As we mentioned earlier starting 8AM on June 19th, T-Mobile is offering every phone on their roster for free with adding a line to your family plan or turning a single user account into a family plan. Mail-in rebates may apply to some smartphone but everything from the BlackBerry Bold 9700 to the HTC HD2 to even the new MyTouch 3G Slide fro free. Remember this is only for one day only and still requires a 2yr contract with activation. The actual press release is below for some more info on the exclusive one day sale.
T-Mobile promotion to offer free phones
(AP) – 13 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO — Wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to give free phones to customers who sign up for group calling plans at its retail stores on Saturday — just days before rival At&T will start selling Apple’s latest iPhone.
T-Mobile said Tuesday that throughout Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m., new customers will be able to get free handsets of their choice by signing up for a “family plan,” which is a calling plan that has at least two users. Current T-Mobile customers can convert a single-user plan into a family plan by adding at least one user, or adding lines to a family plan they already have. You can get up to five free phones with a single family plan, though each will come with a two-year contract.
The promotion includes T-Mobile’s newest smart phones running Google Inc.’s Android operating software, such as the HTC myTouch 3G Slide, which usually sells for $180 with a two-year contract and rebate, and Garminfone, which usually costs $200 with a two-year contract and rebate. Some phones will require a mail-in rebate, T-Mobile said.
T-Mobile USA Chief Operating Officer Jim Alling expects the promotion to appeal to both existing and prospective customers.
He said the promotion, which takes place less than a week before the iPhone 4’s June 24 release date, was already in the works before T-Mobile knew exactly when Apple’s latest version of the popular phone would be hitting store shelves. Analysts had expected a new iPhone in June, especially after a prototype surfaced in April on gadget blog Gizmodo.
T-Mobile, which is owned by Germany’s Deutsche Telekom AG, had 33.7 million customers at the end of its first quarter. This includes both prepaid and contract customers
