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Originally Posted by holymadness
As a rule, I advise everyone to buy the latest iteration of a smartphone. My reasoning is as follows: the true cost of a phone is not its upfront price, but its lifetime cost (which includes the cellular contract). On average, that comes to about $2,000 over two years.
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Which is why I spent $70 on a used Samsung Nexus S and switched to Ting. I'm saving $1000/year on service (2 lines) compared to Sprint for the same data/text/voice usage. Why would I blow more than half of that on a phone that will be cheaper in a year or two? The Nexus S does exactly what I need it to do, especially with Cyanogenmod loaded on it. And in two years, I can probably get a used S3 for $100-150.
Buying a new cell phone is like buying a new car. Everybody drives a used car. Some people just paid a new car price to have it.