Nexus One Price: $530 Unlocked, $180 With T-Mobile Contract?
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Gizmodo was tipped with several screen shots of what appears to be the official Nexus One landing page and pricing for the phone. You're given two options to get the Nexus One upon release: Sold directly from Google. Unlocked and unsubsidized for $530. Or $180 if you're eligible and sign a 2-year contract with T-Mobile. In addition, here are some new details copied from Gizmodo:
• If you want it subsidized, you'll have to sign up for a 2 year mandatory contract
• There's only one rate plan: $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 total
• Existing customers cannot keep their plan if they want a subsidized phone; they have to change to the one plan, and this only applies to accounts with one single line
• If that doesn't fly with you, you have to buy the $530 unlocked version—this actually might save you money over two years if you already have a cheap plan
• Family plans, Flexpay, SmartAccess and KidConnect subscribers must buy the phone unlocked and unsubsidized for $530
• You can only buy five Nexus One phones per Google account
• There is language in the agreement of shipping outside the US
• Google will sell it at google.com/phone, which explains what they were doing with that page a few weeks ago
• Google will still call it the Nexus One apparently, and not the Google Phone
And here is a big one:
• If you cancel your plan before 120 days, you have to pay the subsidy difference between what you paid and the unsubsidized price, so $350 in this case. Or you can return the phone to Google. You also authorize them to charge this directly to your credit card.
UPDATE: Engadget got the full terms of sale.
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So what does this exactly mean if you are a current T-Mobille customer?
So no rebate for google account holder...?
It means if you have a family you're f*cked and have to pay full price without the option of making four payments. God's I hope this isn't true.
That's BS if you can't get the discount if you have a family plan. Complete BS.
Wait so does this mean that the Unlimited Loyalty Family plan that TMO pushed means were not eligible?
no special price at this moment. No rebate
:-(
F*ck this
Dont forget, the Passion is supposedly dropping in Jan. too. But you'll still probably have to be ready to renew your contract to get a discount.
I just got off the phone with T-Mobile and of course they don't know anything about the Nexus One. The lady did say to me that they have the Xperia X10 and a Motorola phone coming out soon. She was super curious about the Nexus One though.
I mainly called to verify our plan that we had. We do have the Unlimited Loyalty Family plan that they pushed on us because we we are "loyal" TMo customers. According to those specs we would be eligible to get the phone for $180 which is complete bull sh*t.
Would or wouldn;t?
Whoops, mean to say "would not" be eligible for the phone for $180 if this leak even is true. According to them I wont be able to renew my 2 year agreement until july because we just renewed last sept?
Sooooo, I'll just sign a contract just to get the phone and have the phone on my mom's tmo account ! woo hoo !
Screw credit and all that jazz
Forget about it! Not worth it...don't get it...force Google to lower prices...
Honestly , when will something come out that's Not lackin ANYTHING ? SH*T!
What about tmobile Even more Plus subscribers. We have the option of upgrading phones whenever(full price of course) and pay it off, interest free over 24 months i.e. for this it would add 22 bucks a month to our rate. Is that still going to be allowed?
I'm just selling my Touch pro 2 for Cash and paying difference.
I guess I'm selling my HTC Hero
If i have to drop my family plan on T-Mo to get this phone then Google can suck my chocolate salty balls. i was just about to send back my My Touch that i just got last week to get this but forget it now. And I'm not paying $530 for a goddamn phone. I might as well get a laptop for that price.
like i said earlier fortunately I am on a family plan under my mom's name. I'll get the phone for 180 sign a contract and pay first month's bill or whatever up front THEN use it on my line with my mom's even more plus fam plan. Screw Tmobile AND google ! HA !
@shonan lol good luck
HA HA thanx I WILL have this phone . And once it's able to be rooted OOOOOHHHH man
I thought I read on earlier posts that the Nexus One will be VoIP and all you need is a data plan. I was SO looking forward on lowering my bill.
@shonan
Hmm 180 for the phone, activation fee, 4months of service @70/months and then $200 EFT for a grand total of $620? Can I just sell you one for that much? 2nd grade math here.... Clearly, Google is pushing this for new customers, not for existing ones.
This contract plan is about as cutting edgy as a basketball. And that's considering that us AT&T have nothing but edge!
@eye
Really ? I would be signing on as a new customer.
I'm a little disappointed if this is the real unsubsidized price for the phone.
I just talked to T-Mobile and the gentleman there said they had just got the info on the Nexus One and said they will have almost nothing to do with the phone anytime soon. Its all Google, they just provide the service. At least that's what it sounded like to me the way he stated everything. So as far as pricing and rebates and what not, we're going to have to hope Google will give some of us long time Google and/or T-Mobile account holders a break.
Although $530 is about what a comparable Smart Phone costs anyway. Google really should do something here for us Google account holders. I've had just about every Google service since beta and swear by almost everything of theirs. Come on Google, we are all loyal to you, now help us out a bit here!
Wait. So what happened to $199 with a $100 rebate? Have we confirmed that guy was full of it?
is it now just for the US-market? Or can i order it from europe?
I was confirmed by a T-Mobile employee this phone would be T-Mobile only sold exclusively by Google for $99
I was shopping last night for a smart phone. With his boss giving him the stink eye look, the sales rep told me the Nexus One will be out on 1-5-09 sold through Google only, for $99 and will be exclusive to T-Mobile.
They want to make sales, why would he tell me this if it weren't true? I was ready to buy a phone that minute and he said I would wait if I were you for Tuesday the 5th....
Looks like were gonna have to wait till the 5th to find out the real pricing scoop
If you are calling T-mobile to get information you are silly. Those reps dont know any more than you do. In fact probably less because most may not take the time to read these blogs. PLUS they wont know anything until official announcements so quit calling T-mobile and asking them questions until the phone is actually officially released/announced... goofballs.. oh yeah and that goes for sales reps too
Well I wasn't calling, I was in store shopping, I came in to say I wanted to buy a TS phone and that is what conspired.
Also I don't see the benefit for T-Mobile in this plan pricing b/c limiting the contract capabilities for new customers is bothersome (only 500 minutes?) Plus T-Mobile is trying to move away from the Provider Subsidized phone by having their plus plans.
This whole article just doesn't make sense to me from a consumer point of view. Google wants to be a liberating force (Cloud Computing / Open Source) this style offering simply escews conformity...
As Markimar says, come the 5th we shall all find out. Plus what is page 1 of the slide show?
Interesting note too. They reference pricing in the "Terms of Sale" Document of $179 USD for subsidized and $429 for non subsidized and a $350 recovery fee if you cancel... 429-179 is 250 not 350... This contact is completely BS if you ask me, it would not make it up to snuff for having such inaccuracies...
This whole contract is screwy in itself... flipping between like-new to unopened for no refurbish charge to all phones have a $45 charge. That you can't return an inscribed phone, to you can for a fee... They talk about refunding shipping costs in one instance, then later they deduct shipping costs...
Maybe just a rough draft, definitely not a finalized since a lot of web pages are listed just as http:// or random names...
You guys need to stop buying into rumors. Rumors are just that, rumors. Yes $530 is a lot for a phone but that's cuz its unsubbed. This price is a steal compared to other unsubbed phones.
"MT3G=528Mhz, Android 1.6, 3.2MP camera, $499 w/o contract. Nexus 1=1Ghz, Android 2.1, 5MP camera, $529 w/out contract."
Even at $180 w/a 2 year contract is a steal. The cliq and behold II both go for $200+ w/2 year contracts.
this does seem to be a little akward because about 2 months ago when rumors of google having a phone in the works a press release statement by a google rep said that they wanted to make a phone that was cheap and that they were tired of the fact that phone software could be changed by any company that sold the subed version of a phone...or sumthin to that effect
if u ask me id just tell you to wait until january when the phone comes .... no use stressing over rumors but i have to say the rumors make the anticipation a little unbearable tho so i see why everybody going all crazy but, ill say again just wait till january
Well my bubble burst with the pricing.black. being I just got my g1. Less than a year ago I'm probably won't qualify for an upgrade. Heavy sigh. ...
To Juan,
You are absolutely right. $180 would be a steal..IF...they allowed you to get if for that price with any rate plan that t-mobile had to offer. The fact that my family can't be on a plan with me if i want the phone for that price is ridiculous.
To Webster,
That's exactly right. They specifically said CHEAP/AFFORDABLE. That's why I hope Juan is right and everything that we are hearing are simply meaningless rumors because way to many people are losing interest in buying the phone by the second.
I have very credible inside knowlede of the pricing of Nexus One. On 1/5/10 you will be surprised!
Google once again will change the game!
@Jizzyman
Any hints? ;)
Not to be a conspirator or anything but if this is what the page is gonna look like when it releases, why does it have copyright 2009 on it?
F ing google. I am with T Mobile now and get Unlimited Minutes, Text (1000) and Unlimited data for 79.99 with taxes a month. Now I have to give up this great plan for only 500 minutes a month ??? R U Kidding Me ? Why Would I do that for a F ing Google Phone that is just barely better that the Droid phone ?? J-O-K-E. Google has just shown they are a Piece of SH*T company and they just want to Screw the Consumer.
F Google.
I spoke with several tmobile reps ranging from competent to having the IQ of a door knob. The latter was literally trying to get me to call HTC regarding my questions on the plan options, or lack of. Speaking of these ridiculous plan options, Google and Tmobile, you have to be kidding me! I am being told that in order to get this phone I need to give up my My Favorites family plan for a less favorable "more minutes" BS plan that would cost me approximately $25 more per month and be a lesser plan. WTF is this all about? Google, what happened to the game changing Google Voice + Gizmo WiFi no plan required calling!? F ing corporate sell outs!
F U!
Has anyone gotten confirmation their units have shipped yet? I haven't and I ordered within 1 minute of site opening to order
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