Samsung Galaxy S III Coming to MetroPCS October 22nd off-contract for $499

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For US Customers who don't like being tethered to a contract with one of the big carriers, but still want to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy S III, MetroPCS might be just the ticket. If you live in an area where you can get MetroPCS service, they will be getting the SGS3 on October 22nd for $499.99 off-contract. Here's a quote with a few more details,

MetroPCS said that when comparing total costs of the smartphone and its $55 monthly service plan against other 4G LTE operators, its version will save you approximately $1,200 or more over the course of two years.

"We are excited to make the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone available to our no annual contract subscribers," Tom Keys, president and chief operating officer of MetroPCS, said in a statement. "With roughly one million 4G LTE customers already, we recognize that many want a premier smartphone that offers an array of high-end features and runs on our 4G LTE network."

PCMag's lead analyst for mobile, Sascha Segan, got some hands-on time with the Samsung Galaxy S III for MetroPCS this summer and said it's not a watered-down version of the phone, as you might expect.

"It's a real, honest-to-goodness GSIII, and it performed quickly and smoothly," he wrote. In our test, the phone achieved some of the fastest LTE speeds ever seen on MetroPCS's network.

This seems like a great idea for some folks. Share if this is something you would consider?

Source: PCMag

[brucebanner77]

Wat does metro run on? Ie. T-Mobile and att phones are compatible.

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[GeneticDroid]

Metro runs on Verizon wireless technology. VZW customers are able to get some of the devices to work on metro via in store flash.

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[SB50]

They use CDMA. Which Verizon and Sprint also use.

[Goose306]

Yeah they don't have specific carrier allegiance. However I believe CDMA is primary, and so is Sprint network. May he in Verizon in some areas, believe they get their LTE coverage from Sprint.

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[brucebanner77]

im on vzw, would i be able to take my current gs3 and go over to metro?

[GeneticDroid]

im on vzw, would i be able to take my current gs3 and go over to metro?

Go to metropcs.com there is info there what phones they will flash. I was thinking of bringing my fascinate there but for some reason I would have no data. Only phone and texts. I'm not sure if they figured the data out. It has also been said that some people were able to flash and get data working on metro. I believe I got that info off of droidforums.net

Here is the webpage for flashing info. http://www.metropcs.com/metro/houdinisoft/index.jsp

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