Of course, when we're talking about Canada, we're still stuck on two-year contracts with minimum service buy-ins to achieve these upfront deals.
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Small reprieve at Telus as Essential Phone is discounted on term
Term pricing has been reduced by $90 on the two tiers available: each are now $200 and $400 down with a compliant service plan.
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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 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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T-Mobile class action lawsuit claims “no contract” marketing is a lie
You may have a beef against contracts because they don’t reveal the real cost of what you’re paying for each month. T-Mobile led the industry in cutting the contracts from cellular parlance. Now, some Floridians may come to sue T-Mobile for some truly obscure costs.The class action says that the carrier misrepresenting its ...
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Apple contracts with French carriers raise ire of regulators
What Apple might call “business as usual” may be too overbearing for French regulators to take sitting down.The General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control has requested that Apple repay several national carriers to the sum of €40.5 million with an additional €8 million in fines. This as the agency points out some troubling clauses in carriage contracts for the iPhones.Apple commanded minimum orders and was able to use carriers’ patents and branding ...
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Sprint and AT&T end two-year contracts today
Surprise! Someone leaked a Sprint employee training manual yesterday showing off the company’s plans to kick most of the two-year contracts it offers to the bucket. We did question when the move was going to happen, though, as it was the night before AT&T was tipped to stop the contracts, too.Lo and behold, Sprint and AT&T have both dropped them today. Both companies’ sites do not feature ...
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Last-place Sprint will be last US carrier to drop long-lasting contracts
If dogs wore shoes, you could say that the last one will soon drop. T-Mobile started the wave back in 2013, then came Verizon last year and AT&T this year, all of them to varying degrees of sinuosity. So, what’s taking Sprint too long? Bad advice? Paper shuffling since mid-August when it first announced its plans?All we know for sure ...
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The Axon might just crack Chinese OEMs into the US market
Mid-rangers are an interesting beast in this smartphone market. Publicized unlocked phones have become a more common occurrence. ZTE wanted to be the uncommon occurence.The Chinese manufacturer made a point in renaming its US brand — one tarnished by
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