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Originally Posted by wodin
That's in the US, other places don't have locked in contracts or ETFs. That why a phone that costs five or six hundred euros can be had for one or two hundred dollars in the US with a two year contract.
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Frankly, I'd much prefer buying the phone outright than having the cost of the phone (and then some) added to my monthly service fee. Once you've paid for your phone, that's it. In the US, even if you keep using the same phone for 10 years, your monthly rates never go down. Also, while there are theoretically 4 big national carriers (Verizon CDMA, AT&T GSM, Sprint CDMA, T-Mobile GSM) and plenty of regional ones, due to coverage, you're usually limited to either AT&T or Verizon. I'd really love to go with T-Mobile's Value Plan but they don't have signal where I work.