Instead of being chained for years to a contract in exchange for a subsidized phone, why not put a certain percentage of the monthly bill (ex 10%) to pay off the phone. The more you pay monthly, the more money goes to pay off your phone. If anyone would like to leave their service, they would just need to pay off the rest of their phone on their way out.
I never understood this phenomenon of subsidizing the phone! Do many people subsidize their other electronic purchases like TV, PC or Surround systems? If not, then why subsidize cell phones - which is quite affordable to begin with considering the other items I listed. Just have it open, buy your own phone of any kind and get a SIM card from telco - off you go.
Wow wait to rip off Kodoo's tab method.
Regardless, @WaitingForYears: Not all of us can afford a BB Bold 9700 up front ($550+). And why should we have to sit and use crappy old phones while the rich use nice new phones? At least a contract is a start. I mean if you're going to be using a phone for 3 years, might as well slowly pay for it and get it up front. Sure it adds a little bit of cost to the plan but no one can tell me Rogers $80 data plan for 5GB is high in cost to mitigate the cost of contracts.
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