Tmobile's $30 100 minute 5 gig data will certainly attract customers.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
I wish I could get 100 mins and unlimited text and 5g data for $30.
I hardly ever talk on my phone anyway.
Tmobile's $30 100 minute 5 gig data will certainly attract customers.
http://prepaid-phones.t-mobile.com/monthly-4g-plans
This is going to shake things up.
But you still need a contract for that.Like Sprint offering unlimited data while everyone else has caps?
But you still need a contract for that.
T-Mobile's unsubsidized phones shouldn't need a contract. You buy a phone, you pick a service you want. Don't like it? Change it or leave the carrier. No penalty. You are free to look elsewhere.
They tried. The first iPhone was supposed to be (I think) $699 and not offered on a contract with subsidies.
They should give customers options.
Subsidized phones, but pay higher monthly rates.
Unsubsidized phones, and pay lower monthly rates.
T-mobile is doing this the right ay. By line iteming the phone 'rent to own' rates go down when the phone is paid off
Moving to the european pricing model. This will definitely benefit google far more than apple as Apple relies on carrier subsidies heavily to get sales in the US market.
FWIW, T-Mobile's current "Bring your own phone" page says "Credit approval, $35/line activation fee, and 2-year contract with up to $200/line early cancellation fee required; deposit may apply" at the bottom.But you still need a contract for that.
T-Mobile's unsubsidized phones shouldn't need a contract. You buy a phone, you pick a service you want. Don't like it? Change it or leave the carrier. No penalty. You are free to look elsewhere.
just back from making a great salami sandwich and i read this! im already on tmobile w. my unlocked iphone 4s in nyc. this is awesome for people who want to save money. its my birthday today so I feel like its a coincidence
They tried. The first iPhone was supposed to be (I think) $699 and not offered on a contract with subsidies. But people weren't ready for that yet, and the double whammy of no subsidies and a more expensive phone than your typical "dumb phone" had a predictable reaction. Remember how your typical phones were "free" or maybe $49 on contracts back then?
They tried. The first iPhone was supposed to be (I think) $699 and not offered on a contract with subsidies. But people weren't ready for that yet, and the double whammy of no subsidies and a more expensive phone than your typical "dumb phone" had a predictable reaction. Remember how your typical phones were "free" or maybe $49 on contracts back then?
I'm not really sure how this changes anything, instead of paying $80/month you pay $60/month for your service + $20/month for the device!?!?!
They already address the difference in the handset costs with the amount they charge for the handset hence why a 64GB iPhone 5 costs considerably more on a subsidised contract than a lesser handset.
Do we know how much data the *average* person uses?
There are always a few people on these tech forums who use 10GB a month... but what about moms and dads and other non-techie people?
Even if there is a 2GB cap... only a tiny percentage of people come close to using the full 2GB.
If every customer used the full 2GB... I bet the network would collapse.
That will never work on an iPhone any model
Imagine all you can eat data voice and text for $50 per month, there is no way they can survive that hit to their network
Moving to the european pricing model. This will definitely benefit google far more than apple as Apple relies on carrier subsidies heavily to get sales in the US market.
At the end of two years youre paying $60 a month, currently you would continue to pay $80 a month despite having paid off the phone. So if youre the type of customer who likes upgrading more frequently the net result is the same, if you couldnt care less and keep your phone for more than 2 years you end up ahead of the game.
just back from making a great salami sandwich and i read this! im already on tmobile w. my unlocked iphone 4s in nyc. this is awesome for people who want to save money. its my birthday today so I feel like its a coincidence
Call me when their coverage is worth while.Like Sprint offering unlimited data while everyone else has caps?
Yup people are getting screwed if they are on ATT or VZW and are going to stick with them but don't get a new phone at the first possible chance. You're essentially giving them the same amount of money every month without getting a good deal of your phone paid for.
I wish that were not the case but they do this because then people DO get another phone, and another 2yr contract to go with it. They don't really care if you stay with them or not. We don't have a lot of choices here so for every customer who threatens to take their business somewhere else another customer is signing up because of the same thing with a diffent carrier.
If I fork out $600 for a phone, get an unsubsidized price it should be worth it. I'm not going to be constantly changing carriers, and such over $5 or $10 a month. Right now, with my wife's work discount (22% on ATT) we pay about $145 a month for 6GB Mobile Share which comes with unlimited voice, text, and upgrade/setup fee's waived. If the subsidy per phone works out to $20 a month per phone that means we're paying $105 for both phones or $52.50 per line. Doesn't look like T-Mobile can beat that.
Now I would be really happy if at the end of our contract period the price went down to $105 but it won't. So we'll end up getting a new contract, and new phones thus repeating the process. We have actually been pretty happy with ATT's service. I just called up yesterday to fix a billing issue, and I got a credit to our account within minutes, and that was me calling at 4AM. We also had some rogue charge from one of those text scams a few years ago, they refunded me over a years worth of charges from that. The only real gripe I have is they ditched the yearly iphone upgrades. I went from the 3G to the 3GS to the 4 all at yearly intervals. Just got a 5 last month and had to skip the 4S.
You are incorrect. Any gsm phone can be used on the $50 unlimited everything plan, including the iphone. Sprint and Virgin Mobile also offer the iPhone in the US with unlimited data, so it isn't too hard to believe. Virgin Mobile is even a better deal than T, with 300 minutes, and unlimited text and data for $30 a month off contract.
Aren't Sprint users (however much their plan costs) experiencing this problem now?
Call me when their coverage is worth while.