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Sometimes what we're looking for is hiding in plain sight, and that just might be the case with the on-contract cost of the "amazingly priced" Dell Streak 7. See update below.
On the upcoming 7-inch tablet's product page on the T-Mobile website, the fine print at the bottom contains an interesting note: "$82.50 down payment, plus 3 monthly payments of $82.50, required." There's no corresponding symbol on the page to put this footnote into any context, but a quick perusal of the carrier's other products suggests that this down payment plus 3 monthly payments business is the exact wording used for its Equipment Installment plan, which lets you "pay for your phone in four interest-free installments."
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"Coming Soon" and an inactive "Add to cart" button are currently where the pricing information will be on the Streak 7's page. When the page is complete, however, it should look like this Galaxy Tab page, though obviously with different prices:
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See where the arrow is pointing?
It's the Equipment Installment plan pricing. In this case, T-Mobile will let you have the Galaxy Tab for $349.99 after mail-in rebate if you pay in full or for "as low as $100/mo" if you qualify for the four monthly payments option.
If you click on the question mark next to the "as low as $100/mo," you get this:
![6a00d83451c9ec69e20147e1c41417970b 800wi T Mobile fine print leaks on contract Dell Streak 7 price of $330? [Updated]](http://www.pocketables.com/images/old/6a00d83451c9ec69e20147e1c41417970b-800wi.jpg "Gtab-tmo-eip")
Based on the Galaxy Tab's page, then, we can assume that 1) the Streak 7 will cost $329.99 with a two-year contract and 2) the amount can be paid for in full or in 4 monthly payments of $82.50.
Of course, there's always the possibility that the fine print on the Streak 7's page is just some leftover text from another page.
![6a00d83451c9ec69e20148c7cd35da970c 550wi T Mobile fine print leaks on contract Dell Streak 7 price of $330? [Updated]](http://www.pocketables.com/images/old/6a00d83451c9ec69e20148c7cd35da970c-550wi.jpg "Streak7-tmo-tmcr")
But considering that all of the trademark and copyright info shown above (click to enlarge) is actually accurate (Amazon, Kindle, Zinio, Qik, BrainPop, and Blockbuster were all named at Dell's press conference as being preloaded on the device), it seems perfectly reasonable to believe that the $82.50/month x 4 footnote is accurate too.
So what do you think? If it's true, is $329.99 for a Dell Streak 7 on contract "amazingly priced"? I wouldn't call it amazing, personally, but considering that the original Streak launched for $299.99 on contract, I'd say it's pretty good.
[T-Mobile] Thanks, ManwellC!
Update 1/21: T-Mobile says the price is incorrect and due to a technical error.
I think thats an awesome price considering the streak 5 was around that price and other tablets are wayyy more expensive than that… i think they are doing something right… oh and they didnt go with AT&T, Thank God!
well i’ll sit back watch the sales roll in and see if this is worthy of my purchase maybe during an early summer.
This may be a good, even great, price compared to the other tablets out there. However, to me, no amount of ‘on contract’ price (on any device) can be amazing. Yes, even if it’s ‘free’ I would not consider it amazing if there’s a two-year contract comes with it.
Now show me a low price off-contract and then we’ll talk whether it’s amazing or not.
If you look, the $349.99 Tab has 4 payments of $100… which is $400 total. So if the $82.50 is accurate, for a total of $330; the actual up-front cost should be less. If the percentage is the same, I’d guess around $289… which is a pretty amazing price.
Has there been any mention of the screen resolution? Still 800×480? Or more, like the Tab?
$400 total for the Tab is accurate because the monthly payments do not reflect the $50 mail-in rebate. Even people who pay for it in full are still paying $400 upfront. It probably takes 6-8 weeks for the rebate to be processed.
Wow, OK I never thought about it like that before. Makes sense dude.
T-mo has the tab for 350 after instant 50 tebate if u do it online for tab or ask nicely at retail shop. I got 2 at 350 , the second was free bogo too, alas the were laggy so we took them back after a week
So lets see
Streak 7 = $349
Data contract = $959
Total = $1308 = £821 or £34/month
That is £39.99/month for 5Gb Data over two years.
My Streak 5 in the UK costs me £40/month over 18 months with no upfront payment. It would have been £35/month if I had done it over 24 months.
So if the same price were to apply in the UK, then to me as it can’t make phone calls, they would be saying the price/month is the same because the device itself is more expensive to make.
n.b. we don’t have 4G either
The Galaxy tab works out at £839 over 24 months but that is with 3G. Too expensive for my tastes.