Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
by bussierem on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:02PM
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That kind of proves the point though even at 24 a month if you have the phone for 2 years then the plan was $576 while the phone was only 350. The phone would come out to $14 a month. Do you value your phone as worth less to you than Netflix?
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Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
by djhworld on Monday August 03, 2020 @04:26PM
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the 350 isn't factoring in the costs of calls/data etc.
it depends on how long you want to keep the phone for. I bought my phone in 2017 ago for £400 and I pay £8 a month to a carrier to get an allowance of data + calls every month (not a contract, I'm free to cancel any time) so it's worked out at about £18 a month if you amortise the initial outlay.
obviously contracts are more expensive, and can sometimes, albeit rarely, be cheaper, you just need to do the maths.
the bigger advantage to buying a phone outright is you're free to switch network/carrier as the phones are unlocked, at least in the UK anyway.
Re:Google announces Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 4A
by bussierem on Wednesday August 05, 2020 @08:56AM
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I mean sure it's not factoring in cost of calls data but that's not specific to a phone so if you're comparing phone prices (and not plan prices) then the data and calls are irrelevant to the conversation