Blackberry Tablet
Anyone know if this is supposed to be released for Verizon? My aunt was in the market for one and she thought this was the one
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sparker781 said:
Anyone know if this is supposed to be released for Verizon? My aunt was in the market for one and she thought this was the one
Thanks
There's no reason on earth to buy a carrier-subsidized tablet. Buy the WiFi Playbook at Best Buy and hotspot off the smartphone for web access.
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I don't make enough money to pay full price on a $600+ tablet or so, I'd rather pay a lot less than just pay a little bit for some wireless data for however long. Sure I could pay extra on my smartphone for the data plan, or I could use that same money to pay for a data plan on the tablet and pay less for the tablet overall.
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Most tablets I've seen are sometimes still more expensive for the ones with 3G radios even after they are subsidized compared to the cost of Wifi only models. Also, I'm not aware of a Blackberry Playbook that has a 3G radio built in. I just did some training on them a couple days ago and it says you have to connect to the net via Wifi or connect the Playbook through a Blackberry phone via Bluetooth to get Internet access for the Playbook. This was actual Verizon training.
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Jellz said:
I don't make enough money to pay full price on a $600+ tablet or so, I'd rather pay a lot less than just pay a little bit for some wireless data for however long. Sure I could pay extra on my smartphone for the data plan, or I could use that same money to pay for a data plan on the tablet and pay less for the tablet overall.
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Jellz said:
I don't make enough money to pay full price on a $600+ tablet or so, I'd rather pay a lot less than just pay a little bit for some wireless data for however long. Sure I could pay extra on my smartphone for the data plan, or I could use that same money to pay for a data plan on the tablet and pay less for the tablet overall.
OK- since the Verizon PlayBook doesn't exist, let's do the math for the XOOM.
3G, subsidized carrier purchase:
$600 (one-time)
$30 x 24 (monthly data charge)
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$1220 over 2 years
WiFi only, unsubsidized at Best Buy:
$600 (one time)
$20 x 24(monthly mobile hotspot charge)
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$1080
Verizon would have to sell the subsidized XOOM at $400 inste...
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CellStudent said:
$600 (one-time)
$30 x 24 (monthly data charge)
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$1220 over 2 years
The correct value here should be $1320. It looks like my finger slipped when keying that entry. The unsubsidized model beats out the subsidized mode by at least $250 over the contract term, any way you squeeze it.
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There is no $30 monthly plan on verizon tablets.
1 Gb $20
3 GB $35
5 GB 50
10 GB 80
1 Gb $20
3 GB $35
5 GB 50
10 GB 80
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I was looking at the Samsung Galaxy Tab, actually, $199.99 with contract for $20/month for 1 GB.
So, for two years I would pay $480. If I added tethering to my current data plan ($15/month for 200, AT&T data plan) I would get 4 GB for $30 extra, so that would be a better pick there.
The Wi-Fi only version is listed as $349. So I guess that isn't so bad, and that's without looking too much into it.
All I can say is, man, I wish places still had layaway... I don't wanna get a BestBuy credit card >.< I do good with the one I have now, but it's a bit harder to be responsible in an electronics store!
So, for two years I would pay $480. If I added tethering to my current data plan ($15/month for 200, AT&T data plan) I would get 4 GB for $30 extra, so that would be a better pick there.
The Wi-Fi only version is listed as $349. So I guess that isn't so bad, and that's without looking too much into it.
All I can say is, man, I wish places still had layaway... I don't wanna get a BestBuy credit card >.< I do good with the one I have now, but it's a bit harder to be responsible in an electronics store!
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