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With Sprint, this is oh so painfully true (as I dread having to call them after I get off work...).]]>Mar 31st 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/

it's only a phone]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/
Seriously, for any tech follower, getting a phone every 2 years is TORTURE. Unless it's a gorgeous Android (or maybe a Palm Pre)... none of those exist yet.]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/14/verizons-samsung-saga-shows-its-face-as-anticipated/]]>Mar 31st 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/
I can't speak for every carrier, but based on my experiences with T-Mobile they will let you get a fully subsidized phone every 12 months with no hassle. Officially, you have to wait for your two year contract to expire, so you can't buy a new phone early through the website, but if you go to a T-Mobile store and try to buy a new phone 12+ months into your 2 year contract they will gladly cancel out the rest of your term and sign you on a new one.

They call it a "two year extension," but the term is misleading. They're not adding two years onto the end of your current release date, they're just resetting your release date to 24 months from the day you get the new phone.

I've done this once a year for the past five years or so at various locations and nobody has ever given me trouble about it.]]>Mar 31st 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/Mar 31st 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/sanyos-qwerty-packin-scp-2700-lands-on-sprint/
One thing though - Obama won't need to bail out Sanyo, they're doing fine, in fact, they got bought by Kyocera. They moved on a while ago. We may need Jesus H. Obama to bail out Sprint though, who has apparently become a clearing house for unloading yesteryear's technology.

So underwhelming.]]>Apr 1st 2009 2:34PM