Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here
User User name Password  
  Not registered yet? Register here.
Lost your password? Click here. 		 
  Home   News   Guides   Downloads   Glossary   Hardware   Profiles   Forums   v4  
 Advertise at AfterDawn.com     Link to us!     Private messages     Compose a private message     List of all updated threads     Threads without replies     Search messages
Thursday 16.10.2025 / 17:20
Search AfterDawn Forums:        In English   Suomeksi   På svenska
afterdawn.com > forums > announcements > news comments > sprint has brought back two-year contracts
Show topics
 
Forums
Forums
Sprint has brought back two-year contracts
  Jump to:
 
The following comments relate to this news article:

Sprint has brought back two-year contracts

article published on 26 February, 2016

Just a month after they retired the option, Sprint has brought back two-year contracts. The carrier says "We listened to our customers and are giving them more choices to get their new device," making them the only of the big four U.S. carriers to offer a 24-month payment plan. A two-year contract is again available next to monthly finance plans, full-price purchases and Sprint leases. ... [ read the full article ]

Please read the original article before posting your comments.
Posted Message
Rezer
Newbie
_ 		27. February 2016 @ 12:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
THat's weird.
[ + quote]
hearme0
Senior Member
_ 		28. February 2016 @ 10:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is the best idea a cell company has had in years!

Tmo dropping contracts in favor of sticking a 650 dollar pricetag to the consumer on a phone that is virtually WORTHLESS in 2 years is a shit idea, coincidentally the amount of time it takes to pay it off and then what.......buy another???? This "no contract" crap puts people in a FOREVER PERPETUAL PAYMENT. Never-ending! So what if you get to upgrade in a year and half, again, into another payment. Say 25 per month ongoing to keep the latest and greatest. Yes, Edge is cheaper after first year but the packages are a significant jump in price per month. 25 x 12 = 300/year, x 10 years. 3 grand on phones in ten years. That is not a deal.

I can't imagine anyone being really stupid enough to believe that full-price phones is a better option than cheap phones w/contracts but I'm sure there are plenty of you out there.
[ + quote]

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 28. February 2016 @ 10:16
DVDBack23
Staff Member

4 product reviews
_ 		28. February 2016 @ 11:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hearme0:
 This is the best idea a cell company has had in years!

Tmo dropping contracts in favor of sticking a 650 dollar pricetag to the consumer on a phone that is virtually WORTHLESS in 2 years is a shit idea, coincidentally the amount of time it takes to pay it off and then what.......buy another???? This "no contract" crap puts people in a FOREVER PERPETUAL PAYMENT. Never-ending! So what if you get to upgrade in a year and half, again, into another payment. Say 25 per month ongoing to keep the latest and greatest. Yes, Edge is cheaper after first year but the packages are a significant jump in price per month. 25 x 12 = 300/year, x 10 years. 3 grand on phones in ten years. That is not a deal.

I can't imagine anyone being really stupid enough to believe that full-price phones is a better option than cheap phones w/contracts but I'm sure there are plenty of you out there.
No-contract may put you in "perpetual payments" for a phone with a cheaper monthly pay but BY DEFINITION, a contract locks you in perpetually, so not sure what you are saying?
[ + quote]
AfterDawn News
AfterDawn Guides
One of the largest collections of software on the Web: AfterDawn Software Section
Advertisement
_ 		__
 
_
Bozobub
Senior Member
_ 		2. March 2016 @ 15:13 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Simply compare a given 2-year subsidized-phone contract with the total 2-year cost of the T-Mobile plan + phone cost. T-Mobile *usually* still ends up being cheaper. Furthermore, why buy your phone from T-Mo, instead of ebay or Amazon..?

Personally, I'd bye a OnePlus phone long before any T-Mo offering anyway.
[ + quote]
afterdawn.com > forums > announcements > news comments > sprint has brought back two-year contracts
 

Digital video: AfterDawn.com | AfterDawn Forums
Music: MP3Lizard.com
Gaming: Blasteroids.com | Blasteroids Forums | Compare game prices
Software: Software downloads
Blogs: User profile pages
RSS feeds: AfterDawn.com News | Software updates | AfterDawn Forums
International: AfterDawn in Finnish | AfterDawn in Swedish | AfterDawn in Norwegian | download.fi
Navigate: Search | Site map
About us: About AfterDawn Ltd | Advertise on our sites | Rules, Restrictions, Legal disclaimer & Privacy policy
Contact us: Send feedback | Contact our media sales team
 
  © 1999-2025 by AfterDawn Ltd.

  IDG TechNetwork