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The Nexus One was released January 2010. You might be thinking of the Nexus S that was released last year.

Correction: over two years ago. Anyone who bought a Nexus One at release is out of their 2-year contract by now and eligible for the full subsidy on any new phone with any carrier.

Did any carriers offer a subsidy for the Nexus One? I was under the impression that everyone who owns one bought it outright.

That's assuming you bought your phone at launch, people are still buying plenty of phones both android and iOS that are well over a year old and they are still being actively marketed.

To put that in perspective MS still supports a 10 year old OS and the majority of Windows Applications will still work with it.

I think you're thinking of the Nexus S. The Nexus One was released on January 2012, which is 2 years ago.