Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
by philomath_mn on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @03:22PM
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The more you know, I guess :+1:
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
by reaperducer on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @06:36PM
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you can get a used/unbranded smartphone for under $100
I got one at the bodega on the corner for $20. The owner wanted $35, but when I told him I'd pay cash, he took the twenty.
It was in packaging from some carrier in Mexico, but wasn't SIM locked. No problems for the last year.
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
by yoyogogo69 on Thursday May 30, 2024 @03:51PM
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lol kind of funny something like 35 can be bargained down with cash. if im selling a used phone for 35 im for sure expecting to deal with cash but of course accept other payments as well since its at my store. i guess its even hard to pay for drugs in cash these days huh. i do know in korea cash is not even a thing anymore. either are plastic cards its just all through phones
Re:Google releases smart watch for kids
by windowsrookie on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @08:34PM
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Exactly, and the MVNO's often have iPhone SE's and Galaxy A series phones brand new for under $100.
In the US at least, it is trivial to get a phone plan without being 18 or having an adult sign for it. There is no credit check nor identity check.
Just walk into any Walmart and pick up any one of a dozen prepaid kits. These plans require you to bring your own devices, but you can get a used/unbranded smartphone for under $100 and a plan with data for under $10/month.
It has been this way for at least 10-15 years, if anything post-pay/credit line plans are quite an outdated concept, and mostly used by older generations who are overpaying. Plus T-Mobile specifically have had three data breaches leaking all of their customer's personal information (which they wouldn't even have with a prepaid plan).