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Originally Posted by EyeB
hm, I don't see why you feel you are "locked" to a phone... I mean yes I understand your point... but not why you are angry over it :S
The phones are subsidized by plan, you can always buy it outright and use it on plan without problems and you won't be locked to a phone. I mean expecting to get a new phone whenever you want at a subsidized price is kind of unreasonable to me since the company still has to make some money in this
Well I do think the companies over charge for plans, but that's another thing separate from the subsidized thing for me, just because they charge so much on one end doesn't mean you can expect to take money out of them on something else. To me it's like expecting cars to be cheaper because using them (gas price) is getting more expensive...
that said, I've had no problems just waiting a month/or two and getting one from ebay/craigslist and using it, I'm not one that needs it RIGHT now and besides waiting a bit lets them pound out more roms/toys for me to play with  |
Buying outright would be fine if I could then take that phone and move freely between carriers but due to how things go here in the US that's not an option. I understand the differences in tech (CDMA GSM etc) but even on similar networks its not easy to go between networks. It wasn't that they were unwilling to let me upgrade as much as the douche bagery they exhibited in the convo. We were wrapping up the call after I had initially AGREED to pay to upgrade when things went south...
Not sure the car/gas analogy quite fits either. My understanding is that the carriers recoup the cost of subsidies within the price of our rate plans, thusly charging even those of us who aren't in contract and haven't upgraded. I could be wrong but thought I read that.
But either way my rant just blew off some steam hopefully this works out I get the Evo 4G LTE and continue to suffer poor Sprint service with a sweet ass phone lol
EDIT: btw does that $165 buy back price the norm? Anyone else ever do that and is that the going rate?
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