are dying. My Omnia is dying, the screen is losing it's sensitivity. The Droid X is one or two generations old now, which is where I like to be.... being I have to pay for my own phone that is. I paid $100 for my first phone (Razr Maxx VE) and $100 for the Omnia (brand new in the box, christmas 2009) so I was hoping to get into a X for the same price.. but I need it NOW not in 3-4 months, so I was willing to pay an extra $50. I've seen them go on CL for $100, and a lot listed at $200, so $150 seemed a good middle ground.

Phones and video cards are similar - they are rediculously expensive when new, and depreciate like a rock. I remember paying $500 for a video card that isnt worth $50 today. Same with the Razr Maxx and Omnia, and sooner more than later on the as yet to be purchased X

[Rumblur]

WELL ... let me tell ya'll.... Im now the proud owner and user of a Droid X. I did buy a mint condition X with a manufacture date of 3/11 for a crisp $100 bill. It came with the box, small paper manual, USB cable, grey smoke plastic slip cover and a wall charger. Verizon said the ESN was bad, Pageplus activated it without a word. OTA programming worked without a hitch, nothing was manually done. What SUCKED however, was the programming wiped out all the apps the previous owner had loaded on it! WTF?!? It had a bunch of games and other things I was looking forward to enjoying. Oh well, I will know better next time.

So far, there are some snags. I'm missing the optical mouse of the Omnia. This GUI/OS is going to take a while to figure out after being so used to the way the Omnia handled things like txt msgs, etc.

I'll be starting some new threads as I get assimilated to the Droid directive. Thanks all for posting and helping me make this decision.