Carrier "Discount for mobile share value savings"

[zorinlynx]

I'm worried that this $15 "discount" may be temporary. Anyone know why it's being shown as a discount instead of the device fee simply being $25?

One nice thing is with this new plan my bill actually went DOWN. That's the first time in... forever!

 

[jca24]

Mine is the same. This is not a temp discount. I would bet it is either ATT's antiquated billing system where they can't just change the device fee to $25 or they just show it as a discount until you upgrade with a 2 yr contract or next plan which would cause your device fee to go back up. My bill went down too! I never though I would see the day.

 

[F123D]

They probably do this on purpose to make the customer feel like they're getting a deal. Instead of just showing $25, they post it as $40 with a discount to show the savings.

 

[C DM]

Even Verizon does it this way too. Probably so they wouldn't have to create some new pricepoints for lines and switch to that and just use the usual prices ($40) and then apply an appropriate discount onto those, given that the discount can potentially be different as well depending on how much data the plan allows for and all that.

 

[SuperTango]

Ok, this thread is a little old, but i was just looking at this for an iPhone6 upgrade. the $15 discount is a grandfathered in discount. If you upgrade your phone and are on the 2 yr contract, you lose the discount. You get to keep the $25/mo access rate if you go to the ATT Next plan.

I found this in the fine print of the "mobile share value plan" page (https://www.att.com/shop/wireless/data-plans.html, e.g. signing up for a new plan), the fine print for "Step 2 (access charges): Add smartphones to your plan" says:

*** For plans 10GB or higher, AT&T customers with smartphones on 2-year wireless agreements prior to 2/2/14 are eligible for the $15/mo. access charge. For plans 2GB to 6GB, AT&T customers with smartphones on 2-yr wireless agreements prior to 3/9/14 are eligible for the $25/mo. access charge. If upgrading to a smartphone on a 2-year wireless contract you are no longer eligible for the discounted pricing. To receive this monthly discount, upgrade with AT&T NextSM or pay the full purchase price for your new smartphone.