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You can come in with your own phone and not pay anything. That means you could buy a used phone online or bring an old phone from another carrier. Or, after the
by Osiris 14y ago
You can come in with your own phone and not pay anything. That means you could buy a used phone online or bring an old phone from another carrier. Or, after the two years is up, your monthly price drops by $20 so you're saving money by keeping your old phone instead of upgrading.
I think there are a lot of advantages to this.
- tanzam75 14y agoIf T-Mobile is successful, this will have far-reaching effects on the industry. Given the choice between a $20 price drop and a new phone, how many people will insist on that new phone? Given a $40 gap between T-Mobile and ($20 price differential + $20 subsidy differential), what will happen to T-Mobile's churn rates vis-a-vis the subsidized-plan carriers? If they can force the other carriers to respond, then this will have benefits for everyone in the US who has a cellphone.