On 11 Jun 2008, at 15:44, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: > ian douglas writes: >> Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >>> when I went to get a sim card to use in my moko, I was >>> unable to find one without getting a subsidized phone to go with it. >> >> TMobile did this for me in about 15 minutes at one of their >> stores, and >> I didn't even have my Neo with me at the time. I simply told them >> I had >> an unlocked international GSM-capable phone and I just needed a >> SIM card >> for it. > > Did you get a lower price on your contract than you would have with a > phone? Yes, they would have let me pay for a subsidized phone without > giving me the phone...
Where the heck are you? To the British it is quite *obvious* that a contract without a phone is cheaper. The most obvious example of this is that one can choose how much to pay up front - on can choose the phone "for free" with one set of tariffs, or pay £75 on purchase and get the same number of minutes for £10 a month less (on an 18-month contract, for example). One can also get much cheaper contracts when no phone purchase is involved. Stroller. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community