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One assertion the article makes that I'm skeptical of is that the price of the phone used to be hidden in the monthly cost of the plan but no longer is. I have
by chasingthewind 8y ago
One assertion the article makes that I'm skeptical of is that the price of the phone used to be hidden in the monthly cost of the plan but no longer is. I have no evidence, but it definitely feels to me like my cell phone bill has been going up steadily and that there is no "phone sold separately" discount. I'd really like to see some numbers on whether the service cost has really decreased in real terms by the amount of the cost of the phone over two years.
- grawprog 8y agoI've always bought my phones outright and never had a prepaid plan until relatively recently. I've stayed around the $250-$300 price point since I started buying cell phones. What I can buy now for that price is vastly superior to what I could buy even only 4 or 5 years ago. If anything, with inflation, the price of low-midrange phones has been dropping steadily and the quality and features you get for that price has been climbing at least in my observation. Service prices have been climbing. The plan I have now isn't available with my carrier any more. The closest plan to mine costs twice as much as I pay for 3GB less data. They don't even have plans that offer as much data as I get anymore.