T-Mobile brings back the subsidy (sort of) with Score discount program<article>
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<p>After eliminating subsidies and service contracts a couple years ago, T-Mobile has invented a new kind of lock-in with its Score program.</p><p>With Score, you pay $5 per month on top of your existing T-Mobile bill in exchange for a discount on your next upgrade. After six months, subscribers can get an entry-level 4G smartphone for free. After 12 months, subscribers get a discount on any phone in T-Mobile’s lineup.</p><p>On the entry level, for example, T-Mobile is offering the Alcatel OneTouch Evolve 2 (regularly $79) at no extra charge after six months, for a discount of $49. The discount after 12 months depends on the phone, with T-Mobile listing $100 off Samsung’s Galaxy S5 and $150 off Google’s Nexus 6 as examples. (The actual discount is at least $60 less than the MSRP of the new phone after factoring in the extra monthly payments.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2875144/t-mobile-brings-back-the-subsidy-sort-of-with-score-discount-program.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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T-Mobile brings back the subsidy (sort of) with Score discount program
