T-Mobile update: $0 down for phones (limited time)

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space-time wrote:
[quote=DRR]
There is no contract. You can pay it off tomorrow if you like and move service. You're not locked in. You can call it a contract but that does not make it so.

but if you pay it off tomorrow then you have to pay $20 * 24 on top of the $150 down payment, or with the new plan $27 * 24. You still pay way more than a ETF of an ATT/Verizon contract which is about $400 IIRC
but, the ETF is on top of the $199 that you typically have to pay for the phone, so that would be $400 + $199 for $600, plus you are tied to a 24 month contract. $27 X 24 would be $648, so you would pay about $50 more not to be tied to a 24 month contract, plus T-Mobile's service is usually cheaper that ATT or Verizon.