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> People don't actually own them. Of course they do. If I buy a new house or car, I don't have to pay the full price up front, but when I have finished paying
by mokus 14y ago
> People don't actually own them.
Of course they do. If I buy a new house or car, I don't have to pay the full price up front, but when I have finished paying for it I absolutely do own it.
Subsidized phones are essentially loans. You pay for them over the course of your contract or with early termination fees, and when the contract is over you own them 100%.
- donniezazen 14y agoThey do allow you to unlock the phone after two years.
- thedufer 14y agoIf by "they" you mean "some carriers". They are by no means required to do so, and there's no reason to believe that they will continue to do so.
- donniezazen 14y agoIt is absolutely ridiculous to compare a property, if modest would steal your treasures to amount of 200K, with a 500 bucks phone. Nice thing would be if people abandon this culture of getting subsidized phones and then blame carriers for implementing restrictions.