Here's an even better option. Straight talk has a $45 plan that gives you unlimited nationwide minutes and messages and 2.5GB of LTE data on AT&T for $45 per month and unlimited worldwide minutes and messages and 2.5GB of LTE data on AT&T for $60 per month. The 16GB iPhone 5S is $649 off contract($199 on contract). Let's just say your on contract plan is $120 per month, the length of your service period is 24 months, and you choose the $60 plan if you decide to go off contract. 199+(120*24)=3079 649+(60*24)=2080 3079-2080=999 In other words, save your $1000 and go off contract...
Bill On Apr 28, 2014, at 9:20 AM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> 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 <jhud7...@gmail.com> 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 <siegh...@live.ca> 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: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >>> Behalf >>> Of Daniel Miller >>> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 9:21 PM >>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Just got the iPhone 5s with AT&T and on the next plane and >>> had >>> a question >>> >>> Hi Joseph, >>> >>> Hotspot accès is included in that plan. >>>> On Apr 27, 2014, at 11:11 PM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> 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. 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