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Stop Calling it a $600 Phone (ruswick.tumblr.com)
2 points by ruswick on Aug 17, 2012 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Its a 600$+ phone! 200$ and then, during your contract time, you pay the rest.


No. The price of mobile service is the same for both subsidized and unsubsidized users.

When you buy a subsidized phone, you don't redistribute the cost. You eliminate part of the cost and in return forfeit a number of freedoms to your carrier.


And then, you save it by getting a prepaid plan.




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