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What are you really getting out of your carrier… and why do we all seem to be in such incredibly long relationships with them? Nilay Patel seeks answers. More from The Verge:
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We can do that here in the US also. Hand over our account number from the previous carrier to the new one,however it’s the hassle and risk that could keep people from switching. I’ve had at&t for 10 years and I don’t think I could just switch out of the blue just to save a few pennies. Also not all carriers are equal in terms of service.
Man nilay is getting super fat
He’s in America goddamnit.
A 16GB iPhone 5 here in the US costs $199. A 16GB iPhone 5 in The Netherlands costs €696 or $892.41 US. What you save monthly you makeup for in the upfront cost of the phone.
WTF He said 10$ month for unlimited data and texting?
Philippines = Less than $60/month for 2 years for 16 GB iPhone 5, unlimited calls, texts, and data. 1~2Mbit daytime 3G speeds, upwards of 4Mbit at night time. LTE to come soon.
Apathy… Or charges for starting a new account elsewhere and cancelling plans. They find some way, usually, to lock you in… And signal really isn’t mentioned at all here.
In Israel I pay about $25 a month for unlimited everything including 3G and international calls and no contract. I wonder why it costs so much more in the States.
In mexico: Telcel sucks. Movistar is kinda better.
but not really. 30$ (assuming 40$ is a fair price for an unlimited everything package) per month over 24 months is 720$. Add that to 200$ makes it 920$.
I’m in India and I spend around $5 a month for the calls, messages and 2G data. But I am not much of a caller or messager, so I am not representative of the general population here. Other than that, I pay around $20 a month for my broadband connection (2 megabits/sec speed), which I share between my phone and laptop, and which I cannot live without!
I have corporate discount of about 28% so I pay 700, Unlimited grandfathered LTE, (unlimited text with google voice) on 4 lines for $150.
Nilay Patel, king of the punch line.
Epic vid, as always…
I enjoy my 30–50 Mbps LTE
I have 4 lines on sprint and I can say I do not pay $10,000 every two years. I pay 6720
Bitch please.…ther
You took T‑Mobile most expensive plans, unlimited everything, and compared it to ATTs and Verizon’s least expensive plans, 2gb
US is a big country compared to the countries mentioned here in comments. A lot of coverage to think about…more people…and competition is very high.
What I got from this video: T‑mobile’s new data plans.
Apparently I’m the only one who did the math themselves and found the chart at 1:41 quite false and misleading. Comparing ATT 4GB shared to TMobile 4GB per person? Umm… to most people that seems like some funny math. How about if you compare 4GB shared to 2GB per person you save hundreds on TMobile? Oh that’s right… lets ignore common sense.
Yup, they did some funny biased math. If you do that math apple to apples TMobile saves you at least $600 (compared to ATT) in ever case I did on the chart they show.