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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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Nobody said the classic subsidized plans were eliminated completely. Walmart, Costco, Amazon, Best Buy and other retailers who carry Tmobile phone still have the old plans because retailers get a cut when they lock in customers for two years. But at Tmobile corporate stores and online at tmobile.com, only the new plans are offered. Tmobile is all about choice, which you don't have at Att, Verizon, or Sprint
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I didnt knew that.
Lesson of the day : Tmobile still got Classic plans.
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Sure but why would you want that? The new uncarrier plans are much better and save more money basically across the board. To each his own, I guess...
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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Yea I only pay 79.99 for the unl, no data cap and then $20 a month for the phone subsidy. Not bad to have the best phone in the world, for now.
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They didnt get rid of contracts, they just now offer no contract plans.
I got the GS4 no contract and the monthly payment is $50 unlimited everything and $20 if you dont want them to slow down 4G after 500MB/month.
comes out to $70, next line would be $50 and every line after would be $30.
Comes out cheaper than that $79
I signed 2YR contract with tmobile and paid 150 for mine
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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im actually going to be switching, i have a family plan and i will be taking advantage of the unlimited min aspect of it. I will be "migrating" my new s4 to the new plan
bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because the price without contract is actually better than with contract. Let me crunch the numbers -
With Contract from Costco: $200 for Galaxy S4 + $80/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $2,120 over the 2 year contact
Without Contract from T-Mobile.com: $630 for Galaxy S4 + $60/month for unlimited talk/text/2.5GB web = $ 2070 over 2 years period
The economics are even better if you bring a $300 Nexus 4 instead of purchasing a Galaxy S4. And if you are in a family plan, you're talking about over a thousand dollar in savings across multiple lines. BUT the biggest benefit is that after 2 years, you will pay $60/mo off contract no matter which phone you use, whereas under contract you'll still pay $80/mo long after you've technically paid off the subsidy.
bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you pay less when you bring your own phone. If you want contract there is the eip plan where you pay $20 more per month. On other carriers there is no option like this. Bottom line you pay only for service not for the device. In other carriers even if you bring your own device you still pay the same price as others with contract.
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Hard for me to decide. We are paying $88 after tax and everything for 2 lines with 1000 minutes shared, and 5gb data each. No messaging plan and 5gb is more than enough, use wifi most of the time.
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bikrame said:
My question :: since we are going to be with Tmobile for years why nt to sign contract?? I am with T for 5+ years. Always thought of switching but never did. So contract is fine with me
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Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets say if there is another nice phone comes out 8 months from now, like the S5. If you have a two year contract, you cant do this.
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Because you dont want to be locked down to one phone for two years. You can pay your first phone off and get another phone. Lets after if there is another nice comes out 8 months from now, like the S5.
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Exactly, I got tmobile in Oct kf 2011 with the S2. If iI had gone with the classic plan instead of the value plan, i would still be with the S2 today. But luckily I got the value plan and have gone from the S2 to the S3 to the S4 by paying off these phones early
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How come they have more development then we do....are our devices limited....they only thing I kno is the processor ?
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a lot more people in the world have the International version of the s3 (gt-i9300)
That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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When u have a phone like ours (only canada and us) compared to one available in all of europe and some parts of asia as well as Australia and so on i believe theres gunna be more devs and what not....
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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Zeke757 said:
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
Thanks man.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
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I beg to differ on this statement. I have both Euro S3 and ATT S3, the only advantage of the ATT is the LTE. Aside from that the Euro is hands down better in every aspect.
Unsubsidized pricing is NOT that bad, the huge benefit to this is you are not tied to busted ass ATT for 2 years and are able to leave them at any moment.
And with my Euro I have gotten more than my monies worth. The only reason I have the ATT one is because I got a steal on it and I couldn't pass it up. But it honestly just sits on my couch most of the time.
And if you are not in a contract buying an unsubsidised unlocked phone actually saves you money rather than signing a contract with a carrier. My folks pay $100+ for what I get for $45 month. If you do the math, you pay full price 10 times over buying a subsidized phone.
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Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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Yaken said:
Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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That correct, on At&T the plans are not connected to the device, you only get a break on the price on the device if you agreed to keep your account for 24 months, what phone you have or what plan you have during that period doesn't change or affect the contact.
Correct but if you get a subsidized phone you signed a contract.. carriers plans are more than the prepaid or postpaid plans that offer the same benefits.. its a known fact that carriers get you in the door by offering phones subsidized while offering higher rates than prepaid but if you do the math buying the phone outright you save more money (a LOT MORE) going with Straight Talk over AT&T and essentially get the same service.
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You don't have to but the phone at a subsidized price you can buy it out right and not sign a 2 yr contract its your choice.
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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I agree. That's why I use straight talk. Its post paid.
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Well if your going with one of the most costly carriers buying the us version from at&t over the unlocked version saves you 20% the cost of the phone + a 2 year plan. Obviously you would save money from using the unlocked version on a crappy carrier / plan without LTE..
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That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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Why? The next gen Exynos is around the corner. And it's dual core, now what does that say about quad core
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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we pay $10 per line line plus $30 for unlimited data and $20 total text unlimited text on 4 lines. granted it is grandfathered, so it is 100% with it for us to stay on our plan.
straight talk limits your data to 2gb and they don't offer LTE. i also have yet to see anything indicating they will or could. to each his own, though.
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So my Sprint contract got terminated for roaming. It will be effective next month.
I had really bad service where I lived. My signal would sometimes just go dead and would have no data just cellular and 3g 4g speeds were abysmal.. Trying to watch a youtube video or even load a gif HURT.
My question is while I go on about selling my GS3, what are my options for service? Can my phone go on a Sprint month to month service while I can jump ship?
Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Question for you, did Sprint charge you the ETF or anything like that, like was there any negatives other than service being cut?
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
You could flash to page plus in the mean time which uses Verizon's network. Or activate a cheap phone on your line right now and sell the gs3 now
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Nope. The letter stated no ETF would be applied.
Really, I'm happy. Their service was unusable and I got tired of waiting on promises of better coverage. I think at this point in my area going with an unlocked Nexus 4 on TMobile prepaid is my answer ($50 a month unlimited everything. Speeds are terrific 16mbps+ in my apartment).
Just trying to figure out what can I do while I find a buyer for my phone and jump ship
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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I sold my nexus s on swappa. It took a couple weeks but it was very easy and secure.
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this looks like a good site. thanks im going to give it a shot. i already listed it on craigslist also.
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I know T-Mo prepaid has a $30 unlimited Text and data(throttled after 5GB) with 100 minutes a month. Unless you need the unlimited minutes, I'd say the $30 would be a better deal.
As for selling the phone, I'd say try EBay and Craigslist.
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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as far as im concerend tmo updated their policies so they don't do any throttling anymore!
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I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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I thought they still have tethered plans, but also offer a fully unlimited plans. I may be wrong though.
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I was looking at TMO before deciding to extend my contract with Sprint and upgrade to the SIII. TMO does have plans that are cheaper which doesn't allow tether (unless you add it on - $15.00/month) or more expensive plans that do allow tether but aren't unlimited. It's all a cluster.
Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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Verizon lied all along by telling me I can early upgrade today and when I try doing so they said not for the s4 and even offered to take money off termination. Any ex Verizon users? How much u guys pay total a mo?
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I switched a long time ago, but back then i was paying 80 bucks for less then what i have now and am now paying 67 a month for T-Mobile service. Granted, I lost a lot of coverage, but for what i use it for, its perfect.
I pay $80.00 a month everything unlimited.
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for 4 lines I pay 120
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I made the switch from Sprint. IMHO I believe that T-Mobile has hit bottom and can only improve their standing at this point. Verizon costs too much to even consider.
I will be paying $240 plus taxes and fees since switching to the new plan style........oh yeah....that price is for 8 Phones!!!! All unlimited calls, texts. Tthen two of the lines with unlimited data and the rest get the free 500 mb cuz they don't use a lot.
What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to switch plan to non contract you have to get a new phone and pay 100 extra. Wait for a month and cancel 2 for free and pay 400 fo4 rest cheaper for u man.
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What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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I cant say iv every seen anything like this but if you talk to the right supervisor i guess anything is possible.
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Is it true that T-Mobile will sometimes help/completely cover your ETF if switching from say Verizon? I believe i heard somebody talking about this in a different thread or forum
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They do that indirectly lile giving you $200 credit towards the purchase of the phones or something like that
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The last time they tried to tell me to change my plan to the non-contract one they said they could do it with no charges but i would still have to stay for the life of my contract seems kind of a catch 22 to me.
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Doesn't sound bad if true.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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I just came from VZW.. 2 lines... The only one paying my ETF is me, TMO isn't obligated to pay your ETF, nor should they be. ETF isn't part of plans, it's part of the customer agreement, and I read somewhere about that being a nono anyways of one carrier paying another carrier's fees. If they got caught doing that, they (or the employee doing it), could get into some serious trouble.
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No trouble at all. They do what they want with their money. Maybe you meant to say it is unethical yes, but there is no law to forbid that.
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Underground_XI said:
What is the early termination fee if you have 4 lines, 2 of which have conctracts running this month and the other 2 after one year and you want to switch to the "no contract" plan tmo has introduced? Would tmo let you switch without any fees? How does it work?
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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If you want to migrate to new plan, it depends on your uogrades not contract, they will let you ride remaning contract on new plan, if you did not do upgrades in last 18 months it free to migrate, if you did its 200 per line
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You are correct. Two lines total 250 migration fee(1year remaining) the other 2 lines 0 migration fee (less than 5 months remaining).
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T-Mobile to let US customers swap phones twice a year
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/10/tmobile_jump_phone_swap_plan/
They're really trying hard to attract customers. This is a serious hook, that's for sure.
True...but do the math. It will definitely draw people to T-Mobile, but they are just throwing away money. You are better off buying the device upfront than selling it yourself after 6 months instead of the 'JUMP' deal. If you upgrade after a year, you have just spent 150 for a phone, 240 for the monthly installments, and 120 for jump...that's 510 to lease a phone for the year. You probably could have purchased that same phone for 600 originally. I'm guessing you could have sold it for more than 90 dollars at the end of the first year.
Plus that includes insurance, so may be worth it for people that are willing to pony up for that anyway. T-Mobile is starting to look awfully tempting especially after the new sprint plan details that leaked recently.
What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/10/sprint-leak-shows-new-unlimited-plans
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What sprint deals leaked? I thought they weren't getting ride of unlimited data
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Wow had no idea that was happening. Does that plan allow you to have more than 5 phones on your account
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That sprint plans seems like what I'm paying now for everything unlimited for one line. I don't see a difference unless you have more than one line.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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I have a family Plan and would actually be paying more with the new plan.
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Same here
Back when I actually had a 2 line family plan, I payed $142 after taxes (unlimited talk not included, 1400 minutes)
New plan, would be paying $150 if I still had the family plan.
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Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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I have 4 lines with the everything plan. this new plan increase my bill about $25 (4 lines 140 + 110 for the new All-in) but it comes with hotspot on every phone.
I suppose that is fairly reasonable to have the hotspot on the phones; as I don't root my wife's and kids phones anymore. talk about a headache. hehehe
On T-Mobile, I am interested to see what amount of $$ they'll give you when you want to trade in for a newer model. Sprint's current trade in is horribly in inadequate.
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Seems to me then it might only be worth it to stay if you have just one line and if the service is better than t mobile. I winery if this will let people out of their eTF?
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Unless they force you to make changes before your contract is over then no you wont get out etf free.
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Tmobile seems like a good alternative to sprint. My old carrier doing what I wanted before I left them unlimited data. I might go back they have lte in my town and hspa to fall back on.
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