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Tmobile requires a more expensive plan to recover the cost of allowing you to buy the phone subsidized. If you buy it unlocked over two years (and you're not
by fossuser 16y ago
Tmobile requires a more expensive plan to recover the cost of allowing you to buy the phone subsidized. If you buy it unlocked over two years (and you're not a family plan) you save around $600 compared to buying it on contract.
- jedbrown 16y agoUm, this number sounds high. My recollection is that there is a $20/month difference in price so you are effectively paying an extra $480 towards a phone over two years. If the difference in up-front cost for the device is less than this, buying off-contract is cheaper.
- fossuser 16y agoThere's a $40/month difference in price if you use google voice for texting and get the $10 data plan. (You change your phone online to one eligible for it and change the APN on your nexus one)