early termination fee

Apple's popular iPhone 3GS is available at Walmart for $97 -- the lowest price we've seen on a new iPhone and possibly the worst price for an iPhone 3GS. Sure, $97 sounds like a great deal for an iPhone 3GS, which will soon be able to run the iPhone 4.0 software that enables multitasking and many...

After questions from the Federal Communications Commission, Google has lowered its early termination fees for its Nexus One from $350 to $150. Although Google calls it an "equipment recovery fee" for the phone, customers who want to break their two-year contract will still have to pay an early...

Verizon Wireless, which doubled its early termination fee for smartphones like the Motorola Droid or Blackberry Storm 2 from $175 to $350 last month, is now answering to the Federal Communications Commission. The commission is reviewing Verizon's customer policy and will determine if the company...

Leaving your wireless carrier can be an expensive undertaking, and starting Nov. 15 it's about to get more expensive for users of smartphones like the Motorola Droid, Blackberry Storm 2 and other "advanced devices" on the Verizon Wireless network. While employees have been ordered not to talk to...

The little play on words is obvious. Consumers are just a little bit closer to being free of early termination fees on wireless contracts. A California judge ruled this week that it was illegal for Sprint Nextel to charge early termination fees, and they must refund over $18 million to consumers....

Cell phone contracts often lock up the user tighter than Alcatraz, and the cost to escape is just as costly, with the lowest termination fees still coming in over $150. Thankfully if you want to get out of your current cell phone plan without paying out the nose, you can sell your cell phone...