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Can you elaborate on "off-contract"? It sounds like even without the subsidy you still have to commit to a two-year contract.
by nathanb 14y ago
Can you elaborate on "off-contract"? It sounds like even without the subsidy you still have to commit to a two-year contract.
- X-Istence 14y agoAfter your contract is over, you are technically off-contract. In the past T-Mobile has also offered customers the ability to have a monthly plan that didn't require a contract. I'm hoping that they keep that around.
- OldSchool 14y agoYep that's what I've been doing.
- nathanb 14y agoFrom the article: > T-Mobile will have to explain to customers that they will actually save money over the length of a two-year contract by paying a lower value plan rate. So it sounds like they're still locking you in to a contract at the start. Yes, once the contract is over then you're off-contract, but if I'm not on Tmo already that doesn't really help.
- kfitchard 14y agoBut yes, you are correct. If you sign up for a value plan you're on contract. They're subsidizing rates not phones in this case.
- qeorge 14y agoIf you own the phone you can just do a prepaid arrangement. They just bill you at start of each month for the coming month of service. (I have T-Mobile, Nexus S, $70/mo for voice/sms/5GB data)
- OldSchool 14y agoI'm not sure about what's offered right now to new customers, but for me once the original contract expired I didn't renew it and instead of getting phone "upgrades" I got a cheaper "loyalty" plan and I've let that run for years.
- dangrossman 14y agoNone of these plans have a contract, they're month-to-month: http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans