ive heard this argument 100 times and you and I must have had different 6th grade math. What I paid out of pocket under 2year contract was waaaaaaay less per year than what I have to pay on NEXT. I've never understood the fuzzy math from the folks who believe like u do. But I've run the numbers in 30 posts over the years. So bored. Not gonna do it again..
But for those watching.. I assure you.. It is NOT true that you paid the same on 2 year just in a different part of the bill. Total nonsense. You paid waaaay less with subsidy contracts.
I don't know the particulars of NEXT. Forgive me.
But on a regular contract plan... you used to pay $199 at the time of purchase and then a portion of your bill was for the phone each month. And you were also tied to a contract and couldn't leave the carrier for 2 years.
And the sad thing was... people actually believed that the iPhone only cost $199. But no... they were actually making additional payments for the phone each month... they just didn't realize it.
Today, however, you see exactly how much you pay for the service and exactly how much you pay for the phone. It's much more transparent.
It might not be
cheaper with this new method... but I never said anything about price increases in my earlier comment. I just said it was the same idea (making monthly payments for phones)
Carriers have steadily raised prices over the years anyway. Who's to say that the price wouldn't have gone up if they had kept the contracts?
And besides... I thought people HATED contracts! Now they want them back?
It could be worse... you could still be tied to a contract AND the price might have gone up!
It's tough to do a comparison between an old contracted plan from 2013 and a new payment plan in 2015. Everything is in flux. It wasn't too long ago when you still had to choose the amount of minutes you wanted
Saying it's waaaay more expensive now might be missing a lot of variables. But I don't know. Every carrier has multiple options now... from buying a phone outright... to an upgrade plan... to a traditional month-to-month plan. It's hard to compare.
You might be paying more on a payment plan than you did under a contract... but it might not be the contract that made the difference.
People say they want to go back to contracts... but it might not be any better in this environment today. Times change.