Sentences with phrase «subsidized phones with»

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

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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Prime members can get low - cost Amazon - subsidized phones, too, but only with an Amazon ad server.

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 want Nokia to bring out a glorious 4.3 inch Super Symbian 3 / Maemo or Meego phone and partner with Tmo to subsidize it.

I really cant wait till there is another Android phone with a decent keyboard or a notable touchscreen with subsidized pricing without me having to change my plan.

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.

The iPhone prices listed here assume that you're getting subsidized two - year contract, with the discounted prices that come with that, rather than paying full retail price for the phone.

As a consumer you are losing out if you are trying to leave T - Mobile before your contract end date but if you stay with them you are saving money over any other carrier plan with a subsidized phone.

Sources claim Google will even offer its phone via a subsidized carrier contract, with Android frontrunner T - Mobile USA.

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?

Many phones, particularly phones that come subsidized with a contract, come «locked» to a specific carrier.

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

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.

TELUS, Videotron, Rogers, Fido, Bell and Virgin are now offering the LG - made Nexus phone subsidized and on - contract, with prices...

Last summer, Amazon launched what it calls «Prime Exclusive Phones,» which are subsidized Android handsets offered to Prime members at a discount... and with advertisements on the lock screen.

But carriers have since moved away from contracts and the subsidized phones that came with them.

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

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.