Sentences with phrase «of subsidized phones»

The opportunity arises because the big four U.S. wireless carriers, led initially by T - Mobile, have been weaning their customers off of subsidized phones and trying to get everyone to pay for phones in full — in return for somewhat lower monthly service charges.

But unless you're wedded to the idea of a subsidized phone, there are cheaper options that deliver better performance.

Not exact matches

Some of these phones are very cheap, and Amazon is making a small selection of great budget devices even cheaper with Amazon Prime Exclusive phones, which are subsidized with advertisements.

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.

Carriers no longer subsidize the cost of the phone and spread it out, unseen, in monthly payments.

In the U.S. market, the vast majority of smartphones are at a price heavily subsidized by wireless carriers, along with a two - year service contract — which further obscures the effect of licensing fees on phone prices.

In the wake of Verizon's newly announced decision to finally scrap subsidized phones and two - year contracts, AT&T follows suit with a new set of Mobile Share Value plans that cuts down the price of most plans while offering more data for some.

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.

Today, Public Advocate Letitia James called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect Lifeline, a program that provides subsidized phone and internet services to millions of low - income Americans, including over 1 million New Yorkers.

The only real question is how Apple can fill out the rest of the category — by getting one of the phone carriers to subsidize an iPad Mini 3G with little to no on - board storage, perhaps.

In the next year, these types of display screens will catch on and companies like Kobo might see the benefits to offering mobile phone companies a subsidized case for new activations.

In North America where carriers will subsidize the cost of your phone purchase by signing a contract, we'd go for the Torch 9860 over the Curve 9380 every day of the week.

that was only dependent on carriers picking it up in the thousands and thousands and being able to subsidize it with the purchase of a phone / plan.

I'm sick of purchasing subsidized smart phones for $ 400 to find that ports are turned off or front facing cameras (ala Tytn) are pulled out.

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.

We've seen a similar approach with phones in the U.S. for years: Carriers subsidize the hardware in return for a lock - in of service.

Cellphone companies, by contrast, subsidize the sale of phones but profit from monthly service charges.

Maybe some of the US carriers will subsidize the phone under their contractual plans.

Again, I was guaranteed that I could get a phone for the subsidized price and continue my current contract even after all of the new plans have taken effect.

A lot of phones are subsidized and also charge heavily for internet access.

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?

It's an irony that costs consumers hundreds of dollars as more people decide to buy a less expensive, subsidized phone with higher monthly fees on a two - year contract, instead of a prepaid phone plan that requires paying the full price for the cellphone but has lower monthly rates and no contract.

(The 4 is available for the subsidized price of $ 0.99 at mobile phone stores and Tim Cook, Apple's CEO, recently mentioned the plan to continue this practice in China's growing cell phone market.)

What none of them seem to agree on is how to keep their customers and whether the subsidized phone model is still a winner in the age of smart phones.

Over the life of the phone, though, you can save money over a subsidized phone plan.

Gone are the days when a mobile carrier will subsidize the cost of a phone in exchange for a locked - in contract.

The ownership issue gets even more complex with phones sold through carriers as part of a financed or subsidized contract.

Apple can subsidize its music service until the end of time through its phone and computer sales.

About 20 - 25 percent of Cubans have phone lines but mostly subsidized land lines, and the cell phone infrastructure is very thin.

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).

$ 200 on a subsidized phone, even if means paying more down the line, makes more sense to a lot of people.

Unable to rely on unit sales since it subsidizes each phone sold, the company has three core business competencies: e-commerce — the sale of accessories on its website — deals with telecom operators, and the sale of «Internet services», such as games.

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.

Whether you got a subsidized iPhone at $ 99 or you purchased a Nexus phone outright and brought it to the carrier, you'd be paying the same amount of dollars per month either way.

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

Carrier pricing will certainly be less on contract, but the Nexus 6 marks the end of «subsidized» Nexus phones sold directly from Google.

Now that wireless carriers no longer subsidize the cost of phones with two - year contracts, you wind up paying full price.

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).

In order to keep the price people pay for the phone low and competitive with rivals, Sprint would be subsidizing the cost of each phone to the tune of about $ 500, which would take a long time to recoup even at the high monthly fees iPhone users pay.

Of course, getting an Amazon - subsidized phone does have its drawbacks, like the fact that you'll get ads and personalized offers.