Sprint Intros $60 Unlimited Plan with Hardware Hitch
meh
Call me old school but if I can't get a subsidy on my phone I won't go with you. I don't need a new phone once a year and I refuse to pay $700+ for a new phone. I'll stick with my everything data and take my contract. $180 for 3 phones is fine with me. Still take advantage of good phone deals from best buy or target. Do new customers still have the option of contracts, or are they following T-Mobile to the labs of no contracts? I say give people a choice.
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$180 for 3 phones is fine? With who? I think I'd like to be a wireless carrier for you.
We've gone to buying the prior generation flagship when we upgrade. $250 and done. No contract, nothing preventing me from jumping ship.
We've gone to buying the prior generation flagship when we upgrade. $250 and done. No contract, nothing preventing me from jumping ship.
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Financing is the way to go over subsidy, at least for the company I work for. Sure you would pay the full $660 for the S5 over 2 years, but you don't have to pay the $200 in store for it, waived activation fee, and with the $30/month financing discount on the plan you end up paying $960 less for the subsidy cost, activation fee, and plan. Minus the $660 for the phone and it's $300 savings over the 2 years.
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What company are you with? Sprint, Verizon, and ATT do not offer $30/month financing discount on the plan.
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US Cellular. If you are on the 10 GB or higher plan the connection charges are typically $40 each but if you finance or have your own phone you get a $30 discount on the connection charge. That's how they are advertising the 4 lines 10 GB shared $140 per month. $100 for the base plan, $10 each phone, then it's + the financing cost of devices.
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I totally agree with this. What ever happened to just paying for a subsidized phone and signing a two year contract? I feel like no one does that anymore. I'd rather pay up front and have my monthly bill lower each month than paying $15-20 per phone per month!
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Simple solution, stop buying things you can't afford (without subsidies that is) and save $20+ monthly.
Prior year's flagships run $250 refurbished, even less used. If you don't need a flagship, there are insanely good phones at $200 or less. Stop feeding the subsidy model, it's why phones cost as much as they do.
Prior year's flagships run $250 refurbished, even less used. If you don't need a flagship, there are insanely good phones at $200 or less. Stop feeding the subsidy model, it's why phones cost as much as they do.
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Simple solution, stop buying things you can't afford
I'll admit that I'm not exactly an expert in the history of business, but I think that it is probably a good bet that no company ever made much success from telling people not to buy their product.
I'll admit that I'm not exactly an expert in the history of business, but I think that it is probably a good bet that no company ever made much success from telling people not to buy their product.
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Fortunately I'm far removed from this industry. I can only see things as a consumer. Anyone who thinks subsidies are positive doesn't look at the big picture.
On a side note, there's going to be some great opportunity in the industry to make some real money before this price war drives profits and thus employee compensation off a cliff.
On a side note, there's going to be some great opportunity in the industry to make some real money before this price war drives profits and thus employee compensation off a cliff.
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