AT&T Introduces 'Next' Plan; Users can Upgrade Their Devices Once Per Year & More

[pc747]

Must admit that when some smooth talking salesman laid out his spill and "understood" me I seemed to forget how to do math. Called stupid tax and I am paying for it.

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[kodiak799]

Lifehacker spells out what you already know:
http://lifehacker.com/are-at-t-and-t-mobiles-frequent-upgrade-plans-worth-it-814398856

These prices are very steep. AT&T would recover probably about half of what these phones retail for after a year (you don't own either one!). So a fair price would be something like $30 a month (nothing upfront) for a total of $360 a year, but there's already $10-$15 built into to pay for your subsidized phone.

So what they've really done is tricked people into giving up their subsidy while still continuing to charge for it.

 

[cereal killer]

Or we as Americans can stop being so materialistic .

certainly you jest :big smile: Americans and materialism are the best of friends. Shiny new "Stuff" is our drug of choice and the Corporations happily provide us with that fix. That's a whole other story and thread though

 

[Dusty]

certainly you jest :big smile: Americans and materialism are the best of friends. Shiny new "Stuff" is our drug of choice and the Corporations happily provide us with that fix. That's a whole other story and thread though

Well it's better than smoking crack, I guess. But could you imagine what the posts on the crack forums would say?! A rumor mill about new types of crack. Forum members disappearing. People complaining about bad crack. People griping about dealers locking-down customers. Crack hacks to get better performance from your crack. Crack reviews...

T'would be awesome.