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Originally Posted by monkeyboy
Because Sprint does require either the Everything data plans or the $30 data pack for smartphones. The SERO thing is a fluke, comprising a TINY segment of the customer base, and therefore it cannot be the basis upon which to decide a device's pricing. Beside which it no longer is clear that SERO customers are eligible for the MIR... which means that the "SERO factor" is already factored in...
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Sprint isn't really getting any new customers last time I checked. Most people buying winmo phones on Sprint were already on Sprint, and their old plan plus data is enough. Sprint doesn't make you switch your plan. They just let you extend your contract 2 years on the existing plan. I wasn't just talking about Sero. I'm talking about all of the grandfathered in plans that no one is going to ditch if they don't have to.
Sprint isn't going to sell that many Touch Pro 2s, just like they didn't sell that many other HTC winmo phones. Its a smaller market, hence my original point that they can't subsidize something that they aren't selling in high volume and not
requiring pricey plans.