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does anyone have a 1 year contract anymore?

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Lifer
I have verizon, i always had one year contracts (bb storm, droid 1, droidx)

I could never shake the feeling cellphone contracts in general are a ripoff and 2 year contracts make it worse.

These things are ultra high technology things that change extremely rapidly, i do not want to be trapped 2 years with large monthly payments on the same device.
 
so buy a device flat out - no contracts!

unfortunately only TMO actually lowers your monthly bill if you do this.
 
Buy the hottest subsidized phone and immediately sell it, move down market for a used phone, buy a better one in a year after selling it...

That way you stay close to the bleeding edge, but not directly on it.

And I agree, I hate the subsidized model with a passion. I'd much rather pay a lower monthly bill and buy my own device.

If TMobile had better building penetration I'd be using them, but am stuck with Verizon or Sprint.
 
Buy the hottest subsidized phone and immediately sell it, move down market for a used phone, buy a better one in a year after selling it...

That way you stay close to the bleeding edge, but not directly on it.

And I agree, I hate the subsidized model with a passion. I'd much rather pay a lower monthly bill and buy my own device.

If TMobile had better building penetration I'd be using them, but am stuck with Verizon or Sprint.

the catch-22 of tmobile - their coverage is only good in major metros, where penetration is an issue and their 1700/2100mhz combo can't match up.

if you go out into the country where 1700/2100 would do well, they just don't have any towers 🙁
 
IIRC, TMobile still does. You will have to pay a little more up front for a phone, but it is still much cheaper than buying it outright. 1-year contracts are better, imho, because the phone is still usually under warranty when the contract runs out. Not so with 2-year contracts. I once had a phone stop working just outside of warranty but still under contract. Bleh.
 
usually I do a 2 year contract, but when I got my HTC Thunderbolt the price for 2yr and 1yr was almost the same so I went with a 1yr contract.
 
the catch-22 of tmobile - their coverage is only good in major metros, where penetration is an issue and their 1700/2100mhz combo can't match up.

if you go out into the country where 1700/2100 would do well, they just don't have any towers 🙁

hell i had t-mobile in SF bay area, and hteir coverage isnt even that good there. at least for voice its ok, better than at&t up there, but still no where near verizon good.

i got in on a vzw 1 year contract the week before they stopped offering them (and got a company discount for a company i dont work for anymore, so i may not ever leave now... haha) .

i wish other companies followed that model. alas most people in america cannot front $500 for a phone and do not do math well enough to figure out they are getting killed inthe long haul by paying for that $500 month to month. its like payday loans level bad if you think about the subsidy as a $350 loan over 24 months that they charge you $20 a month for.
 
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