Anyone thinking of jumping from the M9 to the 10?

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My M9 is only a year old now, so I'm not yet eligible for upgrade (Sprint). However, my vibration is gone and I have the cracked camera cover on the back. I've thought is using the "Uh-Oh" $100 off, but that's still pretty stiff with no subsidy.

Anyone else thinking of this option?
 

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With subsidy, you already are paying your phone's cost for two years in the plan, around $25/mo extra, compared to a plan without the subsidy. That's $600 in two years you will have to pay for the phone in addition to whatever you paid. So, if your M9 was originally $200, you end up have to pay $800 total.

I personally no longer pay for such stupid subsidy. I buy phones that was a year old model. For example, my M9 is $250 bought without contract new from BB (eBay also is a great place) and use with a non-subsidized plan that's $25 cheaper each month that my original subsidized plan. Next year, I will switch over to M10 if I like or any other phones (no more than $300) while you are still paying for your original M9 :)
 

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Same here never signing another will wait for the price to dropnand buy I bought my m9 for 250 nib and will get something else for around that price. No contracts nor 600 bucks for a phone for me.

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The phone costs more than $300 more than the M9 cost me due to exchange rate and HTC adding another $100 on top of that. That and only one carrier in Canada is selling it.

If my carrier sold it and it was about the same as I paid for the M9 I probably would have purchased it.

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Geez. If MY camera lens was cracked I'd "have to buy a replacement"! Kudos to you for resisting.

If youve been on Sprint a long time, make sure Sprint doesn't have a discount or reward waiting for you.

You didn't suggest paying off the old subsidy and starting a new one.

Geez, I'm whispering bad ideas into your left ear...

Interesting idea all those people buying last year's model outright for less.
 

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My M9 is only a year old now, so I'm not yet eligible for upgrade (Sprint). However, my vibration is gone and I have the cracked camera cover on the back. I've thought is using the "Uh-Oh" $100 off, but that's still pretty stiff with no subsidy.

Anyone else thinking of this option?
When the vibration went out in my M8 Sprint sent me a new M9 as a replacement, for free (because I have their insurance.) My contract is up May 1st, so when the M 10 is available I will have one.......
 

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you think that insurance is worth it? it's 13 bucks a month... I got a m9 but want a g4 but the bootloop issue scares me.
 

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you think that insurance is worth it? it's 13 bucks a month... I got a m9 but want a g4 but the bootloop issue scares me.
Insurance has alway been worth it to me. I would have a lot harder time coming up with the cost of a replacement phone. I've had to pay a deductible ($150) once when I broke my screen. Sprint has been really good when it comes to replacing my phones for problems like loose usb port, and vibrate motor stopped working.
 

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I never broke a screen but I don't have heat issues with my m9. They won't look St it unless I pay them. With tax and insurance you pay 20 month a Month approximately?