Motorola Clutch now on sale at Boost
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 1st 2009 10:23AM
posted Jun 1st 2009 10:23AM
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posted Jun 1st 2009 10:23AM
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My question is being that Boost is a prepaid Sprint subsidiary are phones purchased for the Boost network able to be activated under sprint coverage? Cus I have a Tmobile line as my work line and when I an old Nokia on there I just went to Target and bought a Samsung Stripe that was available as a prepaid phone but instead of activating the prepaid acct I put my work Sim into it and bam the prepaid phone became my postpaid phone. I wanted to know if you can buy a Clutch and then turn to your sprint plan and activate it there as a temporary phone. No one seems to have done this yet, I've googled the idea. And I dont have enough expendable money to try it.
You can e-mail Sprint support with that question but I would bet the answer is "No". I wanted to do the reverse with a Sprint phone on Boost and they said it wouldn't work.
It probably won't work anyway since this phone is iDEN only. Sprint PCS runs on CDMA while Boost Mobile is exclusively iDEN...Nextel had a few hybrid (iDEN/CDMA) phones out last year, I think.
@Derek Even a hybrid phone won't let you use Sprint's CDMA network on Boost because the CDMA part wouldn't be able to be attached to your Boost account, aand therefore wouldn't connect with the CDMA towers. There are a lot of people who read EngMobile who apparently need to do a pile of reading on cell technologies and MAYBE WORK IN THE FIELD SOME before they start assuming they can do ridiculous things with their phones.
I've worked for Sprint. I've worked for ATT, and I currently work for Boost in a technical capacity. You can't beat the system here. Yes, you can use Nextel phones on Boost (NOT SPRINT PHONES), but you're only guaranteed to have voice and "chrip", everything else is up in the air, and Blackberries are a bigtime HELL NO. The older ones sort of work (maybe) and the new ones don't work at all.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love it if it wasn't this way, but that's how it is. Boost Mobile is the best deal for an *ahem* economically-challenged (read "poor") person to have a cell phone. It is NOT a cheap way to get a phone on Sprint's network, nor is it even a substitute for data-heavy Nextel business users.
All that said, the i465 clutch is a step up for Boost despite the fact that it's just a dumphone with a Querty. I've handled a couple and they're hands down the nicest phones on Boost.
Where you at (text I sent 2 hours ago)?
"but it's not design to be" Really?
Nope, not really. Fixed.
Didn't this get released last week?
I hate this i465! The screen keeps freezing up and it was a hassle going back to the store to return it. They told me something about waiting later this month to make sure that I get the updated version. I wish Boost didn't sell them until they are ready.