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terms and conditions of cancenling a t-mobile contract?

does any1 know what the terms and conditions of cancenling a t-mobile contract are.
if they do let u end the contract early was the penelty charge
i took out the contract 1 month ago on the 3000 mins peak bussiness contract (18 month contract)

Standard for T-mobile is $200 after the first 14 days. So, if you want out, you need to pay $200.

i'm from the uk.
oh and i forgot the important part.
if i cancel my contract early do i still get to keep my mda pro

How Should I Get Started on Verizon?

Plan on switching from ATT to Verizon cause my gf has it up in CT and I won't get charged for all the extra hours of our endless yak sessions. Reception in the mountains there is good (really lousy with ATT).
I HATE contracts so I was thinking about starting up with Verizon with with a crappy phone and then purchasing a 6800 on eBay and just adding the data package a little later (so I don't get involved with a 2 year contract that "requires" 2 years of data package). I know that I'll probably have to sign up for in year in any event.
Is my thinking flawed; can I do it this way?

You can do it as long as you buy the phone full price. The way they get you to sign up to a contract (1 or 2 years) is buy giving you a discount on their phone. So if I was you, I would get the cheapest phone they have at full price & pay as you go each month. Like you said, look for a XV6800 phone on Ebay. Better yet wait till Verizon opens the doors to bringing any CDMA phone over. You can get the Mogul from Sprint or the Touch.
The Touch is coming soon for Verizon but its white? eeeu!

Eligible For Nexus upgrade?

My friend current has tmobile flexplay with a cliq:
Android plan
Unlim minutes
unlim text
So they want to know if they can upgrade to the Nexus or will they have to get a new plan.I let them play with mines and now they want one too.Any help is appreciated.

tell them to call T-mobile and ask

most likely no discount
I'm making a lot of guesses, because I don't have all the needed information.
But with that in mind, they would most likely not be eligible for upgrade pricing. and here is why I say that.
The Cliq is not even a year old, they most likely signed a 2 year contract for the cheapest pricing on a phone. That means that it is 22 months from when they got the phone until they are eligible for a full discount again. It has not been long enough for them to get a discount again. Even a one year contract has to be 11 months before another discount.
If they are on Flex Pay Monthly they are never eligible for a discounted phone because their account is month to month.
The only way that they would be eligible for an upgrade is if they signed a two year contract for a phone at least 22 months ago, and then paid full price to buy their Cliq and added the android data service. Not likely but possible.

get mytouch 4g with contract or buy it straightup?

i currently got an upgrade on my line for the mytouch 4g. i don't know if i should return it and buy the phone instead. being stuck two years with the data plans kinda scares me. i was on even more plus before when i had my nexus one and it felt better to know i can cancel my data plan whenever.
one of the reason i signed a contract was because i'm in a family plan with my parents. since they've already signed a two years contract, i have to wait for another two years before i can be on my own.
so i'm thinking, which one is better for me? even tho i wasn't on a contract before, i still have to wait two years for my parents contract to expired. so it basically the same thing without the data plan add on. (except they added another 5 to my account now. the data plan was only 25 dollars before. now it's 30.)
should i return the phone and just buy it outright? but i don't think tmobile sells insurance if you just buy the phone tho. it kinda risky knowing that it could break down any second.
thanks in advance.

tigerin said:
i currently got an upgrade on my line for the mytouch 4g. i don't know if i should return it and buy the phone instead. being stuck two years with the data plans kinda scares me. i was on even more plus before when i had my nexus one and it felt better to know i can cancel my data plan whenever.
one of the reason i signed a contract was because i'm in a family plan with my parents. since they've already signed a two years contract, i have to wait for another two years before i can be on my own.
so i'm thinking, which one is better for me? even tho i wasn't on a contract before, i still have to wait two years for my parents contract to expired. so it basically the same thing without the data plan add on. (except they added another 5 to my account now. the data plan was only 25 dollars before. now it's 30.)
should i return the phone and just buy it outright? but i don't think tmobile sells insurance if you just buy the phone tho. it kinda risky knowing that it could break down any second.
thanks in advance.
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Tmo does offer insurance. As for your plan, you could try calling and talking with customer retention and tell them you are ONLY thinking of returning it. They might offer you a deal where you return it and get one from them directly (got mine for $99, and the plan for $20).
If you got that deal and canceled down the road , you would still be better off than simply buying the phone full price now ($99 plus cancellation charge is less).
Good luck

thanks! i've just called them and the lady there was willing to put my data plan back down to 25 dollars and offered one month free of data. she seem nice and helpful, so i don't want to give her a hard time and push more.

I bought mine off contract. They give you 20 months to pay @ 0% interest.
So, if you pay the $199 + tax on the full price that is approx. $250...
I paid $450 + tax ... approx. $500
The subsidized plan that I am on would be $79/month, but I am paying only $59 with no contract... a difference of $20 a month.
My monthly phone payment is about $25/month..... buying outright is cheaper than contract pricing for the full 2 year term:
Subsidized price after 2 years = $199 price + $50 tax on full purchase price +$480 (24 x $20 more for subsidized plan) = $729 + ongoing $20 month more after 2 years that is not paying for anything... just gravy for the carrier.
Full purchase price = $450 + $50 = $500. cancel anytime. sell phone. walk away.
In addition, I also got them to give me a $90 credit on my account... basically getting the sales tax back and activation fee refunded... AND they don't start billing for the phone until 2011.
**This is of course if you stay with the same phone and plan for 2 years and you don't change your plan once your contract is up.

I bought it straight up also, no contract

Same hers. Straight up
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straight up, i think i may return it though and buy it straight up from costco for 399.99 unless tmobile price matchs

PolishDude said:
straight up, i think i may return it though and buy it straight up from costco for 399.99 unless tmobile price matchs
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I'm not yet eligible for an ugrade and Costco would not sell it to me straight up..

rosie said:
I'm not yet eligible for an ugrade and Costco would not sell it to me straight up..
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sure they will, jsut say you want to buy it with a even more plus plan...they will open the plan for you...as soon as you leave the store, call tmobile and cancel the plan.... easy

I've bought both my G2 and MT4G from tmobile straight up. Both are on installment plans. Sold the G2, and now debating about the MT4G. I like the fact that we can pay ~$20 a month for the phone rather than $500 out right. The only time I feel I wished I had a plan with equipment discounts is when they do BOGO, other than that, I like the cheaper monthly rates.

I still think a good price on the phone ($99-149) and plan from retention is the best (unless you have one of those vintage $4.99 plans that some are still using on N1's).
As long as you are using the phone and plan going forward, you are ahead (assuming your data plan would be either lower than your current plan or not much more). If you want to eBay it - then you would have the cancellation charge. Combined with a good phone price, you are still ahead.
And if you were going to stay with the TMo data plan anyway - you would be way ahead.
I had even considered getting TMo to unlock the MT4G (I always do), and keeping my N1 and selling it on eBay.
With it rooted, am now probably looking at eBaying the N1 and keeping this.

say what you want about a contract but i dont think its to bad of a deal

Say what you guys want about having a contract but I know for me I enjoy having the internet no matter where I go without having to worry about connecting up my phone or finding a wifi hotspot.
Little tip..
Purchase the xoom under someone else's contract for a two year price. Do an assumption of liability to your own account to assume liability of that contract. A 1 year contract automaticly gets added to your account and gets rid of the 2 year contract.
I dont know about you guys but I a least plan on having this thing for a year. And for a 1 year contract. Not to shabby...

i dunno, saving my fingers from pushing a button on my phone isn't work spending $240. it's really not that hard.

I bought mine on contract because I always intend on having the 3g on. If I'm spending the extra skrilla on a 3g dvice, you bet your ass I'm gonna utilize it. I've got a dumbphone that costs a whole 9.99/month on our family plan and a tablet that costs 30/month(with the 9.99 extra line fee, bah), insurance on the Xoom and that's it. Not rocket science, I spent more on my OG Droid on contract over a year and three months than this thing.

I'm already paying for unlimited data on my phone contract, I'm sure as hell not going to pay for data on another device when I can just piggy back off my unlimited plan. Plus I saved £150 ($240) on the device by just ordering the wifi only model. (For those wondering, I got £50 off using a Dixons 10% off offer).
If I were to buy the 3G (no 4G in UK yet) Xoom for £600 then add say, £7.50 a month for 1GB of data for 12 months that's a total of £690.
In essence, I'm saving £240 ($385) over the year and I'm able to use more data than if I paid for another plan. That, to me anyway, is worth having to get my phone out and turn on the wireless access point if I need to.

burden010 said:
I'm already paying for unlimited data on my phone contract, I'm sure as hell not going to pay for data on another device when I can just piggy back off my unlimited plan. Plus I saved £150 ($240) on the device by just ordering the wifi only model. (For those wondering, I got £50 off using a Dixons 10% off offer).
If I were to buy the 3G (no 4G in UK yet) Xoom for £600 then add say, £7.50 a month for 1GB of data for 12 months that's a total of £690.
In essence, I'm saving £240 ($385) over the year and I'm able to use more data than if I paid for another plan. That, to me anyway, is worth having to get my phone out and turn on the wireless access point if I need to.
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That's why I got rid of my Droid and moved to the Xoom+dumbphone. I also don't have to charge my phone but once a week so it all works out. For me it's convenient because I always have WiFi around so I don't even need unlimited data, which is even more expensive anyways. I only ever used max of 1.4gb/month on my Droid and I'm using easily under 1gb of 3G data on my Xoom. I may not even upgrade to a 4G plan after the upgrade if I don't have to, I'm pretty happy with the 3G service for light browsing anyways.

so food for thought....
say you HAVE to have the wireless data plan. You get the 2 year contract price and save $200. You pay $20 a month for the 1gb data a month. After 2 years you will spend $480 in data charges minus the $200 you save since it was on contract equal a grand total of $280 for 2 years worth of data charges not bad. It averages to about $11.66 a month.

xxraffyxx said:
so food for thought....
say you HAVE to have the wireless data plan. You get the 2 year contract price and save $200. You pay $20 a month for the 1gb data a month. After 2 years you will spend $480 in data charges minus the $200 you save since it was on contract equal a grand total of $280 for 2 years worth of data charges not bad. It averages to about $11.66 a month.
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That only gets you 1gb of data per month tho. I'm using 2gb-3gb just on my phone every month.

martonikaj said:
That only gets you 1gb of data per month tho. I'm using 2gb-3gb just on my phone every month.
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yeah thats what I stated. Its still not a bad deal, for someone that HAS to have a data plan on the xoom. 1gb per month is about $11.6. In comparison $5 gives you 250 text messages.