XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: abc@doremi.net   
      
   On 9/20/2016 1:02 PM, Horace Algier wrote:   
   > On Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:42:45 -0400, PAS wrote:   
   >   
   >> There's no free lunch or phone.  The trade-in has value, say $300.00 for   
   >> example.  You're handing them $300.00 and getting an iPhone 7. Your plan   
   >> also has built-in cost that pays for subsidized phones. Whether you   
   >> think so or not, or whether or not the fine print indicates, you're   
   >> paying for that iPhone 7.   
   > You bring up perfectly valid points, which I don't think *anyone* is   
   > disagreeing with, since they're pretty commononly excepted truisms...   
   >   
   > 1. There is no free lunch or free phone   
   > 2. The postpaid service plan has a built-in cost that subsidizes phones   
   >   
   > To clarify, while we never *paid* for the cracked-screen 64GB iPhone 6, it   
   > has a "value", which you asssessed at $300, so I'll accept that as its   
   > value.   
   >   
   > Following your lead, we could *sell* the old 64GB iPhone 6 for $300 cash,   
   > and, then *buy* an unlocked Qualcomm-modem 32GB iPhone 7 for $650 plus   
   > about $50 sales tax.   
   >   
   > So the iPhone 7 would cost $400 in the end.   
   >   
   > As for the postpaid "service plan", remember that I already have 4 phones   
   > on the *best* service plan in my area, bar none, for what "I" need, which   
   > is:   
   > a. Unlimited calls and texts (free USA calls)   
   > b. Some data (currently 4GB/month/phone)   
   > c. Travel goodies (20 cents/minute calls & unlimited data in Europe)   
   >   
   > Despite all the duplicitously coy responses to the contrary from Rod Speed,   
   > *nobody* can find a *better* postpaid price:performance plan with similar   
   > coverage in the Silicon Valley area. Nobody.   
   >   
   > Not on T-Mobile.   
   > Not on Verizon.   
   > Not on AT&T.   
   >   
   > Not even Google Fi (which is relatively close though but it requires all   
   > new phones!).   
   >   
   > These are the best cell phone plans and deals out there   
   > DATE: Monday, September 19th 2016   
   > http://www.clark.com/best-cell-phone-deals-for-2016   
   >   
   > Since *nobody* can find a better plan than I can, we leave it that, yes,   
   > the phones are subsidized by the plan, but they'd have to be subsidized   
   > anyway - whether or not I get the "free" iPhone 7.   
      
   I doubt you'll find a cheaper plan than the one you are already on.  May   
   I ask how long you've had this plan?   
      
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