The Galaxy Forever program is back with free upgrades at 12 months, an option to buy at 18 and a chance of biting dust with the S8 after that.
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Sprint’s free iPhone 7 deal could make it money
All of the big four players in the United States cellular game offered iPhone 7 promotions out of the gate.AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon all offered a free 32GB iPhone 7 with an eligible iPhone 6s or iPhone 6 trade-in, but to varying degrees of flexibility. AT&T, for example, limited its audience to those who bundled in DirecTV service while Verizon also accepted “Plus” ...
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If plans are true, Sprint contracts may get finished off August 26
Sprint’s second attempt at ending two-year contracts will be finished in about a week, if this leak is anything to go by.The number four carrier put the hammer down on contracts in January before bringing them back at the end of February. It then decided to take a more gradual sunset to the payment option by not offering ...
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Sprint’s Galaxy Forever program shuffles off silently
How many iPhone leasing programs do you happen to know of? Maybe a few. How many Samsung smartphone leasing programs do you happen to know of? Probably just one. And that one is now none.Sprint’s “Galaxy Forever” leasing program allowed customers to finance the Galaxy S7 and later ...
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Sprint’s two-year contract revival may be a zombie act
Sprint is officially the last stalwart of two-year contract in the US. It had initially dropped them for new customers early this year the same day that AT&T did, but brought the contract option back a month later. We think that the carrier wanted a little help during the major flagship season, but that’s something up for debate.Also up for debate is this leak sent to Android Central, telling of another ...
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The iPhone Upgrade Program online starts with iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus
Apple introduced the iPhone Upgrade Program last year to take further control of its own product, ergo, its profits: financing for a carrier variant iPhone with AppleCare+ protection while offering easy upgrades as new devices launch. Verizon wasn’t too happy about that, but hey, for the longest time, you had to get down ...
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Waiting longer between phone upgrades? A lot of users are, and installment plans may be to blame
What’s it take to get you shopping for a new smartphone? If you break or lose your existing one, sure: it’s time to get a new phone. But what about if your old phone is still perfectly functional? It may have a few scuffs and scrapes, and software updates may not be guaranteed for much longer, but when do you decide to take that step and go out and get a new phone? Time was that users were on service contracts that dictated update schedules, and we’d regularly find ourselves ...
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Galaxy S7 should see Samsung introduce its own phone leasing program
Are we living in one of the best times to buy a new smartphone? We’re not just talking about there being a ton of really attractive handset choices out there right now – we mean that shoppers today have more options than maybe ever before when it comes to how they pay for that new phone. We’ve come a long way since the days of everybody-on-a-subsidized-contract – though that option’s still sticking around if you’re interested – and between installment plans, device leases, ...
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