I bought my first mobile phone (Nokia 1610) in 1996 for 1kr (10¢). Back then an sms was between 25¢ and 5¢ depending on the receiver’s carrier.
The carriers earn their money on call-, message- and data-plans, and the profit margin is enormous.
If they can lure you in on another 24 or 36 months plan by offering you a brand new phone in exchange for the other, they’ll have their money back and some more during that period.
https://archive.ph/EtsTg
This isn’t a new thing.
I bought my first mobile phone (Nokia 1610) in 1996 for 1kr (10¢). Back then an sms was between 25¢ and 5¢ depending on the receiver’s carrier.
The carriers earn their money on call-, message- and data-plans, and the profit margin is enormous.
If they can lure you in on another 24 or 36 months plan by offering you a brand new phone in exchange for the other, they’ll have their money back and some more during that period.
Very interesting