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post #29071 of 35826
9/15/12 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Razele View Post

Kopped two iphone 5's for me and my wife

You are not really buying an iPhone, rather you are buying several years of high priced wireless service which just happens to include a heavily subsidized phone.

If customers had to pay the full price upfront few would buy one. The wireless carriers remind me of those low end furniture stores who attempt to sell furniture and a new TV on a payment plan. Thus it should come as little surprise that even the poor buy iPhones.
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post #29072 of 35826
9/15/12 at 1:53pm

^ I'm in the market for a new phone but can't renew my contract since I'm probably relocating soon-ish.  It puts things in a whole different perspective when you realize that the phone really costs $650-$800.

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post #29073 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by KingJulien View Post

^ I'm in the market for a new phone but can't renew my contract since I'm probably relocating soon-ish.  It puts things in a whole different perspective when you realize that the phone really costs $650-$800.

this doesn't make sense. if you buy it with a contract, you pay it back in 2 years through the contract. but a contract is just an agreement to pay a service fee, you can't use the phone without a service plan. so if you buy it off contract, you just pay it up front. so fine, after 3 years without a contract + full price device. the final sum is the same in the end when the phone falls apart due to planned obsolescence (say, battery gets fudged) in 2-3 years...
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post #29074 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:27pm
If you want to keep your grandfathered unlimited data plan on AT&T, you have to buy any new device outright. Shit out of luck for VZW censored.gif
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post #29075 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:31pm
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Originally Posted by the shah View Post

this doesn't make sense. if you buy it with a contract, you pay it back in 2 years through the contract. but a contract is just an agreement to pay a service fee, you can't use the phone without a service plan. so if you buy it off contract, you just pay it up front. so fine, after 3 years without a contract + full price device. the final sum is the same in the end when the phone falls apart due to planned obsolescence (say, battery gets fudged) in 2-3 years...

 

But the phone bill is the same regardless of whether you're contracted in or not, no?  So it's cheaper, if you plan to use the phone in one place for two years, to sign a contract...

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post #29076 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by KingJulien View Post

But the phone bill is the same regardless of whether you're contracted in or not, no?  So it's cheaper, if you plan to use the phone in one place for two years, to sign a contract...

yeah basically, but if you check the iphone thread you see the opposite -- people wanting to buy the phone off contract to not be tied down by extortionist contracts that make you repay cost of phone ...

that's why BB1's post was off, it's more affordable to buy it on contract and you don't have to be able to drop $retarded in one fell swoop
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post #29077 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:37pm
how is month to month any different than on contract planwise?
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post #29078 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:45pm
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Originally Posted by cyc wid it View Post

If you want to keep your grandfathered unlimited data plan on AT&T, you have to buy any new device outright. Shit out of luck for VZW censored.gif

I've never had to do this for any new phone with AT&T, just renew my contract, buy a new phone (subsidized price), and keep my unlimited data.
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post #29079 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:46pm
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Originally Posted by jet View Post

how is month to month any different than on contract planwise?

its not thats why doesnt make sense to talk about hidden cost of subsidizing phone by trapping people into contracts, the phone is useless without a service plan that you have to pay for in either case ...

do you and homeboy imessage each other now lol how was nyc meetup ??
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post #29080 of 35826
9/15/12 at 2:50pm
there is nothing bad about a contract, people act like it's the end of the world...the only benefit is switching phones but for most people they can handle having an iphone for another year skipping one product cycle

only meetup was with gdl, really nice du and he ate all my caramelized onion, bacon, egg pizza after he said that he had already eaten beforehand
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post #29081 of 35826
9/15/12 at 3:00pm
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Originally Posted by UserName84 View Post

I've never had to do this for any new phone with AT&T, just renew my contract, buy a new phone (subsidized price), and keep my unlimited data.

Probably because you weren't on 4G.

http://gizmodo.com/5943061/how-to-buy-an-iphone-5-without-losing-your-unlimited-data-plan
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post #29082 of 35826
9/15/12 at 3:03pm
Wish I had unlimited data, late to iphone bandwagon frown.gif
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post #29083 of 35826
9/15/12 at 3:16pm
It seems like plans are improving, though, at least with Verizon. I had an iPhone with unlimited minutes, 200 texts, and 2GB data for ~$120/mo, and I just switched to unlimited voice and texts, 4GB shared data, with an iPhone and iPad for the same price.
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post #29084 of 35826
9/15/12 at 3:19pm
I have 900 minutes (of which I hardly use), unlimited night and weekend (looks like they capped it now on new plans) 6000 rollover minutes stocked up lol, unlimited texting (which is a rip), 2gb data for like 84 a month with corporate discount (should be 105).
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post #29085 of 35826
9/15/12 at 3:26pm
SMS should be free, then again we don't even have true 4G so whatever. Don't even get me started on internet providers.
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