Is this phone provider engaging in Illegal (or potentially illegal) pricing?
They sell 2 phones (More, but for this example the two will do.).
One phone has a faster CPU and more internal Memory, but both phones run the same Operating System and the same Applications (downloaded from the same app-repository).
If customers want the better phone, the provider is charging a separate $10 "premium data fee" but when asked what the fee is for, they insist that the $10 is NOT for the additional bandwidth the phone will be using.
They admit that the fee is for the Faster Processor, Larger LCD display among other "Physical" features of the phone (such as a stand to prop the phone up on a desk). They are also on record stating that these features will cease to work without the $10 plan. (This is simply BS as the phone works as a PDA and even the Internet features work over WiFi just fine before activating the phone.)
They insist on the $10 monthly "premium data fee" regardless of if you paid the full retail $450 price of the phone or signed up for a contract to subsidize the cost of the phone.
Is this unfair and illegal pricing, or does this provider sadly have the right to take advantage of the people who pay for the better service?
If you know the provider in question, please keep their name out of this post and any replies. Thank you.
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