I would definitely go over to t-mobile and give them some crap for that 
because, yeah, that makes ZERO sense.

On Wed, 16 Jan 2013, Mike Miller wrote:

> I ended up buying the Nexus 4 today, but it looks like T-Mobile charged me 
> $500 for it even though I was signing a 2-year contract.  I probably should 
> have said "no" to that "deal," which in retrospect makes no sense. If Google 
> sells an unlocked Nexus 4 with 16GB memory for $350, how can I be paying $500 
> *and* signing a 2-year contract?  Isn't the contract supposed to bring the 
> price down?  I might just return it, on principal, pay their $50 restocking 
> fee, and live without a phone for awhile to see if I really need one.
>
> Mike
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