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> For her phone, Brooks is on a plan under which she pays $28 a month. Buying it outright would easily cost $900 or more up front, plus she likes the excitement
by theandrewbailey 2y ago
> For her phone, Brooks is on a plan under which she pays $28 a month. Buying it outright would easily cost $900 or more up front, plus she likes the excitement of being able to upgrade to a new model every few years.
> “Maybe one day that will change, but I think it’s more realistic for me,” said Brooks, 23. “Life is just unpredictable.”
Is her life so unpredictable that she don't know if she'll need a phone next month?
- beretguy 2y agoPeople are weird. You can buy decent, refurbished phone for ~$100 +/- on eBay.
- jerlam 2y agoRunning the numbers, paying $28/month to rent the phone doesn't seem that different than what most people who buy "free phones" with a two year contract. But at the end of those two years, people in the latter stop paying the "rental fee" and have a phone that's worth a few hundred, which they can sell or trade in for another phone on a two year contract.
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- marssaxman 2y agoPerhaps her life is so unpredictable that she might need that $900 next month, and would regret having committed it to the phone purchase.