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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
Can someone explain to me better why I would be better off to go to koodoo and buy the nexus 4 vs buying it with a 2 year tab from WIND. If I decide against WIND sometime within that 2 year time frame my understanding is that I just pay the rest of my phone off as if I purchased it outright in the first place.
I would be using WINDS service.
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As far as I can tell, while Wind's service says that they would clear the remaining balance after 24 months, it's still only at a rate of 10% of your bill. Everybody else is taking off an equal portion of your remaining tab per month so that you end up with owing $0 at the end instead of Wind just clearing the balance because you held on for the full 24 months. Not to mention, Wind is charging $450 for the device versus Koodo's $300. So if you grab the Nexus 4 from Wind on the $30 plan, you're paying $150 upfront, and get only $3 taken off every month.
So let's assume you leave Wind after a year:
12 months x $3 per month (10% of your $30 plan) = $36 off your remaining $300 tab.
Owing $244 and have already paid $150 making it a $394 purchase.
It just makes too much sense to take the phone from Koodo even if you're paying more upfront initially or just going with Koodo in the first place if you can't pay more than the $150 upfront.