But at the end everyone pays himself so it make you worrie about. When the system covers it anyway, then why to worrie? This is only making lazy people.
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French Carrier Executive Claims Frugal Customers Hurting iPhone Sales
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But at the end everyone pays himself so it make you worrie about. When the system covers it anyway, then why to worrie? This is only making lazy people.
I'm single and healthy and right now my medical insurance is quite cheap. Of course that will all change with Obamacare when the costs are shifted to the healthy.
In the UK you can have an iPhone 5 with unlimited data (no capping or throttling), 7000 minutes, 5000 texts for £36 per month. All from these lovely people http://www.three.co.uk/
I see some stories on MacRumors and other sites, and you US based people really do pay a lot don't you?
I see some stories on MacRumors and other sites, and you US based people really do pay a lot don't you?
Well la dee da, that's just too bad. I'm just about to cry tears of laughter. Carriers in france are blaming the customer for being frugal? It's not the customer's job or responsibility to keep you guys in business. Hear this.
USA is the only place in the developed world where consumers of telecom bandwidth are paying the highest prices. Cheapest rates are found in China. What does that mean?
Europe is Apple's #1 cash cow, France is a big part of that.
What Richard is not explaining is Why his telecom isn't making the huge profits it used to. The answer is simple: Free Mobile, a new telecom, which came on the market and offered an unlimited phone plan (voice, SMS, 3G, MMS, eaps, et al.) for 16 a month, no subsidized phones. They also released a 2 plan. Both these plans forced competitors to switch their plans from 100+ to 30 or less. Basically, they lost all their margin and are in really bad shape.
For the consumer however, a lower plan means a lot more money saved up to buy newer devices more frequently. I actually believe the tendency will be to buy high end devices more frequently.
What Richard is not explaining is Why his telecom isn't making the huge profits it used to. The answer is simple: Free Mobile, a new telecom, which came on the market and offered an unlimited phone plan (voice, SMS, 3G, MMS, eaps, et al.) for 16 a month, no subsidized phones. They also released a 2 plan. Both these plans forced competitors to switch their plans from 100+ to 30 or less. Basically, they lost all their margin and are in really bad shape.
For the consumer however, a lower plan means a lot more money saved up to buy newer devices more frequently. I actually believe the tendency will be to buy high end devices more frequently.
Check out http://mobile.free.fr
15.99 for unlimited plan, including some international free calls.
Yep we get totally ripped off... T-Mobile shaking it up is good. I use straight talk to facilitate my needs and its generally good. Ill go to T Mobile because of the HD Voice and LTE option for 5$ more
#fact Economy is hurting. Between internet at home and cell I spend almost $1400 then the cost of the phone, its pretty asinine. If I had tv another 800$ a year. For what to mouth breath watching a box, bad enough how much time I spend online.
Agreed. Where?
Not really. We are 6 on a family plan, and everyone pays their own data + their share of minutes and text. Ends up being $50 for everyone with unlimited M2M, texts (and for half of us data; others 3GB).
Including unlimited international calls to about 100 countries (Canada, USA, India, China...)
Sounds great, but they don't brag about the cost of their international texts (19 cents/message) or the fact that their data SUCKS to the point of being completely, utterly unusable. Ever had to deal with AT&T's data throttling? It's about the same. Worse than EDGE speeds.
Free forced all the carriers to cut their pricing in half, but at this point they offer one of the worst deals on the French market if you need data.
Don't worry, you won't stay healthy forever, nobody does.I'm single and healthy and right now my medical insurance is quite cheap. Of course that will all change with Obamacare when the costs are shifted to the healthy.
I never said it was a bargain. I said, you can reach $50 a month even if its not T-Mobile which is "not as bad". However, given that it is AT&T, I view it as a bargain. Now, MobileShare plans are Satan's idea of overpriced.
I'm currently on this, in the UK:
250 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited web
$18 a month - 1 month rolling contract.
I have no idea if that's a good deal or not!
250 minutes
Unlimited texts
Unlimited web
$18 a month - 1 month rolling contract.
I have no idea if that's a good deal or not!
I plan on doing the same thing, but not switching carriers, staying with AT&T, just that their $36.00 fee plus the $199 phone is just a waste every year, so I will wait every two or maybe more to see what comes out from Apple. I have the IP5 and I am happy, plan on waiting for the IP6 or whatever next years model will be called, perfectly fine with what I have. I know a few friends doing the same thing even though in the past they upgraded every year, the Activation fee has many annoyed and sticking with older hardware for VZ and AT&T from what I hear.
I can afford to buy a new iPhone every year if I want to do so. But I don't.
I don't replace my primary computer every year, either. Sure, a two- or three-year-old MacBook will be somewhat slower than the latest, greatest models. But it's still completely functional and able to run any software I throw at it.
My iPhone 4 is still a great phone, and I've got a reasonable voice-and-data plan to go with it.
And the money I save can go toward other nice things that I don't already have.
I don't replace my primary computer every year, either. Sure, a two- or three-year-old MacBook will be somewhat slower than the latest, greatest models. But it's still completely functional and able to run any software I throw at it.
My iPhone 4 is still a great phone, and I've got a reasonable voice-and-data plan to go with it.
And the money I save can go toward other nice things that I don't already have.
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iPhones are the exact same price as other phones, ranging down to "free", which is even cheaper than the old Android BOGO deals.
You are likely remembering the days before Apple started making most of its money off of mobile gadgets.