Google has lowered it’s “equipment recovery fee” that it charges should you cancel your contract with T-Mobile prior to keeping the phone for 120 days without returning the phone.  This brings the phones price inline with the cost for purchasing the phone contract free for $529; $179 purchase price (2 year contract) + $150 Google equipment recovery fee + $200 T-Mobile early termination fee = $529.  This is a good step forward in helping reduce the cost of the Nexus One.  But, it is still a fee that is unique to the Nexus One/T-Mobile setup.  Of course, you can always wait that 120 days and end your T-Mobile contract for $200, making the total price of the phone, $179 + $200 = $379.  That’s up to you.  Was this due to the FCC involvement?  Wall Street Journal kind of thinks it might be related.

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