Here i would say well under ten percent pay msrp for their mobile phones. It's skowly changing to lease or zero percent financing but it's slow to change the mindset. At my teleco if someone has a phone gotten on msrp or lease or loan then most plans are less by 15 or 25 a month.
~KLM
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I dont follow that. here, if you buy outright you go on an open plan, usually $10 per mionth lower than the contract, as telco needs to recover the subsidy. How does the telco win twice? Theres no money in phones by the way. Low margin, lot of hassle with staff managing them, no money ion that at all.
From: "Kris Murray krismurray@gmail.com [iPad]" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: Off topic iPhone question
Subsidized phones is largely American phenomenon. I kNow sprint has subsidized plans and non. I suspect att does also.~KLM\\ "Antisocial behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists" ~Nikola Tesla //I hope you get what you need, Kris. I wonder what hoops you'd have to jump through to get a carrier when you return to the states with your unlocked iPhone. Since they wouldn't be subsidizing your phone in any way, would ATT still expect you to pay the same monthly charge as their NEXT customers who are paying off the phones ATT provided at the beginning of the contract? Or would you be able to pay for provided service only?Somehow I doubt they have two pricing tiers, so you'd be paying premium prices for a "subsidized" phone you actually bought yourself. They win twice. I wonder how many other countries have telcoms who are allowed to set up such sweet deals for themselves?Yea I just want a factory unlocked one. What I may do in El Salvador is travel to San Savlador and get a factory unlocked one in January which will be after I leave cuz I really don't wanna not leave til I get s phone I was hoping on getting a ticket for Xmas day.
~KLM
\\ "Antisocial behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists" ~Nikola Tesla //
> On Jun 12, 2015, at 7:32 AM, Devitt devittad@comcast.net [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I've been with ATT since I bought my first iPhone. I think you'll have a hard time getting them to unlock your phone for use in Latin America. They'll want you to use their ridiculously expensive out-of-country plan.
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