erasure25
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I say make the switch if that's the phone you want. Carrier loyalty is bogus. I've switched from Verizon to Sprint to AT&T and in this day and age they are all equally good/bad/wonderful/terrible.
Well it's always funny how you talk to one person and they say one thing. Then you talk to another person and get a whole different answer. I talked to at&t again and this time the person told me the 950 xl would be out in January.
Well it's always funny how you talk to one person and they say one thing. Then you talk to another person and get a whole different answer. I talked to at&t again and this time the person told me the 950 xl would be out in January.
Also my experience... I am the manager of an AT&T store.
I just wanted to squash some things. You guys have mostly come to the right conclusion on pricing with AT&T. A couple things I would like to add is that not everyone, even in a good credit situation, can afford to buy a phone outright.
Next is NEXT. AT&T premiered their financing plans with not one but two different plans. Now there is the even cooler NEXT 24 that is spread over 30 months. Eeeeeeeven cooler, there is now NEXT 12 w/down payment where you pay 30% down and spread the rest over 28 months, which makes the monthly about 60% of the NEXT 18 plan.
Also my experience... I am the manager of an AT&T store.
What a surprise. An AT&T employee wants to sell a more expensive phone and AT&T is happy to pile on the debt. Nothing wrong with that if people will go for it.If you want the phone, go buy the phone. Half of you, or more, are up to your eyeballs with credit and student loan debt im guessing. Youll whip out the CC for a new TV but having to buy a phone outright is outrageous... wow.
I just wanted to squash some things. You guys have mostly come to the right conclusion on pricing with AT&T. A couple things I would like to add is that not everyone, even in a good credit situation, can afford to buy a phone outright. Even the 640XL is just out of reach for a normal phone buyer. AT&T does more for its customers by way of options than anyone else. Take Samsung exclusives for example. AT&T actually has to fight to get Samsung to bring these to the US. There are lots of phones on AT&T that you almost never heard of. AT&T just had a big marketing reset yesterday. Go look at that nice shiny Windows Phone support on the walls. They always have a wp on their collateral. Next is NEXT. AT&T premiered their financing plans with not one but two different plans. Now there is the even cooler NEXT 24 that is spread over 30 months. Eeeeeeeven cooler, there is now NEXT 12 w/down payment where you pay 30% down and spread the rest over 28 months, which makes the monthly about 60% of the NEXT 18 plan.
Also my experience... I am the manager of an AT&T store.
If you want the phone, go buy the phone. Half of you, or more, are up to your eyeballs with credit and student loan debt im guessing. Youll whip out the CC for a new TV but having to buy a phone outright is outrageous... wow.
It is a little weird that $700 upfront or on credit card for a phone that people use all the time, almost every hour of every day for a thousand things is considered, like you say, outrageous.
What a surprise. An AT&T employee wants to sell a more expensive phone and AT&T is happy to pile on the debt. Nothing wrong with that if people will go for it.
But there is an alternative to going into debt because you can't afford to pay for a 950XL up front. Its called buying a phone you can afford, like an AT&T Lumia 640 for $59. Do something like that, and it won't be long before you can save enough to buy a more expensive phone. Unnecessary debt is something to avoid, not be grateful for the opportunity.
No worries; we just like to use iPhone and Samsung Galaxy users as fodder for financial management training.
You wouldn't have called it debt if it was on contract. Also, it doesn't matter how much the phone costs a consumer. There is something called gross profit. I seriously doubt there is a much different margin if at all.