[SporkLover]

Originally Posted by AsItLies

My guess... it's seems pretty certain an EP will be required.

I'm on a SERO plan, obviously not happy about it.

But the logic seems to go like this; any phone, in it's unmodified form, that is data intensive (always on, is net centric, constantly being updated (synced) with things like facebook, instant msgs, push email, etc etc etc), won't be allowed.

It's kinda like they are saying to those of us with these plans: We want you to have this great plan with unlimited data and texts... but we won't let you put a phone on it that uses a lot of data... you don't pay enough!

JMHO, but I think that's it in a nutshell.

The only thing Sprint has said officially is that an unlimited data plan will be required. Everyone else is speculating off the MIR forms.

My personal thought is that Sprint will likely not subsidize Legacy plan owners, and subsidize only the EP/SEP owners. This allows those of us Legacy folks to get the phone, just without Sprint subsidizing it. Let's be honest here, the reason Sprint offers discounts is to get users to buy the phones, because they know that they will make their money back, and then some, over the 2 year contract period. With SERO users, sprint is not likely to make all of that back (my personal speculation). So under my speculation, SERO/Legacy users pay full price, EP/SEP users get mail in rebates and subsidies.