SERVICE

I cannot access Gmail. During the past month, I have made numerous phone calls to Boost about this, easily spending 11 hours on the phone with them. At first, Boost claimed it didn't understand the problem, each time asking the same questions, and giving me the runaround. Finally, after weeks, Boost says it does not provide access.

As Boost advertises its monthly unlimited service as unlimited calls, texting, and web access, and web access implies the ability to access major web-based email, I consider this to be false and deceptive advertising.

Other problems:

The web connection is extremely slow.

The I 9 phone worst designed phone for its cost that I have ever encountered.

More Detail:

During the past month, every time I called I got the same routine every time: How sorry they were. The last call, I didn't get even that. Then they proceeded to ask the same questions. Supposedly I have an account into which they were entering notes, but every time I call it's was as if they'd never heard of me.

You can't contact Technical Support directly, and Techical Support either does not respond, or does not respond in the timeframe and gets back to the customer with a half-a--ed voicemail or email claiming it needs more information. No call back information is left. Then you have to go through Customer Service again and play 20 questions, even if you say you are returning a Tech Support call. Then you get shoved down the black hole of hold again.


PHONE

I hate this phone. The fact that is was so expensive makes it even worse. I paid about $300, and that didn't even include a charger, a wire connecting the phone to the computer and headphones or earbuds and I can't use most earbuds.

The flaws are endless, including: the menu functions are awkward and time-consuming; instead of being returned to the immediately proceeding menu you are returned to a main menu. The shutter sounds can't be muted, so if I use them in a class I disturb people. The menus are not logical and the commands are not intuitive. The camera and video camera are substandard.

This the third or fourth phone I've owned, by far the most expensive and it is far and away the hardest to operate.