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[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

It isn't the phone so much as it's the contract that comes with it. To get the absolute latest phones, you have to go with a bigger provider. The discount mobile providers generally give out older phones, which is how they keep costs down.

Interesting. I can see that if you are going to get your phone as part of a package/contract.

A while back I tried to switch to one of those $25 per month per line spinoffs of our current provider, Verizon, and they told me my old Pixel 3 phone couldn't handle it. It grinds my butt to pay the Verizon bill each month but out here that is seems to be the best choice.

[IowaHawkeyeChief]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Interesting. I can see that if you are going to get your phone as part of a package/contract.

A while back I tried to switch to one of those $25 per month per line spinoffs of our current provider, Verizon, and they told me my old Pixel 3 phone couldn't handle it. It grinds my butt to pay the Verizon bill each month but out here that is seems to be the best choice.

Google Pixel 6A is only $199 and a plan is $40 a month for 5G at Total by Verizon.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by HemiEd

Interesting. I can see that if you are going to get your phone as part of a package/contract.

A while back I tried to switch to one of those $25 per month per line spinoffs of our current provider, Verizon, and they told me my old Pixel 3 phone couldn't handle it. It grinds my butt to pay the Verizon bill each month but out here that is seems to be the best choice.

Yeah, my point was that you can somewhat tell what people are paying by what device they are using. If you see your Uber driver with an iPhone 12 or a Samsung A15, they're probably paying $25 a month for Metro or Total. If they have the latest 16 Pro or Galaxy S25, they're probably paying $40 or more for AT&T or T-Mobile.

[HemiEd]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Yeah, my point was that you can somewhat tell what people are paying by what device they are using. If you see your Uber driver with an iPhone 12 or a Samsung A15, they're probably paying $25 a month for Metro or Total. If they have the latest 16 Pro or Galaxy S25, they're probably paying $40 or more for AT&T or T-Mobile.

I wouldn't know the difference by looking at them myself but I bet my daughter and grandsons would.

It is crazy what the evolution of the cell phone has been. In 96 when moving to Chicagoland and going to work for a Motorola cell phone supplier, they were dominating the market with their flip phone and shortly after the little star tek. Then they decided China had a bigger emerging market and moved there.

Then Nokia was kicking everyones ass with their cheap little simple phone. Then the Blackberry with their keyboard became the rage, on and on.