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$20?! What, is it made of diamonds?

My current phone is AT&T's $10 Go Phone (some kind of LG), and it has a color screen, customizable menus, and better voice quality than my previous phone (an LG flip phone). It's also light, small and has decent battery life.

Of course, I'm just waiting till I'm eligible for an upgrade so I can get an iPhone . . .

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Maybe they are not subsidizing the cost of the hardware with the service price?

In India, handsets are never bundled with the service.

They aren't in most countries - AFAIK, bundling with the service is mostly a U.S. phenomenon. That's why you only see SIM-locked GSM phones in the U.S.

The same could be asked of the phone here. Cellphone companies always use the lowest, most underhanded tactics possible. Never trust them.

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