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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I could not afford to. That's not really a choice I am making. 🤦‍♂️

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Or you could buy a $200 phone like the Nokia G42, and then go with a cheaper service provider.
My wife chose that because she doesn't use her phone much, and it's built for home repair.
Turned out it is a way better phone than we expected. Mine cost about $800,- and there is no way I can say it's that much better.
I use a small service provider, that has their services through one of the biggest, but it costs less than half per month.
And when I buy a phone, I have complete freedom to choose whichever phone I want, disregarding limited service provider discounts.
And buying from free competition dealers, also gives a nice rebate.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yep.

I went from Verizon ($200/mo for 2 lines) to Xfinity ($80/mo for 2 lines) to JMP.chat ($7/mo for 2 lines) to US Mobile (still about $18/mo for 2 lines). I still have JMP as my cell provider for the SMS-to-XMPP bridge (my sms comes through XMPP), and just have US Mobile for data. My current monthly is still about $20/mo for 2 lines with 10gb of data. Additional data is $4 for 2gig if I go over.

Frankly in the US now US Mobile is hard to beat. Their unlimited plan is $45/mo,and they have coverage on every carrier (my phone will switch to the dominant local carrier wherever I go, and it's usually 5G).