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Old 09-06-2011, 11:05 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz View Post
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.
I know. My question is sort of why would somebody want to go that route, if there is little incentive to buy a phone without a contract. If you spend, say $450 on a second hand iPhone 4, over the course of a 3 year contract, you have spent essentially $12.50 / month on the phone, so if there are not reasonable voice / data plans that would bring you much under the typical $50 plan price it doesn't seem worth it. I just wanted to know if there was some cell phone plans that made this worthwhile.
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