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Originally Posted by woj
yea, it make sense, it's anti-competitive, probably not a good idea, not something I support, but if the phone is subsidized by the wireless company it becomes a bit of a gray area...
imagine you signup for a phone service, you get the phone for free and you are supposed to stay with the company for 2 years... you are assuming that you own the phone after 2 years, but do you really? it's in your possession, but you didn't pay for it, so how can you own it? perhaps it was just leased to you for 2 years?
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That's part of the problem - those who assume they own the phone after the contract ends...when in fact it's subsidized and still owned by the carrier.
That's one thing we specifically asked (and signed) about when we renewed our contract. We definitely own the phone(s) at the end of the contract. But we'll likely just renew with the same carrier and upgrade the phones to whatever is best and newest a year from now.