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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Where are these Android phones with optional data plans? The ones I saw all required data plans.
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The web site does not really cater to off-contract customers(*). However, the policy of the store is, you bought it, you do what you want with it. In other words, if you want to buy a smartphone but only buy voice from T-Mobile, they are okay with that. The data plans are $5 cheaper off-contract: $10 instead of $15 for 200 MB, $25 instead of $30 for unlimited.
(*) My personal belief is that customers were being overwhelmed with options and confused. Four different prices for phones, five different prices for service? Great for the informed customer, not so great for simple purchase decisions.
The other "dirty secret" (although less-so now that they have the lower data plan) is that you don't need a full data plan to get the subsidized price. You simply need a $14.95(?) or higher plan ... including the text messaging service.
As someone above pointed out, though, they may not have the best coverage of all the major carriers (possibly due to the limited spectrum available to them). I've never had a problem, but I generally bounce between high population areas.
Oh, and T-Mobile just dropped the price of the Comet, Vibrant, and Tab.
Of course, the best advice is to wait for the next best thing, but I wouldn't want you to hold back simply because of the mistaken belief that nobody sees you as their target market.