>Go to AT&T because they're ending the 2 year subsidized phone plan and my LG Optimus Pro 2 is getting a little on in years, some of my applications don't have full features, my smart watch does not connect with it, etc.
>Decide to say fuck it and get a Blackberry because I'd rather have a physical keyboard, even if the whole point of me upgrading was because of lack of app support
>"I'd like to buy a phone."
>"Would you like the next plan?"
>No
>They set me up with a rep who takes me to a table and sits me down, what the hell?
>Asks for my account information, etc.
>"Okay, so if you want the 2 year phone, your rate goes up."
>"What?"
> He shows me a flyer that says my current data plan is 15/mo, but if I get a 2 year contract phone, I go up to 40/mo
>"You see, if you get the next plan it's cheaper."
>"No it's not. It's 15 dollars a month, plus the monthly cost of the phone which would put it at around... 40 a month."
>He looks back at me
>I rub my temples, "So you're saying if I want a new phone, I'm locking myself into paying more money?"
>"Yes."
>"I'll just stick with what I have."
What a fucking joke of a company. How do they get away with shit like this? How did we let them?
>>52211037
>he doesn't buy his phone outright and go prepaid
Why are you even here?
>>52211192
>Spending 700 dollars on a phone
Yeah, nah.
>>52211224
What do you think you're paying for on your precious contract plan you retard?
>>52211037
>"So you're saying if I want a new phone, I'm locking myself into paying more money?"
How the fuck is this an unreasonable statement. Of course if you want a new device, it's going to cost you the money to buy it. How fucking retarded are you?
Xiaomi Redmi Note 2.
Not sold in American due to bullshit patent laws.
>>52211037
And what if you fake never having a phone with them, will they offer you the same prices?
>>52211252
I think I'm signing a contract stating that I'll stay on board with them for two years. As an incentive to enter a contract, they subsidize the price on a phone. Like they've been doing for years.
Why should they hike my bill up $25 dollars so I can enter a two year contract?
>>52211286
More money a month, is what I meant to type.
>>52211289
>Xiaomi Redmi Note 2
Thanks, I'll look into this.
>>52211302
Seeing that they ask for your SSN and driver's license, I think that's a difficult thing to do.
>>52211037
You expected them to give you a free phone?
>>52211341
>More money a month, is what I meant to type.
No shit. If you buy a phone on a plan, then the cost of the phone is factored into the cost of the plan. Are you stupid?
>>52211304
Playing the game, you want a new phone? I took it hard up the butt to get out of my 2 year contract but plan on keeping the phone for as long as possible on prepay for 15 a month plus 10 for airtime. I tried to go back to my old flip phone but it was already obsolete. Not really into the tracking apps so have no data. It's a phone and a texter. Also its too big, don't really even like it.
>>52211304
>As an incentive to enter a contract, they subsidize the price on a phone.
But that's wrong you fucking idiot.
As an incentive they offer you a loan to be paid as an addition to your phone bill. Yes, a loan, with interest. Calling it a subsidy is highly misleading. That's the way it's always been.
>>52211304
>Why should they hike my bill up $25 dollars so I can enter a two year contract?
Because you're getting a fucking phone.
24 month * $25 = $600.
You're paying $600 extra in those 2 years.
That's the price of the phone.
Now would you rather pay $600 for the phone now, or pay it extra over the course of 2 years?
I know this is probably bait, but still, normies are so fucking stupid. You're paying for the phone either way.
>>52211391
Buying a phone on a two year contract with AT&T has never come with the caveat of an extra $25 tacked on to the bill. What Kool-Aid have you guys been drinking?
>>52211366
Only if it's a garbage phone. I was fine with paying a subsidized price seeing that I was agreeing to give AT&T money for two years. This is how it's worked since I've been getting cell phones.
>>52211037
I thought this was common practice. Verizon gave my ex a free phone, but then had this line fee crap that meant she was paying for the phone over time and then some. I use cricket and pay $35 / month and just bought my phone off swappa instead. Saved a ton of money over time vs. a contract.
>>52211037
This is probably bait but Americans have it good so don't bitch too much OP. For me to get 3GB of data in Canada with a subsidized Samsung S5 on a 2 year plan that started in May right when the S5 came out, my plan costs $90.00 per month plus tax. I'm into my phone for over $100 per month. American carriers are cheap in comparison. Plus if I go over my 3GB it's $10 per GB in waves (I. E. If I use 3.1 GB or 3.9 GB I'm charges $10)
You're a fucking joke OP
>contract on my andropoverty phone ends
>want to get off google's wild ride
>buy a used, unlocked blackberry q10 from a qt girl because she bought herself a BB Passport
>she has taken good care of it, it's in absolutely mint condition, leather case have a nice feminine scent of her, earphones never used, charger still sealed in the plastic bag.
>160 USD in 2014.
>get a contract without a device with my family
>unlimited calls, unlimited messaging, 25GB of data a month
>10 USD a month.
Stop being a good goy.
You can save money on it, all you need to do is use your brain and do a little bit of research.
>>52211498
you can use that cricket or virgin or t mobile or whatever nigger company shit if you live in the city.
if you actually have a car and go places for work that shit doesn't work.
i'm a verizon cuck because i like my freedom to get coverage anywhere in the country. freedom isn't free, or cheap, or even fucking reasonable. my monthly bill is a hundred dollars and that's with my company discount and only 1GB of data with a subsidized phone.
If you're hassled with $40 data plans, you might as well get a nice phone off eBay and then get on a prepaid line, OP.
>>52211601
Sorry to hear about your cucking. Verizon has great coverage, but my experiences with CDMA have not been good. Cricket is owned by AT&T and has the same coverage area they do, which works for me. I don't travel too regularly, but haven't had any coverage issues, even out in the sticks.
YEah I'm with ATT now. I get good service from them generally, but I have to fight for it.
att is god damn shit and as soon as my brother and his gf's plan ends in april i'm abandoning ship.
>>52211037
She hot doe
Jesus Christ, at least Verizon still tacks a $15/month subsidy.
>contract
This is now a milana thread
What a dumb thread. OP believe phones are free. I love hating on corporations because they are bad for freedom, but this is too dumb
>>52211304
>paying with interest on a phone that deprecates
L M F A O
Tmobile month to month on a phone I bought outright.
Feels breddy good.
>>52212376
Bro...
>>52211601
Get the glorious PagePlus, prepaid and it uses Verizon's network.
>>52211224
stick with your iPhone, jamal.
>high test
This post is -2/10 bait.
>>52211458
Actually it has. When Next was introduced, I had a Nexus 5 and I was paying 80 a month. When I upgraded to an LG G3 on 2 year contract, I paid 0 dollars upfront for the phone, plus the activation fee and then they still tacked an extra ~15 or so dollars a month onto my bill.
If they didn't have the best coverage, I'd say fuck it and go to T-Mobile, but I need service everywhere I go.
>>52212625
>AT&T
>best coverage
Pick one.
Or are you one of those people that say "hurrr im a virgin broke ass nigga and don't want Verizon because they cost too much. I like freedums"
>>52212657
Best coverage in their area you fuck.
>>52212557
What's wrong with that?
>>52212681
Im sayin bro.. you dont even know
>>52212678
Man, you got mad quick over text. I feel for you tbqh family
>>52212707
Fuck you! I didn't fucking get mad you piece of shit
>>52212724
Trying too hard now
>>52211454
This, OP. You're too dumb to understand how contracts work. The company ain't "subsidizing" shit for you: you can either pay outright, or go on a payment plan. They just disguise it with fancy plans and features and rates, but that's all you're doing, a payment plan. You'll pay full price of the phone eventually no matter what.
Now stop being a financial cuck and save up 600$.
>>52211037
You're obviously a confused idiot.
>>52212657
I'm not broke. I need GSM phones because I travel for work and I frequently use prepaid SIM's you can buy at the airport. Plus Verizon is shit anyway. At least where I live. I'd rather have Sprint than Verizon.
Phones are a reminder of what happens when a market is made as closed as possible right off the bat to make the maximum amount of money.
With PCs, consumers already had a taste for freedom, and desktop users never put up with bullshit.
Buy a phone else where and put your sim in it op. You could even save some money if you buy used. I got a lg g3 for 300$ when they had just come out because some guy didnt like it.
I have an idea OP! Say you want a prepaid plan and a free $700 phone! I'm sure they'll masturbate you under the counter!
>>52211224
>he thinks new phones cost 700 bucks
Burgerland ?
>>52211224
You can get really nice unlocked phones for $350 max.
>>52211224
How fucking stupid are you?
>>52215646
BlackBerry Priv does
>>52211341
They also do a hard credit pull even if you are on no-contract plan and aren't using their phones.
>>52211037
>How did we let them?
Not enough government regulation.
Every time you hear "Nanny State" or "muh constitution!" it's actually propaganda from big companies trying to rally against government regulation so they can dick over their customers.
Regulation isn't the big bogey man it's made out to be.
you are dealing with moron niggers, OP
niggers that don't understand basic english
>gets fucked in the ass with a two year contract
>They try to fuck him harder
>Refuses
>Is mad that he can't get dicked in the ass like he used to
>Wonders how these companies get away with dicking him in the ass in the first place
>How did we let them.
Uh you just explained to us how. Dumbass
>>52215646
New phones are like over $1000 in aussie land now
>>52223336
> people choosing to pay $80 for a cell phone to impress girls they will never fuck
> society in general
these are just distractions to keep us from revolting from the true horror
>>52223384
>1. Wait 5 months. Flagship Phones are at 60% of when they were launched.
>2. use for 3-4-5 years
>3. buy a 5-6 months old flagship at 60% prices
>repeat steps 2. and 3.
>>52211037
Get cucked OP
>>52223417
>being able to not smash a phone screen or whatever for 3 years
Must be nice to be you
>>52223384
New iphones*
>>52223438
I knew a guy with cerebral palsy too. Stay strong, buddy
>>52223438
get a case, mate.
even the cheapest will do the job nicely.
>>52223247
>wanting companies to be banned from being bastards
If we stop companies from being bastards the consumer loses at the end of the day.
>>52211454
this isn't bait man everyone I currently work with is going through this same problem because all the small towners think they need new personal ID items for the new years
I don't own a cellphone because I don't have the budget yet, I'm still lowlevel postgrad wageslave and I get literally scowled at when its brought up that I don't own a phone. I have been told that as an american I am entitled to a phone and I should get one, go in debt on the bill, and then sign up for assistance so the gov't can start paying back my cell bill
That's what everyone is telling me to do that is actually honestly what a lot of people are doing
>>52211224
Are you retarded? Get a Blu Life One X or a Zenfone 2 Laser or something nigga
>>52223384
Well you don't have to buy the newest flagship like the average /g/ consumer whore. What the fuck is wrong with you people?
>>52223823
Something is clearly wring with the people you associate with.
>friend proceeds to buy new iPhone
>ask friend if he wants to go to the cinema
>can't I have no money. Check out this funny post on 9gag :DDDDDDDDD
Is that how it goes or what ? Coz that's sad. I'm kinda glad that I live in Europe and that we have a wide range of phones to chose from without getting cucked so hard by the carriers.
>>52223438
is this actually a problem for anybody but teenagers? I've never even scratched a screen on any of my phones. Or are the cheap ass cases I buy really doing work? Also i drop my phone from waist height at least 4-5 times a week
>>52211224
Just buy a Moto G. You get LTE and a 5inch screen for under $200.
>>52211224
Zenfone e fagbot.
200 bucks.
Newer/Smart phones use more data, and therefore data plan prices for the data plan are higher.
>>52224758
Zenfone laser has a removable battery, also $200
>>52223823
>can't afford a $10 phone and a $20/mo plan
Are there people really this poor in the US? How do you stay in touch with people or find work?
>>52223823
I believe most states give have free cellphone plans now. That being said, a dumbphones and a plan are fucking dirt cheap these days. A cellphone could save your goddamn life. I don't understand people that don't own one.
>>52224808
Wow that's nice, mine isn't removable but I got the standard edition. I might check that out.
>>52224616
Seriously this. I've never cracked a screen ever. Im also 29 and take care of my shit. If I drop my phone, though rare, I try and catch it with my foot to break the fall.
I seriously don't know how anyone over 19 breaks phones
>>52211037
because AMERICA
>corporate interests belong in government lol
>capitalism >>>>> all
>consumer rights is COMMUNISM
>the corporations will figure it all out!
faggot you deserve this shit
vote for bernie and save your soul
>>52223823
Your friends all have bad credit too dont they?
>>52223823
leave america
shrug emoji?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
