01-29-2013, 05:29 PM | #301 | |
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Then there is the issue if the phone have modified firmware. In the US as I understand it it is common that tethering is disabled in the phones that you get very cheaply with a plan. Also the plans do not allow tethering. This is totally different in Europe were it is much more common to buy phones and plans seperately. But that means that the phone will be much more expensive than the perceived phone price in the US and a transformation to paying so much for the phone is very hard to do. Google failed when they tried it a couple of years ago but maybe they will succeed now with the Nexus 4. |
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01-29-2013, 06:54 PM | #302 |
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Tethering.....love it...use it with my first and new smartphone....Casio Gz'one type L with my Nexus 7....
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01-30-2013, 03:39 AM | #303 | |
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Effectively you pay for that phone anyway, either in one go (if you buy it yourself) or in monthly installments (if you get it 'free' with your plan). The providers aren't giving them to you, and probably aren't losing money on them. |
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02-01-2013, 02:27 AM | #304 |
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Hmm,
I don't have any tablets, haven 't found a reason to get one, but I have four readers each with a dif use, sigh, I luv reading! |
02-02-2013, 12:10 AM | #305 |
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I was getting a new Galaxy Note 2 since I lost my other, my phone company have not had the Galaxy Note 2 so I had bought one earlier. I have a flat rate subscription, and they guy in the store looked at me and said I have never seen anyone phone so much.
I've asked how much, and he answered 4600 minutes last months. It didn't affect my monthly fee, but now I can't change company in two years. |
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02-02-2013, 09:55 PM | #306 | |
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In fact, they do tell you it costs a different amount if you bring your own phone. If you take a phone, you either pay for it, or sign a contract - and except at the bottom end, you still pay something up-front for the phone. If you bring your own phone, you won't have to sign a contract, and you get the SIM for nothing. I don't see that the service itself should be any cheaper - I looked at buying unlocked phones, and couldn't find a them appreciably cheaper than getting one of the ones Virgin offered (that is, I could find Chinese knockoffs for about 2/3 the price, but then you have no guarantees). Which implies that the telcos are selling the phones at approximate cost to get us to use their overpriced service. |
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