Sentence examples for phone subsidy from inspiring English sources

That may sound like the existing phone subsidy con, but it's different in a few big ways.

This is allows them to make back their phone subsidy and then some.

"Lifeline" subscribers — consumers part of the Federal phone subsidy program that the FCC may extend to broadband — will likely struggle to afford a VPN.

He calculates that iPhones get a $400 subsidy (might help explain why AT&T is so damn stingy), and Blackberries average a $200 per phone subsidy.

Previously, only those existing customers who were eligible for a new phone subsidy (typically those within a few months of their two year contract expiring) would get the best price for the device.

By reducing the phone subsidies over time, the fund could instead "support broadband access and affordability," especially in remote locations where private companies have little incentive to build networks, said Colin Crowell, a senior counselor to Mr. Genachowski.

But much has changed since mid-2007, whEuropeanean carriers, eager to differentiate themselves and promote the mobile Internet, jockeyed for exclusive contracts to distribute the iPhone, often agreeing to the tight restraints imposed by Apple on everything from phone subsidies to advertising.

They also thought it was unfair to older people who were not getting the phone subsidies as often.

To be clear, we need to remember that phone subsidies are actually imaginary and that we ultimately pay for our phones in our monthly bills.

For almost a decade and a half, mobile customers – and Americans in particular – have enjoyed a certain economic perk: phone subsidies from the major carriers.

Therefore phone subsidies are great for manufacturers and, if you think about the incremental differences between iPhone versions, not so great for us.