They're probably Obamaphones that you're seeing.
Thanks Obama!
They're probably Obamaphones that you're seeing.
It makes no sense. You have to have credit to get approved for a phone on the carriers payment plan. Without a job and bad credit they won't approve you.
Have you ever thought about the subsidies by the government for people who aren't poor?
They're probably Obamaphones that you're seeing.
no cuz government handouts to the rich are ok.
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Nope, W Bushphones. We all know Bush started that program.
no cuz government handouts to the rich are ok.
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Nope, W Bushphones. We all know Bush started that program.
Now that subsidies are slowly becoming a thing of the past, everyone that couldnt afford an iphone before will now have one. I've seen lot of people with androids before that couldnt afford an iphone but now that you have to put $0 down and only pay around $40-50 taxes and walk out the store with a shiny new device. i think ill see an explosion of iphones in general and mostly in the poor communities that couldnt have afforded it before .
Someone who owes $1M in taxes and pays $250K just got a government subsidy of $750K when they could afford to pay the $1M. Yet everyone complains about the family who got $5000 in food stamps.
The problem isn't about the family "who truly" needs the government help. The BIG ISSUE in this country is the people who falsify information so that they can receive government help. Thus taking away from those who truly do need it...
Its a problem when you see a family parking a fairly new vehicle at the supermarket lot, then paying with an EBT card at the register..
That in itself is the true issue..
See people just spew the incorrect information they get somewhere else.
To the OP you have not explained how it's easier to get an iPhone now versus under the old subsidy.
AT&T wouldn't let me upgrade my 5S 2 days early so I could get the 6 on launch day so I ended up going with their Next plan. So, I'm basically paying full price for the device with payments on it spread out over the next several months. This doesn't mean that I'm paying less for the device. It actually means that I'm paying more for it. The original iPhone cost me around $700. The iPhone 6 plus is costing me around $950. These devices are NOT cheaper now.
AT&T wouldn't let me upgrade my 5S 2 days early so I could get the 6 on launch day so I ended up going with their Next plan. So, I'm basically paying full price for the device with payments on it spread out over the next several months. This doesn't mean that I'm paying less for the device. It actually means that I'm paying more for it. The original iPhone cost me around $700. The iPhone 6 plus is costing me around $950. These devices are NOT cheaper now.
Whoa. While I agree that $0 down is definitely a way for folks to get an iPhone without having any money up front, they do have to still pay for the phone. Don't be so quick to assume that they're just getting the iPhone and not paying for it. I assume people in middle-class areas that you clearly don't hang out in also have the same phone under the same plan and they possibly would default on their contract. It happens in all classes. I don't get the point of the thread as a whole.Now that subsidies are slowly becoming a thing of the past, everyone that couldnt afford an iphone before will now have one. I've seen lot of people with androids before that couldnt afford an iphone but now that you have to put $0 down and only pay around $40-50 taxes and walk out the store with a shiny new device. i think ill see an explosion of iphones in general and mostly in the poor communities that couldnt have afforded it before .
It bothered you enough to start a narrow-minded thread about it full of rash assumptions.Just an observation, oh trust me i'm not losing any sleep over this. Just that i've never seen anyone with the latest iphone in those areas before , when i do its one of the older iphones like the 3gs . Never one of these hard to find iphone 6's that almost cost as much as a months mortgage/rent