>tried to buy a new phone today
>"hey, you get a free upgrade"
>"great, i'll get this phone"
>"okay so that will be 30 dollars a month for the next two years"
>"I thought it was free"
>"It IS free, but then you pay 30 dollars a month for the next two years"
>"Can't I just buy it?"
>"Nope, but you can take it home and then pay everything on the next billing cycle"
>"Great"
>"But actually they won't accept it the first billing cycle so you have to do it the second"
What the actual hell happened?
>go to amazon, newegg, ebay, craigslist
>buy a phone
>put in sim card
Wow that was hard.
This.
You actually thought you were getting a free phone?
Have you ever interacted with a telecom company before?
Why would you interact with an ISP to get a phone? Are burgerclaps really this dumb?
They are against net neutrality because "muh free market" so yes, they are THAT dumb.
inb4 only pretending to be retarded xD
Unless I'm getting prepaid (which I'm not going to because I'm too fucking lazy to get a new card every month), I'm still going to have to put up with the service provider's bullshit to get the SIM card
Use the one from your old phone you fucking retard.
I don't understand why burgers buy locked bullshit carrier phones
Do Americans also get their laptops from Comcast, and their TVs from AT&T? Are they really this dumb?
>What the actual hell happened?
You got ripped off because you're an idiot
Its like they don't even know how to think. Jfc
>go to provider
>"i bought a phone and need a sim card for your service"
>get exactly that because they want you to be subscribed to their service
>Do Americans also get their laptops from Comcast, and their TVs from AT&T?
Where did I imply this, you massive fucking mongoloid?
Wow that WAS hard!
Yeah enjoy being able to do that while you can...
>what? what's a sim card ? we don't sell those here, and I think it's illegal to buy sims seperately
>oh, but you can get the latest iphone with a screen that matches your hairline for only $50/month for the next 4 years, with you're current plan!
It's called a loan. You're effectively granted a loan on the phone through the carrier.
Most US phones are sold through carriers, dumbass. You can still buy them outright but you have to use amazon or similar.
you can buy new minutes/msgs/data from your phone
i use tracfone with my samsung galaxy s6
LOL tracfone, you poorfag.
Go to google market. Buy pixel. Get basic service. Phone is now universally unlocked and you only pay for the data you use. Thank me later. Takes 10 minutes.
It's called getting kiked.
Buy unlocked phones with unlockable bootloaders online you pleb.
flash TWRP + Magisk and be comfy.
Threaten your telco that you will leave and never sign a contract.
They get btfo and give you deals every couple months when you threaten them.
>sorry my phone isn't locked to your network :^)
Bonus points for getting a GSM and CDMA hybrid phone with dual sim.
All pre-paid carriers have apps that let you pay your bill online dumbass. Welcome to 2010.
too real
I did the following with my phone
>purchased cheap contractless byop plan ($15/month, unlimited calling/texting, 2GB 3G/4G data, unlimited 2G data). This is in burgerland for context
>bought unlocked phone off amazon
>inserted sim
>installed lineageos, microg, f-droid
It's maximum comfy, but I know one day the telcos are going to stop this
Yeah that doesn't happen.
Murricans are stuck between not wanting to use budget carriers, not wanting to understand technology and not wanting to actually pay for the convenience of being retarded. Gotta realize murrica was a dream for a lot of people for a long time. People consider the iphone a gift from the consumerist god
People are just super- super dumb.
Even if you don't want to pay all at once; you can just take from your savings and then pay it back in installments.
For example; take the $10 a month sim only deal, buy a phone and then pay $20 a month back into your savings until you have paid it back. This way you're paying interest free.
But most murricans don't have savings. Because they're dumb as rocks.
what?
I've bought every smartphone I've owned outright