[Q] End of Contract -> Prorate? - General Topics

My 2 year contract with AT&T just ended yesterday, December 20, which means I'm on a month-to-month basis right now. I have not cancelled it yet.
I'm planning to switch to T-Mobile in a few days, but I'm still with AT&T as well since I haven't cancelled it yet.
If I switch to T-Mobile, then cancel my AT&T contract, will I have to pay for the whole month for AT&T? Or will I just pay a prorated fee for what serviced I've used thus far?
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Contract vs. No contract

As the title says, on no contract right now $79 unlimited everything plan with a G2, and want to get a G2x.
Amazon is selling it for $509 outright (no tax and shipping included).
Or sign a contract on the same $79 plan and get it for $149 and port my # over to the contract line and cancel the no contract one.
Now here's my theory. I looked it up and Tmo's ETF is $200. $149+200=$349. Much cheaper than $509 and the same plan I have now. Yes, I know 2gb data before throttling but I checked my history and I havent used more than 6-700mb at the most, so its a non-issue.
Any thoughts if going contract is the best way since the ETF + on contract phone price is cheaper and getting the same plan for the same price anyways? BTW, no plans to cancel Tmo anytime soon (not trying any sing contract and cancel gimmick), I just mean as an insurance policy down the road to get out if need be.
ive thought about signing a 2 year contract, keeping my unlimited data (3g, dont care for 4g) then canceling.
I don't know if your in the united stated but I got mine at a Radioshack for $499.99 plus tax. Also they have a trade and save program so i traded in my hd2 and got $95 for it so that helped a bit.
If you are not signing the contract, you can get Even More Plus unlimited plan for 59.99 and save 20$ per month.
1 yr in the off-contract, you would have saved 240$. Cheaper compared to the contract price. I got mine directly from tmo store for full price.
It's $80 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data. $60 is for talk only. Thing is if you use Google Voice for texting you don't need a text plan.
The 59.99 unlimited everything plan existed, but only for about a day before Tmo shut it down.
Its the same on or off contract right now $79.99.
The question really is $509 from Amazon or $149 with a contract (if the tmo ETF is $200 as I believe it still is).
Seems like off contract and pay $500 for a phone isnt cheaper anymore now that they dropped the contract plan to $79.99 also and the discount on the phone is more than the ETF.
I bought mine from amazon because tmobile refused to sell it to me w/o upgrading my plan. Im on an old g1 plan @ $59. So i ponied up the $509, and recieved a g2x a few days later. Unfortunately the one i got has screen bleed pretty badly so called amazon and they are sending out a replacement and labels to ship old one back for free. They also said i could wait up to 30 days to ship back the old one...pretty nice. So the one thing i can say about going with amazon is they have great customer service...at least for me.
I just refuse to pay 80 a month for phone service. Its just too rich for my blood.
At T-Mobile store I got no contract family plan for 2 lines for 110 750 minutes unlimited text and data. Also they offered 500 bucks credit with no apr which I used to get my g2x. So um paying 130 a month for unlimited without contract
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I bought mine Saturday from a T-Mobile store without a contract and use my Simple Mobile SIM in it, which does not require you to SIM unlock the phone since its still tied to T-Mobiles infrastructure. $60/month for unlimited talk,text and internet.
You do have to set a custom APN in order to get proper service.
klmsu19 said:
As the title says, on no contract right now $79 unlimited everything plan with a G2, and want to get a G2x.
Amazon is selling it for $509 outright (no tax and shipping included).
Or sign a contract on the same $79 plan and get it for $149 and port my # over to the contract line and cancel the no contract one.
Now here's my theory. I looked it up and Tmo's ETF is $200. $149+200=$349. Much cheaper than $509 and the same plan I have now. Yes, I know 2gb data before throttling but I checked my history and I havent used more than 6-700mb at the most, so its a non-issue.
Any thoughts if going contract is the best way since the ETF + on contract phone price is cheaper and getting the same plan for the same price anyways? BTW, no plans to cancel Tmo anytime soon (not trying any sing contract and cancel gimmick), I just mean as an insurance policy down the road to get out if need be.
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If you cancel your plan, don't you also have to pay the difference between the full retail price of the phone and what you originally paid for it?
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Do you really think T-Mobile and its sellers are not smart enough to do the math on this?
Read the contracts....here is what Amazon Wireless says:
$150.00 for phone
$ 35.00 for activation
$ 1.50 for taxes
$200.00 for T-Mobile early termination
$250.00 for Amazon wireless early termination
$636.50 vs $509 for just buying the phone without a contact....
yukkerz said:
I don't know if your in the united stated but I got mine at a Radioshack for $499.99 plus tax. Also they have a trade and save program so i traded in my hd2 and got $95 for it so that helped a bit.
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HD2's are selling for 200+ on Craigslist. Why not sell it there?
rotohammer said:
You do have to set a custom APN in order to get proper service.
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And what would that be? (Mine works fine, just asking for those that choose to go this route.)
rotohammer said:
I bought mine Saturday from a T-Mobile store without a contract and use my Simple Mobile SIM in it, which does not require you to SIM unlock the phone since its still tied to T-Mobiles infrastructure. $60/month for unlimited talk,text and internet.
You do have to set a custom APN in order to get proper service.
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Never heard of Simple Mobile until now. It seems like a great deal from looking at the website. So it's basically just like having T-Mobile service? What's the catch?
If you sign a contract with t-mobile and cancel, I know they make you either return the phone or pay the difference between what you bought it for and the full price of the phone. I'm not sure how long you have to be on the contract so they won't charge you that difference.
There is an even more plus plan that is $60/month with 500 min, m2m, unlimited text and web. Unless you need more minutes, that's a pretty good deal.
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There is an even more plus plan that is $60/month with 500 min, m2m, unlimited text and web. Unless you need more minutes, that's a pretty good deal.
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Not anymore, unfortunately. They axed the EM+ plans a couple weeks ago.
That sucks. I'm on EM+ $79 (1000 min, unlimited SMS/Data, 5gb cap).
Guess I better not change it any time soon.
I sold my Nexus One for $250. Bought the G2x outright. So $250 out of pocket.
karnovaran said:
Never heard of Simple Mobile until now. It seems like a great deal from looking at the website. So it's basically just like having T-Mobile service? What's the catch?
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Simple Mobile sounds amazing on the surface. The catch is that they lie about their "unlimited" plans. After 1 GB they throttle you. I've heard this in multiple places, but a quick Google search brings up many results:
- http://www.phonenews.com/simple-mob...b-accounts-terminated-when-cap-reached-11989/
- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909359
- etc
TurboTsi said:
There is an even more plus plan that is $60/month with 500 min, m2m, unlimited text and web. Unless you need more minutes, that's a pretty good deal.
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That is the plan i am using now.
karnovaran said:
Not anymore, unfortunately. They axed the EM+ plans a couple weeks ago.
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Nah.
They just removed them from the website.
They did this to "reduce confusion". Iin reality, they just wanted to make people think that they're gone (and succeeded for the most part), so that people sign up for higher rate plans and 2 year contracts.
Check out the FlexPay page:
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/plans/flexpayplans.aspx
Even More Plus™ 500 Talk + Unlimited Text + Unlimited Web w/FlexPay®
$59.99​

[Verizon] Tiered Data plans - Would I be effected?

Ok, so I got a Droid 2 from Verizon for free (don't ask, long story). Anyways, I'm due for an upgrade though my contract doesn't end till January of next year. I want to wait for an upgrade so more LTE phones come to Verizon (SGSII) though I heard that July 7th or so that Verizon is going to start tiered pricing for data. I use about 5GB of data a month so the cheaper pricing for 2GB won't work, though I don't want to pay $80 for 10GB. Since I am still a customer with unlimited data, if I upgraded later would it effect my data and would I be forced into crappy data prices?
If it makes a difference, my brother just switched (yesterday) from Sprint to Verizon with me on a family plan.
as of now anyone who has an unlimited data plan will be able to keep it when they upgrade but they havnt said anything on how long this will last
http://www.phonedog.com/2011/06/22/details-of-verizon-s-new-tiered-data-plans-outed-once-again/
I'm worried about this too. I use quite a bit of data as I use my phone for my own business. My contract expires in September and I was told by Verizon that I "should" be able to keep my current plan with unlimited data as long as I don't alter my current contract in any way. Worst case I may switch to Sprint and pay less per month, get a better phone, but have to take a hit in call service.
Sent from my Inc using Nil's Business Gingersense. Now that's Incredible.
or u do what i do and use a verizon prl so u get verizon service even though your on sprint lol.

Sell Phone That's under contract?

I have a phone on contract that I'll like to sell , and want to know if I can sell it to someone and use another phone in its place on my contract, with out any issues.
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Someone must know the answer.
Basically you can sell phones on contract as long as it does not have some SIM lock or something which unabling the one buying from using the phone.
I signed a contract a few years ago, but decided not to have the phone.
To reverse or changed the contract was not possible at that time, so...I sold the phone and use my old one instead...of course, I still was paying the normal price as in contract until end of the contract ended...
The system of the contract monthly price was... basic contract price + Phone price/24 months = total contract price monthly....for 24 months....
I continued paying the agreed price but got the phone price compensated by selling the phone
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Basically you can sell phones on contract as long as it does not have some SIM lock or something which unabling the one buying from using the phone.
I signed a contract a few years ago, but decided not to have the phone.
To reverse or changed the contract was not possible at that time, so...I sold the phone and use my old one instead...of course, I still was paying the normal price as in contract until end of the contract ended...
The system of the contract monthly price was... basic contract price + Phone price/24 months = total contract price monthly....for 24 months....
I continued paying the agreed price but got the phone price compensated by selling the phone
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Thanks, I'm selling it to someone on the same carrier[TMO] , the phone is locked to T-Mobile still, so there should no problems?
I've done this as well. Basically, you keep the contract but you sell the phone. There's no problem with this at all as the phone is considered a "gift" for taking out the contract. As soon as the contract starts it's your property and you can do what you want with it.
johncmolyneux said:
I've done this as well. Basically, you keep the contract but you sell the phone. There's no problem with this at all as the phone is considered a "gift" for taking out the contract. As soon as the contract starts it's your property and you can do what you want with it.
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Thanks again, wasn't sure if it would be fine with the carrier if I did this. Last time I was on a contract was on sprint and didn't know if I could still trade phones. Can't wait till my next upgrade then! Gonna try and get the SGSII or Nexus P, and then sell that too.

[Q] Early Termination Fee at&t

What would be the Early Termination Fee for a Skyrocket if canceled in the first 30 days. Per at&t policy i read it would be 0. I plan on buying a White Skyrocket and cancel the contract on the first week of purchase. But most importantly to Keep the Phone.
Will at&t allow me to keep the phone? I would like to keep the phone,unlock it and finally use it in my main country. I was thinking of buying a Galaxy Nexus but it is still expensive and the Skyrocket strategy plan B would be a cheaper solution if possible.
Feel free to comment. Thanks
less then 30 days you pay a restocking fee at most unless you damaged the phone, then not sure.
you have to return the phone or pay for it outright.
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No, AT&T or any other US carrier for that matter will not let you keep the phone if you plan to cancel within 30 days. You will have to bring the phone back to the store to cancel if still within the 30 day period. They will issue a refund for the phone first, then will they cancel the contract.
Is there anyway i can keep the phone without paying the full off-contract price?
In 2007 i brought a couple of iPhones to my country. They were not activated in store and i could keep them. I dont remember much, but i did get to keep my iPhones and then unlocked them myself
Only way I know how is to look on craigslist and find someone selling theirs. That is what I did. I was able to get a skyrocket for $300. It is not as good as as paying $150, but I did not have to sign a contract.
mvtm said:
Is there anyway i can keep the phone without paying the full off-contract price?
In 2007 i brought a couple of iPhones to my country. They were not activated in store and i could keep them. I dont remember much, but i did get to keep my iPhones and then unlocked them myself
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So you want to cancel the 2 year contract you signed, keep the $600 phone that you only payed $150-$250 for as incentive for signing the contract, and pay no termination fee?
Good luck with that!
mvtm said:
What would be the Early Termination Fee for a Skyrocket if canceled in the first 30 days. Per at&t policy i read it would be 0. I plan on buying a White Skyrocket and cancel the contract on the first week of purchase. But most importantly to Keep the Phone.
Will at&t allow me to keep the phone? I would like to keep the phone,unlock it and finally use it in my main country. I was thinking of buying a Galaxy Nexus but it is still expensive and the Skyrocket strategy plan B would be a cheaper solution if possible.
Feel free to comment. Thanks
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per at&t policy u must give the phone back during the 30 days if u cancel or change mind trust me if this was not the case people would do this all the time and i would have about 10 new devices right now
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AT&T will bill your account the $325 Early Termination Fee, and will only remove it once you return the device. If you don't return it. I imagine they'll continue to add late fees to the bill, or eventually send you to collections if it remains unpaid. You're better off trying to find a used one on CL or eBay. Otherwise save yourself the hassle and buy it outright.
Here in Cincinnati, Cincinnati Bell will buy out your current contract with competitors, maybe you can do the same with a carrier near you. It will require a contract signed with the next carrier, with termination fees probably including the cost to buy out original contract. CBell is GSM, it might work here dependent of frequencies. Thats the only way out as I see it and keeping the device.
"Sticking it to the man" threads are not looked too good upon here.

Can you still purchase phones subsidized with Sprint on grandfathered plan?

I currently have a Galaxy Note 4 with Sprint. When I originally purchased this phone, I paid $299 with a 2 year contract with a grandfathered unlimited data plan. Now, all of the advertised purchase options for phones are to do monthly payments. Can you still purchase a phone subsidized if you are on a grandfathered plan?
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jhoffy22 said:
I currently have a Galaxy Note 4 with Sprint. When I originally purchased this phone, I paid $299 with a 2 year contract with a grandfathered unlimited data plan. Now, all of the advertised purchase options for phones are to do monthly payments. Can you still purchase a phone subsidized if you are on a grandfathered plan?
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Sprint advised me when i preordered my S8+ that the 2 year upgrades are done. Options are lease, 24 month payments, or but outright. Kind of sucks but you do get a$10/ month credit as an existing customer so my 24 month payments are like $25. That means I get the phone for like 650 instead of 850.
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Sprint advised me when i preordered my S8+ that the 2 year upgrades are done. Options are lease, 24 month payments, or but outright. Kind of sucks but you do get a$10/ month credit as an existing customer so my 24 month payments are like $25. That means I get the phone for like 650 instead of 850.
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What are you talking about? There is no 10$ per month for the 24 months of a 24 month credit. What you be taking about is not there.
It is there. I'm on the SERO plan and I get $15/ month bill credit if I upgrade using lease or installment billing.
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What are you talking about? There is no 10$ per month for the 24 months of a 24 month credit. What you be taking about is not there.
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rdcrds said:
What are you talking about? There is no 10$ per month for the 24 months of a 24 month credit. What you be taking about is not there.
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Sorry must only be available for certain plans. I'm not sero, but an old grandfathered plan.
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jhoffy22 said:
I currently have a Galaxy Note 4 with Sprint. When I originally purchased this phone, I paid $299 with a 2 year contract with a grandfathered unlimited data plan. Now, all of the advertised purchase options for phones are to do monthly payments. Can you still purchase a phone subsidized if you are on a grandfathered plan?
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Sorry brother, I think VZ will give you a LG 43 inch TV if you go with them but that's​ for the LG G6 on 24 mo plan. But I haven't seen a thing on this phone and I believe subbing is dead because of no contract carrier aggregation. Every year I upgrade cash up front purchase for the new phone and if I'm unhappy I'll sell it on Swappa and move on. This way I'm not stuck and will always upgrade to whatever I want usually it costs me a couple hundred but that's nothing considering the benefits. Hope this helps.
raptoro07 said:
Sprint advised me when i preordered my S8+ that the 2 year upgrades are done. Options are lease, 24 month payments, or but outright. Kind of sucks but you do get a$10/ month credit as an existing customer so my 24 month payments are like $25. That means I get the phone for like 650 instead of 850.
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browning said:
It is there. I'm on the SERO plan and I get $15/ month bill credit if I upgrade using lease or installment billing.
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So the credit not constant for existing customer?
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So the credit not constant for existing customer?
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It seems it varies from type of plan. I've got a unlimited data plan from like 6 or 8 years ago with 4 lines and the other guy has a SERO plan.
I think the credit is do to trying to equalize what you are already paying in phone subsidies built into your existing plan.
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Sprint advised me when i preordered my S8+ that the 2 year upgrades are done. Options are lease, 24 month payments, or but outright. Kind of sucks but you do get a$10/ month credit as an existing customer so my 24 month payments are like $25. That means I get the phone for like 650 instead of 850.
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That's a BS. Cancel your order and get it directly from Samsung. Pay the full price or installments, call Sprint and activate your new device on your old plan.
I was able to pre-order the Galaxy S8/S8+ for $299/$399 on my grandfathered unlimited data plan on a business account.
Okay heres the skimmy.
If your on a business account, you still have the option for 2 year agreements. Thats buisness plan perk.
Regular OLD plans, like the Sero, Everything Data, some times the old unlimited plans, will get whats called a Loyalty lease credit. Which can be 10 -15 dollars depending on the device. You get that because of the fact that your on an older plan. No store, and now even customer care and online are supposed to offer a 2 year unless you're on business.
Depending on your plan, changing to an newer unlimted plan is usually cheaper anyway. one line on 1500 everything is 130 bucks...so not worth it.
Subsidized plans are done for all carriers.
2 year contracts are a thing of the past. If you have certain older plans you can get a $10 bill credit on your installment billing. Sprint brought back the Galaxy Forever plan where you can upgrade every year on an 18 month lease, however the phone has to be in good working condition with you turn it back in. You have the option the buy the phone after the lease term for a couple hundred dollars or so. Only benefit of lease is not having to pay the taxes when you pick up your phone, as it gets spread out of over the 18 months on your bill. I would just pre-order from Best Buy on installment billing and get the S8+ for $100 off. There are only a handful of older plans that are eligible for the bill credit. If you happen to have that plan you will be getting an S8+ for a total of $510 after credits and $100 pre-order promotion.
I have the available $10 a month bill credit which would be $240 over the life of the phone ... debating on this or the $150 Sam's club gift card
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I have the available $10 a month bill credit which would be $240 over the life of the phone ... debating on this or the $150 Sam's club gift card
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I did for a second, the realized 240>150. And you have to do everything in store for Sam's club. (Pick up and activation)
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I did for a second, the realized 240>150. And you have to do everything in store for Sam's club. (Pick up and activation)
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I have a tax free business account and no shipping so that's another $95 in savings
i just ordered the lg g6 (for the wife) and the s8+ for me. sprint rep said no more 24 month payments...just 18 month leasing only, then either trade in or buy out the rest. now on spring site i do only see leasing on the s8+, but on the lg g6..it shows 24 month payments. she said it literally changed that day...4/21. dont trust what she says....she also told me if i didnt do the updates on the s8+, the software would destroy itself...lol.
but can anyone confirm this?
viperkota said:
i just ordered the lg g6 (for the wife) and the s8+ for me. sprint rep said no more 24 month payments...just 18 month leasing only, then either trade in or buy out the rest. now on spring site i do only see leasing on the s8+, but on the lg g6..it shows 24 month payments. she said it literally changed that day...4/21. dont trust what she says....she also told me if i didnt do the updates on the s8+, the software would destroy itself...lol.
but can anyone confirm this?
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The LG G6 is not on a lease. It's onlyu Easy Pay/ 24month installments. S8s are able to be leased as of right now.
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I have the available $10 a month bill credit which would be $240 over the life of the phone ... debating on this or the $150 Sam's club gift card
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From what I understand as long as you're on a qualifying legacy plan, you will get a back office credit of 10 a month for just having it on a lease or installment agreement. If not call in and make sure they apply the promo to the line.
So you would get both. The card is from Sam's club, the promo is through sprint.
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The LG G6 is not on a lease. It's onlyu Easy Pay/ 24month installments. S8s are able to be leased as of right now.
we were told the stores do it different than online. online shows 24 payments, store says lease only. SUPPOSEDLY onine is suppose to be changing. guess i better call sprint and see.
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