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Bacon-80 t1_jefmhpf wrote

Reply to comment by sleeknub in AT&T taking ownership of your owned device by [deleted]

I’ve always paid slightly higher for unlocked phones. I’ve never noticed them being the same cost because you’re paying to essentially be able to put any old SIM card into your phone and “own it” instead of “lease” it from them.

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sleeknub t1_jeg84qv wrote

No, Apple used to sell the unlocked phones for exactly the same price as the locked phones. Some of the carriers would sometimes offer discounts, but that was up to them. The unlocked price was the advertised price.

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Bacon-80 t1_jegcfg0 wrote

Really? I wonder when that was cuz I’ve never seen them sold for the same price. It’s always been at or around $50-$100 difference for the phones I’ve gotten from a 6 till now.

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sleeknub t1_jegqjk1 wrote

Every time I’ve purchased a phone until the most recent one.

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