Asylum Patient
I want money
- May 13, 2021
- 4,340
What I mean is that not only you can buy new smartphones on a plan (contract), you could also just buy them outright (new, refurbished..). Well actually I'm aware that this is a pretty stupid question by me because at the end of the day it all depends on what phone, features and services you need.
But still...I always leaned towards the approach to just buy the devices outright. Especially if you are not a power user who does everything on a phone and probably doesn't even own a computer. Maybe I'm weird when it comes to this but I think you save up a lot of money in the long run. Yeah you might get the newest phone for like 1$ but then you locked yourself in a contract to pay lets say 50$ / month, thats 600$ / year. I could just buy a nice refurbished phone for lets say 250$ outright and combine it with a good price-performance plan like 10$ / month.
In the first year I would pay a total of 600$ for the plan option and 370$ for the outright phone option. In the second year you have to pay AGAIN 600$ (50$ / month) for the plan option...but now only 120$ (10$ /month) for the other option. Yes, I am aware of the legendary motorolla c113 and other retro nokia phones (I might buy them for nostalgic reason) but for my wageslaving job I need a smartphone.
But still...I always leaned towards the approach to just buy the devices outright. Especially if you are not a power user who does everything on a phone and probably doesn't even own a computer. Maybe I'm weird when it comes to this but I think you save up a lot of money in the long run. Yeah you might get the newest phone for like 1$ but then you locked yourself in a contract to pay lets say 50$ / month, thats 600$ / year. I could just buy a nice refurbished phone for lets say 250$ outright and combine it with a good price-performance plan like 10$ / month.
In the first year I would pay a total of 600$ for the plan option and 370$ for the outright phone option. In the second year you have to pay AGAIN 600$ (50$ / month) for the plan option...but now only 120$ (10$ /month) for the other option. Yes, I am aware of the legendary motorolla c113 and other retro nokia phones (I might buy them for nostalgic reason) but for my wageslaving job I need a smartphone.