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T-Mobile Debuts 'Jump On Demand' for Free Phone Upgrades

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Its a lease program

Shakezula84

Jun 25, 2015, 11:57 AM
I like to make a joke at work where it all comes full circle. The return of contracts is the last big uncarrier push.

Thats what this is. If you cancel service you must finish the payments and return the device.
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Versed

Jun 25, 2015, 8:30 PM
For some people this would work,if you want to keep up to date and having a constant re-occuring cost associated with it. This would work 1. if you want a carrier branded phone. 2. You to swap out a new device 2-3 times a year.

There is something else to think about, you root or unlock a bootloader on a phone, and it shows i.e. knox trip. You are at the mercy of the local store manager. I hear stories they don't care and others that they do.

In the end more options is good.
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Shakezula84

Jun 26, 2015, 2:56 AM
I agree more options are good, and I totally see the benefit of a program like this, but its the ETF that I think is funny.

A traditional contract has a $350ish fee. The installment plan they use now is the cost of the phone you still owe (which can be more then $350). Breaking the lease has you pay the remainder of the lease and still return the phone.

Still, as someone who sold Sprint when they rolled out their leasing program, this is gonna make T-Mobile some money.
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Versed

Jun 26, 2015, 5:52 PM
I couldn't agree more, call it an etf or paying off a phone, in the end, you're paying.
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