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What's the difference on month 25 if you don't upgrade? That's always been annoying to me about contract prices: your phone bill didn't go down when your contra
by georgehotelling 11y ago
What's the difference on month 25 if you don't upgrade? That's always been annoying to me about contract prices: your phone bill didn't go down when your contract was up and presumably your phone was paid off.
- ceejayoz 11y agoAT&T's "Next" plans turn the phone into a separate charge, payable across 18-24 payments. Once paid, the charge goes away and you're just paying for service. IIRC, they were pressured into this by T-Mobile's offering, and Verizon now offers something similar for the same reasons.
- jschmitz28 11y agoThis was the nasty part for me. I had to explicitly contact AT&T customer service and ask them to change my account from a contract plan to a Bring Your Own Phone plan once the contract expired in order to bring the bill down on month 25. I figured most customers wouldn't notice to take advantage of this which is why I think a clearer separation between phone payments and cell service payments is a good thing.