re: Need New Android Phone Advice

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STEP 2 (access charges)

Add smartphones to your Mobile Share Value plan

AT&T NextSM, bring your own device, purchase at full price, or month-to-month 
(plans with 6GB or less)

+ $25/mo. 
(per device)

AT&T NextSM, bring your own device, purchase at full price, or month-to-month 
(plans with 10GB or more)

+ $15/mo. 
(per device)

Two-year agreement* 

+ $40/mo. 
(per device)

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If you pay full price up front, you paying $15/month to access your data plan (assuming 10 gb plan).

If you pay the one time fee of $99 (2 year contract), you have to pay $40 per month to access your data.

The Next plans just divide the full price of your phone over 20 and 26 payments. Bascially you finance it at 0% interest. The $29 you mentioned x 20 months comes out to the exact full retail price of $580. In addition to your monthly note, you also pay the same $15/month to access your data as you would if you brought your own device or paid full retail up front.


FWIW, I bought the black LG G3 this past Friday for $530 on Amazon. No taxes, free shipping, and I qualified for LG's promotion to get a free spare battery and charging cradle.



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