Eastlink, the privately-owned new entrant that launched its LTE network in early 2013, has lowered the prices of its smartphones — all of them — to $0 on a 2-year term.
For this promotion, customers no longer have to pay anything up front for the company’s entire lineup of devices, though the advantage is not quite as stark as the equivalent promotion on a provider like Rogers since the price paid up front is more like a down payment than a discount of the total. On Rogers, paying $100 up front for a $720 smartphone leaves a $620 balance, which is more or less factored into the price of the monthly plan. However, once the phone is fully paid off, users only save $10-20/month (and have to phone in to receive it) depending on the carrier, which is usually less than the phone’s cost paid over two years.
Eastlink recently announced it obtained another roaming partner, likely Bell, to fill in the gaps that its initial roaming partner, Rogers, left on its network.
[source]Eastlink[/source]
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