Americans would not like paying $649 (Full price) for the iPhone
Let us see how t-mobile plans succeeds!!
Still beats paying a lot more in the end
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Tomorrow's T-Mobile 'Uncarrier' Event to Include iPhone Announcement
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Still beats paying a lot more in the end
Looking forward to this! I can buy an iPhone outright and get a plan that isn't dependent on the phone. No more of these crazy high priced plans that never go down once you've paid off the phone. I hope it's a great announcement. It would be even more amazing if Google was buying T-Mobile! G-Mobile anyone?
G-Mobile anyone? 
As I understand it, you'll be able to take out a monthly payment plan for the handset. So basically it just separates the handset costs from the service costs. It might sound small, but it's an important separation. Good for T-Mobile.
Incidentally, rules in the Vaterland are even more draconian. Here, you have to cancel your plan at least 3 months before it ends. Otherwise, the carriers can extend your contract for another year of service. Not only that, but they can still charge you the full contract price (the one that implicitly includes repayment of handset subsidies, even though you've already paid it off) because there's no explicit separation of the costs when you sign up.
This happened to a friend of mine, who was planning to switch carrier but forgot when exactly he set up the contract. By the time he found out, it was a week too late to cancel and he had to pay another year's service.
These telecoms companies totally rape their customers. And they are not well-loved by their customers (to say the least) as a result. If T-Mobile USA, out of desperation to gain market-share in the US duopoly market, actually start to treat their customers with a modicum of respect they could do really well.
Changed to their value plan on Saturday. Bill for 5 lines, 1000 minutes and unlimited texts went from $234 to $145. That is after adding more data. sweet deal that saves me a ton of dough, even if I decide to get a couple iPhones.
I find it hard to believe that people are so stupid that they don't think they pay the full price of their phone and in most cases more.
I find it hard to believe that people are so stupid that they don't think they pay the full price of their phone and in most cases more.
This sounds really cool, I'm all against contracts and all! But how will they sell something as expensive as the iPhone? Will it come SIM-locked, forcing people into spending money at T-Mobile for years to come anyway? I can't see any other solution
I'm baffled that u would insult Americans, and be 100% wrong at the same time. My phone bill on AT&T is exactly the same whether I buy a subsidized phone or a phone at full price. Only difference is that I'm locked into a 2yr contract when I buy subsidized. So yeah, for me, who's staying with AT&T, buying subsidized is absolutely a discount. AND when the next iPhone comes out, I'll sell my iPhone for more then the $299 I paid. So I'll also make a profit. What u need to understand is that carrier subsidies are different here in the USA then they are in ur part of the world.
I think the point is you will willingly stay with T-mobile.
I expect other carriers will have similar offers soon.
It's just too bad T-Mobile only has 3 towers and they are still leasing Sputnik from the Russians.
It's just too bad T-Mobile only has 3 towers and they are still leasing Sputnik from the Russians.
That remark is stupid.
Yup. If anything, it's us Australians that are getting ripped off. We pay full-tote odds for the phone and then have bloody expensive plans that we are locked into for 2 years on top! Check the actual amount you are paying over the 2 years of the contract, $1300 is the base level of repayments included over that time.
It's technically not a discount because the major carriers artificially inflate your bill to repay them for the device. You're paying for the phone full price and often times more but it's built into a high monthly rate plan. Those who keep their phones beyond the 2 years are a gold mine for those carriers because they are repaying them several times over for the device. What Tmobile has done here is show the consumer an upfront separation of the service from the device cost and when you repay them for the device should you choose to buy one from them, your bill is reduced by $20.
I hope it's successful so that AT&T and Verizon can follow suit. This is the way it should be. Only pay for the more expensive monthly rate if you get a phone from the carrier. The bill should be cheaper to consumers after they have fulfilled their contract and payed the carrier for the device.
Yay.
But we will be very upset if you don't keep Carly Foulkes as your spokes-hottie.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4428119/
I was at a T-Mobile corporate store in MA today. They have dropped all contract plans. Everything they offer right now in store is no contract. I don't know if this is permanent or not, but they are definitely trying a different approach. I was also told the iPhone is coming soon.
Currently, TMobile non-contract plans have no middle sweet spot to make it competitive, due in part to the limited network footprint in the past. The $50 unlimited everything is perhaps the most enticing plan in the eyes of consumers, but that is 3G. If they can keep the same pricing for going forward to LTE, they may have a shot.
Customers who have the money to buy own phones always fare better in the end.
Customers who have the money to buy own phones always fare better in the end.
if they increase their coverage just a bit im in.... the 30 dollar plan is good for me i just dont get coverage unless i am by my window
I would need a new phone first but T-Mobile has always been my service provider. Now just to wait for some nice hardware at the $199-299 sweet spot.
They have an unlimited talk, text and 4G data plan, no throttling, post pay, no contract for $70 per month. It includes 500MB usage for a hot spot, and you can add an additional 2GB for hotspot use for $10. Pick up a Nexus 4 from Google for $299 or $349 and that wouldn't be bad at all.
Americans would not like paying $649 (Full price) for the iPhone
Let us see how t-mobile plans succeeds!!
Some Americans can do math, and the majority of them can read, please read the article.