T-Mobile lowers price of G1 admission in the UK to better compete

If you were a bit taken aback by the £40 ($59) monthly tariff required to take the G1 home for free, apparently you weren't alone. T-Mobile has hacked that requirement down to £30 ($44) per month, and while the carrier itself has said that it's not a reaction to poor sales, industry analysts are saying otherwise. In fact, a company spokesperson even states that it has chosen to "offer the device free with a £30 contract to make the pricing more competitive in light of recent device launches," even though it is "well on track to achieve [its] sales forecasts." Whatever the agenda, we're all about getting phones into hands for less, so three cheers all around. Except for you early adopters... bummer, eh?

[Via Pocket-lint]

[Student Driver Posted Dec 3rd 2008 9:09AM]

Eh, at least those that got them first have had more practice at upgrading firmware and checking the Market every few hours for new stuff. :-)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2008 1:08PM]

This is how they are going to "SALE" 1 Million G1's by the end of the year. Way to Go!!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2008 5:19PM]

If your misspelling of the word, Sale is an attempt at comic relief due to some obscure joke or reference that I missed, please disregard, otherwise...

Your "SALE" misspelling, completely and utterly distracted me to the point of momentary insanity.

Good day.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2008 5:21PM]

Damn I meant Sell...Misspelling SALE for Sell. Right.

Okay, NOW you can have a good day.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2008 5:57PM]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales

Good day In Deed!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2008 5:49PM]

And what have the US customers done to deserve the shaft they are getting from T-Mo here? $180/phone with 24 month service contract and at least $25/month data plan plus whatever voice plan you have, against unlimited data plus free phone for $50 in the UK? This is ridiculous extortion! What am I missing?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 8th 2008 10:47AM]

This was a simple business decision, because VODAFONE UK offers the BLACKBERRY BOLD for free with a 35GBP data plan.
In the US, the G1's initial and running costs are still cheaper than being on Verizon. Plus, every phone T-Mobile seems to be selling in its stores right now seems to be a G1. Why would they lower their price if they can sell it at the current one just fine??