Jasonisms

So, I had to call T-Mobile regarding my G2 that I've had for only a week. I seem to drop a lot of calls and lose signal much more often then I ever did with my G1 so I called to check and see if they were having tower issues or anything. For example, in a 20 min call this morning I dropped 6 times. While on the phone with TMo I dropped a few more times. Luckily, the second customer service rep I spoke with was on the phone with me while I was losing the calls(he was kind enough to call me back) and it was finally his suggestion that my handset was bad and that I'd need a new one. So, tomorrow morning I get to mail it back to them, get them a tracking number and they send me out a brand-spanking shiny new one. I do have the option to get a different phone model from them, but dammit if I don't love the G2. So, I guess I'll be sliding the ol' SIM card back into the G1 and use GMail's calling feature unit the new one arrives.

Okay, so I pulled the trigger.  With all the hoopla about the Nexus S  right now went and bought a G2 as a follow-up to my G1. Why? Well, the Nexus S doesn't have an SD card so no expansionability, nor does it come with HSPA+ which was a real big drawback to me going forward .  Both have the vanilla Android and the G2 can  record HD video.  Plus, I like the design a little better.  A lot of modern smartphones are looking like iPhone clones and that really annoys me. So, since TMo has a special right now for the G2: I called TMo and asked to speak to the retention department (a little trick I was taught to get superior customer service in regards to new phones, etc) and spoke with a nice gentleman who told me I wouldn't be ready for an upgrade until January.  No biggie, I could wait.  He then said: "Heck, you're a good customer" and gave me the early-early upgrade. Yay! After all was said and done I hung-up completely satisfied.  ...