Remember how up in arms users were when Verizon raised its early termination fee to $350, in order match the subsidizing fees of its new batch of smartphones such as the Motorola Droid? Well, that bar has just been raised by The Nexus One.

Those who terminate their contracts for the T-Mobile Google phone will be charged a whopping $550. That’s more than the price of an unlocked version of the phone–a cost which, theoretically, is supposed to be impetus for such fees. The $550 fee breaks down to $200 for T-Mobile termination and $350 for “equipment recovery” on Google’s part. Ouch.

Google defended the price to The Wall Street Journal, stating, “This is standard practice for third-party resellers of T-Mobile and other operators.” Standard, maybe. Expensive, definitely.

Read more here:
Google: $550 Nexus One Early Termination Fee is "Standard" – Gearlog

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