T-Mobile?s iPhone discounts are for customers only

[fujikay]

Sorry, you can?t buy a $580 iPhone 5 from T-Mobile and then sign up with another carrier ? you have to give T-Mo at least once month of service.
T-Mobile is still selling a commitment-free iPhone for full price even if it doesn?t stand to gain from the transaction as a service provider. T-Mobile is essentially becoming a phone retailer as well as carrier, and I think that has significant implications for the industry.

 

[sting7k]

Seems perfectly reasonable to me.

AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint are all retailers too. You can buy phones outright if you want from them. Most people don't (or are unaware they can) because they get sticker shock seeing the actual cost of these devices.

 

[jclisenby]

Yes, all carriers offer the ability to pay full price for a device and then keep it without a contract. T-Mobile is just using a different strategy to try and get and keep customers.


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