• lynny@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s fine, I’ll just buy used phones instead again. I will never go back to using big carriers who want me to pay twice as much as a MVNO.

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    1 year ago

    I’m curious whether or not “carrier connection” includes prepaid mobile plans or if it’s shorthand for “contract-only”.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah, AT&T has a fairly sweet prepaid plan. Unlimited data, talk, text, no throttling, and only $50 a month if you use autopay.

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          1 year ago

          TIL, that sounds pretty good and I assume it would qualify, if you are activating on att it shouldn’t matter what kind of plan. I recently moved to Visible which is owned by Verizon but unfortunately I don’t think that counts.

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    1 year ago

    The explanation from Apple does not give “why” they are removing financing for carrier unlocked phones.

    Is this pushback from the major carriers?

    Is GS trying to reduce their liability by offloading financing to major carriers?

    So many questions unanswered.