New iPhones … On Layaway
THE NEW NORMAL MEETS THE NEW iPHONE … Can’t afford the new iPhone(s)? Sprint has got yYou must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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Yawn, you’ve been able to get “larger” android phones for for years.
Samsung is more of an industry leader than Apple anymore, and Samsung isn’t the only one making good Android phones.
Android also works much better with the Google suite.
Line up lemmings.
Verizon already has it where you can get iphone 6 for free by trading in your prior model iphone.
I’ll happily keep my Motorola Moto X for a few more years, paid $349.00 no contract directly from Motorola for the developer edition. I had a Galaxy Note II for work awhile back and hated the 5.5″ screen on a device I carried all the time. I have an iPad and it’s a good tablet but for a phone I feel iOS is too restrictive.
I once did some work for an upstart telecommunications company. In one of the initial meetings one of the execs said their customer base was made up of people who think they can afford an iPhone every month, but they can actually only afford one every other month. Gotta keep up with the Jones’.
Layaway – the customer does not receive the item until it is completely paid for.
This is another indication of the decline of America’s values. We can no longer tell the difference between borrowing and saving.
A true layaway program is a savings plan for a specific item that is reserved for the customer. The above plan is a loan program, in which you go into debt to receive the phone now. Layaway is postponed gratification, while this plan is immediate gratification and assuming debt. Fortunately, after brief research, Sprint doesn’t call it a layaway program.
Installment payments have little to do with the economy. This is simply a new business model and it isn’t just Sprint.
Have a company iPhone 5S. Pictures are an important part of my job and compared to Samsung Note 4 that I got my wife, the Note is waaaay superior. I also have a huge music collection, at last count, I have over 300 CDs plus maybe a hundred or so songs from iTunes. I’m a little torn now between the Pic quality and the 128 storage. Always open to tech opinions.
Look at the HTC One M8. It has 5-inch 1080p HD display, one of the best camera’s in the Smartphone arena (dual cameras for the rear) and will take a 128GB SD card. With 32GB of internal storage plus a 128GB SD card you’ve out classed the iPhone 6+ in every category except screen size as the M8 is only a 5″ screen.
They need to come out with a 4/4S/5S size phone, not everybody needs a tablet sized phone.
IDK about Sprint, but with AT&T, by the time I took my phone off the contract rate and got the $50 in discounts, then I’m pay $42 per month for the Iphone 6 plus with the 5.5 screen, I’m saving $8/month. When our second phone upgrades and we use the pay plan, then we’ll be paying about $30 month more for two new phones each year. Sounds cheaper than paying 200-400 per phone per year. So, it’s more a way for the phone companies to trap you into their network while giving the consumer savings for staying. Seems like a win-win. I don’t have to front the money and the phone bill only goes up a little. I leave, I pay the whole price for the phone.