What i meant was they raised the cost of the devices to get their long- term money, after decades of not doing that. They conditioned their customers to expect that the cost of the device was a short term expense,and the long- term expense was paid monthly.
*sneaky.
For example, I've been with the same provider for 11 years. Historically i never paid more than $100 for a middle-of- the road device. Because of new contract signing, or "upgrades" that came in between those.
Last week, it had been 13 months since my new contract. Where i got an S5 active for $50. I was eligible for an "upgrade" i bought the second From the bottom Samsung device they had, it was $580 plus tax. Between my wife, and myself we've had every numerical iteration of the galaxy, as well as the galaxy alpha, and galaxy grand prime. Never paid over $100.
And the reason i bought the 2nd from the bottom was because the bottom Samsung they had was actually a lesser device than the S5 active i got a year ago.
They told me i had an "upgrade" like every year past. which got me into the store, but the upgrade saved almost nothing.
*sneaky
Just in case anyone was wondering why not a different brand of phone, is because i use a special app for work that is designed for Samsung devices, and isn't guaranteed to work on other brands. An employee tried an LG,it worked but had glitches. Sadly a badly designed app I'm sure. But I'm limited to that one.
