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Article #43Re: No Activation Required at Best Buy?
From: noemail
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:37
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 21:37
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"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <nobody@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3decbcaa$0$4471$a1866201@newsreader.visi.com... > I suspect that for most GSM phones, you are correct. They are much cheaper > to make than CDMA phones. However, with Sprint, Verizon and a few others, I > think subsidization is still a very real concept. > > Tom Veldhouse > Sprint phones are not subsidized. Any customer, whether new or existing, can go to any store and buy a sprint phone for the advertised price. Sprint does offer rebates for new customers tho'.
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