When did cell phone pricing change?

[zachary]

http://cell-phone-providers-review.t...ade-plans.html

here

[line-em-up]

And it's reported on your credit which I guess will help people build a credit history. I have a $675 installment plan now.

And if you don't have a phone installment plan on your credit report, it will negatively impact your credit. I didn't have a vehicle payment report on mine and they said it was causing my credit rating to be lower than it could be. Ain't that some shit.

[bcoop]

No shit? I didn't realize that. I've got the old unlimited data plan from AT&T, so I probably wouldn't switch away from that. My total bill every month after taxes and fees is around $65, and I never have to worry about using too many minutes, texts, data, etc.

They won't grandfather you in on a new phone anymore. They force you to the new plan. Or you can pay cash for the phone, and keep your plan.

[David]

They won't grandfather you in on a new phone anymore. They force you to the new plan. Or you can pay cash for the phone, and keep your plan.

Yup. You get an installment loan @ 0% and pick when you want to pay off your phone if you don't want to pay the $800 up front.

[Gtracer]

Yup. You get an installment loan @ 0% and pick when you want to pay off your phone if you don't want to pay the $800 up front.

Yep, then if you want to leave early, you know, because no one does contracts anymore you just have to pay off the balance of that $800 phone or suck it up and stay with the company.

They are putting the burden 100% on the customer now days; I too was not aware of this change. Stuck with my Note3 for about 4 months before I became annoyed with the viruses (damn porn) and upgraded. T Mobile had the BOGO offer so I got 2 new edge plus' for about $900.

[The King]

iPhone 6s Plus here, and a cowskin rug.

[SS Junk]

S5 and photobucket account here.

[BMCSean]

5s (magpul case, like a boss) and a photobucket account.

[347Mike]

I have been looking to upgrade and noticed this exact thing.

I always buy refurbished for around $50 but those don't even seem to be available anymore. My iPhone 5 has a few cracks and scuffs but I will keep it until it blows up now. Screw paying $500+ for a phone.

[BigTitan21]

PrimeCo phone and AOL dial up here

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[Baron Von Crowder]

primeco phone and aol dial up here

i've been trying to post this since last night

lol

[Cobraman]

I bought mine through Apple financing. Not a fan of anything through the carrier. $32 a month and you trade your old iPhone in for a new one every 12mo. Easy.

[mikeb]

I had an iphone 4 (not the 4s) for years and was determined to keep using it until it died because of this new deal. The battery finally went so I held my nose and upgraded to an iphone 6s plus on the installment plan.

Isn't it funny how the cell bill didn't go down when they quit subsidizing the phones?

[DON SVO]

I had an iphone 4 (not the 4s) for years and was determined to keep using it until it died because of this new deal. The battery finally went so I held my nose and upgraded to an iphone 6s plus on the installment plan.

Isn't it funny how the cell bill didn't go down when they quit subsidizing the phones?

I have the new AT&T plan and a phone upgrade built into the billing. My bill is almost the same, and I've actually got a bit better plan than before. It's just "rearranging furniture", for someone who has their own device (and plans to keep using it) you could actually come out way ahead with the new pricing.

[Goku025]

I was due for an upgrade from my Galaxy SIII. Costco has a deal with t-obile buy an S7 or S7 Edge (which is what I got) and you get a free s7 edge when you add a line. Also, you get 25$ gift card per phone and 2 64 SD Cards 2 virtual reality headsets, and 2 portable power batteries. Walked out of Costco with all that and payed 0$.

I just owe 32 a month which I can deal with for 2 years.