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We'd like a good camera, so are leaning towards the Galaxy Samsung S6. We're currently on T*Mobile and no contract at what appears to be a good rate of about $80 a mo for two phones. They sell that S6 for like $600. I think we can do better than that.
Verizon looks to have a deal on the S6 at $100, but with a 2 year contract.
Anyone got a line on a better deal? Another phone suggestion?
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Then factor in consider the Total Cost of Ownership. Contracts can mess that math up, so work it out. Will you need to get new cases/peripherals? Add those on too.
I will throw Cricket into the mix. Cheap plans, no contracts, can BYOD, including Smart Phones without a data plan if done online.
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For me, I changed to T-mobile last year and although the rural reception is worse, the idea that I'm not on contract, pay a reasonable rate per month for unlimited phone, text, have a set data amount and get a 0% phone loan, and I get free text and internet international is fantastic regardless of the monthly rate. The revenue model is way less sleazy than my old AT&T plan.
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Mr. White wrote: Ours are about 4-5 years old now, and they're showing that age.
We'd like a good camera, so are leaning towards the Galaxy Samsung S6. We're currently on T*Mobile and no contract at what appears to be a good rate of about $80 a mo for two phones. They sell that S6 for like $600. I think we can do better than that.
Verizon looks to have a deal on the S6 at $100, but with a 2 year contract.
Anyone got a line on a better deal? Another phone suggestion?
I hate cell phone plans. $80 a month is $960 a year.
We just signed up for the non-contract T-mobile family plan. Four phones, unlimited text and calling for $120 a month. I'm thinking of switching to some minimalist thing with Ptel, which uses the same network, but my daughter who is fifteen is now hooked on the texting and unlimited data, and she doesn't have the same social engineering skills as her older brother so she doesn't know the middle school wifi password yet.
It would seriously be cheaper for me to pay someone who lives next to the school $40 a month and install a directional antenna. I wonder if I could become a micro ISP and charge kids five bucks a month...
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As y'all can tell I'm not really into my phone besides text/checking email. Would be nice to use it as a good camera and gps. I'm sure any modern phone would have enough memory to put a decent amount of albums on 'em.
There's also Republic which seems to be a decent deal.
republicwireless.com/phones/
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Gversace wrote: I have T-Mobile, no contract, $100/month for 4 lines and 2.5GB per line. I prefer T-Mobile, even though they don't have the coverage Verizon does, because I understand the agreement and there are no overage fees on the data - they just throttle you when you exceed the limit. Add in that they allow free tethering, and it's by far the best deal I could fine. You pay full retail on the phone, but they finance at 0%, which isn't bad.
Exactly. The transparency means a lot to me---and since I keep my phone for a long time when the 0% loan runs out I don't have to pay the extra on the plan.
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My daughter is on their 100 minutes, unlimited data/unlimited texts for $30 per month. Only available through the web page and hard as hell to find. But it's there.
Seriously, buy a GPS for $80 and get it off the requirements list.
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