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Honestly, it's just the way things work. It's not specific to this phone or provider. You get a subsidized phone when you sign up a _new_ plan. It's part of
by arantius 16y ago
Honestly, it's just the way things work. It's not specific to this phone or provider. You get a subsidized phone when you sign up a _new_ plan. It's part of the cost of the service you're agreeing to. If you're already a customer, in the middle of a contract, they don't "reward" you by subsidizing a phone any time you ask for it (i.e. when a new one comes out).
When the N1 came out, however, people were for some reason surprised about this. There's lots of news about it:
http://www.google.com/search?q=t-mobile+%22nexus+one%22+%22new+customer%22 http://www.google.com/search?q=t-mobile+%22nexus+one%22+%22n...
- grandalf 16y agoWhat's the difference between me re-upping my contract for 2 years and someone else starting a new 2 year contract? Google seems to think the former case deserves to pay $100 more for the phone.
- rms 16y agoT-Mobile pays out more in commission for the latter than the former.
- e1ven 16y agoIf you're not outside your current contract, that's not really a very good option. If your plan has expired, aka, you're past your initial 2 years, that's fine. Otherwise, you have people entering (comical) 20 year contracts, which would be (practically) unenforceable.