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cleverjakeAug 18th 2010 9:38AM
Why would it be free on contract? Its a device more expensive than a phone to produce that will consume more network resources then a phone. Its not as though they'd do it to undermine the iPad, because they're not doing it with the iPhone.
Undercut the iPads price? Perhaps. Free? No way.
(Unverified)Aug 18th 2010 12:10PM
This is not unusual. In Austria and I also think in the rest of Europe mobile phones are free on contract. But the contract lasts at least 24 months.
Its a marketing tool. Get an iPhone for 0 Euro, but you have to do the biggest contract. (eg: 49 euro per month. 2000 minutes nationwide, 200 minutes within the EU, 1000 messages, 2 GB data transfer)
Smart people still buy the phone on their own cause its stupid to be locked on a contract for 24 months.
cleverjakeAug 18th 2010 12:20PM
It would be /very/ unusual if it was released in the market its rumored to be coming out in. It would be a carrier decision (unless google wanted to pay a few hundred per user, and somehow talk Verizon into a sweetheart deal).
I doubt Verizon, the most expensive carrier in the US, would give away tablets out of the goodness of their hearts.
I am saying there is zero precedent or indication that this would happen in America, on Verizon of all carriers.
leeAug 18th 2010 2:22PM
Might be worth noting that Verizon already offers a netbook for $19.99 on contract with a MIR.
abugidaAug 19th 2010 8:10AM
Of course it could be subsidized, but it's all a function of the price of the contract. Are people willing to sign a $60 contract in exchange for a free tablet? Don't think so.