Microsoft set to launch $99 4GB 360 + Kinect bundle next week in the US.

[NotStan]

Euphoria14 said:

NotStan said:

Euphoria14 said:

NotStan said:
Also to those complaining about the $15 fee need to GTFO America and live in UK for few months, my phone contract in itself is 21 pounds or around $35 and i barely get anything with it, bottom line is, 15 a month is not THAT much at all, calling it a scam is blowing it out of proportion, by a good amount, as around $5 alone of that would probably account for gold membership.

Don't even get me started on the constant bitching about "gas" prices.

Yeah, I do want to live in the UK for a few months. For (2) phones I pay $150/month.

I would love to pay $70 instead.

As I said, my contract is an absolute minimum, I got a poor phone with it a year ago(Had to buy a new one with my own money), still paying it, all I get is unlimited text, 200 minutes and 100MB of Data for £21 a month. If I were to get a new phone - iPhone 4S/HTC one etc would be in the region of £37-39, model of the phone and the contract details increase the price of course. But the standard fee for a NEW, recently released phone would be about £150 - $250 up front and £35 - $60 a month thereafter for 24 months.

Mine is 500 minutes split between (2) phones, 200MB data per phone, 200 messages per month for one phone and 1000 for the other. This is old rates and the reason only (1) phone has 1000 messages is because I got that deal when it was still available.

If you get the cheapest plan now and for just (1) phone it would be $49.99 for 500 minutes per month, then $20 on top of that for 300MB data and your given the minimum of (200) messages for around $5. You want unlimited? Pay an additional $15-20.

So for me to get the bare minimum it costs me ~$80 per month. To get something similar to yours, meaning with unlimited messages, I would be paying ~$100 per month. Then after that you have to add extra costs for taxes and fees, so your really looking at ~$90-$110 per month for (1) device.

If it's a new contract and you want an iPhone, add $200-$300 up front cost to that for the device and then an extra $36 for activation fee. Yes, we need to pay a fee for them to activate a device they sold to us, for their service, just for us to pay them money monthly.

It's more or less similar situation in the UK, the only way to get a cheaper contract is by buying the device on pay as you go, which means paying around £350-400 or even up to £550 for a new iPhone, then the smaller fee on top. Admittedly the unlimited text tarrifs are more common here and you can get them as low as $20, but the minutes and data will bump up the contract price. There is no activation fee (I don't think so), but there is a pretty high unlock fee if you want it on another network.

What hardware did you get with that contract?