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Nokia X6 Available for Shipping: Just in Time For the Holiday’s
Nov 29th
Nokia X6 Is Shipping In Time For the Holiday’s
It’s Got So Many Goodies!
Shipping to the UK, although on the official site it states it’s still on pre-order, the the first of the “Nokia X Series.” The Nokia X6. It is said that the start of sales was yesterday, the 27th of November. This phone looks to be a great media phone, and it has all of the features you would expect from a high end smartphone. And yes, it has Symbian 9.4 as the OS. It is also using the S60 5th Edition for the UI too. Thank goodness for that.
White&Blue Nokia X6
It’s Stand Apart Features
This phone has lots of goodies but what makes it stand out apart from the rest are the handset’s “dedicated to music and media” features. It starts off with a dedicated Media Bar Key and a Dedicated Contacts Bar Key where you have all the music gallery items, share online, the video center and web browser contacts feeds and status updates you can handle at the touch of a button.
It also has a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, dual LED flash, a capacitive 3.2 Touchscreen with 640×360 resolution with a wide-screen ratio of 16:9. It als features an onscreen QWERTY keyboard that automatically changes its landscape according to how ou hold the phone. It also comes with all the usual culprits a smartphone does. GPA, BlueTooth 2.0 EDR, accelerometer, WiFi, 3G, MTP support, and a 3.5mm jack. It comes in two colors either Black and Red ot While and Blue. It also has a few extras like syncing TV to Nokia’s OVI Suite, AV for audio and TV out, and more.
Black&Red Nokia X6
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LG Is Getting Smarter By the Day-The IQ (AKA The Monaco) Is On the Loose!
Nov 29th
Coming Soon to Canada
LG IQ aka Monaco
That’s right folks, LG is adding to their collection of smartphones with the smarter LG IQ, also known as the Monaco and although it was once thought the IQ would be debuted in the US, we were all wrong. Apparently Telus has picked up this pretty little smartphone by LG and brought it to Canada for it’s premier debut. And although it was also rumored to be the very first WinMo 7 phone, when it was “leaked by accident” on AT&T’s site by an employee (who apparently can’t spell) it proves to be untrue as well. The LG IQ will be sporting the well known WinMo 6.5. It’s ok, though, there are so many other better features that will make up for that point.
For example, it will have the much talked about and used SnapDragon 1ghz processor, a 3.2” WVGA touch screen display, 400×800 resolution, GPS and a 5 megapixel camera. The one feature that this phone has that makes it stand out from all the rest is the fingerprint scanner. There are videos of it in action at Engadget.com.
What’s The Verdict?
This is a really nice follow to the other LG phones on the market. I just wish AT&T would have grabbed it like they were supposed to. And I must say I am glad they decided not to use WinMo 7, I mean come on… WinMo 6.5 is still hot off the presses and they are already pushing another update? If they were going to try to push 7 out so soon, they should have just waited to do it and never release 6.5 in the first place. It makes no sense to me at all, except they were getting a little scared about al the Droid phones on the loose… That makes sense…..
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Acer Jumping Into Smartphone Market
Nov 29th
First India Then the Liquid and Now Up to 10 More Coming In 2010
The Acer Liquid Finally Released
Finally released this week, after being announced in the middle of October, is the Acer Liquid. In an interview between Reuters and Aymar de Lencquesaing, one of the heads of Acer Inc., he stated they would only be releasing between 8-10 smartphones. which would be their comfort zone, and not following the top cell phone makers by introducing 50-10 handsets a year.
Acer Liquid Front Shot
De Lencquesaing also stated in the interview “…Acer aims to reach 6 to 7 percent of the smartphone market in 3-5 years from entering it, helped by volume growth of cheap smartphones.” and that “”We will stick to that. It’s core to our strategy,” de Lencquesaing said. “So far we are executing more or less on plan.” And they do seem to be acing the Acer Plan because as of now, they have 3.5% of the Market share as opposed to last year when they had none of the Smartphone market at all.
Acer Full Frontal
he Only Acer With Android
Now, the Acer Liquid is running Android 1.6, the only one of the Acer smartphones to have it, for now. All the others they have produced are running WinMo in some form or another. But they have promised that next year’s line up to be more equaled out between the two.
The phone itself has the usual features including the new Qualcomm QSD 8250 Snapdragon 1 ghzCPU (at 768 MHz) we seem to see popping up everywhere all of a sudden. Other features include the 3.5″ WVGA 800×480 capacitive touchscreen, 5 megapixel camera with auto focus, 256mb SDRAM, 512 Flash ROM, Bluetooth 2.0 EDR, 3.5mm headphone jack, GPS, a digital compass and a G-sensor and light sensor, along with more features too many to name.
And The Verdict Is?
I think he Acer smartphones are going to do well, in spite of a struggling economy. Why you ask? Well, for starters Acer is known for their cheaply proces notebooks and such. So on reputation alone that will get them sales.
Even though the Liquid is going for approximately $700 USD, it is already being waited on. And the fact that Acer has already captured the part of the market they did plays a big factor in sales as well. With the world waiting on the next phones oto come, most are going to want to preview the Acer Liquid to see if those new ones are going to be worth it or not. What do you all think? Are Acer Smartphones going to be a hit?
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The $3.2 Million Smartphone-Serving Up A Tall Order With the Supreme
Nov 29th
iPhone Afraid of Losing Their Uppity Status?
iPhone Getting Weaker Despite Still Being On Top of Sales
That’s right folks… Because Apple’s iPhone seems to be losing their contract to sell only with AT&T, they are looking for new ways to outshine the rest. That’s where Stuart Hughes from GoldStriker.com comes in. He helped iPhone fill the tall order by making a custom iPhone. Normally this would be a good thing, but when the order is for a phone as wasteful and gluttonous and greedy as this one, it makes you take a step back and put things into perspective for a minute.
Think about this. While the world is still trying to climb out of the economic crisis we are in, people are spending $3.2M on a play thing such as this iPhone. While people are losing their jobs, employment being higher than ever before, not to mention the millions of children and their families that go hungry every day, someone goes and orders a phone like this one to be made.
iPhone Supreme
So What’s Under the Hood?
Nothing special really, it’s what’s outside that counts on the Supreme. On the inside, it is the usual iPhone 3GS, with WiFi, GPS, cam, touchscreen and all the rest. Here are the specs the Australian gold mining magnate who commissioned it wanted and what makes this phone so damn expensive (and 10 months to make):
- Solid Gold Casing
- 136 diamonds embedded into the front around the Touchscreen
- 53 Flawless diamonds making up the Apple Logo on the back
- A very rare 7.1crt diamond on the front as the navigation button
The phone also comes with a case that is made out of solid Granite and pretty much dwarfs the phone itself.
Graphite iPhone Case
The Downfall
Well, people seem to be saying that doing this to the phone is making the warranty void. And no one is going to be able to touch it to fix it anyway. I am wondering i anyone will even be able to use it as if it were me who had this commissioned, I wouldn’t want to use it for fear of breaking it.
And The Verdict Is?
Honestly, I think people who make phonespay for phones like this to be made for them should have to donate the same amount to a charity. Doesn’t matter which one, just as long as someone is benefiting other than the designer and the owner. I do agree that the qork performed to make this iPhone 3GS as spectacular as it is in fact is stunning, i just hope that it’s not pure greed that drives these people. I don’t think that it is right that phones, or anything for that matter, should be so expensive. I know it’s a matter of prestige and exclusivity, but come on already, people are starving in the world. Have a heart and spend some money on them too!
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Lets All Bid Adeu to the Idou-Sony Ericsson Pulls Satio From Shelves
Nov 27th
Nokia Doing the Same With N97?
What’s the Deal With the Satio?
The Sony Ericsson Satio, also known one time as the Idou, was one of the first phones to debut a 12 megapixel camera. It has other features such as 3.5″ with a ratio of 16:9 with 640×360 resolution, 3G and Bluetooth, along with the usual Smartphone capabilities. It is a really nice phone and sales were almost through the roof.
OK, So Why Was It Pulled?
The phone was doing really until is was pulled from shelves by Carphone Warehouse and Phone4You, two of the largest retailers of mobile phones in the UK. They were apparently still available from other dealers such as T-Mobile and Vodaphone, but after reading the following, I sincerely don’t think anyone will want to.
The phone, the retailers and customers are saying, seems to be freezing, powering off, crashing and showing other signs of incompatibilities and nuisances. This is apparently due to a problem with a software skin placed over the phone’s native OS. It is said the customers are returning the phone because when trying to switch apps, or access their stored apps, the phone will power down for no reason. Two of the Satio dealers, Orange and Vodaphone do not use these skins, but have their own, which could be why they are still selling the phones and haven’t pulled them as of yet. It seems the phones with those skins aren’t having any problems.
Is There A Solution?
Sony says there is a solution in the works. Apparently it will come in the form of a patch that can’t be deployed over the air. So the best thing is to bring the phone back to whee you got it from so it can be fixed. Sony is also saying the patched should be in place and the phones back on shelves before Christmas. According to The Times, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4you are also offering new phones in place of the defective ones.
What’s The Deal With the Nokia N97?
Apparently, the Nokia N97 was pulled for almost the same reasons as the Satio. When someone goes to the Vodaphone site to purchase the N97, they are immediately redirected to the N07Mini (which isn’t actually so mini…).
What Is the Actual Problem?
Most people are thinking that because the two phones both use the Symbian OS software that it might actually be the problem. The phones were pulled to test the OS as well. And this in no way is what Symbian needed at the present time. With other companies looking at Maemo, and Android, Symbian is hitting a major setback in trying to keep a hold of the open source smartphone OS world.
So What’s the Verdict?
I think that with the Smartphone competition so fierce these days, the companies were in a way being forced to get their product on the shelves as soon as possible. But apparently the need to so so has shown the quality of the phones to be lacking at best. Just like Microsoft releasing the WinMo 6.5 OS, not really being a major upgrade like they said it was supposed to be, they should have waited until everything was tested and sure of the quality. Sony and Nokia should have waited as well. In their rush to play the market, they are hurting not only their sales in the holiday season, but their reputation as well.
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It’s Finally Here: The Top 5 Motorola Droid Accessory List!
Nov 24th
The Best of The Best and Cream of The Crop For The Motorola Droid
What’s The Deal?
Just in time for the holiday’s, your weekly accessories list letting you know the best of the best, cream of the crop top accessories for the most popular phones. This time, the Motorola Droid is at the top of the list and Black Friday is right around the corner. So maybe, with any luck, you will be able to scoop up these practical accessories for the Droid at a deep discount. And if not, then gt them anyway. they will no only make your life with a Droid Smartphone easier, but it will look stylish too (as if it needs anymore style).
#1-The Multi-Media Desktop Charger for Droid
Desk Charger
Without a doubt, this is the best accessory that should be on everyone’s list. It is number one on mine, and for good reason. It is so multifunctional, I think it has a “Kitchen Sink Clause” in there somewhere… Not only does it do the usual charging, it shows the weather, works as an alarm clock, displays photos and video, plays music and syncs to any PC with the included USB cable. It’ sleek and stylish design is great for home, office, or anywhere else you can think to show it off. It goes for about $29 anywhere you can buy accessories for your Motorola Droid phone.
#2-The Blue Vision II by Mr. Hands Free
Mr. Handsfree Blue Vision II
Honestly, I was looking at a Vehicle Mount Kit with a Universal Holder as number 2, but with the versatility of the Blue Vision II, it gives you the best of all worlds, it clearly beat the universal out. Not only is it mountable is two places, on the visor out of the way and on the dash, for those who want to see their beauty of a phone and use the GPS, but it comes with a remote control that stores up to 10 direct numbers, can dial and redial, answer and reject calls too. You can connect it to two different devices at the same time. It has at very least, 24 hours of talk time, and you can talk and listen at the same time through with the help of Digital Sound Processing, or DSP. This also functions to cancel out echos and background noise. So, you can see why it beat out the universal car kit. It has all the features of the kit, with a ton of extras that come in a smaller, prettier package. This great accessory runs about $129 and can be found anywhere accessories for Droid are sold.
#3-Motorola Micro USB High Performance Car Charger for Droid
Motorols Car Charger
The one thing the Blue Vision II lacks, a car charger. But no worries because third on the list is the micro USB car charger. It has a durable extendable reach coiled cord and a lighted glow to confirm the charge connection. It is a quick charger with preformance power. The USB car charger can be found anywhere accessories for Droid are sold for about $14-$16.
#4-The BlackBerry Stereo Headset With Noise Isolating Car Gels (3.5mm) For Droid
BlackBerry for Doris Headset
That’s right, a BlackBerry accessory for the Droid. But if the shoe fits… Anyway, this is a great little headset that cuts out any ans all background noise, so you can hear only what you want when you want to hear it. It also has a control button to pause and play music and adjust volume of calls and also comes with a couple of extra gels. It is compatible with most 3.5mm jacks and can be found anywhere accessories for Droid are sold for about $15-$17.
#5-The Body Glove Landmark Universal Case for Droid
Body Glove Case for Droid
The Body Glove case keeps the Droid looking new in a sleek, not too bulky, fully protecting case. It comes with a rotating clip for your belt loop, or you hang it anywhere. It has a magnetic cover to keep your Droid safe and secure inside. It is made out a very durable material, just like all the Body Glove items are. This runs for about $20 and can be found anywhere Droid accessories are sold.
And the Verdict Is?
Well, that’s it folks… The top five cream of the crop best of the best accessories for the Droid. So what do you think? Does anyone have any others they would like to add to the list? Or do you disagree with anything here? Drop a line or leave a comment and let us know!
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Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Update Plus: Verizon vs. AT&T Feud Fires Up Again
Nov 23rd
Is The Feud Ever Going To End? Or DO They Like It Like This?
What’s The Update All About With The Xperia X10?
Well, since we last wrote about the Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, the specs have been updated on the Xperia’s home page, and T-Mobile has been taken out of the deal completely. According to Phandroid.com, because of the way the network is set up, it indicates that the phone will be compatible with AT&T’s network band, as it is missing a needed component for T-Mobile.
Some of the specs include an 8.1 megapixel camera with flash, auto-focus, stabilizer and face recognition as a 5 Faces Friend finder, a 480×854 WVGA TFT Touchscreen, Turbo 3G. internal memory of 1GB and 1Ghz SnapDragon processor. The external memory is SanDisk Micro SD card of 8GB is expandable up to 16GB. Some other offerings include a Web Kit and streaming, A-GPS, Google Maps App, 3D Games and Sony Ericsson Mediascape. The phones go for $999 Unlocked of you pre-order them, but if you can hold off long enough, they will be $868 for an unlocked phone.
What’s the Buzz About With Verizon vs. AT&T?
Apparently, both sides are profiting form the bad blood between them. The ad ward back and forth have created a type of buzz on the street that has made popularity of both companies soar. According to YouGovPolimetrix’s BrandIndex, via MediaPost.com,
“…between Nov. 2 and Nov. 19. At the beginning of the period, AT&T’s buzz was at about 7.7, while Verizon’s was around 21.3. By the end of the time period, AT&T’s had risen to 14, while Verizon’s had risen to 32.3.”
In an interview between DailyTech.com and Seth Bloom, he does say that AT&T thinks Americans won’t be able to figure out there is coverage in the white areas, just not 3G coverage. He also says AT&T thinks the map is very deceptive and states the dropped call average is actually less than what was reported.
AT&T recently upped the stakes of the feud between them with a commercial aimed to discredit Verizon, saying that AT&TY has the fastest coverage, and the phones allow for talkig and surfing at the same time. The war continues with another hearing set for December 16 2009.
And The Verdict Is?
Honestly, I think the move from T-Mobile to AT&T with the Xperia was probably a good one, what with all of the recent data problems (Sidekick and others) they have been having.
As for Verizon and AT&T… If I am not mistaken, The Droid Does, Right?
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Developers backing away from both Google and Apple-Why?
Nov 22nd
Are things Really That Bad In App World?
Gameloft Cuts Funding-
The French gamemaker, Gameloft, has admitted to cutting back on most of their funding for Android apps. Their reasoning? According to Reuters, this is what Alexandre de Rochefort, Director of Finance had to say:
We have significantly cut our investment in Android platform, just like … many others,” Gameloft finance director Alexandre de Rochefort said at an investor conference. “It is not as neatly done as on the iPhone. Google has not been very good to entice customers to actually buy products. On Android nobody is making significant revenue.”
Apparently, the problem is with the way Android’s app store is set up. It doesn’t lure the customers in well enough to make a profit. The iPhone’s app store seems to sell 400 times more games than Android does making iPhone generate 13 percent of their total profit for the last quarter. So you would think, in light of these facts, the developers would want to stick around iPhone app store for awhile, wouldn’t you? Apparently, this is not the case.
Developers Pulling out of iPhone App Development Too
Facebook’s Joe Hewitt, Second Gear’s Justin Williams, and long-time Mac software developer Rogue Amoeba, are all well liked and respected developers for iPhone. Or, at least, they were. According to Arstechnica.com, they seem to be so frustrated by the way Apple controls the application approval process, they have all decided to stop developing all together. When he left, Joe Hewett stated :
My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies. I respect their right to manage their platform however they want, however I am philosophically opposed to the existence of their review process. I am very concerned that they are setting a horrible precedent for other software platforms, and soon gatekeepers will start infesting the lives of every software developer.
Arstechnica.com had reported the speculation of his leaving hasd something to do with the Open source project he was woeking on, based on a Facebook app. He contacted Arstechnica.com to state it was not true, his leaving in fact was “…related to “another experience” which he is not at liberty to disclose details of publicly.”
In another statement, made by Justin Williams earlier this year, “With the latest app rejection being Google Voice, I am one step closer to selling off my iPhone products and focusing entirely on the Mac once more,” and “I can’t help but feel that I’ve wasted the past 9 months of my life building on a platform that is so hostile and anti-developer. I no longer enjoy building software for the iPhone because of the bureaucracy and infrastructure that surrounds it.” Ultimately, someone approached Williams to purchase his items, but rather than being able to transfer them, he had to delete his versions altogether.
Earlier this week a team of developers, Rogue Amoeba, trew in th towel as well. There was an issue with an update to one of the applications that had been previously approved and when the update was submited, it was rejected because of an image Apple stated it was an inappropriate use of “Apple-owned Graphic Symbols. The problem was, however, it was approved the first time around. Not only that, but there is an open API available to developers to retrieve these images for the apps. Apple did not want to hear it and repeatedly rejected the application, and Rogue Amoeba gave up.
And The Verdict Is?
First, I would like to know why, if Android (either OS) is just starting to really get a hold of the market, why don’t the developers give them a chance to build up the store? For what time period exactly are they basing their info on? Get a grip and give Driod a chance!
What the Hell is wrong with these people? Is Apple’s nose so up in the air they can’t even recognize when they are being trivial and redundant? Apparently not. What I don’t understand is why the developers are not going to the FCC with this? How are they going to let Apple get away with everything they are doing? With all the hype recently over all of the apps being rejected, even some really funny ones later overturned on appeal, you would think they would rewrite the software they use to go over the apps and grow a brain in the head of the person with final approval.
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Samsung’s Omnia II to Be Scooped Up By Verizon
Nov 21st
PLUS-Kyocera’s Incognito Launch Date with Sprint Announced
What’s the Deal With The Omnia II?
The Omnia II originally released in Canada with Bell, the official wireless provider for the up and coming 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, last month. But now, Verizon has decided to scoop it up for an official US release and a hopeful date of December 2nd. The handsets will be available everywhere, online and in stores.
What’s Under the Hood of the Omnia II?
To start, it sports the largest of the MVGA AMOLED touchscreens, at 3.7″ and the video quality is said to be of DVD standards at 480p. The camera is 5 megapixel and the handset also sports most of the usual culprits like Bluetooth 2.0, GPS, a-GPS, accelerators, and can run apps such as Office and Excel. As for internal memory, it has built in 8GB and an microSD slot for expandable storage up to 32GB. It was rumored the Omnia II would be running the WinMo 6.1, but that’s been tabled since the release of 6.5, and the Omnia II will be running the WinMo 6.5 Professional platform and it also has TouchWiz 2.0. As usual, there is a 2 year contract and a $100 mail-in rebate making the price(after rebate and contract) $199.99Bell’s Omnia has an extra built right into it. Because it is an official sponsor of the Winter Games 2010, it includes WOW, or Winter Olympics Works, a communication and news system geared solely towards the Olympics, at no extra charge.
What’s the Deal With the Incognito?
Sprint has decided to pick up Kyocera’s Incognito, just in time for the holiday’s and will be launching it officially on November 30, online only. In-Outlet sales are expected to begin on December 6th. This cute little clamshell of a phone has a 2.6″ OLED display with 320×240 resolution, a 2 megapixel camera, and the revealing full QWERTY keypad is haptic, letting you know when you have pressed a button correctly, and it glows, for emailing and messaging in dark or badly lit areas. The phone is 3G ready running on a EVDO network and comes complete with the major social networking site applications built in and ready to go. New service for this phone will cost just $50 after a $50 mail in rebate ad, of course, the required 2 year contract. 
And The Verdict Is
I personally can’t wait for the Omnia II to hit. It’s about time the US gets another really good phone released here that is actually worth the price (and is not an iPhone). As for teh Kyocera, I think the incognito, with a price like that should have been picked up by Metro PCS, or Cricket maybe…
But then again, you don’t really hear about Kyocera as being a great phone BECAUSE it is linked with those carriers. No one wants to talk about them because they are not high end. I just wish these dealers would give up the contract thing, I mean are the phones really worth that much with out a contract? I don’t think so. As they are being released within a few days from each other I think the Omnia II will win this race out. It is a Smartphone, after all and Kyocera doesn’t really get too much attention because this particular model is a clamshell, not a Smartphone like the Omnia II.
What do you all think? Comment and let us know and why…
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The New BlackBerry Pearl 9100-Pics Are Out! Plus-The T-Mobile BlackBerry Deal That Puts Contracted Plans To Shame
Nov 20th
Introducing the Pearl 9100!
What’s The Deal?
According to CrackBerry post this morning, the BlackBerry Pearl 9100, code named Striker or Stratus, depending on who you talk to, photos are out. And it’s a pretty little candybar style phone, too. Apparently, the usual full QWERTY keyboard was traded out for a SureType style, and the battery is redesigned too. But that’s all the specs anyone has at the moment. As soon as there is any more news on the new Pearl 9100, we’ll get it to you as soon as possible! But here’s a pic:
Cortesy of CrackBerry
All the rest of the Photos can be found at CrackBerry.com. And Even more pics and a Video on Salomondrin.net.
-T-Mobile Finally Allows Everyone Access to a BlackBerry
Not Just For The Credit Worthy Anymore
In a groundbreaking move, T-Mobile will be offering four models of the BlackBerry to their customers on a pre-paid basis in the USA. It’s about time those lower on the credit world totem pole have access to a BlackBerry.
The Curve 8250-Plus three Others Still Unnamed
According to IntoMobile.com, four different BlackBerry’s will be offered with the new “T-Mobile Complete” program, one of them being the BalckBerry Curve 8250. Plans will start at $50 for an unlimited voice plan, 60$ for unlimited voice and text and for those who want to unlock the full potential of the BlackBerry on the Complete plan, $80 for the Unlimited voice, text AND data. And the best part? Right now, the first month of the Complete Plan is FREE! The T-Mobile Complete plan will be available at Wal-Mart and Best Buy, among others. This plan puts most of the contracted plans to shame.
And the Verdict Is?
RIM is really stepping it up. Trying to beat out the hefty competition of late, that’s for sure. With the unlimited pre-paid plans and a brand new phone, with more to come in the short future, I think they are hoping to up their sales this Christmas season. And the Unlimited plans are the way to go. It kinda makes you wonder why you would want to pay more, AND be roped into a one or two year contract… I mean, yes you have to buy the phones outright, but that sure beats having to sign your life away to an overpriced contract that limits your minutes and data usage, doesn’t it? And if you decide you want something different before the contract is up? Termination fee. There is none with the new plan. You want to change phones or plans-Go Ahead!
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