Cell phone networks are false competition (in the US, at least). They’re mostly the same. They all use the same tricks and try and lock you into a contract with a “free” device that you still end up paying way too much for.
Even people who say they have a horse in the race don’t really have a horse in the race.
PS: and if you’re in the US and still don’t realize that unlocked phones are a thing, you should know that the GSM system was designed to allow for healthy competition. This idea that you have to sign a contract with a carrier is mostly a US invention, designed to squeeze more money out of people desensitized to being squeezed for money.
Shrug.
Cell phone networks are false competition (in the US, at least). They’re mostly the same. They all use the same tricks and try and lock you into a contract with a “free” device that you still end up paying way too much for.
Even people who say they have a horse in the race don’t really have a horse in the race.
PS: and if you’re in the US and still don’t realize that unlocked phones are a thing, you should know that the GSM system was designed to allow for healthy competition. This idea that you have to sign a contract with a carrier is mostly a US invention, designed to squeeze more money out of people desensitized to being squeezed for money.