Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year of warranty

Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by pydry on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:24PM (#26971167)

>there’s no such thing as “$0 phone on 3 year term” in Canada anymore.

Why is that a bad thing?

When carriers subsidize phones the price is inevitably higher overall. It's little different to those $1100 now or "$100 per month for 12 months" ads.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by bennybob on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @03:21PM (#26973035)

Of course it is, they are financing your phone which costs money. You are paying extra for the risk, inflation and interest.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by pydry on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:56AM (#26979206)

Except it doesn't cost that much. It's mostly profit margin. You're paying extra for the illusion of free.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by cameronh90 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @07:30PM (#26975549)

My Pixel 2 was actually cheaper through EE in the UK than it was to buy it SIM free.

It's never happened before or since.

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Re:Spain is forcing phone makers to give you an extra year o... by pydry on Thursday April 29, 2021 @05:58AM (#26979220)

When I worked in the travel industry some luxury hotels would agree to do deals where heavily discounted hotels would be bundled with flights.

They wanted to sell at < £X without the appearance of having sold a premium product so cheaply. Bundling with the flight hid the cost.

It's possible this happens occasionally for phones but I doubt it's common.

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