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> It was also free with a prepaid phone plan

It's not really free. It's just built in to the cost of your plan. Your plan would be half the price if you weren't paying for the phone.

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Yeah, why do people call it free? You do pay for the phone, just not the full amount upfront.

It was a prepaid plan that was the same price whether I got the phone or not. I guess you could say everyone who didn’t get the phone was subsidizing those who did, but there’s no way to opt for lower pricing if you BYOD. So no, in this case that’s not really true. If it were Verizon where you can pay less if you BYOD then sure but that’s not what I did.

> It was a prepaid plan that was the same price whether I got the phone or not.

Fair enough, then it makes sense to get the phone.

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