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It costs, roughly, £15 per month. The closest iphone contract was for more like £50.
The iphone wasn't available on the same tariff/usage allowance anyway. Most of the time I'm running it through Wi-Fi, so don't need a big data allowance and don't make many calls anyway.
It may be that it isn't as smooth, but it does the job.
I certainly have better things to spend my money on than a phone that operates more smoothly, put it that way.
I know you are not asking me :) , but I am sensing there are some untruths elsewhere in the discussion concerning the iPhone. My contract is £26 a month. I get a £10 allowance from my employer that brings it down to £16. My contract is 24 months and I have unlimited minutes and texts with 1GB of data. When I was looking to upgrade last time around I discussed the Samsung S3 here and considering I was very familiar with Android, I nearly chose that device. As it turned out, the contracts for a new iPhone 5 were the same price and in some cases slightly cheaper and after comparing the two, I chose the iPhone. It all depends how you negotiate your contract and where you find it as you will always be able to get money off, especially if you have years of loyalty with your carrier. iPhone contracts are not the expensive for expensive sake deals they used to be. I have to also say I dropped my iPhone for the first time last week and have a nice big dent in the bottom corner of the bezel. It still works and is affordable to me even with my strained finances.Quote:
Originally Posted by Koz
Phones are everyday objects and you have to get one that suits your needs. If you sign up to a 24 month contract, you have to have piece of mind that it will be working to its full potential up until the end of the contract. If you can get a device that you know will be worth a decent sum of money sold on at the end in order to spread the cost, then all the better. My £16 a month mobile phone is £2 cheaper than my broadband in my home, so both combined are still a lot cheaper than other forms of entertainment. :)
I'd prefer to be called a liar directly, although either way it's an unnecessarily aggressive attitude to bring to a discussion.
I accept what people say on here in good faith, as it aids healthy debate.
It's a shame that level of respect isn't reciprocated. I had hoped it would be.
If somebody got an iphone for £26 a month, good for them. That deal was not available to me, and with due respect it is still more expensive than the contract I have for the HTC.
I'm on $40 a month (£20) due to a "technicality" in my contract, but the going rate here for all flagship models is absurdly high 89$ a month.
And as for my broadband, I pay 130$ a month.
It's shocking that carriers in Europe and the US can absorb the entire price of the phone.
16*24 = 384; less than what you would pay for an HTC One at a shop (395+).
26*24 = 624; slightly more than the cost of an iPhone (549+).
I got the HTC when my previous, non-smart phone, contract was up for renewal.
At the time, the HTC One V had just come out and O2 were offering it at £15 per month.
Both a new iPhone and a new top range Samsung were substantially more.
I didn't even consider them, for that reason.
If people choose to spend their money on a phone which costs more, then claim they are cash-strapped in other areas, it begs the question why they haven't been fiscally prudent, and raises questions as to the wisdom of their choices.
I'm sure the iPhone is excellent. It seems to carry an additional cost which this poster could not justify.
Perhaps that is why I am solvent enough to be able to afford other things?
That one letter there makes a HUGE difference. HTC One V != HTC One.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parabolica
It does not fall into the same category as the HTC One, S4 or iPhone; and this is the category to which I was referring.
So this has all been pointless?? Meh.
The S4, HTC One, iPhone etc are all devices that come out within the same "status symbol" price range. My point was the HTCs and Samsungs drop value substantially, 20-30% within months, while the iPhone does not and maintains value in the second hand market too.
The S4 and One both came out at the 600£ and are now both under 400, thats 30% in 6 months!!!
You can still sell your old iPhone 5 second hand for that price.
So what does an iPhone, or for that matter an HTC One, do that an HTC One V doesn't?
Would it change my life?
If not, then it is still relevant, since it is clear that I can function in smart-phone-world without greater expense.
Which, to me, is more important than the smoothness of the machine.
I justified. I might not be able come September 2014 however. I use it for my job, I get it partially paid for, I sold old devices and covered a substantial amount of the cost. I justified, I justified.
Good for you that you think you justified it.
I hope you can next year too.
If I was your employer, I'd want to know why you could not use something cheaper, but that is just the way I am business-minded.
And if someone can tell me why the extra cost is justified, that would be nice.
Smoothness alone isn't enough of a justification.
It still looks like a poor decision.
Is there some program that is on the iPhone that is required for your work which isn't available elsewhere?
By your manner, I'm beginning to suspect that you aren't interested in debating, but I'm prepared to give the benefit for now.
It's just been brought to my attention that I am on an ignore list, so the answers will never be known.
If anyone wishes to enlighten me from their perspective, they are most welcome.
Koz? You seem capable of debate and, respectfully, you seem to know the subject. Could you oblige where others refuse?