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When it comes to purchase your WP, do you prefer to buy it off contract or with a contract? Could you explain why?
When it comes to purchase your WP, do you prefer to buy it off contract or with a contract? Could you explain why?
If you are in US and sticking with big dogs like AT&T and Verizon, there is really no incentive to go off contract because you don't get any discount on your monthly subscription (which portions of it pays for your subsidized phone whether or not you buy subsidized phone or not). If you buy off contract, that means more profit for AT&T or Verizon.
It's not a myth. Buying a top of line of smartphone that normally costs $600 to $800 for $0 or $200 means carrier will have to subsidize it through your contract period. T-Mobile is the only carrier that offer you a service discount if you bring your own phone.
That subsidy added into the cost of their bottom line. Now if everyone stops buying subsidized phone, whether or not they will pass that saving to you is another story. But right now, I will certainly not willing for carrier to get free profit from me. Even if I buy phones at full price, I will still use my contract allowance to buy a phone that I may or maynot need. I can always sell the new phone for a decent profit to compensate the other phone I purchased at full price.