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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by jimmies on Thursday May 24, 2018 @10:40PM (#17150245)
I have owned 10+ phones during the last 10 years, and the Nexus phones were only ones I bought new.

- Nexus 5 was low cost and amazing for the price. I was able to forgive every issue it had. And another international friend also asked me to buy it & ship it to her.

- The 5X was not low cost, but then it could also be bought cheaply through the Google Fi "loophole." I know at least one other person IRL who bought it through the loophole.

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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by sagethesagesage on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:18AM (#17151853)
What was that loophole, exactly?
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Re:Andy Rubin Puts Essential Up for Sale, Cancels Next Phone by jimmies on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:15AM (#17152055)
Normally the Nexus 5x was $400, but the cost of buying it through the Project Fi and cancel right away was $250. Now the loophole is with the Moto X4.
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