Rentobile offers up rental phones for folks stuck on contract
It certainly isn't for everybody, but if you've found yourself regretting your choice of handset and are still stuck on a lengthy contract, you may want to look into upstart Rentobile, which will let you try out a phone for a month or more and switch to another one whenever you get tired of it. Things could get a tad pricey if you decide to stick with the rentals for the long haul, however, with most of the phones running $24 a month for members or $36 a month for non-members, while some unlocked phones like Nokia E90 or even a 16GB iPhone will run $34/month for members and a hefty $51/month for non-members. According to RCRWireless, while the company has been around for three months already, they say they've only managed to sign up 50 members to date, although they're apparently planning to step up their marketing and advertising efforts in the not too distant future, and even hope to work out some special deals with manufacturers to sweeten the deal a little.[Via RCRWireless]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Vito @ Dec 30th 2008 6:21PM
Amazing idea... Living in Canada I'm afraid only the unlocked ones would work for me, but it would be great to see that list of phones expand!!!
Anyone on here use this before? How is it?
cl347bv @ Dec 30th 2008 7:50PM
i think this is a f-ing awesome idea.
i wish i had some extra disposable income to take advantage of it.
JoseB @ Dec 30th 2008 8:04PM
the site is having problems i try to checkout a item but the page doesnt load
Ricardo @ Dec 31st 2008 12:07AM
They ask for you SS# and it's not a secure-site. So that was a big no-no for me.
But I like the concept. I've wanted to try the Omnia for a while...and $35 bucks to play with it for a month is reasonable.
Love the concept....they just need to fix the typo in the homepage and be secure if asking for sensitive info.
Neal @ Dec 31st 2008 11:44AM
I agree with @Ricardo.
Great concept, but the site itself in my own opinion is shady shady shady.
No SSL, lots of typos on site.
A big NOGO in my book.
terry @ Jan 4th 2009 6:52AM
I have rented storm from rentobile.com but didn't have any problem.
and I also asked them about SSL & SSN issues.....but they already took out SSN# field from registration process and said they are middle of updating their site with SSL....
it seems ok for me.
by the way I;ve got a BRAND NEW BB STORM~!!~
Kraig R. @ Jan 6th 2009 8:33PM
I just got my BlackBerry Bold today. Clean device. Looked brand new with the stickers still on. The box was opened but I think that was just to put stickers on the device so I don't go walking off with it. I am very pleased so far. Take the chance. If you want proof just ask.
Wesley @ Jan 7th 2009 2:06PM
Think about this: You can go month-to-month with any carrier now for ~$400 a year, and change phones as often as you want, INCLUDING changing carriers as often as you want to get the latest and greatest phone!
Am I missing something here?