T-Mobile Offering All Phones for Free Feb 11 & 12
The iPhone 4 is hitting Verizon this week, making it available on the two biggest carriers in the U.S. For iPhone lovers, it's a whole new world, but for those who prefer the alternatives, this weekend is a great time to get inside a T-Mobile store.
T-Mobile USA announced that on Friday, February 11 and Saturday, February 12,all T-Mobile phones, even the 4G smartphones, will be offered for free at T-Mobile retail stores with qualifying plan on two-year contract.
All phones will be available while supplies last, so customers are encouraged to arrive early to stores to secure some of the best ones:
* T-Mobile myTouch 4G
* HTC HD7
* T-Mobile G2 with Google
* Samsung Vibrant
T-Mobile is advertising this as a Valentine's special offer, but it's only valid on the 11 and 12, so be sure to plan ahead if you want to snag a free one.
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Look at it this way, if the pullout fee to break the contract is cheaper than the price of the phone, you can get your phone cheaper and just change the SIM to your old one!
A lot of people did that to Optus when the Galaxy S came out.
Looks like a great way to get a new contract. I wish they'd do this here in Canada.
The biggest scam in the world is actually paying for a cell phone on top of a 2 year contract. The phones cost squat to make compared to retail.
Why does an iPod cost 200 and an iPhone 600 or more (retail w/o contract)? Is there $400 more stuff in the iPhone? Same screen, same battery, same amount of memory/storage, I think same processor, just some extra electronics for 3G.
Pretty good deal there. Target is selling phones for $50 such as Galaxy-S on various networks.
- gtvr : Actually, yes - smart phones DO costs a lot to make... The $300~500 price is what it takes to pack all that tech into such a tiny device. Look at a typical $500 notebook. A smart phone does a bit more in a much much smaller package. WAN, WIFI, Phone, Computer, Video Camera, picture camera, media player, etc.
Typical MP3 players like the iPod don't have WAN or WiFI or phone electronics. iPod Touch is expensive since its basically an iPhone without the phone. Some like the iPod Touch does include WiFi so they can sell you APPs... they go for $200~400 without a contract. By Apple selling apps for the Touch, they can reduce the price a bit. An iPhone4 goes for $200~300 with a contract because the phone company (att and Verizon) are subsidizing the cost of the phone to get their service.
Go to online stores that sells unlocked phones. Until I got my recent Galaxy S, the last 2-3 phones I bought were unlocked phones, I paid $225 for a dumb SONY phone a few years ago.
The unlocked international iPhone 4 goes for $1000! Hmmm.. that $200~300 version looks much better. A Galaxy S phone is also, $500~800 - unlocked. I got mine last year for $200 - nowadays, its as low as $50 with a 2yr contract. Everyone in the USA is a 2yr deal.
cause u know, research doesn't cost the company anything......
Why is you text gray?
Naaa... there is no such thing as research... technology just comes out of a machine... like the Dell TV shows, in which only a few guys makes thousands of computers and they can sing songs about lollypops.
Community,
My girlfriend bought a MyTouch 3G Slide back in August which was part of her parent's family plan. What would be the expected termination or buy out of that contract? Her phone is quite slow and it would be nice to upgrade her to a new phone.
I'm sure this question should be saved for a T-mobile rep, but if someone is in a similar situation or works for T-Mobile let me know.
As always,
Thanks
PSPhone is supposed to be coming to T-Mobile the 13th. If they were offering that I would definitely be dropping my current plan and rushing over there.
What's the point in offering free phones, when there is crap 4G coverage to use it. Pretty much useless lumps of plastic to most people, espeically out in the country.
"but for those who prefer the alternatives, this weekend is a great time to get inside a T-Mobile store."
Just because people like getting pounded by like jailbait by the red and blue guy, doesn't mean that Magenta is an alternative.....anything below the top 4 is an alternative....
Look at it this way, if the pullout fee to break the contract is cheaper than the price of the phone, you can get your phone cheaper and just change the SIM to your old one!A lot of people did that to Optus when the Galaxy S came out.
I did the same thing with the Samsung Galaxy S, then got a second phone free for a friend when i did the family plan. Over all the family plan was cheaper when we split up the bill.
..and the 5 people that are using T mobile as their carrier appreciate this news. lol fail
just went to T mobile and you have to pay the retail price after incentives up-front plus sales tax then you get all of it back in a rebate.. most phones require $200 at signing plus tax. the good news is that your phone bill does not come in for 45 days(enough time for the rebates to mail in), and i was eligible for a 100 dollar credit so if i wanted the mytouch 4g i need $123 friday morning i will get a 200 dollar rebate sometime before my phone bill comes in.
buyers , BEWARE.