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They should have waited till the end of the year to make this call.

I bet there are a bunch of users who were waiting till October to buy a phone at the discounted rate. That's 24 months after the original G1 was released, which is when those owners are eligible for discounted upgrade.

Like myself.

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Wasn't there some issue about the Nexus One not being eligible for upgrades? And anyway, the Nexus One is a downgrade from cheaper phones anyway; the Incredible and Evo 4G are simply amazing and are in the same price range.

(Remember, you only pay a prorated early termination fee in the US now, so if you only have a few months left on your contract, switching to a competitor is cheap. I have a year left and am definitely switching from T-Mobile to Sprint on June 4th.)

The Nexus One and HTC Incredible are virtually the same phone. Just like the European Hero/US Hero/Droid Eris are the same.

Also 'upgrading' to the Nexus One (or a number of other nice phones) on T-Mobile requires you to switch to an Even More plan.

Nexus One is almost identical to HTC Desire (differs in RAM amount, dual-mic on N1 and different firmware). Both are GSM/UMTS phones.

HTC Incredible is CDMA (Verizon) phone.

The cost analyses that came out around the N1's release convinced me to go with an unlocked phone once my contract runs out. Like you, I was waiting (another year and a half to go). Although the N1 will no doubt be eclipsed by newer models at that point, I am sad to see this direct-buy option go away.

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