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They should have waited till the end of the year to make this call. I bet there are a bunch of users who were waiting till October to buy a phone at the discou
by mc 16y ago
They should have waited till the end of the year to make this call.
I bet there are a bunch of users who were waiting till October to buy a phone at the discounted rate. That's 24 months after the original G1 was released, which is when those owners are eligible for discounted upgrade.
Like myself.
- jrockway 16y agoWasn't there some issue about the Nexus One not being eligible for upgrades? And anyway, the Nexus One is a downgrade from cheaper phones anyway; the Incredible and Evo 4G are simply amazing and are in the same price range. (Remember, you only pay a prorated early termination fee in the US now, so if you only have a few months left on your contract, switching to a competitor is cheap. I have a year left and am definitely switching from T-Mobile to Sprint on June 4th.)
- barake 16y agoThe Nexus One and HTC Incredible are virtually the same phone. Just like the European Hero/US Hero/Droid Eris are the same. Also 'upgrading' to the Nexus One (or a number of other nice phones) on T-Mobile requires you to switch to an Even More plan.
- vetinari 16y agoNexus One is almost identical to HTC Desire (differs in RAM amount, dual-mic on N1 and different firmware). Both are GSM/UMTS phones. HTC Incredible is CDMA (Verizon) phone.
- alaithea 16y agoThe cost analyses that came out around the N1's release convinced me to go with an unlocked phone once my contract runs out. Like you, I was waiting (another year and a half to go). Although the N1 will no doubt be eclipsed by newer models at that point, I am sad to see this direct-buy option go away.