I don't believe there were ever "free Phones", at least with AT&T. My last 2-year contract (now expired) had $15/month built into the monthly cellphone charge to pay for my iphone. This amounted to $360. The phone also had a $200 upfront charge so I actually paid $560 for the phone over 2 years. Once the 2 year contract was up, the monthly cellphone charge dropped by $15/month since the phone was now paid for. At this point I am treated as a BYOD. There is no free lunch. You are paying for the phone in one way or another.
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Originally Posted by snowbird22154
Just went to try to get a newer I Phone and now was told there are no more "free phones" with the 2 year renewal contracts. It appears you "now" have to pay the FULL price for the I phone $700+ as the days of "free with upgrade" are over with.
Wonder how long people will continue to pay full price for the I phone as maybe I need to go back to the cheap "flip phone" but then I wouldn't have all the Internet, weather, navigation, I cloud and other "apps"
Think I'll try to get on Welfare and "then"..... get a Free One !!  |