I'm relatively new to T-Mobile. What should I expect as far as Nexus 6/X availability? Would I be able to "JUMP!" to the Nexus, or have to buy it outright?
Nexus 6/X on T-Mobile
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I don't see why you couldn't use Jump, when I switched to T-Mobile I bought the N5 outright, although they did offer the Jump plan. One thing to note was the outright price was more than from Google Play, although I was able to price match it.
I am wondering when did T-Mobile carry the N5? I don't believe it was the same time it was available on Google Play.
I am wondering when did T-Mobile carry the N5? I don't believe it was the same time it was available on Google Play.
How did you get the price match, out of curiousity? I noticed my wife's iPhone 5S was sold to us at suggested retail value. The Nexus 5 cost $395, which is almost $50 more than retail.
I didn't notice this until 2 weeks ago or so, and have already nearly paid half of the price of the Nexus 5.
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To make this thread-relevant, T-Mobile told me they could order a phone in for your upgrade, or starting a new contact with them. When I signed up I wanted the 32GB until he told me they didn't have it in stock. Since I wanted it RIGHT NOW, I took the 16GB. I imagine if you want the Play Store Nexus 6/X they could probably do the same for it. I'm planning on buying out of contract though.
I didn't notice this until 2 weeks ago or so, and have already nearly paid half of the price of the Nexus 5.
EDIT:
To make this thread-relevant, T-Mobile told me they could order a phone in for your upgrade, or starting a new contact with them. When I signed up I wanted the 32GB until he told me they didn't have it in stock. Since I wanted it RIGHT NOW, I took the 16GB. I imagine if you want the Play Store Nexus 6/X they could probably do the same for it. I'm planning on buying out of contract though.
If it was like the Nexus 5 you might have to wait 4, 6 or 8 weeks to get it directly from T-Mobile instead of directly from the Google Play store... and then you might only get the option of the base/lower storage device and pay a $100 premium over what it cost directly from the play store....
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Starting to belive that the Nexus 6 will be sold by the Play Store instead in the stores like how the Moto X 2014 is. T-Mobile is pushing wifi calling on ALL there phones which means that the pure Nexus line would need bloatware installed in it before it hits the stores which I am sure Google will not like at all. That is the great thing about the Nexus line is there is no bloatware and a true pure experience like the Nexus 5.
Not holding my breath...
Not holding my breath...
I thought WiFi calling is tie to the firmware so not an additional app. on the iPhone it's part of the phone settings.
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They were hesitant to price match, but I switched carriers(new account) and purchased three N5s outright.
I suspect T-Mobile would offer the JUMP program with it. In essence, JUMP is just a way of their creating a contract in their contractless world. In the old days, you were penalized an "ETF" (Early Termination Fee) for cancelling before the term of your contract expired, in order to recoup their equipment subsidy (though they usually ended up with a net profit in that event as the ETF was greater than the cost of that subsidy); now, the penalty for canceling before your equipment is paid off is in the form of the full remaining balance coming due.
If you're going to buy a device outright, you'll almost certainly be best off purchasing it directly from Google. Aside from a lower price, you'll likely get it faster, have the full menu to select from, and have better warranty support in that Google offers replacements (sometimes refurbished) instead of forcing you to await a repair.
Yes you are correct that t-mobile's WiFi calling solution is in the firmware. However this makes it less likely that Google will allow it on the 6 because that would mean t-mobile would be partially in control of the 6's firmware. Which I doubt Google will allow because that would be the antithesis of what Google wants to do with the nexus line.
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What about this? 9to5google.com/2014/09/17/t-mobile-working-to-get-its-cellspot-wifi-handoffcalling-working-on-next-generation-nexus-6/
I was under the impression that T-Mobile was working to get its CellSpot Wifi handoff/calling working on the 'Nexus 6′
but apple would be more in control of their firmware right? and if the iPhone has WiFi calling, hopefully it will be on the nexus also. I'm in the process of switching my family plan to take tmobile, really hoping Nexus will have WiFi calling capability in the future.
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Both Apple and Google have final say in the firmware on their iPhone and Nexus products, respectively, but in many cases Apple stocks unique product id's for different models by carrier, even between AT&T and T-Mobile (this allows for carrier logo at startup, as well as possibly some firmware adjustments if the carrier can convince Apple, as may be the case if T-Mobile is still mandating their proprietary coding). Google does not. If iPhone 6's WiFi calling compatibility on T-Mobile does not depend on any specific firmware adjustments from T-Mobile, then it is almost certain that the Nexus 6 (and possibly Nexus 5, if compatibility is a functionality implemented with Android L) will also support it.
And T-Mobile has the ability to dictate to Apple.
For Apple the sales of their devices is a massive profit center and failing to acknowledge the input of one of it's large resellers would bear notable impact to their bottom line. While either could live on without the other, there's little doubt they mutually value their partnership.
By contrast, the revenues Google gains by T-Mo's sales of its Nexus devices is utterly trivial, so in that relationship, Google holds a much larger relative position of strength - not to mention the fact that one of the core purposes of the Nexus series is to provide an unadulterated Android OS for developers, meaning they are extremely unlikely to succumb to requests for carrier-specific bloat.
Exactly, and Apple acquiesced to modify the TMob variant to include wi-fi calling. Apple has not done this with any other carrier (to my knowledge). Google has many variations out there in phones sold by Sammy, HTC, etc. Granted that Google has kept the Nexus line unadulterated.
Maybe (hopefully) this is a sign that baking wi-fi calling into firmware is no longer difficult or unique. Think of this, Apple pushes yearly updates out to every iphone. I can't imagine that they changed their OS that much for TMo, so that TMo iphones would have to wait for updates, just like the HTC & Sammy android phones have to do with Google.
Wi-Fi calling would make this much more compelling for me. Maybe enough to overcome the size.
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