Re:Apple iPhone sales fall in nearly all countries
by 999900000999 on Friday May 03, 2024 @12:52PM
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That's a good point, I generally only run one or two lines for myself.
I'm happy that you got a good deal, but I found phone salesman to be super sketchy when I was younger. I recall trying to buy a phone, and they didn't have it in stock. The clerk was like, it doesn't matter you should get the more expensive one because both are zero down.
But VZW works out to $31/line for 6 lines; and we got 6 “free” iPhone 14.
So it definitely seems like the better deal over the 3 year contract period — $1300 extra for 6 new phones.
But I air quote becaus there were some extra activation fees, we pay monthly for the phones but then get a credit to zero it out which I worry is tricking me somehow, and I’m pretty sure our monthly service with VZW is NOT fixed under contract, so maybe they can jack up my monthly bill over the 3 years I’m paying off the phones?? I don’t know.
So far, 6 months in, it’s been a good deal but I much prefer buying phone outright and opting for cheapest service — but I THINK this promotion will get me out ahead, as long as I switch back to a cheaper provider at the end and don’t get an escalating service fee before phones paid off.