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Indeed, if you look over the total cost for 2 years, it's really a no-brainer: 2 years @ $80/mo, no cost for hardware: $2099 2 years @ $40/mo, $520 for hardwa
by technomancy 16y ago
Indeed, if you look over the total cost for 2 years, it's really a no-brainer:
2 years @ $80/mo, no cost for hardware: $2099
2 years @ $40/mo, $520 for hardware: $1466
- cookiecaper 16y agoThe parent says it's $20/mo off for no-contract, at that rate ($60) the no-contract comes out to $1960, barely a savings of $100 overall. Definitely worth the contract if you don't have $520 to drop when you need a phone.
- ben1040 16y agoOr you can spread that $520 it over 20 months without interest, pay that on your monthly bill, and still get the no-contract price. A G2 is $199 with the 2 year contract and $499 with no contract. My understanding from their website is that your first installment is due when you take home the phone, so your down payment on a new G2 would be $25. So using nice round numbers on the prices, 24 months @ $80/month + $200 = $2120 versus 24 months @ $60/month + 20 months @ $25/month to pay off the phone = $1940 So you save $180 over 2 years, and your up-front payment is only $25 instead of $200.
- technomancy 16y ago> The parent says it's $20/mo off for no-contract Looks like this changed recently; when I signed up it was $80/month for the subsidized-phone full voice+data plan and $40/month for no-contract data-only.