>From what I understand, on T-Mobile the unlimited plan is $20 less per month >(or $480 total less over a typical 2-year agreement) than with a contract where you get the $200 phone with the 2-year agreement. So, if a you buy the phone at retail (~$530), you're actually saving about $150 over two years.
That said, I don't think the idea of the Nexus phones is to be big sellers. If they wanted to push more units, they would sell them with 2-year agreements through Verizon or AT&T. I think it's basically Google's way of showing handset manufacturers what hardware they recommend for their next iteration of Android OS. Jordan ----- Original Message ---- From: Karthik Poobal <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, January 20, 2011 6:12:16 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Nexus S ... Catch-22 Neuxs S has Quad band GSM but only has Tri-band HSPA (900/2100/1700) and will work only on Edge when you are on ATT. My opinion of T-Mobile network is that its a great network when you are right under one of their towers. I mean standing right under one of their tower. ATT does not have any good Android phones. You are probably better off staying with Sprint and possibly getting the Evo or Evo Shift. I bought the original Nexus One on ATT when it came out last year and to off set the price full price I got the Iphone4(when it came out) and sold it on Gazelle for about $575. It does not make any economic sense to buy an unlocked phone here in the US. Also, if you are certain that your credit should be okay then make sure that all 3 credit bureaus have the same info. Few years ago I was denied a very small personal loan and it turned out my identity was stolen and Transunion listed me on defaulting on a $70K loan. Both Experian and Equifax did not have that loan default information. Needless to say I had spent the next couple of years trying to remove that entry. -- Karthik Poobal Louisiana Board of Regents [email protected] [email protected] 225-341-5855 Skype: poobal On Jan 20, 2011, at 3:39 AM, Edmund Cramp wrote: > I've tried both bestbuy.com and tmobile.com - the Google page just directs > you >to bestbuy.com. The phone does not appear on the T-Mobile web site. I'm >starting to think that the only way that you can get a Nexus S is to buy it >unlocked from BestBuy and with SIM card from AT&T to use it as a pre-paid >phone >which is no big deal really - the cash up front isn't a problem. I'm pretty >certain that my credit is OK. > > It looks to me like the T-mobile stores just don't want you to get the phone. > > I've always been a cell phone plan subscriber (I like the convenience) so >moving to unlocked SIM is a big step - it's hard to see just how the economics >will work out at this point. Is it cheaper or more expensive as a prepaid >customer? > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of >Clay Smith > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 6:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] Nexus S ... Catch-22 > > Are you trying to buy the phone through bestbuy.com or tmobile.com or are you >trying to get it through google.com/nexus/ ? I am only curious because there >might be a difference through how they are processing your credit. > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Edmund Cramp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Has anyone managed by buy a Nexus S phone yet? > > Best Buy are advertising the Nexus S at $529.99 or $199.99 with a new 2 year >contract. I've been with Nextel/Sprint for about 12 years and it's time for a >change - and I really like the new version of Android so I figured I'd buy a >couple of new Nexus S phones... > > The Nexus S is ONLY available through Best Buy and you can only buy it at the >$199.99 price on the Internet. I've been trying to order through Best Buy for >the last few days (signing up as a new T-Mobile customer) and they keep saying >that "there is a problem with the order" - talking to Best Buy it is seems >that >T-Mobile will only approve me for a pre-paid plan (flexpay). Oddly enough, >Verizon approved me for a $80 phone plan last week for my daughter and didn't >even blink using the same information. > > But you only get the $199.99 price on the Nexus S phone if you sign up for a >two year contract ... but T-Mobile say that my credit is not approved for a >contract phone. They'll only offer me a pre-paid plan if I want a Nexus S. >They >say that they have lots of phones that are "better" than the Nexus S and >they're >happy to sell me one of those with a plan, but not a Nexus S. I pointed out >that all of the phones they offer have appear to have old versions of Android >and T-Mobile appear to have no plans to update their phones to the current >version of Android. > > So basically they refuse to sell me a Nexus S (at 199.99) with a 2 year >contract but they are happy to give me a G2 phone for free with a 2 year >contract - so my credit problems seem to be specific to an attempt to purchase >a >Nexus S phone. > > I've been on hold a lot the last few days. > > It looks like I have to buy the Nexus S at full price and then use the >pay-as-you-go plans - which seem to cost more than a plan where they give me a >free phone. > > [RANT]I can see why the iPhone is selling so well - Steve Jobs understands > that >people buy phones, not cell phone plans ... and the cell phone companies are >all >about selling plans and see a phone only as bait to lure the customer.[/RANT] > > Even the sigmonster is pissed. > -- > "It is explained that all relationships require a little give and take. This > is >untrue. Any partnership demands that we give and give and give and at the >last, >as we flop into our graves exhausted, we are told that we didn't give enough." >- >Quentin Crisp > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
