Sentences with phrase «not subsidizing the phones»

The refurbished Galaxy SIII costs $ 200, which may seem steep for a previous - generation device, but like other prepaid mobile virtual network operators, TextNow isn't subsidizing the phone, which keeps its service costs low.

Since mobile providers are not subsidizing the phones now and are rather inexpensive for cell and data service, 999.99 is hardly a ripoff for the amazing technology you get in the iPhone X. Well done Apple.

Not exact matches

If you have $ 150 to spend, we recommend jumping up to the Moto G4 instead of the A30, but if you have a hard cap at $ 100, Alcatel's budget phone is a good deal — especially if you don't mind the ads and get the subsidized version.

The carriers didn't make a profit on the old, subsidized phone plans, so they've benefitted from shifting the expense onto customers directly.

So the aim was not only to provide basic infrastructure needs freely or at subsidized prices, but to prevent private owners from erecting tollbooths on roads and charging monopoly prices for power, phone systems (as in Telmex in Mexico or similar phone monopolies in the post-Soviet kleptocracies).

Moreover, not only does a la carte junk food pose a nutritional issue, it inadvertently creates a civil rights issue when only kids with money in their pockets can get the «cool food,» and needy kids are afraid to stand in line for the federally subsidized meal lest their pictures be snapped on cell phones and posted on Facebook to shame them for their lower economic status.

In my district, someone in my food services department described how kids who couldn't partake in a la carte were getting their photos taken by cell phone in the «uncool» subsidized meal line to shame them, and some of these kids would rather go hungry than be seen standing in that line.

The purchase of a phone, either at full retail or subsidized, does not constitute a guarantee from T - Mobile that the device will be updated.

This is something that is more important outside the U.S. and I don't see this phone appealing to many here since we get better subsidized phones for free.

Why can't a device vendor go with more of a cell phone model, where the low price of the device is subsidized by the longer - term commitment to buying content?

Are you counting the cost to replace your phone or tablet off contract, since the wireless company won't subsidize it in the middle of the term?

Remember, phones aren't actually worth their on - contract prices — they're subsidized.

This data is for full - price phones, and does not include prices for subsidized phones made cheaper by carrier contracts — a practice that has largely disappeared.

In the past, upgrading has been easy, and pretty cheap: sell the old phone to Gazelle and get $ 170 - $ 200 for it, then pay AT&T $ 200 for the new phone, because the rest of it was subsidized by the grandfathered unlimited plan (and thus, since the plan price is the same whether the phone is paid off or not, it didn't make sense to * not * upgrade every two years).

The data only measured full - price phones over time and did not include prices for subsidized phones made cheaper by carrier contracts.

T - Mobile doesn't sell subsidized devices like a traditional carrier — they'll sell you a new smartphone on an installment plan if you like, effectively decoupling the price of the phone from the price of the monthly service.

Sadly, the phone will not be carrier subsidized but it will work on most GSM frequencies.

Google Play Edition devices are priced to not upset the status quo of expensive, subsidized phones with long contracts.

As it grows its business in emerging markets and faces more consumers who don't want to lock into subsidized long - term contract phones, there will be increasing pressure on prices, he explained.

AT&T doesn't allow sideloading (I don't believe there's a single subsidized Android phone that you can sideload apps) which is one of the main reasons I wouldn't go back to them.

Typically the SIM lock is in exchange for a subsidized phone (so you can't buy a cheap phone on one carrier then switch over an use another before you've paid back the subsidy over the life of your contract).

The deals available when you're not wanting a subsidized device are generally significantly better, and so those willing to piece together a phone and plan separately are at an advantage.