I can see basic talk/text phones making a comeback. I still have my late 90s Nokia and mid-2000s Samsung slider. I have no problems going into AT&T and saying here's what you have to work with. These phones worked flawlessly, and they battery life makes iPhone look like a joke.
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AT&T to Stop Offering Two-Year Phone Contracts Starting January 8
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I can see basic talk/text phones making a comeback. I still have my late 90s Nokia and mid-2000s Samsung slider. I have no problems going into AT&T and saying here's what you have to work with. These phones worked flawlessly, and they battery life makes iPhone look like a joke.
They recently announced a price increase of $5 per month on unlimited so I would guess they're keeping it. I'm pretty sure most including myself would switch carriers if they got rid of it.
It sounds like when your current 2-year contract is up, if you want a new phone, you can use Next to finance it. Then you'd pay whatever your paid for your same phone plan + the monthly Next installment (which goes away once your phone is paid off). There is no finance fee with Next, though. It's 0% APR.
so if u pay for the phone up front (which this is from AT&T), then their would be no contract, no early termination frees, free to leave when you like, and your monthly bill will just be call/data costs only, right ?
In effect,,, why would there be a contract still (locked in) IF the full payment for a phone is paid-up front ? There'd be no reason to.
In effect,,, why would there be a contract still (locked in) IF the full payment for a phone is paid-up front ? There'd be no reason to.
i guess i was thinking i'd lose my UDP but if i can keep that, maybe Next will be alright
WTF! Not cool at&t
I just went to at&t and got a 6S on early upgrade. I kept my unlimited plan, and it actually works out as I was about to buy a 64gb 6S off of CL for $600. Now when the 7 comes around I have to pay full price
Yeah, you'll be paying more to be cool (for a few days) in September.
It looks like some people I know will be holding on to their iPhones a little longer from now on. It would be great if you could get a 32GB iPhone 7 for $449 or 499 full price. It would definitely reduce the "pain" for some accustomed to paying 2 or 3 Ben Franklins every couple of years.I'm wondering this myself. I haven't been able to find out if there's a difference between "Custom IRU" and "IRU" and no MR members seem to know the answer to this.
Perhaps you have FAN? If so, we had to order our iPhones through the Premier store, not just any local AT&T store.
Fair point you have there. However, contracts had already ended prior to the last iPhone event. T-Mobile dropped contracts altogether 2 years prior, Verizon had dropped contracts in August, and AT&T had dropped new contracts (only allowed renewals) in favor of NEXT. So at the time of the event there was already disparate carrier pricing and any prices Apple showed only applied to certain specific cases.
But as I said, you make a good point and I agree it is awkward. We will find out what Apple does next fall, or maybe earlier with the rumored return of a 4" iPhone.
BingeOn downgrades video to 480p quality. I personally am not willing to accept the quality loss so I'd rather pay for unlimited period.
There is no way I am paying att full price, using next or otherwise, when I can pay the same price for an unlocked phone. in fact, i think i'll pay to get my current phone unlocked and sell that to help pay the cost of the 7, wouldn't that make more sense?
Foundation Account Number, basically a discount you get as a student or employee. In this case, you order through the AT&T Premier Store if you still want the two-year contract.
I've decided to give Cricket ppd a try since it's an AT&T subsidiary. Tired of paying AT&T a monthly device access fee. $35/mo all in for unlimited (2.5gb high speed) data. We'll see what it's like. i may wind up coming back to AT&T but maybe not!
I completely understand that preference.
One thing I did was pull up a HQ video on the YouTube app on my iPhone 6 and change the video quality around to see the actual difference. First I was surprised that the highest option was 720P even though it is a 1080P video on my laptop. The next surprising thing was that there wasn't much detectable difference between 720P and 480P on my iPhone's screen.
It also looks easy to turn off and on as needed.
Good luck in whatever you end up getting
nope because they integrated the costs of the device subsidy as costs of the voice and/or data plan in the 2 year contracts. Meaning you can't separate the costs, they are basically hidden fees. The only way to get separate costs is to go with the new no contract plans. You don't have to sign up for a next device plan, you can keep the phone you own and just pay the monthly fees for minutes/data that exist as options.
This is what I do. I was using like 20-30 gigs a month. So my unlimited plan made sense. I use NEXT with my unlimited plan because it's 0% financing. I like to get all the new phones so it works out perfect and I don't have to deal with selling a phone.
Just added my wife but I bought her phone outright and set her up with 2 gigs. She didn't want to do NEXT. Doesn't make sense but she wanted to own the phone so I was like fine I'll get it for your birthday.
I'm not giving up unlimited. Even if I'm not using much data I like having the option too. Unlimited with NEXT makes perfect sense to me.
That is not a option where I live you must be receiving special treatment
I don't know where people are getting that they can go to NEXT and still keep unlimited data. I wasn't given that option , and believe me I asked about it.
Where do you live? I've been using NEXT with my grandfathered unlimited plan for years.
No special treatment required. People have been able to move to NEXT and still keep their grandfathered unlimited, but at&t employees are known to mess up the procedure or play dumb as to what the options are. Not many have done this because it's better to do the 2-year contract while on unlimited, as there are no service discounts for the grandfathered plan.