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Sprint Weighing a Change to Phone Subsidies

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Biteme

Nov 10, 2014, 4:07 PM

Carrier locked CDMA phone?

That's what I want to pay for up front. If they want to go without subsidies then they need to start selling them unlocked. Sprint has a history of not being customer friendly when it comes to unlock requests.
thebriang

Nov 4, 2014, 6:03 PM

Of course their gonna get rid of subsidies...

Among the big boys, Sprint makes the least off subsidized contract lines and all carriers are making more profit by installment payment plans.
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.
 
 
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