Full carrier price vs Google (Canada)

[gebco]

Anyone else notice that the price of the 4a is $479 on Google but carriers choose a full price of $560, less a "discount" to bring it back down to $480?

 

[vzwuser76]

Anyone else notice that the price of the 4a is $479 on Google but carriers choose a full price of $560, less a "discount" to bring it back down to $480?

Which country are you in? I'm in the US, it's $350 for the unlocked and $380 for the Verizon model. The only difference I can see is the Verizon model comes preloaded with a Verizon SIM card.

 

[Mike Dee]

Which country are you in? I'm in the US, it's $350 for the unlocked and $380 for the Verizon model. The only difference I can see is the Verizon model comes preloaded with a Verizon SIM card.

The Verizon one is carrier locked and a locked boot loader from what I recall. Verizon is carrier locked for 2 months unless they changed things.

 

[vzwuser76]

The Verizon one is carrier locked and a locked boot loader from what I recall. Verizon is carrier locked for 2 months unless they changed things.

I know that. But I mean hardware wise, the only difference is the SIM card. Seems kinda ballsy to me to charge $30 extra for a SIM card, a locked bootloader, and being carrier locked. But then again it is Verizon.

 

[Mike Dee]

I know that. But I mean hardware wise, the only difference is the SIM card. Seems kinda ballsy to me to charge $30 extra for a SIM card, a locked bootloader, and being carrier locked. But then again it is Verizon.

And if you use the Verizon sim don't they still charge an upgrade fee too? Or is that a new way of including the upgrade fee?

 

[vzwuser76]

And if you use the Verizon sim don't they still charge an upgrade fee too? Or is that a new way of including the upgrade fee?

Not sure. I got them involved when I couldn't get my first P4a to activate, but they never mentioned charging me a fee. Guess I'll see on my next bill. That was one of the reasons I wanted to go the unlocked route, since Verizon charges you money to upgrade. They say it's for the actions involved in making changes to your account. When I got my replacement, I popped it in and it activated without issue. I explained to them once that I thought that was the reason for switching to SIM cards instead of the way they used to do it. The rep explained that it was just there to hold contacts, which is utter horse$hit. The advantage of having a GSM phone vs a CDMA back in the day was to be able to swap between phones without having to make a call to a carrier rep or dial *228 to activate/switch phones. Just swap the SIM card from one device to the next. But Verizon loves their fees.

 

[gebco]

In Canada. It seems all the major carriers have priced it higher than Google. But their discounts bring it back down to the Google price.

Which country are you in? I'm in the US, it's $350 for the unlocked and $380 for the Verizon model. The only difference I can see is the Verizon model comes preloaded with a Verizon SIM card.