AT&T plans to drop two year contracts through third-party retailers, Apple included | 9to5Mac
Thanks to mama23dogs for the heads up.
Wonder when Verizon will try the no contract Edge or full price phone angle.
Customers over at ATT are already mad and threatening to jump ship. As usual, what makes business sense to one company, may benefit another. Customers on small data plans and low discount get a cheaper price with subsidy purchase.
I Was wondering how Verizon folks feel about it?
I can only afford a phone with a new 2 yr activation.
I Don't see the benefit of 2 year subsidy. If you are buying a flagship, you are to shell out an upgrade fee, plus $200 down payment and the line fee is $40.
INstallment purchase only requires the the tax up front. Since I get the $25 discount, the payment is pretty much a wash.
I've never paid more than $100 for one single phone. I've paid $100 for two phones. As a matter of fact, i wait for end of life phones. Either bogo or `free´ with new 2 yr contract.
For you and everyone else that have deep pockets. More power to you.
mama23dogs wrote: Customers over at ATT are already mad and threatening to jump ship. As usual, what makes business sense to one company, may benefit another. Customers on small data plans and low discount get a cheaper price with subsidy purchase. I Was wondering how Verizon folks feel about it?
mama23dogs wrote:
Last I heard over 65% of upgrade are done via Next anyway. Personally I think it's time to get rid of 2 year contracts. Where are these people going? Not T-Mobile. Sprint has already said they're dumping 2 year contracts by the end of the year.
Heretic1989 wrote:I can only afford a phone with a new 2 yr activation
Any reason why you can't save up over 24 months? If you sign a 24 month contract TODAY you KNOW you have 2 years before you're next upgrade. Put $10-$20 a month away. If you can't afford to pay full price for device then you need to keep your devices longer than 2 years until you can. This is the future.
Heretic1989 wrote:
This makes no sense. With Edge, there is much less up front costs than 2 year contract, no activation fee, and you will in most circumstances end up saving money over 24 months.
Saving a bit every month and paying cash up front is an even better option, as it leaves you with no commitments to Verizon. However, short of that, Edge is less expensive up front and less expensive over 24 months.
So how you do you say you can only afford a phone with 2 year activation?
I feel like this: Flagships are nice like my LG G2 on Verizon, but I have used mid-range phones (I am now with my Boost Volt) and I can tell you that while my G2 was -$50 ($100-$100 trade-in+$50 rebate) and a great phone and the Volt is normally $100 full retail but I got on promotion for free, just had to pay $20 promotional rate for a normally $55 10GB plan......all to say I can't tell a huge difference other than the screen and RAM between the two phones. One phone was $100 on contract with the fees hidden inside the contract and the other was $100 straight out paid for. (Phone comparison, not network service comparison)
