Very Interesting Scenerio
I am really impressed with the new set-up T-Mobile has. In where a person can have the same benefits of post paid customer but w/o the contract. Sure you have to pay full retail price for the phone. But they thought that out as well. By offering the consumer financing for the phone. Plus no interest it is a win win situation. Especially for a person who is on a limited budget but can afford a Blackberry plan but doesnt have 599 to shell out bc of rent and other bills in life. But 23 dollars a month for a certain amount of time could be really easy to swallow. Does anybody know if the other companies are going to follow suit with this awesome compromise? The reason I am posting this here in the Verizon forum is because I am a long tim...
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No. Alltel billed equipment back in the day. Those $499.99 Startacs. Around the sixth month customers would trickle in demanding to know why Alltel was ripping them off. People are hilarious! 🤣
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I doubt T-Mobile does this without a credit check on prepaid. Do you mean the customers have the same benefits of a contract customer?
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1) You can go month-to-month on VZW if you purchase a phone at retail or bring in your own equipment.
2) Verizon USED TO offer payment plans on handsets. The problem was that people who still owed say $200 on the handset would stop paying the bill alltogether. So there's X months of a bill already, but another $200 is a slap in the face. And considering that some phones retail for over $500, it's not worth the risk.
2) Verizon USED TO offer payment plans on handsets. The problem was that people who still owed say $200 on the handset would stop paying the bill alltogether. So there's X months of a bill already, but another $200 is a slap in the face. And considering that some phones retail for over $500, it's not worth the risk.
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I never understood why cell phones retail so high. How do the LG's and Motorola's of the world get away with that. Sure they do a lot of nice things. But still they are just a phone. I can almost guarantee it doesnt take more than 50-75 bucks to make. 409-599 is an exuberant of a mark-up for something that is not even made well. If you ask any technician in a cell store. They will confirm they get 1000's of upset customers that the phone is damaged and the phone wasnt even in the customers possession for even 6 months. Even here on phonescoop we here about these phones that lag or just dont function well in general.
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We don't really know what phones would cost in a "free market" because there isn't one. That said consider laptop Vs desktop computers. You generally pay more for a laptop that provides less performance compared with a desktop because it's compact and light weight - you pay for portability. Cell phones have a lot of tech in a very small space. We take it for granted, but it's pretty amazing.
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I remember when I found out it cost a $100 to make the Silver Q that I paid $269.99 for WITH contract. Grrrrrrrr.... 👿
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thats the way the world works. everyone does so i know one try some vacuum companys that takes 300 dollers to make vac but actualy cost $1600 to buy its not fair but theres nothing in the world we can do but stop buying the product so if you dont like mark ups on phones boycot phones dont like grocrys dont buy food its benn down for hundreds of years and its not going to stop now.
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but you are still paying full retaile for the phone i know some one that has tmobile and ifm you cant afford full retaile than you cant afford extra money on your monthly bill. to save yourself trouble get insurance or vzw has a annuale upgrade too.
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