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.
Not exact matches
What's really disturbing is that T - Mobile keeps reducing the subsidy level on their
phones (i.e. upping the
subsidized price as per the Samsung S3 at over $ 300) so that many consumers the higher level
phone will actually be cheaper out the door on ATT or Verizon than the lesser
model on T - Mobile.
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?