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The iPhone revolution was that your phone used to be owned by the carrier, but now was owned by Apple, and Jobs got away with it.
by pavlov 3y ago
The iPhone revolution was that your phone used to be owned by the carrier, but now was owned by Apple, and Jobs got away with it.
- pjmlp 3y agoHence why most European countries just mostly stayed with pre-paid, and operators have been trying to bride us with contracts for iDevices, or if that doesn't get us, contracts in disguise for pre-paid users as post pay. I will keep using Android devices with physical SIM until it isn't no longer viable.
- PlutoIsAPlanet 3y agoDue to financing options like Klarna, keeping on monthly prepaid sim-only plans (which are cheap) and using a finance option to purchase the device outright has become much more popular at least in my circle in the UK.
- desas 3y agoYou don't even need Klarna, the Apple website offers 0% 24 months financing for iPhone in the UK.
- sbuk 3y agoThat’s nonsense! Bundled contracts are common in most if not all of Europes economies.
- pjmlp 3y agoWhere are your numbers against my numbers?
- NekkoDroid 3y agoThat might be the case, but the phones aren't bound to any specific carrier. A phone bundled with an O2 contract can be used by someone with a Telekom contract.
- yourusername 3y agoThis really seems like a post from 15 years ago. In my experience prepaid is almost dead. It's the most expensive way to use a mobile phone and you can get a decent sim only subscription for 5 euro per month.
- paxys 3y agoUsed to be owned by your carrier for two years, and you could always pay to unlock it. Now it costs double and Apple owns it forever with no recourse.