http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/ Engadget Comments for T-Mobile Complete: a $300 contract-free BlackBerry Curve 8520 with one month service http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/
That's the benefit - you get a phone as functional (if not as pretty) as an Iphone, but you get to choose your contract, change your contract, move carriers, stop using the phone whenever you want without extending a contract, paying to buyout a contract, waiting for the contract to end, etc.

It's how it's done in most of Europe, and it is how it should be done here. It benefits the consumers, creates competition, lowers the prices of plans, allows the real benefits of phones and service to be compared properly, and rewards both the handset makers and the providers for making choices that benefit the consumer.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 11:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/
Get out! Get the F*CK OUT!]]>Nov 18th 2009 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 11:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/
Well, unless it's coming from Palm.]]>Nov 18th 2009 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/6 year not one problem with service]]>Nov 19th 2009 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 18th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/
The phone costs $350 retail, buying out right though, and T-Mobile is selling it for $300, and that price pays the first month's bill. Does it include the texting and data package though? Yes, it's required by T-Mobile since Blackberry is making it a requirement that you cannot purchase ANY blackberry phones, since it is a smart phone, with out a data plan. Go ahead, go to T-Mobile and try to buy a smart phone with no data, or even VZW, AT&T, or Sprint, ain't happening bud.

I do hope that other carriers eventually adopt to pricing in this way soon. Or similar to it.

But this is only a savings of $50 from buying it out right, with out the contract. I guess the only true saving is coming from happening which plan that first month's bill lies under from. Like if it was for the 500 minutes with unlimited txt, and web, which is $60 + the $50 you save from the subsidized phone price you save = $110.00. That's pretty nice but yes it would be sweet if they did this for the bold 9700 too, but that phones $450 retail. COME ON T-MOBILE!!! SELL SOMETHING LIKE THE BOLD 9700 FOR $300, THEN WE'D STAY FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG, 2 YRS PLUS, YOU'LL BE PROFITING!!!

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Everything More Plus - $39.99. 500min + unlimited texting
Unlimited Data Plan - $10.00
iPhone 3G or 2G off eBay - $200 - 350

$200-350 +$50 a month

For an iPhone, unlimited data, text, and voice (with Google Talk).

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...yeah, I have a BlackBerry that I only use for making phone calls and some light texting.]]>Nov 19th 2009 12:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 19th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 19th 2009 12:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/Nov 19th 2009 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/18/t-mobile-complete-a-300-contract-free-blackberry-curve-8520-wi/
If only it had camera flash and 3G connectivity, it would have been a close-to-perfect tech purchase. This review from the Asia-Pacific pretty much sums up what 8520 is all about in this region: http://www.techpinas.com/2010/01/iphone-cases-25-coolest-and-weirdest.html

I'm just wondering if RIM offers different specs for the NA and European market.]]>Jan 25th 2010 6:45AM