I too will stay away from the Next plan if I can avoid it. Also, one
trusted site and resource for a lot of tech in general is Kim Komando.
On her web site, she broke this down as well similarly.
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On 4/28/2014 8:20 AM, Wayne Merritt wrote:
Joseph,
You are certainly entitled to your own opinion. However, consider the
following: My wife just bought a 16 GB iPhone 5C from AT&T and signed
up for the Next plan. Like you, she was told that she could pay a
little each month for 18 months, and would own the phone by the end
of that time when she could choose to trade it in for a newer model.
We did the math when we got home and found that though she paid $21 a
month for 18 months for a $99 phone, over that 18 month period she was
actually paying AT&T around $380 for a phone who's contract price was
$99. With the Next and similar plans, you are not paying the full off
contract price, but you are giving much more money to the carriers
than you would on a contract. We went back to the AT&T store this past
weekend and moved my wife from the Next plan back to a contract, and
then paid the regular $99 price of the 5C. If you have other questions
on the value of the early upgrades plans, do a Google search for "Do I
get a better deal on the Next plan from AT&T," and you will come up
with many articles from CNet, Ars-Technica, and other sites that break
the numbers down like I have. It is true that not everyone has the
money to pay for the phone outright, and if you choose to go the
direction of the Next plan then that's completely up to you. In order
to switch back from the Next plan you need to make the switch within
14 days after buying your phone, otherwise you are stuck.
Kind regards,
Wayne Merritt
On 4/28/14, Joseph Hudson <[email protected]> wrote:
Well Seacord I do not believe that is a rip off I believe that these kind of
plans are for people that cannot afford to buy a iPhone out right but they
can afford more bang for their buck. Just thought however it is okay
everybody has their own opinion about them being a rip off.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
For $140 a month it better be included! In my opinion these early upgrade
plans are quite a rip-off, sorry Joseph, but that's just my opinion. If
you
do the math you would find that if you were to get whatever best deal you
can get and if you then were to put the money you save aside that after
one
year you could nicely buy your next iPhone outright.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf
Of Daniel Miller
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:21 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Just got the iPhone 5s with AT&T and on the next plane and
had
a question
Hi Joseph,
Hotspot accčs is included in that plan.
On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Joseph Hudson <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello to all, I have just now switched from Sprint to AT&T and got on
the
next plan you know that one that is really $140? Well I have a quick
question I'm thinking of going to school and Hadley and am going to use
my
iPad for that. So I was wondering if anybody knows whether AT&T is
charging
The hotspots while on the next plan. Thank you very much.
Sent from my iPhone
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