sprint tp2 price

[NIKKG]

You have too look at all the variables and not just the phone price alone. Currently I’m on the Sero with insurance, my whole bill is under $40 bucks with all the features. I checked out Verizon and ATT prices for similar features and they are double to triple the price for what Sprint is charging for the same features. Look at the iPhone, yeah its 99 dollars for the phone, but the service alone is over 100 bucks for the cheapest voice and unlimited text and ATT forces you to get the $30 iphone data plan. Just the data plan that ATT charges is as much as my whole Sprint bill.

This is how these crooked companies make there money, they rip you off on the plans. To fight back, use the phone insurance to get new phones. Once the TP2 is available on insurance, I’m getting it. Play them companies like they play you. I used to have the iPhone 3g, yeah it was a nice phone, but I was getting raped with the phone bill and bad service. I complained and after a while, I got out of the contract without ETF and switched to Sprint Sero. Sprint doesn’t have a good signal as Verizon, but they were cool and gave me a free airave and other hookups for free and I can roam to Verizon if I get a bad signal. So far Sprint has been far and above the best phone company considering price and good customer support in my opinion and I will be sticking with them.

[isdnmatt]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

You have too look at all the variables and not just the phone price alone. Currently I’m on the Sero with insurance, my whole bill is under $40 bucks with all the features. I checked out Verizon and ATT prices for similar features and they are double to triple the price for what Sprint is charging for the same features. Look at the iPhone, yeah its 99 dollars for the phone, but the service alone is over 100 bucks for the cheapest voice and unlimited text and ATT forces you to get the $30 iphone data plan. Just the data plan that ATT charges is as much as my whole Sprint bill.

This is how these crooked companies make there money, they rip you off on the plans. To fight back, use the phone insurance to get new phones. Once the TP2 is available on insurance, I’m getting it. Play them companies like they play you. I used to have the iPhone 3g, yeah it was a nice phone, but I was getting raped with the phone bill and bad service. I complained and after a while, I got out of the contract without ETF and switched to Sprint Sero. Sprint doesn’t have a good signal as Verizon, but they were cool and gave me a free airave and other hookups for free and I can roam to Verizon if I get a bad signal. So far Sprint has been far and above the best phone company considering price and good customer support in my opinion and I will be sticking with them.

Your SERO plan won't last much longer and YOU, along with others, are the reason why the insurance deductible went from $50 to $100 for smartphones.... (read: insurance fraud)

[NIKKG]

Originally Posted by isdnmatt

Your SERO plan won't last much longer and YOU, along with others, are the reason why the insurance deductible went from $50 to $100 for smartphones.... (read: insurance fraud)

Sero Plan does exist, I bought it from some guy through ebay in March when I switched to Sprint. Also, my deductible is still $50 bucks, I've only used insurance once when my TP broke and had it replaced for the same one a few months ago. The deductible didn't rise because people were doing fraud, they went up because they wanted higher profits. All these companies work together to defraud people. Just look at ATT/Verizon, they charge you 20 bucks for text messaging and $30 dollars for internet, and their voice plans are almost identical in price. If thats not fraud and collision to screw the customer, than I don't know what else is.

One more thing, the Iphone, TP, TP2, etc, they only cost about $10-20 bucks to produce from some sweatshop in China. Don't believe all that hype about any of these phones costing them hundreds to produce, its all BS. Remember, these companies buy the material at cost price.

[brownhornet]

They can go shoot themselves as far as im concerned for that price. I have the TP1 and ill stick with it. As far as moving towards business customers... they're not going to sway any businesses away from blackberries with that price.

[just_maurice]

before i complain. how much does this phone cost in other countries with an equivalent two year contract? i know the Canadian price but europe, asia etc

[TnA-2xXtReM]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

Also, my deductible is still $50 bucks, I've only used insurance once when my TP broke and had it replaced for the same one a few months ago. The deductible didn't rise because people were doing fraud, they went up because they wanted higher profits. All these companies work together to defraud people.

In reality, we pay insurance to help other insured if they experience a loss. In the best possible situation, the fee we pay each month would cover the loss of of some insured and a little leftover for the insurer for administration/cost to run their business.

For an example, we all pay $7 a month for insurance. If there is only 100 people in that pool, that is $700 in fees collected per month. In that month, insured #66 experienced a loss with their TP. They paid the deductible of $100 and got a brand new TP which has the cost of $580. Assuming that no other loss are report that month, the revenue collected by the insurance company is $800, purchasing cost is $580 and total profit before other admin/payroll/etc is $220. Not all months will be like this as for it varies ever so often. One month, they could experience 10 claims or none at all. This is a just a small example but you expand this to thousand and million to see a different result.

Basically, insurance is just a tool for us to use in order to cover our butt. Yes, I understand you can buy TP out there for $200 or so and not the $580 price tag, but have you consider without insurance, the price would be a lot higher; as for the cheapest way to get TP at subsidize price is through new customer pricing. Insurance claims (legit or not) bring a whole new pool of supplies of TP and any other items to the market. As for deductible increase, they only raise it due to fraudulent claims. Just too many people are abusing the insurance company for claims when it was $50, so raising it to $100 will make those abusers to reconsider their options. If really understand how insurance works, you would really appreciate it. My 2 cents..

[unclutchable]

Originally Posted by NIKKG

You have too look at all the variables and not just the phone price alone. Currently I’m on the Sero with insurance, my whole bill is under $40 bucks with all the features. I checked out Verizon and ATT prices for similar features and they are double to triple the price for what Sprint is charging for the same features. Look at the iPhone, yeah its 99 dollars for the phone, but the service alone is over 100 bucks for the cheapest voice and unlimited text and ATT forces you to get the $30 iphone data plan. Just the data plan that ATT charges is as much as my whole Sprint bill.

This is how these crooked companies make there money, they rip you off on the plans. To fight back, use the phone insurance to get new phones. Once the TP2 is available on insurance, I’m getting it. Play them companies like they play you. I used to have the iPhone 3g, yeah it was a nice phone, but I was getting raped with the phone bill and bad service. I complained and after a while, I got out of the contract without ETF and switched to Sprint Sero. Sprint doesn’t have a good signal as Verizon, but they were cool and gave me a free airave and other hookups for free and I can roam to Verizon if I get a bad signal. So far Sprint has been far and above the best phone company considering price and good customer support in my opinion and I will be sticking with them.

SERO doesn't exist anymore. A Sprint plan for smartphones now is over $60. Sprint DOES have the cheapest plans, but they aren't that cheap. I'm on SERO too, otherwise I would have switched by now to the Palm Pre. I don't feel like giving up my $30 plan.

$350 for a phone (WITH a 2-year contract) is ridiculous anyway you look at it. Especially considering the TP2 contains some of the most dated hardware of any phone. The reason for this is partly Windows Mobile's fault and partly HTC's fault. WM doesn't support 16.7 million color screens, capacitive touch screens, etc. I'm sure this will change with WM7... when it's released... probably 1+ year from now. HTC just keeps on sticking old hardware into their phones.

If you're paying $350 for a phone with a 2-year contract, it better have some great hardware and features like an OLED screen.