Its going to be a challenge the early termination fee comes into play as even if you sign up on contract, than get signed in under your google account with SIM card and than cancel contract you will have the termination fee assessed ..
But you may still be in luck is the T-mobile termination fee plus the $150 less or more than the full price of the handset? Fred Grott Android Developer http://mobilebytes.wordpress.com On Dec 4, 2:16 pm, Steeler <[email protected]> wrote: > When I said $150 I was talking about eBay, not T-Mobile. But if you > just buy one plain off eBay, it says "no SIM in phone" and you can't > run any apps. I want to know how to activate it in such a way that I > can eventually test apps on it without paying at that time for any > sort of service (even month-to-month). > $175 is pretty high for a contract quit. If that's the only option the > ADP1 is starting to look better. > > On Dec 4, 10:53 am, "Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru)" > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you want a phone, you have a couple of choices: > > > 1. Buy a dev phone for $399 plus the developer fee of $25. > > 2. Sign up for one of those expensive plans and get a phone for $199 > > or whatever. > > 3. Buy one off eBay and hope you get one that works for a reasonable > > price. > > 4. Is there another option? > > > The phones sold by the telco's are subsidized by the contract. You'll > > pay less up front but that $199 phone will end up costing you $2500. > > You could also get a phone from a telco, sign up for the plan, keep > > the thing a month and break the contract. That will run you $175 for T- > > Mobile or $375 for Verizon. It's questionable if the Droid from > > Verizon will work at all without a plan. Haven't heard absolutely that > > it will, so I would be careful about doing that. > > > -John Coryat -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
