If you’re in the market for a new HTC EVO 4G LTE, or any other smartphone that’s currently in Sprint’s lineup, then now might be the perfect time to buy: starting on Sunday, August 12, and lasting until September 30, Sprint is offering a ZTE Optik tablet for free to anyone who buys a smartphone.
Obviously, the ZTE Optik is not groundbreaking by any means. It features a 7-inch WXGA display with 1280 x 800 resolution, a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor, 16GB of internal memory, 1GB of RAM, a 4,000 mAh battery, a 5-megapixel rear-facing camera, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It also runs the very out-dated Android 3.2 Honeycomb.
However, this tablet could certainly function as a very nice ereader that does a lot more than just display books. It could be a great gift for an older parent who wouldn’t really appreciate the difference between this and the new Nexus 7. It could be a nice learning tool for a young child who wants to use a tablet, without the fear of letting your $500 Transformer Pad Infinity out of your site. You get the idea.
The only downside is that, in addition to the new two-year contract for your smartphone, you’ll also have a new two-year contract for your tablet. But still, at the same time, it’s hard to beat the price of free.
Wow. So you get a free, fairly mediocre, tablet, but also get the privilege of paying for a 2 year contract for it too.
Ugh. Sorry, Sprint, but a swing and a miss, at least for me.
i agree! that is one of the worst deals yet.
Then don’t buy one! Geesh.
Yeah. Well, considering I am just under a year away from an upgrade, I definitely won’t be.
It was just a matter of opinion. If others find use for that deal, then more power to them.
I agree that the deal is not as great as it sounds when you factor in your monthly data charge, for your free/out of date-ish tablet. I think I’d rather spend $200 on a Nexus tablet, then roughly $30 per month for 24 months. That’s $720! Cheaper to just tether a cheaper tablet to your phone.
so u end up paying 1200 for the tablet..thats not free
$35 a month for 2 years. And that’s only if you don’t accidentally go over. Gonna pass for sure. The ONLY way I would do this is if Sprint had a casual plan, like – E-mail Plan where you got 100mb or 50mb for $10 a month. I don’t need 3gb for $35. What a rip.
How is this a deal? Its really a deal for Sprint not the consumer. Your locked into a 2 year contract for two products now. They could at least offered a decent tablet not a subpar one.
WOW, this really sucks. Tablet sucks too.