BTW, WTH does it mean the phone is a "feature set" or that it's a "feature phone" ?! And I wish - I REALLY wish - our US carriers would get away from the 2-year lockups for discounting new phones. It's a horrible customer service model to have and yet it endures.
They have contracts for a reason. Work for the company before you justify the price range for a handset. When a customer calls in 6x in one month that only justifies the cost for a handset imo.
I agree with Brian. Also, the reason there are contracts is to get cheaper costs on the phones. Carriers make little-to-no money on the device itself. If everybody could pay a few hundred bucks for a new phone, there wouldn't be contracts.
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BTW, WTH does it mean the phone is a "feature set" or that it's a "feature phone" ?! And I wish - I REALLY wish - our US carriers would get away from the 2-year lockups for discounting new phones. It's a horrible customer service model to have and yet it endures.
They have contracts for a reason. Work for the company before you justify the price range for a handset. When a customer calls in 6x in one month that only justifies the cost for a handset imo.
I agree with Brian. Also, the reason there are contracts is to get cheaper costs on the phones. Carriers make little-to-no money on the device itself. If everybody could pay a few hundred bucks for a new phone, there wouldn't be contracts.