Sprint Weighing a Change to Phone Subsidies
Carrier locked CDMA phone?
Of course their gonna get rid of subsidies...
So then even if the customer doesn't pay for the phone, the carrier can write off the retail cost of the handset plus fees, versus what they actually paid the manufacturer for it and whatever the cust Did pay. And then later sell that debt to a collection agency.
Win win, and it wouldn't surprise me if they made more off a customer that doesn't pay for their handset than one that does.