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Originally Posted by borked
He's right.... mine is arriving tomorrow with the one I bought for the missus for her birthday pressie (bless, she's still on the iphone 3G*). Bought from Apple for ?670 each and we each pay ?20/mo for unlimited everyting (calls inc international too, internet, sms etc). For the same call plan under 24mo contract to get the phone for ?200, we'd each be paying ?60/mo. OK, we could go for the more limited packages eg 1hr talk, 2GB internet and pay ?45/mo, but even that is ?25/mo more than we pay now. x24 mo == ?600 extra, plus the ?200 for the phone means paying the ?800 for the phone instead of ?670
Maybe you say *only* ?130 difference, but that's like taking out a 2yr load loan at 19% APR, which is nuts. Plus we have a much better call plan, *and* we have no contract on that plan, so can switch to any other operator when we want.
I haven't been tied into a phone contract for many years.... only the phone companies win in contracts...
*edit the iphone 3g hand me down that she got for her pressie last year (or yr before cant remember) from me when i got myself the 4.... She thinks her pressie this year is my iphone4 handmedown, so at least time she'll have a surprise!
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We have no contract options here in the US, but they are more often than not a bit more money and piggy back off of the big networks.
Prepaid sims here in the US are a completely different market as compared to elsewhere. For most, you get a prepaid when you are unable to get to qualify for a phone on contract, so it has that stigma to overcome.