re: does AT&T make you pay monthly just for a phone like Verizon does

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It was never free


You only thought it was

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This. When the NEXT plan first came out, people were upset about the monthly phone payment adding up to way more than what it used to cost to "upgrade" your phone. But if you have the NEXT plan, your actual service plan is much cheaper.

I'm not on ATT anymore, but we did the NEXT plan before I got rid of it because the numbers made the monthly total still less than what it was buying phones outright at the upgrade price + service plan.