We've done the math, and next is saving us about 300 per year. We are definitely saving over buying it outright, or putting down.
Alia > On Sep 28, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > As somebody pointed out, most companies are trying to get the last buck out > of you they can. If you really do the math something like AT&T Next wil > definitely cost you more money. You are basically leasing the phone and a > lease will always be more expensive than buying something outright. I > understand how people who opt for this choice are probably justifying it by > saying "It might be a bit more, but not so much" and :"I have more options", > but I think part of it is that companies make it pretty confusing so most > people don't bother sitting down and really crunching the numbers. It just > sounds good and it's like "Oh well, what's another $30 a month" if I don't > have to make a $200 downpayment". > The fact is that AT&T or whichever other company still basically owns your > phone for the duration and has you by the short hairs. > Unfortunately, in the US you can't even buy an iPhone from the Apple Store > outright and unlocked on launch day as you can here in Canada, most European > countries and Australia, New Zealand and so on. I guess the large carriers > have too big of a lobby to allow that. > I am with an MVNO owned by Telus which is one of the large carriers in > Canada. I get fantastic coverage throughout the country and pay $50 Canadian > a months. Of course I did pay about $1,000 for my iPhone 5S 64 Gb last year, > but any other carrier where subsidies are offered would charge me about $30 > a months more. That means over even just a one year period I would pay about > $360 more, then if I add the $429 or whatever the Canadian price is for > getting a 64 Gb phone on contract I am already at $800. I could probably get > between $400 and $500 if I sold my unlocked 5S 64 Gb now so even if I did > want to buy an iPhone 6 I would probably be better off by $200 to $300. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
