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I can’t stress this enough: It’s almost always cheaper to pay full price for a phone, plus a pay-over-time fee through your credit card if needed, and use a prepaid MVNO instead of a major carrier.
So what they really mean is “we risk losing profits on our inflated rates if we can’t trap customers in our overpriced plans and play games with their bills.”
Here in the UK, it generally used to be 1 year, then moved to 18 month, then two year "contracts" (that are essentially paying for the phone). They will of course (if you don't realise) continue to charge you the increased price after you've paid for your phone...
Recently I was looking at upgrading, almost clicked confirm on a price that seemed suspicious. Until I saw "48 month contract"
Nope. Bought the phone outright, interest free credit over 1 year (I'm done with that in 3 more months). A few months later, swapped to one of the "virtual" networks we have here. £8 per month (first 3 £3), unlimited/unlimited/30GB data (I don't need much), plus roaming to Europe (a frequent destination of mine) included.
100% here it works out a LOT cheaper not to buy through the provider. I have no doubt it's the same pretty much everywhere too.
Honestly, it is such an obvious lie, too. Can companies really just lie in their filings to the FTC?
They can, they do and they won't stop.
They will also lie right to your face
They lie when advertising
Companies lie. They need to lie. If they don't lie, and actually told the truth...they wouldn't be in business anymore.