Nexus One: $530 unlocked, $180 with T-Mobile
29 Dec 2009 // 20 comments // Mobile Development News
Google is hosting their “Android gathering” next week, but it looks like we have now learned the pricing info we were looking for. Gizmodo has received an early look at the online site where the phone will be sold and has details on pricing and plans.
Gizmodo is saying that only one plan (Even More 500) will be offered, but I have a hard time believing T-Mobile won’t let you spend the extra cash to upgrade. Customers will also be able to purchase the phone unlocked and hopefully use it with the no-contract Even More Plus plans.
Their notes include:
- Yeah, it’s $530 unsubsidized. Google’s not going to be selling the phone at cost, like so many people considered. They’re not going to save us from the “making money off of hardware” culture we’ve got right now, so this is basically just another Android handset, albeit a really good one
- If you want it subsidized, you’ll have to sign up for a 2 year mandatory contract and pay $180 for the phone
- There’s only one rate plan: $39.99 Even More + Text + Web for $79.99 total
- Existing customers cannot keep their plan if they want a subsidized phone; they have to change to the one plan, and this only applies to accounts with one single line
- If that doesn’t fly with you, you have to buy the $530 unlocked version—this actually might save you money over two years if you already have a cheap plan
- Family plans, Flexpay, SmartAccess and KidConnect subscribers must buy the phone unlocked and unsubsidized for $530
- You can only buy five Nexus One phones per Google account
- There is language in the agreement of shipping outside the US
- Google will sell it at google.com/phone, which explains what they were doing with that page a few weeks ago
- Google will still call it the Nexus One apparently, and not the Google Phone
- If you cancel your plan before 120 days, you have to pay the subsidy difference between what you paid and the unsubsidized price, so $350 in this case. Or you can return the phone to Google. You also authorize them to charge this directly to your credit card.
Nexus One pricing information.
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Folks in the US must be poor. The Nexus One phone will be about $1,000 where I live…and I paid over $500 for my HTC Magic.
If I could have a Nexus One for only $500 I’d buy two.
(Note: where I live, no phones are locked – including the iPhones. All unlocked. No telco would dare try to lock a phone. no one would buy it.)
Really?
It was stated everywhere that there was no AT&T 3G, AT&T EDGE maybe but not the 3G.
Is there a realistic chance the phone might eventually be usable on another carrier like AT&T or Verizon? In other words, get an Even More Plus plan on T-Mobile for a few months and then switch to another carrier when it’s possible…
I can’t see that they wouldn’t let someone who has a plan that costs more than the lowest one they have. I have the unlimited loyalty and I’d like to keep it, along with my unlimtied text and web. I can’t afford $530 but I an afford $180. I have absolutely no problem having a contract with T-mobile. If I can’t have my minutes (that I suppose I never use a lot but want due to a safety net) Then sadly I’ll wait for an android phone that, has 2.1 or higher to come out on T-mobile. I am eligible for an upgrade, I’ve been since Feb. and I paid full price for the G1 so I could get it and not wait.
Guess I will be staying with iPhone for now. Come on give me an Android with ATT 3g.
I’ll cross this off my list now.
I got a Droid for Christmas(was shocked because I said nothing about it, I just told my mom one day in November that it is a nice phone).
When I got it I was excited and jumping for joy but really wanted to wait before replace my Razr. The Nexus One is a good looking phone, but I dont like what T-mo did here.
I’ll wait to see what the Bravo looks like, and will decide if I am exchanging the phone. Hopefully Bravo is on Verizon and comes out before Jan. 25th, so I can at least decide if I want to make an exchange.
What happened to simply forcing you into 2 years? Now its forcing you into a single plan. Asinine
For that price… Just get the HTC Bravo…
With Divx, 720p recording & laser mouse + Sense UI which can be taken off if you like…
Since they both seem to cost the same unsub… and sub… Might was well the get real thing…
http://androidandme.com/2009/12/phones/a-closer-look-at-the-updated-specs-of-the-android-powered-htc-bravo/
Updated HTC Bravo specs as of December 7, 2009:
* Size: 112 x 56 x 11.7 mm
* Networks: WCDMA/HSPA: 900/2100 Mhz; GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
* Maximum speed: UL = 2 Mbps; DL = 7.2 Mbps
* OS: Android 2.0 (likely to ship with Android 2.1)
* Display: 3.7-inch WVGA (480×800) AMOLED capacitive touch screen
* Camera: 5 megapixel with auto focus with dual LED flash; High definition 720p video capture
* Internal memory: 512 MB flash ROM; 320 MB RAM* (original RAM was 256 MB); 16 GB micro SD card included
* Chipset: Qualcomm QSD8250 1 GHz Snapdragon
* Battery: 1400 mAh
* Also: Optical joystick, microSD, WLAN (802.11 b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR, GPS/AGPS, G-Sensor, Digital Compass, FM radio, microUSB, 3.5mm audio jack
* Special features: DivX, Dolby, Facebook, FlickR, Twitter, Microsoft Exchange
So other then google direct updates which XDA is better at… What’s the point on this phone..lol
Wait, so a T-Mo rep confirmed they’re getting the Xperia X10? Wonder what its subsidized price will be. I am woefully behind in my Droid reading.
No AT&T 3G.
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