Final Score: Framily: 1, One Up: 0

[smitty543]

A few questions:
- Does the $15/month still hold for each line not eligible for upgrade until eligible?
- Can a phone be purchased for a fixed amount plus a 2 year contract extention (as in the past), or does the FRAMILY plan require that any phone purchased be paid with 24 monthly payments?

 

[ironbrewer]

I'm sure sprint would be more than happy to get the full retail for the phone when you got it. That is what you are paying with the framily plan, but you don't have to pay interest.

 

[Jore]

I for one think the sprint easy pay program is more benificial than upgrading very 2 years.

With an upgrade every 2 years you pay a discounted price (for example $300) for the new phone with a 2 year agreement, which you need to pay up front (unless you bill your account).

With the easy pay plan, you pay the full price in a 24 month payments (downpayment up front or in my case I only had to pay taxes). So if the phone is $700 you pay about $30/month. The plus is after a year you can upgrade to a new phone and start new payments again. So in about a year of payments on that previous phone you would have paid about the same amount had you did the discounted price and been stuck on a 2 year agreement on the phone.