Since we're waiting to order our new iPhone 5 I thought I would vent a bit.
While researching my best deal to order our new iPhone 5's (64gb) I have come across something that just doesn't make any sense except maybe to carriers.
Backstory, my wife, son, and I have been ATT customers through all the acquisitions for about a decade. In fact I'm an enterprise customer (meaning I work for a major ATT customer and get extra discounts). I knew going into this, that all 3 of us are in contracts and not up for earlier upgrade so we would have to pay close to full retail.
Since I knew Verizon has a larger LTE footprint I created a test order to understand what it would cost me to switch my service to Verizon. What I found out is just simply baffling to me, it's $402 cheaper to pay to get out of my 3 contracts and buy new iPhone 5's (64gb) from Verizon.
I for one would think it should be the same or a bit cheaper to stay with ATT.
Anyone interested in the math See below
Price to end all 3 contracts with ATT = $746
Price to purchase 3 iPhone 5 64GB from Verizon on contract = $1199
Total to switch from ATT to Verizon = $1945
Cost to purchase 3 iPhone 5 64gb from ATT =$2347
Saving to switch to Verizon from ATT = $402
Again I'm struggling to understand how this makes sense and why you would treat your customers this way.
While researching my best deal to order our new iPhone 5's (64gb) I have come across something that just doesn't make any sense except maybe to carriers.
Backstory, my wife, son, and I have been ATT customers through all the acquisitions for about a decade. In fact I'm an enterprise customer (meaning I work for a major ATT customer and get extra discounts). I knew going into this, that all 3 of us are in contracts and not up for earlier upgrade so we would have to pay close to full retail.
Since I knew Verizon has a larger LTE footprint I created a test order to understand what it would cost me to switch my service to Verizon. What I found out is just simply baffling to me, it's $402 cheaper to pay to get out of my 3 contracts and buy new iPhone 5's (64gb) from Verizon.
I for one would think it should be the same or a bit cheaper to stay with ATT.
Anyone interested in the math See below
Price to end all 3 contracts with ATT = $746
Price to purchase 3 iPhone 5 64GB from Verizon on contract = $1199
Total to switch from ATT to Verizon = $1945
Cost to purchase 3 iPhone 5 64gb from ATT =$2347
Saving to switch to Verizon from ATT = $402
Again I'm struggling to understand how this makes sense and why you would treat your customers this way.
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