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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
Yup.
To the OP, the whole piont of the contract is that you get a free/cheap phone. The phone company wants a guarantee you'll be paying them for a while and they're willing to pay for a phone to make that happen. There's no reason for them to give you a cheaper plan because you brougt your own phone.
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No, but there is a reason for them to give you a cheaper plan if their competitor is offering a deal that could save you $xx per month and switching over would be penalty free. That said, you can't just call in and get a better rate just on the basis of you not having a contract. You need to find a deal that is comparable to what you want but cheaper and go in armed with the Math.
One other thing to note, is that your plan needs to decrease by an minimum of $10 a month to make it worthwhile at all to buy a phone outright, if you disregard factors such as needing an unlocked phone for travel etc. 10 a month, which is between $240 and $360 over the life of your contract, factoring in for early HUP. At that price range, you are probably not looking at a brand new top of the line phone. The savings would need to be $20 or more to justify the purchase price of a brand new phone (iPhone4, Galaxy SII etc), which makes it unlikely.