What if providers stopped selling phones?
There was a post about a law forcing companies to unlock the phones. But I wanted to get a new thread so people can see 😁 If providers stopped selling phones you think it would hurt or help them? I mean they could save on CSR's promising 150.00 off a phone to get the phone for 0.00 and with warranty exchange could put the reps other places. Let nokia/motorola handle the phone problems. Let the the manufacturers fight it out. So what you guys think?
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yeah never happen... phones would probably cost more in my opinion.... oh well
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Rate plans would in turn become much better because it'd cause a price war... so the cost of the monthly rate going down would make up for the cost of the phone going up.
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First I want to say good post!! I wish this would happen.
But here is why it won't anytime soon. This industry has done such a disservice to itself and also to its customer by setting no value in the handsets themselves.
The average consumer thinks that the phone is worthless. They don't realize that the free phone they have really costs somewhere between $100 to $250.
Most of them think that we as a company are here to make sure that they have a phone. What they don't understand is that we provide a service and do in fact take a loss on all of the phones that we sell. It is like going to the Cable company and saying "My TV isn't working so I can't watch my cable will you give me a new big screen HDTV so I can watch Survivor in T...
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But here is why it won't anytime soon. This industry has done such a disservice to itself and also to its customer by setting no value in the handsets themselves.
The average consumer thinks that the phone is worthless. They don't realize that the free phone they have really costs somewhere between $100 to $250.
Most of them think that we as a company are here to make sure that they have a phone. What they don't understand is that we provide a service and do in fact take a loss on all of the phones that we sell. It is like going to the Cable company and saying "My TV isn't working so I can't watch my cable will you give me a new big screen HDTV so I can watch Survivor in T...
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Couldnt agree more. And customers just keep saying "I will go to another carrier and get a free phone" Fine go, stop leeching off of us. Then when you dont get a phone there after 1 yr you will be back. AWS is really stepping up with the cust first choice program for a phone at new cust pricing after 12 months. Yes you have to do a 2 yr contract but your saving hassle and money 😁
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Yeah, wouldn't it be nice if I could call up my internet service provider every two years and beg them to send me out the latest, newest, fastest computer currently out there for FREE. Yeah, in a perfect world. I don't understand why wireless customer's can't separate the equipment from the actual monthly service and accept the fact that wireless service is a privelage and not a god-given right, just because you can't afford the newest, fanciest color screen camera phone, you think that I should take pity on you ?? Well you'll have to lower your standards, OR SAVE YOUR MONEY UNTIL YOU CAN AFFORD IT.
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100% agree
when people lose there phone they expect to get the same phone they got for fifty dollars for fifty dollars and when i tell them it'll be two hundred they think i'm ripping them off. it's a crazy world or maybe a crazy country we live in.
when people lose there phone they expect to get the same phone they got for fifty dollars for fifty dollars and when i tell them it'll be two hundred they think i'm ripping them off. it's a crazy world or maybe a crazy country we live in.
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i think it would be to complicated. the only way it would work is if you could take one phone from one carrier to another carrier. thats not happening any time soon.
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johnstonhurd said:I heard rumor flying around that this is the next action that the FCC might take and will be forcing phone manufactures to stop SOC Locking handsets.
i think it would be to complicated. the only way it would work is if you could take one phone from one carrier to another carrier. thats not happening any time soon.
When porting to new companies customers want to keep their familiar handset that they have been using for the last year. They don't want to buy a new handset when the one they have is not broken.
It's like making a special kind of TV for each cable tv provider. You switch providers because you move and all of a sudden you have to buy a new TV because you moved to an area wh...
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