The Uncarrier is offering up a new way to save some money. T-Mobile introduced their new Score! program today, which can save you a good chunk of money on new phone purchases, and even score you free phones. For a fee.
T-Mobile’s new SCORE! is a paid service, available to users on prepaid or postpaid contracts. Simply pay in $5 per month, after just six months you’ll be eligible to upgrade your current device to a free entry level phone. After twelve months, the deals go up, a larger selection of free phones become available, you’ll find savings of up to $200 on devices all the way to the latest flagship offerings.
The phones currently on hand include the entry level Alcatel Onetouch Evolve 2, free after six months. Mid rangers include the Alcatel Onetouch Fierce 2 and LG Optimus L90, free after a year. At the top, the Google Nexus 6, Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and Galaxy S5 are on deck at a discount.
Is Score! worth it?
The bottom line when it comes to deals like these, are they worth it? At face value, the answer is yes, Score! is worth it. That free phone after six months will cost you just $30 in Score! fees, regularly $80 or more. Your $60 of Score! fees after a year will get you free phones worth upwards of $198 regularly, or as much as $150 off the regular price of the Nexus 6 or Note 4.
Where can you go wrong with Score!? That’s simple. For starters, at least in the first round, T-Mobile offers a limited selection of devices in the program. From there, the longer you wait to upgrade the less money you will save. If you do not go for the free entry level phone every six months, or cannot commit to purchasing a new higher end device every year, this may not be the program for you.
Head on over to the T-Mobile website to check out all of the details of the new Score! program.
Do you think the Uncarrier is doing a good thing here, can you benefit from T-Mobile’s new Score! program?