And good luck trying to get any of the three of them cancel your plan. The carriers are all pretty crooked and hungry for 3x the costs of an MVNO. It just shows that power and money corrupt badly. Look at Apple and see the same thing. Tim sells his soul all the time for more money from Apple. At $100m per year in free stock, he works even more deals to get himself money from China. It’s like when is it enough money, Tim? How about do what’s right for customers as they’re a stakeholder too!
You must not visit the (MR) forum often.
They have no payment plans and a very small variety of options to choose from. So no. Not Costco.
Thanks, I just did, though I doubt it will do much.
I've messaged him twice in the past and both times someone reached back out to me to help resolve my issues. Also had a friend reach out to Mr Cook last year about an issue she was having with her brand new iPhone and our local Apple Store Manager reached out to her the next day to resolve the issue. You may not hear directly back from Tim but they do take emails very seriously.
It doesn’t behoove anyone to be locked into a contract then buy themselves out of it. That isn’t how contracts are set up. The person who agrees to the terms loses the benefits of the contract. And some carriers refuse to unlock even paid off devices. So if you sign for two years, usually you get a discounted iPhone or more money on your trade than it’s worth. That’s how it works. When the carrier has to get out that means they work in that the buyer pays back their gains even though they paid 3x or 4x for their service. Been through the whole Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T scams. Now I would never deal with their BS. Used to be at least Verizon sold you an unlocked iPhone.
Prior to the smartphone revolution I dealt with Verizon, Sprint, Nexus, AT&T. I got turned off by the crazy billing that gave me a headache just trying to figure it out. A little over ten years ago I went the prepaid route and never looked back. Currently Mint Mobile has worked great in my area and i’ve been with them the last 4 years. I can’t beat the $15 per month plan. I also prefer an unlocked phone as I don’t trust the carrier to unlock it once it’s paid off.
Not true. Samsung also has 0% financing for their unlocked phones. Their phone upgrade program is also significantly better than Apple's.
If you want to deal with hassles and waste money paying 3x to a “carrier” that’s all on you. Hope you’re old enough to have a pension or social security as otherwise seems like corporate shareholders have your retirement in their stock.
I’m putting $300 a month so I’ll have enough for a phone and an updated iPad Air/Pro when they are updated.
And when both VZW and T-Mo offered the iPhone, they also required a 2-year contract for the discounted iPhone...
