Wait till you get your new phone. You will then be locked into the 24 month upgrade cycle.
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T-Mobile Announces 'Jump' Phone Upgrade Program
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Wait till you get your new phone. You will then be locked into the 24 month upgrade cycle.
everything is okay with t-mobile except for it's network coverage, had to get rid of it because of the 'always weak signal strength'.
Here's Verizon's "Early Upgrade" for those interested
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/22/everything-there-is-to-know-about-verizons-device-payment-plan/
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/22/everything-there-is-to-know-about-verizons-device-payment-plan/
I did get my new phone (in a trial setting). You can only do the trial if you are within a week of upgrade eligibility. So, when I did the trial, it was as if I was signing a contract renewal. I paid for my new phone, received a new upgrade date, got a new contract, etc, etc,. With this new contract, the new upgrade date became 18 months from July 7th (when I started the trial). I'm not debating whether this change took place. I'm simply saying there must be exceptions for people who have been with Verizon for a while. So I'm not sure of the specific conditions now.
Um, no. They have changes it to 24 months. I have 4 if my lines that they added 4 months to the upgrade date. Sucks, don't it?
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Take a look at your line on the website, they probably already added the 4 months.
Shouldn't we be trashing the commercial and bringing up "I'm a Mac, I'm a PC" for no good reason?
Yeah, I get it. Was just wondering about this.
I think in principle this is a good idea. Say you would want to stay with Tmobile forever (i.e. more than two years):
Without Jump, if you want a new phone after two years, you have to make a new down payment and continue to pay $20 a month.
With Jump, you will keep paying $30 a month, but you get to upgrade your phone every six month roughly. For those who care about having the latest tech, this might be a good thing. The main issue I see is when phones have different down payments, e.g. if you want an iPhone with more storage: Do you have to cover the difference in down payment in addition to the $10/month? Are there different classes of phones?
Honestly at this point I still prefer the "bring your own phone" option. I can decide if I want a cheaper or a more expensive phone, I can decide when I want to upgrade, or save some money and stick with my older model for longer.
My 2 year contract is up January 7, 2014. I am eligible for an upgrade as of July 7th, 2013. 18 months.
There must be parts of the conditions that grandfathered certain Verizon customers in. Maybe later on I'll be stuck with 24 months. But even when I did a new contract on July 7th for the trial, the new upgrade date became 18 months from this date.
I guess this article's as good as any to say...
Remember when you had to pay for landline by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for Internet by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for mobile calls by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for texting by the message?
I can't wait til I can remember when I had to pay for data by the GB.
It's so ridiculous. Imagine if you filled your gas tank at the beginning of each month, and at the end of each month, if you had any left over, it would just vaporize? Cell and cable providers seem to be the only services that can get away with that dumb, DUMB paradigm.
/rant
Remember when you had to pay for landline by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for Internet by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for mobile calls by the minute?
Remember when you had to pay for texting by the message?
I can't wait til I can remember when I had to pay for data by the GB.
It's so ridiculous. Imagine if you filled your gas tank at the beginning of each month, and at the end of each month, if you had any left over, it would just vaporize? Cell and cable providers seem to be the only services that can get away with that dumb, DUMB paradigm.
/rant
"With Jump, customers will pay the same subsidized amount that a new customer pays, without the need to wait to qualify for an upgrade. Jump requires T-Mobile customers to pay a $10 monthly fee for the service and trade-in old devices"
quoted from OP. so it has to work like the scenario i said above.
other wise, no one is going to pay (for example) the down payment ($200-ihpone) + phone monthly plan (20$*6=$120) + JUMP program (10$*6=60) + the current phone. to get a new phone.
that logic is ridiculous, that's screwing the consumers even more! they might as well say you can rent a phone @ 65$/month for 6 months.
T-Mobile's new policies on contracts and phones sound good, but they are fumbling the execution. For example...
The spoken words on the ad don't match the copy in the video.
Spoken: "The freedom to upgrade when you want, not when you're told."
vs.
Small print: "Upgrade up to twice a year, after 6 months. Addl. deductable may apply. Trade-in of eligible phone req'd..."
So if you want to upgrade after 4 months, well you are out of luck because T-Mobile is telling you to wait for 6.
Also, since trading in your current phone is required to upgrade, I wonder if the guy in the ad is even eligible since his phone is broken.
The spoken words on the ad don't match the copy in the video.
Spoken: "The freedom to upgrade when you want, not when you're told."
vs.
Small print: "Upgrade up to twice a year, after 6 months. Addl. deductable may apply. Trade-in of eligible phone req'd..."
So if you want to upgrade after 4 months, well you are out of luck because T-Mobile is telling you to wait for 6.
Also, since trading in your current phone is required to upgrade, I wonder if the guy in the ad is even eligible since his phone is broken.
I believe the $10/mo also covers malfunctioning, lost/stolen, or damaged phones. A deductible being required for lost or damaged phones.
T-Mobile needs to concern themselves with jumping into coverage. There are huge holes in their mostly EDGE network that need to be filled instead of running more misleading ads.
Sounds to me like it is how I though... Installment payment + $10/month + downpayment.
From http://www.zdnet.com/t-mobile-announces-new-jump-twice-yearly-upgrade-program-7000017906/:
"I used to changes my smartphone every couple of months, but over the past couple of years they have gotten better and better so I now can be seen with a phone for 6 to 10 months. I rarely use the phone subsidy on carriers though and typically pay full price for my gear.
The new JUMP! option for T-Mobile is a $10/month program (just a few dollars more than you pay for their current carrier handset protection) that lets you bring in your current phone and trade it in for a new one financed with their zero interest Equipment Installation Program (EIP). Any remaining EIP payments from your previous phone will be eliminated by the trade-in. You get to purchase the new phone for the same low upfront cost that new subscribers are offered, all still with no annual service contract.
I haven't ran all the numbers to see how the bottom line shakes out, but at first glance it seems like a good program to keep existing customers coming back to T-Mobile."
From http://www.zdnet.com/t-mobile-announces-new-jump-twice-yearly-upgrade-program-7000017906/:
"I used to changes my smartphone every couple of months, but over the past couple of years they have gotten better and better so I now can be seen with a phone for 6 to 10 months. I rarely use the phone subsidy on carriers though and typically pay full price for my gear.
The new JUMP! option for T-Mobile is a $10/month program (just a few dollars more than you pay for their current carrier handset protection) that lets you bring in your current phone and trade it in for a new one financed with their zero interest Equipment Installation Program (EIP). Any remaining EIP payments from your previous phone will be eliminated by the trade-in. You get to purchase the new phone for the same low upfront cost that new subscribers are offered, all still with no annual service contract.
I haven't ran all the numbers to see how the bottom line shakes out, but at first glance it seems like a good program to keep existing customers coming back to T-Mobile."
Bingo. Too many people are getting caught up in all their marketing crap. They should spend all that marketing money on getting rid of all that EDGE
Yep, that's him. Now, I'm a definitely a Bill Hader fan but Stud? Never thought that about him.
Depends where you are
I switched to T-mobile a month ago and the service sux, big time
And I'm in the Tristate area, mostly Manhattan but have friends in New Jersey, right across the Hudson river, not that far... My phone (iPhone 4) jumps between E and 3G all the time. EDGE service on a smartphone is really a patience testing' experience... I cannot get a clear 3G at work or at home where AT&T's 3G was always up... Gonna try RedPocket before going back to the AT&T...
I'm definitely more enthralled about this no credit check family plan. Our AT&T bill's around $220/month, and I know my father and maybe even my mother may not be going over 500MB. I'm the only one that may be intrigued by this JUMP service, as my pops is on a 3GS and mom and sister have 4's and love them. Would be absolutely amazing if they could keep their phones and switch vs. get new ones, though. I know T-Mo will waive those initial fees by trading in or we can sell them, but that extra $20 or so a month for those phones with creep the bill back on up. In any event, having options is nice. Just need to know their coverage in the Inland Empire onto Los Angeles and the Beach Cities in Southern California.
So you still haven't learned your lesson with a time-out on MacRumors?
You just LOVE trolling on T-Mobile.
If you really hate T-Mobile, switch to a different carrier. Stop caring about them. Us T-Mobile customers will keep enjoying the savings and the fast LTE.