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Re: Too bad... said by monchis:said by motoracer:T-Mobile has terrible coverage and basically no LTE service. Everyone I know around Los Angeles complains about dropped calls, texts that never go through, etc.
Whose going to pay $100 upfront then $20/month for 24 months for a phone? That's $580 just for the phone...Just because you break it up into a monthly payment doesn't mean you're getting a deal.
No thanks T-Mobile.
You are getting a deal because: 1) no contract 2) realistic - you know exactly what you're getting into 3) NO INTEREST charges 4) low priced plans 5) no contract 6)that is a great price for a new phone For the record, I live in Los angeles, and t-mobile is the best here. So your comment on everyone you know can be disregarded because you're not speaking from your personal experience like I am. I've had verizon/sprint/att - terrible in LA. Valid points. Help me understand the no contract deal though. You agree to pay for the phone over 2 years. So what happens if you leave T-Mobile after say 3 months? You're still on the hook to pay on your phone, right?
And for the record, my sister was able to get out of her T-Mobile contract after 6 months without paying the ETF. The representative said they've been having a lot of problems in the LA area and didn't blame her for leaving. |
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| It's a no interest payment plan. ST was/is? doing it too. If you leave, you pay the remaining balance just like an ETF, except it's based upon real hardware not some imaginary take $10 off each month and when you have 1 month left on the contract the ETF is still $150.
I'd be shocked if they let her out of a contract for "bad coverage" and without an ETF. Maybe your house is in a known bad cell zone (I did have that problem w/ Verizon and they gave me a new phone while they slowly fixed the eHRPD issues), however I doubt EVERY customer in the LA basin is having that problem. Fox would be all over that 
Also, you could pick up a Nexus 4 for half the price of an iphone, or a USED one. Imagine that, letting someone else pay the depreciation. I'm sorry, but that toy iphone is NOT worth $600. Even my iphone 4s is dubiously priced, and if you compare it to the Nexus 4 I would estimate it's worth $200 NEW not like the $500 they are suckering people into buying. When they come out with the ghetto iphone this year, I bet this $100 phone goes for $400.
I was trolling and you can get a 1 year HTC Amaze (supposedly a $500 phone) that is only 1 year old for under $200, but I instead paid the extra $100 and got the Nexus 4 and man it is an awesome phone. Battery life is marginal tho, just like the rest of the suspects. I also think it's resale value will hold up now like Samsung phones. |
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 monchisPremium
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I'm sure you will still be held accountable to pay off the balance. Good question though. I am darn sure they won't take the phone back if it's passed 30 days.
Also tmobile offers warranty for value plans. I missed that point.
Good to hear about your sis. You expect me to believe a rep themselves said I don't blame you? Sorry that's unbelievable. If your sister lives in a basement or works in one, then of course it is not meeting her needs and should be able to cancel without etf.
I used to work in glendale and in my building everyone with at sprint had to walk to a Window to get signal lol
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| well, until now if you didn't pay off the balance, they blacklist the imei, which means it won't be used on t-mobile again! And last i read, they where going to share that with at&t (and other way around too) so it might just end up being a very expensive paperweight.
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Columbia, PA | reply to motoracer
If you leave early, yes you're on the hook. T-Mobile has a bunch of options for you:
You can immediately buy out the remainder of the phone (based on the retail price of $580 for an iPhone 5 for example).
You can continue to make the monthly payments (so just the $20) and when you're done, the phone is all yours and T-Mobile unlocks it for you.
You can also "trade in" the phone to T-Mobile. They say you'll get "fair market value", but they don't have a pricing list for this yet. |
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