T-Mobile’s new financing plan sounds great until you realize what it’s preparing you for
Every time a carrier says “no upfront cost,” I brace myself for the asterisk buried in the fine print. T-Mobile’s newest 36-month financing plan has one too, though it’s dressed up quite nicely. T-Mobile, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, just rolled out a financing option called EIP Flex 36.
- ▪Every time a carrier says “no upfront cost,” I brace myself for the asterisk buried in the fine print.
- ▪T-Mobile’s newest 36-month financing plan has one too, though it’s dressed up quite nicely.
- ▪T-Mobile, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, just rolled out a financing option called EIP Flex 36.
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Every time a carrier says “no upfront cost,” I brace myself for the asterisk buried in the fine print. T-Mobile’s newest 36-month financing plan has one too, though it’s dressed up quite nicely. T-Mobile, the second largest wireless carrier in the United States, just rolled out a financing option called EIP Flex 36. As the name suggests, it stretches device payments across three full years instead of the usual two. The real hook, however, is what it lets you skip at checkout. So what exactly does T-Mobile’s EIP Flex 36 change? Normally, even when a carrier spreads out the cost of your phone, you’re still stuck paying overheads (call them hidden costs) like sales tax, activation charges, or maybe even an upfront deposit on the spot.
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