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					Originally Posted by  cDnStealth
					 
				 
				The real question is why if you buy your phone separately do you have to pay the subsidized price for a plan. Or why that subsidized price continues after you're plan is over and you don't upgrade to a new phone. 
			
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Same reason why season ticket holders get a discount off the face value of tickets, a relatively secure stream of revenue has value.