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Because the phones are $600? At $50/mo it would take an entire year to pay for just the phone before any revenue could be used for actual operator business.
by jonknee 12y ago
Because the phones are $600? At $50/mo it would take an entire year to pay for just the phone before any revenue could be used for actual operator business.
- gambiting 12y agoYeah. That's exactly how it works. Me and all my friends have top-models of different brands, and I don't know a single person who paid anything upfront. HTC One here - 30 pounds a month contract. Iphone 5S - 35 pounds a month contract. LG G3 - 28 pounds a month. All of these prices roughly translate into $50/month - so why would you pay anything upfront?? And just because a phone costs $600 on the retail market don't assume that operators pay anywhere near that.
- justincormack 12y agoEveryone I know just buys phones outright and is on giffgaff at around £12 a month... Different demographics I guess.
- nimrody 12y agoWhat do you do when you want to break the contract? I.e., after 6 months you decide to switch carrier? Now what?
- gambiting 12y agoOn O2 you just pay off the phone, and then break the contract whenever you want. There is no early termination fee.
- pjc50 12y agoJust to drive gambiting's point home, here's EE's phone selection: http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phones/pay-monthly/gallery http://shop.ee.co.uk/mobile-phones/pay-monthly/gallery The nearest to the $200 upfront is the £150 upfront for the "iPhone 6 plus 128GB", although that's then about $100 a month. For the very latest top-end phone. All the others have tiny or zero upfront fees.