Comments on: Sprint Gears Up To Support iPhone And Shaft Users https://techcitement.com/culture/sprint-gears-up-to-support-iphone-and-shaft-users/ get excited Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Tom Wyrick https://techcitement.com/culture/sprint-gears-up-to-support-iphone-and-shaft-users/#comment-673 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:50:50 +0000 http://techcitement.com/?p=4397#comment-673 The most insidious thing about the ETF fees, in my opinion, is that corporate America is largely willing to accept them without much question. While the individual consumer finds them really painful, I’m willing to bet that Sprint realizes the majority of their smartphone users are on corporate plans. (That’s exactly what I’m doing right now, in fact. And I can assure you that if I quit my job or was let go for whatever reason, I’d only be responsible for returning my handset – not paying any ETF fees related to it.) Cutting the return policy to 14 days is another one of those ways they can cut their costs, while not *really* upsetting that many people. After all, people who really want a new phone or really want to change carriers are likely to reason that “2 weeks is plenty of time for me to make sure the new phone they give me works properly”. Everyone who’s been using their equipment for over a month won’t care anyway.

I guess I feel like if these changes prevent more pervasive rate increases (such as eliminating unlimited data plans), I’m all for it as smarter places to find profits.

]]>