JayWood2010 said:
bananaking21 said:
i honestly dont know exactly how people prefer to buy phones in the US and whats the most popular method since i dont live there, so i judge by comparing the phones price unlocked. but also when paying for a phone through monthly payments you buy the plan too. now with xbox you will be getting xbox live, it will come down to people seeing if xbox live is worth 100$ a year for about 5 years (just an estimate) its certainly tricky. and another thing in the usa if plans are the way people have bought phones then they are used to that, thats just how they get phones, they pick the phone. pay a small price upfront then pay for the carrier for the monthly service, but with consoles it has never been that way. you buy the console and thats it, the only thing remaining to pay for the games. i think people will have a harder time transitioning to that subscribtion model where they ultimatly pay more.
btw i would like to mention since u mentioned u pay 75$ bucks on your cellphone service that i pay just 6 bucks a month for practically unlimited calls and i get 3G with that too. it doesnt include the phone though i bought it by my self. but still 6 bucks a MONTH !
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Oh so you guys dont have subcription plans like we do in the U.S.? Yeah we dont really buy unlocked phones here very often. We paqy through our plans. It'll pay for the hardware, data, minutes, etc.
And wtf, only $6? It use to be cheaper hre until it became a requirement to have data on your plan from AT&T. I dont know about verizon, they may do it a little different.
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well there are, but they are no where near the standard. see because a lot of people here dont have the money to pay cellphone plans for thereselfs, wifes and kids cellphone data and covarage is really cheap here, its actually the only thing that extremely cheap here lol. the usual is, you buy a phone unlocked then you use what ever carrier you want, its actually better this way because u can get what ever phone you want, not what the carrier provides you.
the most commen system resembles PSN cards/psn you buy a card whether its 1, 3, 5,9, 12 ect ect and put it in your account. then those credit you use to make phone calls, each minute costing a certain amount depending on your offer and carrier, like for example 3 cents or whatever. my offer is somewhat a hybrid, it was made to make pretty much every college student subscribe to it, it was offered to people between 18 to 23, i buy 6 bucks of credit they take it from me then give me shit loads of minutes (i never even finished them lol) and 3G with a 1GB download limit (good enough for me) so yeah, my offer is pretty much the cheapest here. and its awesome lol
