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lostviking 
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 01:26 PM
This how it should have been all along. When Google stopped selling the Nexus One via the store front and only sold to developers we all lost faith in them.
Hopefully, if this comes to pass they have learned that it's a mess to trust the carriers to do ANYTHING after the sale. They have their money, so upgrading your phone is not in their interests. They want to sell you a new one instead.
Hopefully, if this comes to pass they have learned that it's a mess to trust the carriers to do ANYTHING after the sale. They have their money, so upgrading your phone is not in their interests. They want to sell you a new one instead.
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Posted 17 May 2012 - 01:26 PM
Could the days of getting the carriers out of the selling of phones be even closer to reality? What a happy day it will be when you buy a phone, call a carrier and they sell what they should to you, service! No contracts, no waiting for updates for months and months, choosing what services we want.
Freedom from the carriers controlling our phones. Oh what a happy day that will be! Cheers.
Freedom from the carriers controlling our phones. Oh what a happy day that will be! Cheers.
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Posted 18 May 2012 - 06:36 AM
I totally agree!
Some folks don't mind being shackled with a two-year cellular agreement for a lower hardware price.
However, Verizon and Sprint rely on CDMA and the phone number is tied to an electronic serial number in the device.
This makes switching to another carrier(AT&T, T-Mobile) IMPOSSIBLE as these carriers use the international standard GSM and the identity of the phone is in the SIM card.
In the long run, this may create a marketplace in which EVERY carrier offers a month-to-month contract - but will be a long-time coming.
Currently all carriers offer a little known month-to-month contract if you BYOD (Bring your Own Device).
This sounds good in theory, but does not prohibit the carriers from assessing a "special one-time fee" to do so.
It's a game that the consumer can't win. They paid for the airwaves and competitive pressures only go so far.
Take heart though, a number of new carriers are offering $19.95 plans with unlimited talk time as they supplement connectivity with Wi-Fi.
This is NOT a perfect answer though as they rely on Sprint (and MAY not use all of their network).
Ultimately as 4G uses non-cellular spectrum all carriers may eventually go to a data-only plan where Voice over IP makes sense and these 4G networks are designed for data-only.
The bottom line?
Even at the current costs and issues the ability to have an IP-addressible device IN OUR POCKETS that gives us connectivity virtually anywhere on the planet is one of the greatest technical achievements and has a great positive impact on our daily lives.
Some folks don't mind being shackled with a two-year cellular agreement for a lower hardware price.
However, Verizon and Sprint rely on CDMA and the phone number is tied to an electronic serial number in the device.
This makes switching to another carrier(AT&T, T-Mobile) IMPOSSIBLE as these carriers use the international standard GSM and the identity of the phone is in the SIM card.
In the long run, this may create a marketplace in which EVERY carrier offers a month-to-month contract - but will be a long-time coming.
Currently all carriers offer a little known month-to-month contract if you BYOD (Bring your Own Device).
This sounds good in theory, but does not prohibit the carriers from assessing a "special one-time fee" to do so.
It's a game that the consumer can't win. They paid for the airwaves and competitive pressures only go so far.
Take heart though, a number of new carriers are offering $19.95 plans with unlimited talk time as they supplement connectivity with Wi-Fi.
This is NOT a perfect answer though as they rely on Sprint (and MAY not use all of their network).
Ultimately as 4G uses non-cellular spectrum all carriers may eventually go to a data-only plan where Voice over IP makes sense and these 4G networks are designed for data-only.
The bottom line?
Even at the current costs and issues the ability to have an IP-addressible device IN OUR POCKETS that gives us connectivity virtually anywhere on the planet is one of the greatest technical achievements and has a great positive impact on our daily lives.
jdelsro19, on 17 May 2012 - 01:26 PM, said:
Could the days of getting the carriers out of the selling of phones be even closer to reality? What a happy day it will be when you buy a phone, call a carrier and they sell what they should to you, service! No contracts, no waiting for updates for months and months, choosing what services we want.
Freedom from the carriers controlling our phones. Oh what a happy day that will be! Cheers.
Freedom from the carriers controlling our phones. Oh what a happy day that will be! Cheers.
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